Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291 pts	Seoul, South Korea	23–24 September 1988

Olympic record

2012 World leading	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	6906 pts	Götzis, Austria	26–27 May 2012

Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 World leading	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	6955 pts	London, United Kingdom	3–4 August 2012

World Heptathlon Best 100m hurdles	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	12.54 NR, WHB	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012

World Heptathlon Best Shot put	Austra Skujytė (LTU)	17.31 WHB	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012

Olympic Heptathlon Best Javelin throw	Sofia Ifadidou (GRE)	56.96 OHB	London, United Kingdom	4 August 2012

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