# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon

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.
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

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

## Records

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

Eight (8) athletes will be invited by the IAAF in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows:
* the three best athletes from the previous year’s Outdoor Lists (as at 31 December), limited to a maximum of one per country and
* the three best athletes from the Indoor Lists during the year of the Competition
* 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

| 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
### 60 metres

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Points | Notes |
| | Ashton Eaton | United States | 6645 | WR, CR |
| | Oleksiy Kasyanov | Ukraine | 6071 | |
| | 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 | |