2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon The Women's Heptathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. A number of high-profile heptathletes did not feature at the competition, including defending champion Carolina Klüft and 2007 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, who were both injured, and Olympic silver medallist Hyleas Fountain, who failed to qualify at the national championships. Nataliya Dobrynska, the 2008 Olympic champion, was highly favoured to win the event, while Great Britain's Jessica Ennis was predicted to improve upon her own world leading mark of 6587
IAAF World Indoor Championships in the women's 800 m from 1993 to 2008. Natalya Nazarova has won seven gold and one silver medal from 1999 to 2008 in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay. Cuban Iván Pedroso won five straight golds in the men's long jump from 1993–2001. Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria won five gold medals in the women's high jump. Key to tables: <br> "Medal table includes 1985–2018 Championships." was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2018 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table. In the "IAAF placing table" the total score is