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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon

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Gold medal winner Ashton Eaton en route to victory.

The men's heptathlon at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place 9-10 March 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena. Eight athletes from seven countries participated, two of them being Russian. American Ashton Eaton won with a world record points total of 6645, breaking his own previous record of 6568.[1][2]

The winning margin was 574 points which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's heptathlon was won by more than 400 points at these championships. The gold medallist achieved the best score in five of the seven events.

Medallists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Ashton Eaton
 United States
Oleksiy Kasyanov
 Ukraine
Artem Lukyanenko
 Russia

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record  Ashton Eaton (USA) 6568 Tallinn, Estonia 6 February 2011
Championship record  Dan O'Brien (USA) 6476 Toronto, Canada 14 March 1993
World Leading  Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) 6237 Zaporizhia, Ukraine 28 January 2012
African record  Larbi Bouraada (ALG) 5911 Paris, France 28 February 2010
Asian record  Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) 6229 Tallinn, Estonia 16 February 2008
European record  Roman Šebrle (CZE) 6438 Budapest, Hungary 7 March 2004
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
 Ashton Eaton (USA) 6568 Tallinn, Estonia 6 February 2011
Oceanian Record  Brent Newdick (AUS) 5758 Tallinn, Estonia 4 February 2012
South American record  Gonzalo Barroilhet (CHI) 5951 Fayetteville, United States 15 March 2008

Qualification standards

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Eight (8) athletes will be invited by the IAAF in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows:

  1. the three best athletes from the previous year’s Outdoor Lists (as at 31 December), limited to a maximum of one per country and
  2. the three best athletes from the Indoor Lists during the year of the Competition
  3. two athletes which may be invited at the discretion of the IAAF

In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions. Members whose athletes are invited as above will receive additional quota places accordingly

Schedule

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Date Time Round
March 9, 2012 11:35 60 metres
March 9, 2012 12:35 Long jump
March 9, 2012 17:40 Shot put
March 9, 2012 18:50 High jump
March 10, 2012 9:30 60 metres hurdles
March 10, 2012 10:30 Pole vault
March 10, 2012 18:20 1000 metres
March 10, 2012 18:20 Final standings

Results

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60 metres

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Points Notes
1 4 Ashton Eaton  United States 6.79 958
2 6 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine 6.87 929
3 3 Yordani García  Cuba 7.02 875
4 2 Artem Lukyanenko  Russia 7.07 858
5 8 Adam Sebastian Helcelet  Czech Republic 7.19 816
6 5 Mikk Pahapill  Estonia 7.27 789 SB
7 1 Ilya Shkurenev  Russia 7.39 749
8 7 Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus 7.46 726

Long jump

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Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Summary
1 Ashton Eaton  United States 8.16 x 8.16 1102 PB 2060
2 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine 7.62 x 7.68 7.68 980 1909
3 Ilya Shkurenev  Russia 7.30 7.50 x 7.50 935 PB 1684
4 Artem Lukyanenko  Russia 7.26 7.38 7.17 7.38 905 PB 1763
5 Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus x 7.36 x 7.36 900 1626
6 Adam Sebastian Helcelet  Czech Republic x 7.24 7.05 7.24 871 1687
7 Mikk Pahapill  Estonia 6.74 6.70 x 6.74 753 1542
8 Yordani García  Cuba x 6.48 6.64 6.64 729 SB 1604

Shot put

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Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Summary
1 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine 15.24 14.76 14.61 15.24 804 2713
2 Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus 14.71 14.61 14.90 14.90 784 SB 2410
3 Ashton Eaton  United States x 13.89 14.56 14.56 763 SB 2823
4 Mikk Pahapill  Estonia 14.54 14.11 14.48 14.54 761 2303
5 Artem Lukyanenko  Russia 13.19 14.35 x 14.35 750 2513
6 Yordani García  Cuba 14.18 x x 14.18 739 SB 2343
7 Adam Sebastian Helcelet  Czech Republic 13.97 13.97 14.04 14.04 731 2418
8 Ilya Shkurenev  Russia 12.62 13.06 13.39 13.39 691 PB 2375

High jump

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Rank Name Nationality 1.88 1.91 1.94 1.97 2.00 2.03 2.06 2.09 Result Points Notes Summary
1 Adam Sebastian Helcelet  Czech Republic o o xo xxo o xxx 2.06 859 PB 3277
2 Yordani García  Cuba o o xo o o xo xxx 2.06 859 SB 3202
3 Ashton Eaton  United States o o o o o xxx 2.03 831 SB 3654
3 Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus o o o o xxx 2.03 831 SB 3241
5 Ilya Shkurenev  Russia o o o o xxo o xxx 2.03 831 3206
6 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine xo o o xxx 1.97 776 3489
6 Artem Lukyanenko  Russia xo o o xxx 1.97 776 3289
8 Mikk Pahapill  Estonia o xxo xxx 1.94 749 SB 3052

60 metres hurdles

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Rank Name Nationality Result Points Notes Summary
1 Ashton Eaton  United States 7.68 1064 4718
2 Ilya Shkurenev  Russia 8.10 957 PB 4163
3 Artem Lukyanenko  Russia 8.13 949 4238
4 Yordani García  Cuba 8.13 949 SB 4151
5 Adam Sebastian Helcelet  Czech Republic 8.16 942 4219
6 Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus 8.21 930 SB 4171
7 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine 8.39 886 4375
8 Mikk Pahapill  Estonia DNF 0 3052

Pole vault

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Rank Name Nationality 4.30 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.90 5.00 5.10 5.20 5.30 Result Points Notes Summary
1 Ashton Eaton  United States o o o o o xo xxx 5.20 972 SB 5690
2 Artem Lukyanenko  Russia o o o o o o xxx 5.00 910 PB 5148
3 Ilya Shkurenev  Russia o o o o xxx 4.90 880 5043
4 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine o o o o o xxx 4.80 849 SB 5224
5 Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus xo o xxx 4.80 849 SB 5020
6 Adam Sebastian Helcelet  Czech Republic o o xxo o xxx 4.70 819 5038
7 Yordani García  Cuba xo xxx 4.60 790 4941
Mikk Pahapill  Estonia DNS 0 DNF

1000 metres

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Rank Name Nationality Result Points Notes
1 Ashton Eaton  United States 2:32.78 955 CR
2 Ilya Shkurenev  Russia 2:41.66 855 PB
3 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine 2:42.41 847 NR
4 Adam Sebastian Helcelet  Czech Republic 2:43.05 840 PB
5 Artem Lukyanenko  Russia 2:44.82 821 PB
6 Yordani García  Cuba 2:50.21 763 PB
7 Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus 2:53.83 726 SB

Final standings

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Rank Name Nationality Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ashton Eaton  United States 6645 WR, CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine 6071
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Artem Lukyanenko  Russia 5969
4 Ilya Shkurenev  Russia 5898
5 Adam Sebastian Helcelet  Czech Republic 5878
6 Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus 5746
7 Yordani García  Cuba 5704 SB
Mikk Pahapill  Estonia DNF

References

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  1. ^ "USA's Ashton Eaton sets world record in heptathlon". USA Today. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Eaton takes gold with world record". Irish Examiner. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  3. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (60 metres)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  4. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (long jump)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  5. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (shot put)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  6. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (high jump)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  7. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (60 metres hurdles)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  8. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (pole vault)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  9. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (1000 metres)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  10. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon (final results)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-10.