2024-06 EC Rome - Women's Heptathlon
Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) won the women's heptathlon at the European Championships in Rome on 6 June 2024 with 6848 points, 165 under the personal best she set at Götzis in May 2017. She led from the high jump onwards.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) | 6848 | -165 | |
| 2 | Auriana Lazraq (FRA) | 6635 | -213 | +426 |
| 3 | Noor Vidts (BEL) | 6596 | -252 | +25 |
| 4 | Annik Kälin (SUI) | 6490 | -358 | -25 |
| 5 | Sofie Dokter (NED) | 6418 | -430 | +97 |
| 6 | Sveva Gerevini (ITA) | 6379 | -469 | +351 |
| 7 | Jade O'Dowda (GBR) | 6314 | -534 | +59 |
| 8 | Xénia Krizsán (HUN) | 6218 | -630 | -433 |
| 9 | Rita Nemes (HUN) | 6174 | -674 | -102 |
| 10 | Lovisa Karlsson (SWE) | 6146 | -702 | +42 |
| 11 | Vanessa Grimm (GER) | 6036 | -812 | -287 |
| 12 | Paulina Ligarska (POL) | 6034 | -814 | -207 |
| 13 | Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (LTU) | 6025 | -823 | -167 |
| 14 | Jana Koščak (CRO) | 5977 | -871 | -316 |
| 15 | Isabel Posch (AUT) | 5975 | -873 | -132 |
| 16 | Szabina Szűcs (HUN) | 5965 | -883 | -31 |
| DNF | Verena Mayr (AUT) | |||
| DNF | Sophie Weißenberg (GER) | |||
| DNF | Saga Vanninen (FIN) | |||
| DNF | Marijke Esselink (NED) | |||
| DNF | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) | |||
| DNF | Carolin Schäfer (GER) | |||
| DNF | Yuliya Loban (UKR) | |||
| DNF | Bianca Salming (SWE) |
The high jump decided the lead. Annik Kälin (SUI) had taken the opening hurdles with 13.14 for 1103 points and led by 3. Thiam cleared 1.95 for 1171 points, Noor Vidts (BEL) 1.80 for 978, and Thiam moved to 2186 with 108 in hand. The margin came down to 35 after the 200m and never below that again.
Thiam was sixteenth after the hurdles, 59 under her own PB series, and first at the day break on 3955 and 101 under, having taken 37 in the shot and lost 39 over 200m. Day 2 lost 64 more, and the javelin is where it happened: 53.00 for 918 points, 123 under the 59.32 in her series, the largest single loss on any of the leading sheets. It still stretched her lead to 209. She closed with 2.11.79 in the 800m for 939 points and 50 above her series mark, finishing 165 under.
Auriana Lazraq (FRA) made the largest gain in the field. She was third at the day break on 3915 and 234 above her own PB series, improving on it in all four events: 32 in the hurdles, 99 in the high jump at 1.77 against a 1.69 series mark, 88 in the shot and 15 over 200m. Day 2 added 192, with 76 from the long jump, 83 from the javelin and 33 from the 800m. Her 6635 was 426 above the series and a personal best on the 6209 she scored in Oyonnax in May.
Vidts was second after every event from the high jump to the long jump. She matched her PB series to a point in the hurdles and was 21 under it at the day break on 3920. Day 2 returned 46: 45 in the long jump at 6.46 for 994 points and 6 in the javelin. She finished 6596, 25 above the series and a personal best on the 6571 she scored in Tokyo in August 2021, taking third by 39.
Kälin finished 106 behind Vidts in fourth, and the 800m produced it. She went into the last event 8 behind; Vidts ran 2.09.35 for 974 points, Kälin 2.16.17 for 876. Kälin's own competition was 25 under her PB series, and 6.84 in the long jump for 1119 points, 37 above her series mark, was the largest single gain on her sheet.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR), the second-ranked entrant on 6981 from Doha in October 2019, was ninth on 2733 after the shot put and 334 under her own PB series, and did not start the 200m. Carolin Schäfer (GER), the third-ranked on 6836 from Götzis in May 2017, was twenty-first on 1933 at the same point and 1077 under her series, and also did not start the 200m.
Six women finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: Lazraq by 426, Sveva Gerevini (ITA) by 351 in sixth, Sofie Dokter (NED) by 97 in fifth, Jade O'Dowda (GBR) by 59 in seventh, Lovisa Karlsson (SWE) by 42 in tenth and Vidts by 25. Xénia Krizsán (HUN), the fourth-ranked entrant, finished eighth and 433 under her series.
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