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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon

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Men's heptathlon
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates2–3 March
Competitors12 from 10 nations
Winning points6348
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    Estonia
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The men's heptathlon at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.[1]

The winning margin was 5 points which as of July 2024 remains the joint-narrowest winning margin in the men's heptathlon at these championships. The gold medallist achieved the best score in the shot put.

Summary

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With the retirement of defending champion Ashton Eaton, the multi-event world opened up. 2016 Olympic silver medalist Kévin Mayer assumed the top spot winning the 2017 World Championships. His pursuers included Olympic bronze medalist Damian Warner and world championship bronze medalist Kai Kazmirek.

In the 60 metres, Warner ran the top time of 6.74, his personal best, but Mayer was only .11 behind, also running his personal best, putting Warner 41 points ahead. In the long jump, Kazmirek boomed a 7.68 m (25 ft 2+14 in) personal best to offset one of the poorer 60 metre times to move into a tight group fighting for third place. Oleksiy Kasyanov actually held an 8-point advantage in third, with Dominik Distelberger joining the other two within 13 points of each other. At the top of the leader board, Mayer had another personal best of 7.55m in the long jump to pull within two points of Warner. In the shot put, Mayer overpowered Warner, his 15.67 m (51 ft 4+34 in) more than two feet further than Warner, who threw his personal best 14.90 m. Mayer had a 45-point lead. Kazmirek's personal best 14.55 m shot put put him 16 points up for third place. As the last event of the first day, Mayer and Warner topped out at 2.02 m, with Kazmirek gaining a little ground with a 2.05 m. At that height, Maicel Uibo had barely warmed up. Uibo kept clearing heights all the way up to 2.17 m (7 ft 1+14 in), which also moved him into a solid third place, exactly 100 points behind Mayer.

Warner began the second day with a 7.67 60 metres hurdles, 0.16 s better than Mayer and enough to pull him back to four points behind. Both Kazmirek and Uibo ran personal bests, but Kazmirek was .24 better to give him a 45 point advantage. Kasyanov pushed over a hurdle to take himself out of the race. In the pole vault, Warner got over a personal best 4.90m to only lose 10 cm and another 30 points to Mayer. Again on the vertical jump, Uibo excelled clearing a personal best of 5.30 m (17 ft 4+12 in), which was matched by Eelco Sintnicolaas who was still in sixth place, behind Zachery Ziemek. But Kazmirek had also jumped a personal best 5.20 m, so Uibo was still 13 points behind. In order to win the championship, Warner needed to beat Mayer by about 3 seconds in the 1000 meters, and Uibo needed to beat Kazmirek by about 1.3 seconds. Both Warner 2:37.12 and Uibo 2:38.51 ran personal bests in first and second place. Mayer was able to stay about 2 and a half seconds behind Warner to take the championship by a scant 5 points. Uibo beat Kazmirek by over 3 and a half seconds to take the bronze. Warner was able to beat Mike Smith's 25 year old Canadian national record.

Detailed results

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60 metres

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The 60 metres was held on 2 March at 09:59.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Result Points Notes
1 1 Damian Warner  Canada 6.74 977 PB
2 2 Kevin Mayer  France 6.85 936 PB
3 2 Zachery Ziemek  United States 6.89 922 SB
4 2 Dominik Distelberger  Austria 6.93 907
5 2 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine 6.95 900
6 2 Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands 6.96 897
7 2 Lindon Victor  Grenada 6.98 889
8 1 Ruben Gado  France 6.99 886 SB
9 1 Jan Doležal  Czech Republic 7.04 868
10 1 Kai Kazmirek  Germany 7.15 830 SB
11 1 Maicel Uibo  Estonia 7.20 813 SB
12 1 Kurt Felix  Grenada 7.21 809 SB

Long jump

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The long jump was held on 2 March at 10:40.[3]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Total
1 Kai Kazmirek  Germany 7.08 7.68 7.18 7.68 980 PB 1810
2 Kevin Mayer  France 7.43 7.36 7.55 7.55 947 PB 1883
3 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine x 7.43 x 7.43 918 1818
4 Maicel Uibo  Estonia x 7.41 x 7.41 913 PB 1726
5 Damian Warner  Canada 7.11 7.39 x 7.39 908 1885
6 Dominik Distelberger  Austria 6.99 7.08 7.35 7.35 898 1805
7 Ruben Gado  France 7.26 x x 7.26 876 1762
8 Zachery Ziemek  United States 7.09 6.96 7.21 7.21 864 SB 1786
9 Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands 6.94 7.01 7.15 7.15 850 SB 1747
10 Jan Doležal  Czech Republic 6.96 7.04 6.84 7.04 823 1691
11 Kurt Felix  Grenada 6.93 x x 6.93 797 1606
12 Lindon Victor  Grenada x x 5.55 5.55 492 1381

Shot put

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The shot put was held on 2 March at 11:59.[4]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Total
1 Kevin Mayer  France x 14.49 15.67 15.67 831 2714
2 Lindon Victor  Grenada x 15.54 x 15.54 823 SB 2204
3 Damian Warner  Canada 14.90 x 13.89 14.90 784 PB 2669
4 Jan Doležal  Czech Republic 14.17 14.82 14.16 14.82 779 PB 2470
5 Kai Kazmirek  Germany x 13.54 14.55 14.55 762 PB 2572
6 Kurt Felix  Grenada 14.35 14.39 x 14.39 752 SB 2358
7 Maicel Uibo  Estonia 14.30 14.01 14.19 14.30 747 2473
8 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine 14.03 14.16 x 14.16 738 SB 2556
9 Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands 14.09 14.00 14.02 14.09 734 2481
10 Ruben Gado  France 13.61 13.12 13.17 13.61 704 PB 2466
11 Zachery Ziemek  United States 12.52 13.45 13.48 13.48 697 2483
12 Dominik Distelberger  Austria 12.46 12.21 13.04 12.24 670 2475

High jump

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The high jump was held on 2 March at 19:44.[5]

Rank Group Athlete Nationality 1.81 1.84 1.87 1.90 1.93 1.96 1.99 2.02 2.05 2.08 2.11 2.14 2.17 2.20 Result Points Notes Total
1 B Maicel Uibo  Estonia o xo o xxo xo xxx 2.17 963 PB 3436
2 A Kai Kazmirek  Germany o xo xo xxo xxx 2.05 850 SB 3422
3 A Zachery Ziemek  United States o o o xxx 2.02 822 3305
4 A Damian Warner  Canada o o o o xo xxx 2.02 822 PB 3491
5 A Kevin Mayer  France o xo xo xxx 2.02 822 SB 3536
6 A Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine xo o o xo xo xxx 1.99 794 SB 3155
7 B Jan Doležal  Czech Republic o o xxo o xxx 1.96 767 3237
8 B Ruben Gado  France o o o xo xxo xxx 1.96 767 3233
9 B Dominik Distelberger  Austria xo xo o xxo xxx 1.93 740 3215
10 A Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands o o o xxx 1.90 714 SB 3195
11 B Lindon Victor  Grenada xxx NM 0 2204
B Kurt Felix  Grenada DNS 0

60 metres hurdles

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The 60 metres hurdles was held on 3 March at 09:59.[6]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Result Points Notes Total
1 2 Damian Warner  Canada 7.67 1066 SB 4557
2 2 Kevin Mayer  France 7.83 1025 4561
3 1 Kai Kazmirek  Germany 7.95 994 PB 4416
4 2 Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands 7.97 989 SB 4184
5 2 Dominik Distelberger  Austria 7.98 987 4202
6 1 Zachery Ziemek  United States 8.14 947 4252
7 1 Maicel Uibo  Estonia 8.19 935 PB 4371
8 2 Jan Doležal  Czech Republic 8.20 932 4169
9 1 Ruben Gado  France 8.47 867 4100
2 Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine DQ 0 168.7(b)[7] 3378
1 Lindon Victor  Grenada DNS 0

Pole vault

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Pole vault was held on 3 March at 11:07.[8]

Rank Athlete Nationality 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.90 5.00 5.10 5.20 5.30 5.40 Result Points Notes Total
1 Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands o xo o xxx 5.30 1004 5188
2 Maicel Uibo  Estonia –o o o o xo xxx 5.30 1004 PB 5375
3 Kai Kazmirek  Germany o o o o xxx 5.20 972 PB 5388
4 Ruben Gado  France o o xxx 5.10 941 5041
Zachery Ziemek  United States o o xxx 5.10 941 5193
6 Kevin Mayer  France o xxx 5.00 910 5471
7 Damian Warner  Canada o o xxo xxx 4.90 880 PB 5437
8 Dominik Distelberger  Austria o o xxx 4.80 849 5051
9 Jan Doležal  Czech Republic o o o xxx 4.70 819 4988
Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine DNS 0
Lindon Victor  Grenada DNS 0

1000 metres

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Athletes lining up for the final event

The 1000 metres was held on 3 March at 19:50.[9]

Rank Name Nationality Result Points Notes
1 Damian Warner  Canada 2:37.12 906 PB
2 Maicel Uibo  Estonia 2:38.51 890 PB
3 Ruben Gado  France 2:38.86 886 SB
4 Kevin Mayer  France 2:39.64 877 SB
5 Dominik Distelberger  Austria 2:41.49 857 SB
6 Kai Kazmirek  Germany 2:42.15 850 SB
7 Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands 2:45.93 809 SB
8 Jan Doležak  Czech Republic 2:47.99 787
9 Zachery Ziemek  United States 2:51.73 748

Overall results

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After all events.[10]

Key
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Key: WL World leading performance NIR National indoor record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DNS Did not start DNF Did not finish DQ Disqualified NM No mark
Rank Athlete Nationality Overall points 60 m LJ SP HJ 60 m H PV 1000 m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kevin Mayer  France 6348
WL
936
6.85
947
7.55
831
15.67
822
2.02
1025
7.83
910
5.00
877
2:39.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Damian Warner  Canada 6343
NIR
977
6.74
908
7.39
784
14.90
822
2.02
1066
7.67
880
4.90
906
2:37.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maicel Uibo  Estonia 6265
PB
813
7.20
913
7.41
747
14.30
963
2.17
935
8.19
1004
5.30
890
2:38.51
4 Kai Kazmirek  Germany 6238
PB
830
7.15
980
7.68
762
14.55
850
2.05
994
7.95
972
5.20
850
2:42.15
5 Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands 5997
SB
897
6.96
850
7.15
734
14.09
714
1.90
989
7.97
1004
5.30
809
2:45.93
6 Zachery Ziemek  United States 5941
922
6.89
864
7.21
697
13.48
822
2.02
947
8.14
941
5.10
748
2:51.73
7 Ruben Gado  France 5927
886
6.99
876
7.26
704
13.61
767
1.96
867
8.47
941
5.10
886
2:38.86
8 Dominik Distelberger  Austria 5908
907
6.93
898
7.35
670
13.04
740
1.93
987
7.98
849
4.80
857
2:41.49
9 Jan Doležal  Czech Republic 5775
868
7.04
823
7.04
779
14.82
767
1.96
932
8.20
819
4.70
787
2:47.99
Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine DNF 900
6.95
918
7.43
738
14.16
822
2.02
0
DQ
DNS DNS
Lindon Victor  Grenada DNF 889
6.98
492
5.55
823
15.54
0
NM
DNS DNS DNS
Kurt Felix  Grenada DNF 809
7.21
797
6.93
752
14.39
DNS DNS DNS DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ^ "60 metres results" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Long jump results" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Shot put results" (PDF).
  5. ^ "High jump results" (PDF).
  6. ^ "60 metres hurdles results" (PDF).
  7. ^ Deliberately knocking down a hurdle
  8. ^ "Pole vault results" (PDF).
  9. ^ "1000 metres results" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Final results" (PDF).