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 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon attempt to tie three others for the event lead. After 2 events, JJK already had over a hundred point lead. The competition appeared settled, the world record was clearly her target as her husband/coach reenforced with every instruction from the stands. In John's best event, the shot put, her 16.23m did gain 28 points on Joyner-Kersee's second place 15.80m lifetime personal best, nobody else was less than a metre behind John. Concluding the first day, Joyner-Kersee's Olympic heptathlon best 22.56 left Behmer in second place, more than a half second behind. JJK started the second day with a long jump.