2024-05 Götzis AUT - Women's Heptathlon
Anouk Vetter (NED) won the women's heptathlon at Götzis on 15 May 2024 with 6642 points, 225 under the personal best she set in Eugene in July 2022. She took the lead in the javelin, the sixth event.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anouk Vetter (NED) | 6642 | -225 | |
| 2 | Annik Kälin (SUI) | 6506 | -136 | -9 |
| 3 | Michelle Atherley (USA) | 6465 | -177 | +93 |
| 4 | Emma Oosterwegel (NED) | 6337 | -305 | -253 |
| 5 | Vanessa Grimm (GER) | 6307 | -335 | -16 |
| 6 | Tori West (AUS) | 6245 | -397 | +166 |
| 7 | Annie Kunz (USA) | 6209 | -433 | -494 |
| 8 | Verena Mayr (AUT) | 6196 | -446 | -395 |
| 9 | Allie Jones (USA) | 6185 | -457 | -49 |
| 10 | Ivona Dadic (AUT) | 6115 | -527 | -437 |
| 11 | Abigail Pawlett (GBR) | 6011 | -631 | +178 |
| 12 | Mathilde Rey (SUI) | 5969 | -673 | -117 |
| 13 | Marie Dehning (GER) | 5949 | -693 | -3 |
| 14 | Celine Jansen (SUI) | 5940 | -702 | -156 |
| 15 | Chiara-Belinda Schuler (AUT) | 5822 | -820 | -94 |
| 16 | Bianca Salming (SWE) | 5723 | -919 | -462 |
| 17 | Holly Mills (GBR) | 5298 | -1344 | -962 |
| 18 | Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (LTU) | 5212 | -1430 | -980 |
| 19 | Sandrina Sprengel (GER) | 5134 | -1508 | -881 |
| 20 | Katre Sofia Palm (EST) | 3833 | -2809 | -1638 |
| DNF | Taliyah Brooks (USA) | |||
| DNF | Sophie Weißenberg (GER) | |||
| DNF | Sarah Lagger (AUT) | |||
| DNF | Lucie Kienast (GER) | |||
| DNF | Jodie Smith (GBR) | |||
| DNF | Isabel Posch (AUT) | |||
| DNF | Erica Bougard (USA) |
The javelin decided it. Annik Kälin (SUI) had taken the lead with 6.70 in the long jump for 1072 points and stood 4855 with 6 on Michelle Atherley (USA), Vetter third and 32 back. Vetter threw 57.91 for 1014 points, Kälin 45.93 for 781, and the standing turned over to 5837 and a lead of 201. The 800m closed it at 136.
Vetter was thirteenth after the hurdles and second at the day break on 3826, 184 under her own PB series, having lost 50 in the hurdles, 75 in the high jump and 59 in the shot and matched her series exactly over 200m. Day 2 lost only 41 more, and the javelin that won the competition was itself 7 under her series mark. She finished 225 under the series.
Kälin was fourth at the day break on 3783 and 58 above her PB series, with 12.97 in the hurdles worth 39 above it, 51 from the shot and 41 over 200m against 73 lost in the high jump. Day 2 gave 67 back: 10 in the long jump that took her the lead, 16 in the javelin that lost it, and 41 in the 800m. She finished 9 under the series, the closest anyone in the field came to matching it.
Atherley led the first four events and closed day 1 first on 3944 and 119 above her PB series, the high jump worth 123 of it at 1.80 against a 1.70 series mark. Day 2 lost 26: 35 in the long jump, 35 in the javelin and 44 returned in a 2.08.55 for 986 points. She finished 6465, 93 above the series and a personal best on the 6372 she scored in Walnut in April.
Emma Oosterwegel (NED) took fourth, 128 behind Atherley. The gap was 346 after the long jump, where 5.90 for 819 points was 121 under her own series mark. The javelin took 262 of it back, 51.66 for 892 points against 630, and the 800m added 44 to leave 128. She finished 253 under her PB series.
Erica Bougard (USA) came in with the second-best PB in the field, 6725 from Götzis in May 2018. She was sixteenth on 2596 after the shot put, 342 under her own PB series, and did not start the 200m.
Three women finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: Abigail Pawlett (GBR) by 178 in eleventh, Tori West (AUS) by 166 in sixth and Atherley by 93. Katre Sofia Palm (EST), twentieth, finished 1638 under her series, and Annie Kunz (USA), the third-ranked entrant on 6703 from Eugene in June 2021, seventh and 494 under.
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