title: 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
text: # 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
  
  These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, including four non-finishers. The competition started on Saturday 23 August 2003 and ended on Sunday 24 August 2003.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Carolina Klüft Sweden (SWE) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Eunice Barber France (FRA) |
  | Bronze | Natallia Sazanovich Belarus (BLR) |
  
  ## Schedule
  
      Saturday, August 23, 2003
      100 m hurdlesHigh JumpShot Put200 m
      Sunday, August 24, 2003
      Long JumpJavelin Throw800 m
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships :
  
  | World Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7291 | September 24, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
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  | Event Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7128 | September 1, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Points | 100h | HJ | SP | 200 | LJ | JT | 800 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Carolina Klüft (SWE) | 7001 | 13.18 | 1.94 | 14.19 | 22.98 | 6.68 | 49.90 | 2:12.12 |
  | | Eunice Barber (FRA) | 6755 | 13.05 | 1.91 | 12.97 | 23.92 | 6.61 | 49.60 | 2:13.68 |
  | | Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) | 6524 | 13.67 | 1.76 | 16.81 | 24.25 | 6.47 | 44.93 | 2:16.53 |
  | 4 | Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) | 6452 | 13.87 | 1.82 | 13.36 | 23.99 | 6.46 | 43.60 | 2:08.31 |
  | 5 | Denise Lewis (GBR) | 6254 | 13.37 | 1.64 | 15.25 | 24.55 | 6.19 | 49.88 | 2:19.58 |
  | 6 | Gertrud Bacher (ITA) | 6166 | 14.01 | 1.76 | 13.32 | 24.91 | 5.99 | 47.11 | 2:09.83 |
  | 7 | Larisa Netšeporuk (EST) | 6154 | 13.91 | 1.76 | 13.97 | 24.96 | 6.05 | 50.05 | 2:19.76 |
  | 8 | Sonja Kesselschläger (GER) | 6134 | 13.34 | 1.76 | 13.77 | 24.94 | 6.17 | 41.57 | 2:17.19 |
  | 9 | Aryiro Strataki (GRE) | 6077 | 13.93 | 1.79 | 13.34 | 24.69 | 6.03 | 44.27 | 2:18.06 |
  | 10 | Austra Skujytė (LTU) | 6077 | 14.44 | 1.76 | 16.35 | 25.76 | 5.86 | 47.57 | 2:18.64 |
  | 11 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 6047 | 14.44 | 1.73 | 13.23 | 25.06 | 5.91 | 50.17 | 2:12.42 |
  | 12 | Irina Butor (BLR) | 6035 | 13.92 | 1.79 | 12.51 | 24.67 | 5.86 | 46.43 | 2:16.72 |
  | 13 | Natalya Roshchupkina (RUS) | 6034 | 14.32 | 1.70 | 14.53 | 24.21 | 5.85 | 43.22 | 2:12.95 |
  | 14 | Julie Hollman (GBR) | 6018 | 14.10 | 1.85 | 12.05 | 24.72 | 6.06 | 41.01 | 2:15.83 |
  | 15 | Irina Naumenko (KAZ) | 5971 | 14.20 | 1.79 | 12.88 | 24.98 | 6.00 | 42.15 | 2:15.36 |
  | 16 | Yelena Chernyavskaya (RUS) | 5969 | 13.85 | 1.76 | 12.76 | 25.03 | 5.99 | 37.83 | 2:09.38 |
  | 17 | Līga Kļaviņa (LAT) | 5932 | 13.92 | 1.76 | 14.24 | 24.37 | 6.07 | 41.17 | 2:29.60 |
  | 18 | Sylvie Dufour (SUI) | 5723 | 14.06 | 1.67 | 13.34 | 25.24 | 5.62 | 39.83 | 2:12.77 |
  | | Margaret Simpson (GHA) | DNF | 13.68 | 1.76 | 12.62 | 24.84 | 5.96 | DNS | |
  | | Kim Schiemenz (USA) | DNF | 13.96 | 1.79 | 12.93 | 24.85 | DNS | | |
  | | Tia Hellebaut (BEL) | DNF | 14.24 | 1.85 | 11.66 | 26.09 | DNS | | |
  | | Svetlana Gnezdilov (ISR) | DNF | 13.62 | 1.55 | 11.36 | DNS | | | |
  