Kate O'Connor (IRL) won the women's heptathlon at the European Championships in Birmingham on 15 August with 6751 points. She arrived with a best of 6714 from Tokyo in September 2025 and left 37 above it. Five of the top eight finished above their series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate O'Connor (IRL) | 6751 | +37 | |
| 2 | Emma Oosterwegel (NED) | 6713 | -38 | +8 |
| 3 | Sofie Dokter (NED) | 6664 | -87 | +37 |
| 4 | Annik Kälin (SUI) | 6630 | -121 | -189 |
| 5 | Sophie Weißenberg (GER) | 6496 | -255 | +47 |
| 6 | Sarolta Kriszt (HUN) | 6407 | -344 | +156 |
| 7 | Adrianna Sułek-Schubert (POL) | 6375 | -376 | -297 |
| 8 | María Vicente (ESP) | 6372 | -379 | +68 |
The lead changed hands three times. Annik Kälin (SUI) held it after the hurdles, Adrianna Sułek-Schubert (POL) through the high jump, the shot and the 200m. Sułek-Schubert closed day 1 on 3968, 24 ahead of Sofie Dokter (NED) and 42 ahead of O'Connor. Kälin led again after the long jump, by one point from Dokter and six from O'Connor. O'Connor took the lead in the javelin and kept it.
O'Connor spent day 1 in third on 3926, 20 points up on her series, with 13.30 in the hurdles for 1080, 1.86 in the high jump to match the height from her PB series exactly, and 23.79 over 200m. Day 2 opened with the jump that decided the competition: 6.55 against a 6.22 series mark, worth 1023 points and 105 more than the long jump of her PB series was worth. The javelin, 50.16, moved her in front for the first time, 51 clear with one event to run, and 2:11.74 closed it out 37 up on Tokyo.
Emma Oosterwegel (NED) was fifth after day 1 on 3865 and already 18 up on her series, having opened with 12.98 in the hurdles for 1127 points. Day 2 was where she moved: 6.50 in the long jump for another 35 against her series, then 51.49 in the javelin and 2:10.87 over 800m, worth 889 and 952 points. She finished on 6713, 8 above the 6705 she scored at Götzis in May, and so 8 above her series.
Sofie Dokter ran the competition the other way round. She was second overnight on 3944 but 25 under her series, having lost 75 points at 1.74 in the high jump against a 1.80 series mark, with 23.05 over 200m for 1074 only partly answering for it. Day 2 was worth 62 points above her series: 6.51 in the long jump, 46.20 in the javelin for 43 more than her series, and 2:12.90 to finish third on 6664, 37 above the 6627 she scored at Götzis in May.
All three medallists set personal bests. The largest gain of the competition belongs to Sarolta Kriszt (HUN), 156 points above her series in sixth: she stood eighteenth after the shot and sixth at the end, with 13.26 in the shot, 46.67 in the javelin and 6.44 in the long jump each worth between 35 and 61 points more than the same event of her PB series. Sophie Weißenberg (GER) took fifth 47 up on hers, 75 of them from 1.80 in the high jump, and María Vicente (ESP) was eighth 68 up, closing with a 2:14.81 that beat her series by 52. Sułek-Schubert, who led for three events, finished 297 under hers.
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