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The women's heptathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 8 and 9 August 2024. This was the 11th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics. Nafissatou Thiam became the first women ever to win the gold medal in heptathlon three Olympics in a row. [1]
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's heptathlon event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 6420 points.
Team USA's Anna Hall finished in fifth place in the women's heptathlon after running a 2:04.39 in the final event, the 800M. ... No American woman had won an Olympic gold in heptathlon since ...
Hall underwent knee surgery in January 2024. After breaking her foot mid-competition at the 2021 Olympic trials, Hall secured a spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning the heptathlon at the US Olympic trials in June. [21] She competed in the heptathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing in fifth place overall. [22]
Taliyah Brooks got out to a fast start in her Olympic debut Thursday.. Brooks had the second best time in the women’s heptathlon 100-meter hurdles race, clocking in at 13 seconds flat. That ...
Women's heptathlon is the combined event for women contested in the athletics programme of the Olympics and at the World Athletics Championships. The World Athletics Combined Events Tour determines a yearly women's heptathlon champion. The women's outdoor heptathlon consists of the following events, with the first four contested on the first ...
The Women's heptathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August. [1] The gold medal was won by Jessica Ennis. [2] She bettered Eunice Barber's World Heptathlon Best in the 100 metres hurdles by 0.08 seconds. [3]
Ennis-Hill relinquished her title with a 6775-point silver medal performance while Theisen-Eaton made her first Olympic podium in 6653 points. The standard of the performances in the field was high, with six women going beyond 6500 points in a heptathlon for the first time and best ever score for placings across the field from sixth onwards ...