Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon Sylvia Barlag, Council Member of the IAAF. 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 existing World and Olympic records were as follows. The following national records were established during the competition: Wind:<br>Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s Wind: -0.7, +0.4, +0.0, -0.1 m/s. The final results of the event are in the following table. <nowiki>*</nowiki> –
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon points. Tatyana Chernova, Ukrainians Hanna Melnychenko and Lyudmyla Yosypenko, and Germans Jennifer Oeser and Lilli Schwarzkopf were cited as medal contenders. After the first day, Ennis had built up a considerable lead, winning three of the four events and ending the day more than three hundred points ahead of second-ranked Dobrynska. Ennis' first day total of 4124 points was the third highest ever first day score in the heptathlon, behind Kluft and world record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee. On the second day, unusually for a heptathlon competition, Linda Züblin set a Swiss record in the javelin throw. Ennis maintained her lead