Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon lane having done so, and Schwarzkopf was re-instated. Ennis's final score was 6955, a British and Commonwealth record. In 2013, Chernova was suspended doping violations back to 2009. Subsequently, the IAAF filed a case with the Court of Arbitration questioning the selective suspension periods of her and five other Russian athletes that made them eligible between 2011 and 2013. The heptathlon consists of seven track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the seven components. The seven event scores are summed to give a total for the heptathlon. , the
Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's heptathlon Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's heptathlon The women's heptathlon event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 25 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Jessica Zelinka of the Canada. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (4850) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011). "All distances shown are