2025-09 WCH Tokyo | Womens Heptathlon
Anna Hall (USA) won the women's heptathlon at the World Championships in Tokyo on 18 September 2025 with 6888 points, 144 under the personal best she set at Götzis in June. She led from the high jump onwards, and Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) and Taliyah Brooks (USA) finished level on 6581.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Hall (USA) | 6888 | -144 | |
| 2 | Kate O'Connor (IRL) | 6714 | -174 | +227 |
| 3 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) | 6581 | -307 | -400 |
| 4 | Taliyah Brooks (USA) | 6581 | -307 | +55 |
| 5 | Sandrina Sprengel (GER) | 6434 | -454 | +119 |
| 6 | Sofie Dokter (NED) | 6432 | -456 | -144 |
| 7 | Saga Vanninen (FIN) | 6396 | -492 | -167 |
| 8 | Jade O'Dowda (GBR) | 6391 | -497 | +77 |
| 9 | Emma Oosterwegel (NED) | 6381 | -507 | -209 |
| 10 | Martha Araujo (COL) | 6324 | -564 | -151 |
| 11 | Michelle Atherley (USA) | 6287 | -601 | -178 |
| 12 | María Vicente (ESP) | 6207 | -681 | -97 |
| 13 | Sveva Gerevini (ITA) | 6167 | -721 | -212 |
| 14 | Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (LTU) | 6151 | -737 | -144 |
| 15 | Adrianna Sułek-Schubert (POL) | 6105 | -783 | -567 |
| 16 | Camryn Newton-Smith (AUS) | 5925 | -963 | -255 |
| 17 | Tori West (AUS) | 5778 | -1110 | -467 |
| 18 | Auriana Lazraq-Khlass (FRA) | 5758 | -1130 | -877 |
| 19 | Pippi Lotta Enok (EST) | 4259 | -2629 | -2026 |
| DNF | Vanessa Grimm (GER) | |||
| DNF | Timara Chapman (USA) | |||
| DNF | Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) | |||
| DNF | Abigail Pawlett (GBR) |
The high jump decided the lead. Brooks had taken the opening hurdles with 12.93 for 1135 points and led by 15. Hall cleared 1.89 for 1093 and moved to 2210 with 83 in hand. The margin went to 248 after the 200m, fell to 111 after the long jump and closed at 174.
Hall was first at the day break on 4154 and 7 under her own PB series, the shot worth 63 above it at 15.80 for 915 points against 78 lost in the high jump. Day 2 lost 137. The long jump was 101 under her series mark at 6.12 for 887 points, the javelin returned 38, and 2.06.08 in the 800m for 1023 points cost 74 against a series 800m that had been faster. She finished 144 under the series.
Kate O'Connor (IRL) was eighth after the hurdles and gained on her PB series in every one of the seven events. She was second at the day break on 3906 and 169 above the series, with 65 from the hurdles, 38 from the high jump, 41 from the shot and 25 over 200m. Day 2 added 58 more: 22 in the long jump, 23 in the javelin at 53.06 for 919 points and 13 in a 2.09.56 for 971. Her 6714 was 227 above the series, the largest gain in the field, and a personal best on the 6487 she scored in Bochum-Wattenscheid in July.
Johnson-Thompson and Brooks arrived at 6581 from opposite directions. Johnson-Thompson was third at the day break on 3893 and 245 under her own PB series, with 117 of that from the high jump at 1.86 against the 1.95 she cleared in Doha, and day 2 took another 155, mostly a long jump 114 under her series mark. Brooks was fifth at the break and 70 under her series; day 2 gave 125 back, 82 of it from 6.79 in the long jump for 1102 points and 41 from the closing 800m. She finished 55 above the series.
Sandrina Sprengel (GER) was fourteenth after the hurdles and ninth at the day break on 3736, 59 above her PB series. Day 2 added 60: the long jump cost 54, then 51.66 in the javelin for 892 points returned 73 and moved her from ninth to fifth, and 2.15.95 in the 800m gave 41. Her 6434 was 119 above the series and a personal best on the 6315 she scored in Dresden in August, and it left her 2 clear of sixth.
Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) came in with the second-best PB in the field, 7013 from Götzis in May 2017. She was eighth on 4664 after the long jump, 419 under her own PB series, and did not start the javelin.
Four women finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: O'Connor by 227, Sprengel by 119, Jade O'Dowda (GBR) by 77 in eighth and Brooks by 55. Pippi Lotta Enok (EST), nineteenth, finished 2026 under her series, Auriana Lazraq-Khlass (FRA), the fifth-ranked entrant, eighteenth and 877 under, and Adrianna Sułek-Schubert (POL) fifteenth and 567 under.
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