1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

Events at the 1991 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The heptathlon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on Monday August 26 and Tuesday August 27, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Sabine Braun Germany (GER)
Silver	Liliana Năstase Romania (ROU)
Bronze	Irina Belova Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

• Monday August 26, 1991
  1. 100 m hurdles
  2. High Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. 200 m
• Tuesday August 27, 1991
  5. Long Jump
  6. Javelin Throw
  7. 800 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Event Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7128	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy

Results

Overall results

Points table after 7th event

Rank	Athlete, country	Overall points	Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
			100 mh	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m
1	Sabine Braun  Germany	6672	1077 pts 13.32 s	1119 1.91	769 13.62	934 24.49	1062 6.67	834 48.66	877 2:16.09
2	Liliana Năstase  Romania	6493	1121 pts 13.02 s	928 1.76	762 13.52	983 23.98	1020 6.54	736 43.58	943 2:11.48
3	Irina Belova  Soviet Union	6448	1021 pts 13.70 s	1041 1.85	743 13.23	968 24.13	953 6.33	686 40.96	1036 2:05.23
4	Satu Ruotsalainen  Finland	6404	1044 pts 13.54 s	1080 1.88	692 12.46	962 24.20	905 6.18	803 47.04	918 2:13.24
5	Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab  Algeria	6392 (AR)	1074 pts 13.34 s	966 1.79	888 15.40	950 24.32	896 6.15	756 44.62	862 2:17.17
6	Urszula Włodarczyk  Poland	6391	1071 pts 13.36 s	928 1.76	818 14.36	976 24.05	908 6.19	750 44.28	940 2:11.72
7	Peggy Beer  Germany	6380	1063 pts 13.41 s	966 1.79	725 12.97	957 24.25	956 6.34	738 43.66	975 2:09.32
8	Tatyana Zhuravlyova  Soviet Union	6370	1011 pts 13.77 s	1003 1.82	802 14.12	963 24.18	943 6.30	697 41.56	951 2:10.91
9	Maria Kamrowska  Poland	6237	1083 pts 13.28 s	818 1.67	846 14.78	977 24.04	828 5.93	707 42.08	978 2:09.06
10	Cindy Greiner  United States	6216	1043 pts 13.55 s	966 1.79	841 14.70	931 24.52	994 6.46	583 35.62	858 2:17.47
11	Rita Ináncsi  Hungary	6198	993 pts 13.90 s	966 1.79	826 14.48	881 25.06	934 6.27	758 44.74	840 2:18.81
12	Zhu Yuqing  China	6124	1097 pts 13.18 s	1003 1.82	807 14.19	994 23.86	813 5.88	696 41.50	714 2:28.34
13	Tina Rättyä  Finland	6086	981 pts 13.98 s	928 1.76	719 12.88	890 24.96	862 6.04	769 45.30	937 2:11.90
14	Ragne Kytölä  Finland	6062	966 pts 14.09 s	966 1.79	664 12.05	866 25.23	985 6.43	713 42.40	902 2:14.36
15	Ifeoma Ozoeze  Italy	6056	994 pts 13.89 s	928 1.76	725 12.97	914 24.71	934 6.27	762 44.92	799 2:21.85
16	Clova Court  Great Britain	6022	1072 pts 13.35 s	678 1.55	790 13.94	995 23.85	762 5.71	963 55.30	762 2:24.61
17	Odile Lesage  France	6002	1013 pts 13.76 s	1041 1.85	739 13.17	829 25.64	786 5.79	662 39.70	932 2:12.24
18	Joanne Henry  New Zealand	5999	953 pts 14.18 s	928 1.76	671 12.15	887 25.00	924 6.24	679 40.60	957 2:10.53
19	Sharon Jaklofsky  Australia	5992	1013 pts 13.76 s	966 1.79	747 13.30	850 25.41	899 6.16	714 42.44	803 2:21.51
20	Kym Carter  United States	5909	976 pts 14.02 s	966 1.79	815 14.31	915 24.70	783 5.78	482 30.26	972 2:09.52
21	Ingrid Didden  Belgium	5855	970 pts 14.09 s	783 1.64	715 12.81	841 25.50	819 5.90	871 50.58	860 2:17.32
22	Petra Văideanu  Romania	5744	920 pts 14.42 s	855 1.70	805 14.16	755 26.49	777 5.76	813 47.58	819 2:20.33
23	Ana María Comaschi  Argentina	5617	970 pts 14.06 s	712 1.58	699 12.57	910 24.75	783 5.78	663 39.76	880 2:15.89
24	Ghada Shouaa  Syria	5066	783 pts 15.45 s	783 1.64	558 10.44	788 26.11	700 5.50	663 39.76	791 2:22.44
	Yu Long Nyu  Singapore	DNF	750 pts 15.71 s	747 1.61	0 NM	781 26.18	637 5.28	432 27.66
	Fu Xiuhong  China	DNF	1010 pts 13.78 s	1003 1.82	734 13.10	884 25.03
	Heike Tischler  Germany	DNF	984 pts 13.96 s	928 1.76	794 14.00	921 24.63
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States	DNF	1130 pts 12.96 s	1119 1.91	881 15.30	0 DNF
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Heptathlon
• 1990 Women's European Championships Heptathlon
• 1991 Hypo-Meeting
• 1992 Women's Olympic Heptathlon

References

• IAAF results: 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m, long jump, javelin, 800 m
• IAAF results: Final standings