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The following table shows the women's heptathlon world record progression starting in 1978 and ratified by the IAAF from June 1981. [1] [2] The first score in the table indicates the score using the tables in use at the time, the second score is based on tables currently in use.
There are two heptathlons – the men's and the women's heptathlon – composed of different events. The men's heptathlon is older and is currently held indoors, contested at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. The women's heptathlon is held outdoors and was introduced in the 1980s, first appearing in the Olympics in 1984.
Jane Wardell Frederick (born April 7, 1952) is a former heptathlete from the United States. She set the first official world record in the women's heptathlon, gaining a total number of 6104 points on April 24, 1981, at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California.
The women's heptathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre Budapest on 19 and 20 August 2023. [1] The winning margin was 20 points which as of 2024 is the only time the heptathlon has been won by fewer than 40 points at these championships.
Double record holder Michael Johnson has held the 400 metres world record with his run in Seville for over 20 years. Key to tables: not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics. Note: World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records; Statistics are correct as of August 2023
The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. Sergey Bubka 's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect.
Hall is the North American indoor record holder for the pentathlon. Her heptathlon and pentathlon best scores place her fifth and fourth on the respective world all-time lists. She is the only woman to break 6700 points in the heptathlon and run under 55 seconds in the 400 meters hurdles. [4] Hall also has a 50.82 s personal best in the 400 meters.
The women's heptathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019. [1] The winning margin was 304 points. Records