2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
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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
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Ashton Eaton![]() | Oleksiy Kasyanov![]() | Artem Lukyanenko![]() |
Records
Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
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World record | ![]() | 6568 | Tallinn, Estonia | 6 February 2011 |
Championship record | ![]() | 6476 | Toronto, Canada | 14 March 1993 |
World Leading | ![]() | 6237 | Zaporizhia, Ukraine | 28 January 2012 |
African record | ![]() | 5911 | Paris, France | 28 February 2010 |
Asian record | ![]() | 6229 | Tallinn, Estonia | 16 February 2008 |
European record | ![]() | 6438 | Budapest, Hungary | 7 March 2004 |
North and Central American and Caribbean record | ![]() | 6568 | Tallinn, Estonia | 6 February 2011 |
Oceanian Record | ![]() | 5758 | Tallinn, Estonia | 4 February 2012 |
South American record | ![]() | 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 |
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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
[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() | 6.79 | 958 | |
2 | 6 | Oleksiy Kasyanov | ![]() | 6.87 | 929 | |
3 | 3 | Yordani García | ![]() | 7.02 | 875 | |
4 | 2 | Artem Lukyanenko | ![]() | 7.07 | 858 | |
5 | 8 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet | ![]() | 7.19 | 816 | |
6 | 5 | Mikk Pahapill | ![]() | 7.27 | 789 | SB |
7 | 1 | Ilya Shkurenev | ![]() | 7.39 | 749 | |
8 | 7 | Andrei Krauchanka | ![]() | 7.46 | 726 |
Long jump
[4]
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Summary |
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1 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() | 8.16 | x | — | 8.16 | 1102 | PB | 2060 |
2 | Oleksiy Kasyanov | ![]() | 7.62 | x | 7.68 | 7.68 | 980 | 1909 | |
3 | Ilya Shkurenev | ![]() | 7.30 | 7.50 | x | 7.50 | 935 | PB | 1684 |
4 | Artem Lukyanenko | ![]() | 7.26 | 7.38 | 7.17 | 7.38 | 905 | PB | 1763 |
5 | Andrei Krauchanka | ![]() | x | 7.36 | x | 7.36 | 900 | 1626 | |
6 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet | ![]() | x | 7.24 | 7.05 | 7.24 | 871 | 1687 | |
7 | Mikk Pahapill | ![]() | 6.74 | 6.70 | x | 6.74 | 753 | 1542 | |
8 | Yordani García | ![]() | x | 6.48 | 6.64 | 6.64 | 729 | SB | 1604 |
Shot put
[5]
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Summary |
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1 | Oleksiy Kasyanov | ![]() | 15.24 | 14.76 | 14.61 | 15.24 | 804 | 2713 | |
2 | Andrei Krauchanka | ![]() | 14.71 | 14.61 | 14.90 | 14.90 | 784 | SB | 2410 |
3 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() | x | 13.89 | 14.56 | 14.56 | 763 | SB | 2823 |
4 | Mikk Pahapill | ![]() | 14.54 | 14.11 | 14.48 | 14.54 | 761 | 2303 | |
5 | Artem Lukyanenko | ![]() | 13.19 | 14.35 | x | 14.35 | 750 | 2513 | |
6 | Yordani García | ![]() | 14.18 | x | x | 14.18 | 739 | SB | 2343 |
7 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet | ![]() | 13.97 | 13.97 | 14.04 | 14.04 | 731 | 2418 | |
8 | Ilya Shkurenev | ![]() | 12.62 | 13.06 | 13.39 | 13.39 | 691 | PB | 2375 |
High jump
[6]
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.06 | 2.09 | Result | Points | Notes | Summary |
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1 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet | ![]() | – | o | – | o | xo | xxo | o | xxx | 2.06 | 859 | PB | 3277 |
2 | Yordani García | ![]() | – | o | o | xo | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.06 | 859 | SB | 3202 |
3 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | o | – | xxx | 2.03 | 831 | SB | 3654 |
3 | Andrei Krauchanka | ![]() | – | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.03 | 831 | SB | 3241 | |
5 | Ilya Shkurenev | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.03 | 831 | 3206 | ||
6 | Oleksiy Kasyanov | ![]() | – | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.97 | 776 | 3489 | ||||
6 | Artem Lukyanenko | ![]() | – | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.97 | 776 | 3289 | ||||
8 | Mikk Pahapill | ![]() | – | o | xxo | xxx | 1.94 | 749 | SB | 3052 |
60 metres hurdles
[7]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Summary |
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1 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() | 7.68 | 1064 | 4718 | |
2 | Ilya Shkurenev | ![]() | 8.10 | 957 | PB | 4163 |
3 | Artem Lukyanenko | ![]() | 8.13 | 949 | 4238 | |
4 | Yordani García | ![]() | 8.13 | 949 | SB | 4151 |
5 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet | ![]() | 8.16 | 942 | 4219 | |
6 | Andrei Krauchanka | ![]() | 8.21 | 930 | SB | 4171 |
7 | Oleksiy Kasyanov | ![]() | 8.39 | 886 | 4375 | |
8 | Mikk Pahapill | ![]() | DNF | 0 | 3052 |
Pole vault
[8]
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 |
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1 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() | – | o | – | o | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.20 | 972 | SB | 5690 |
2 | Artem Lukyanenko | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 5.00 | 910 | PB | 5148 | ||
3 | Ilya Shkurenev | ![]() | – | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | 4.90 | 880 | 5043 | ||||
4 | Oleksiy Kasyanov | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 4.80 | 849 | SB | 5224 | ||||
5 | Andrei Krauchanka | ![]() | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 4.80 | 849 | SB | 5020 | |||
6 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet | ![]() | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.70 | 819 | 5038 | ||||||
7 | Yordani García | ![]() | – | – | xo | xxx | 4.60 | 790 | 4941 | |||||||
Mikk Pahapill | ![]() | DNS | 0 | DNF |
1000 metres
[9]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes |
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1 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() | 2:32.78 | 955 | CR |
2 | Ilya Shkurenev | ![]() | 2:41.66 | 855 | PB |
3 | Oleksiy Kasyanov | ![]() | 2:42.41 | 847 | NR |
4 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet | ![]() | 2:43.05 | 840 | PB |
5 | Artem Lukyanenko | ![]() | 2:44.82 | 821 | PB |
6 | Yordani García | ![]() | 2:50.21 | 763 | PB |
7 | Andrei Krauchanka | ![]() | 2:53.83 | 726 | SB |
Final standings
[10]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Points | Notes |
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![]() | Ashton Eaton | ![]() | 6645 | WR, CR |
![]() | Oleksiy Kasyanov | ![]() | 6071 | |
![]() | Artem Lukyanenko | ![]() | 5969 | |
4 | Ilya Shkurenev | ![]() | 5898 | |
5 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet | ![]() | 5878 | |
6 | Andrei Krauchanka | ![]() | 5746 | |
7 | Yordani García | ![]() | 5704 | SB |
Mikk Pahapill | ![]() | DNF |
References
- ^ "USA's Ashton Eaton sets world record in heptathlon". USA Today. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "Eaton takes gold with world record". Irish Examiner. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.