2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon

Men's heptathlon
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
The medalists in the event.
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Dates22–23 March
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Winning points6475
Medalists
gold medal    Norway
silver medal    Estonia
bronze medal    Germany

The men's heptathlon at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, from 22 to 23 March 2025.. This was the 17th time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

The 60 metres, long jump, shot put, and high jump took place on 21 March during the morning session. The 60 metres hurdles, pole vault, and 1000 metres took place on 21 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's heptathlon was contested 16 times before 2025, at every edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships since 1993.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Record Athlete (nation) Score (pts) Location Date
World record[1]  Ashton Eaton (USA) 6645 Istanbul, Turkey 9-10 March 2012
Championship record[2]  Ashton Eaton (USA) 6645 Istanbul, Turkey 9-10 March 2012
World leading[3]  Sander Skotheim (NOR) 6558 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 8 March 2025

Results

60 metres

The 60 metres was started at 10:04.[4]

Place Heat Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
1 2 Till Steinforth  Germany 6.82 947
2 1 Harrison Williams  United States 6.90 918 PB
3 2 Johannes Erm  Estonia 6.94 904 SB
4 1 José Fernando Ferreira  Brazil 6.94 904 SB
5 2 Vilém Stráský  Czech Republic 6.95 900
6 2 Pedro de Oliveira  Brazil 6.96 897
7 2 Sander Skotheim  Norway 6.97 893
8 2 Zsombor Gálpál  Hungary 7.01 879
9 1 Heath Baldwin  United States 7.04 868 SB
10 1 Yuma Maruyama  Japan 7.04 868 PB
11 1 Risto Lillemets  Estonia 7.06 861
12 1 Tim Nowak  Germany 7.25 796

Long jump

The long jump was started at 10:48.[5]

Place Name Nation #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Total
1 Sander Skotheim  Norway x 8.00 7.65 8.00 1061 1954
2 Johannes Erm  Estonia 7.60 7.77 7.58 7.77 1002 SB 1906
3 Till Steinforth  Germany 7.41 7.61 7.59 7.61 962 1909
4 José Fernando Ferreira  Brazil 7.06 7.34 7.00 7.34 896 1800
5 Pedro de Oliveira  Brazil 6.86 7.20 7.15 7.20 862 1759
6 Tim Nowak  Germany 6.92 7.20 7.00 7.20 862 SB 1658
7 Heath Baldwin  United States 7.19 x 7.00 7.19 859 1727
8 Vilém Stráský  Czech Republic 7.03 x 7.10 7.10 838 1738
9 Harrison Williams  United States 7.10 x 6.80 7.10 838 SB 1756
10 Yuma Maruyama  Japan 6.90 x 6.93 6.93 797 1665
11 Risto Lillemets  Estonia x 6.86 x 6.86 781 SB 1642
12 Zsombor Gálpál  Hungary 6.62 6.49 6.62 6.62 725 1604

Shot put

The shot put was started at 12:10.[6]

Place Name Nation #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Total
1 Heath Baldwin  United States 15.59 15.37 16.00 16.00 851 SB 2578
2 Zsombor Gálpál  Hungary 15.63 14.28 15.27 15.63 828 2432
3 Harrison Williams  United States 14.50 14.96 15.49 15.49 820 2576
4 Johannes Erm  Estonia 14.99 x 15.27 15.27 806 2712
5 Tim Nowak  Germany 14.73 14.27 14.50 14.73 773 2431
6 Vilém Stráský  Czech Republic 14.50 14.47 14.71 14.71 772 SB 2510
7 Sander Skotheim  Norway 14.68 14.41 14.57 14.68 770 2724
8 Risto Lillemets  Estonia x 14.64 14.34 14.64 768 2410
9 José Fernando Ferreira  Brazil 13.60 14.50 14.21 14.50 759 2559
10 Till Steinforth  Germany 12.83 14.36 14.14 14.36 750 2659
11 Yuma Maruyama  Japan 13.80 x 14.17 14.17 739 SB 2404
12 Pedro de Oliveira  Brazil 12.56 13.19 13.61 13.61 704 2463

High jump

The high jump was started at 18:37.[7]

Place Name Nation 1.77 1.80 1.83 1.86 1.89 1.92 1.95 1.98 2.01 2.04 2.07 2.10 2.13 2.16 Result Points Notes Total
1 Sander Skotheim  Norway o xo o xxx o xxx 2.13 925 3649
2 Heath Baldwin  United States o o o o xo xo xxx 2.13 925 SB 3503
3 Till Steinforth  Germany o o o o xxo xxx 2.01 813 SB 3472
4 Johannes Erm  Estonia o o o xo xxx 1.98 785 3497
5 Risto Lillemets  Estonia o o o xxx 1.95 758 3168
6 Vilém Stráský  Czech Republic xo o xo o xxx 1.95 758 3268
7 Tim Nowak  Germany xo xxo xxx 1.95 758 3558
8 Yuma Maruyama  Japan o o xo xxx 1.92 731 3135
9 José Fernando Ferreira  Brazil o o xo xo xxx 1.92 731 3290
10 Harrison Williams  United States xo xxo xxo xr 1.92 731 SB 3307
11 Pedro de Oliveira  Brazil o xxo xxo xxx 1.89 705 SB 3168
12 Zsombor Gálpál  Hungary o xo xo xxo xxx 1.86 679 3111

60 metres hurdles

The 60 metres hurdles was started at 10:04.[8]

Place Heat Athlete Nation Time Points Notes Total
1 2 Till Steinforth  Germany 7.85 1020 4492
2 2 Vilém Stráský  Czech Republic 7.87 1015 PB 4283
3 2 Johannes Erm  Estonia 7.91 1005 PB 4502
4 2 Sander Skotheim  Norway 7.93 999 PB 4648
5 2 Yuma Maruyama  Japan 7.93 999 PB 4134
6 2 José Fernando Ferreira  Brazil 7.96 992 4282
7 1 Heath Baldwin  United States 7.99 984 SB 4487
8 1 Pedro de Oliveira  Brazil 8.04 972 PB 4140
9 1 Zsombor Gálpál  Hungary 8.19 935 4046
10 1 Risto Lillemets  Estonia 8.23 925 4093
11 1 Tim Nowak  Germany 8.24 922 4111
12 1 Harrison Williams  United States 8.50 860 SB 4167

Pole vault

The pole vault was started at 11:31.[9]

Place Name Nation 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.90 5.00 5.10 5.20 5.30 5.40 5.50 Result Points Notes Total
1 Johannes Erm  Estonia xo o o o xo xxo xxx 5.30 1004 SB 5506
2 Till Steinforth  Germany o o xo o o xxx 5.20 972 SB 5464
3 José Fernando Ferreira  Brazil o xxo o xxo o xo xxx 5.20 972 PB 5254
4 Vilém Stráský  Czech Republic o o o xo xo o xxx 5.00 910 PB 5193
5 Tim Nowak  Germany o o o xxo xxx 5.00 910 5021
6 Sander Skotheim  Norway xo o o o xxo xxx 5.00 910 5558
7 Risto Lillemets  Estonia xo xo o xxx 4.90 880 4973
8 Heath Baldwin  United States xo o o o xo xxx 4.80 849 5336
9 Yuma Maruyama  Japan xo o o xxo xxx 4.80 849 4983
10 Zsombor Gálpál  Hungary o xxx 4.20 673 4719
11 Pedro de Oliveira  Brazil o xxx 3.70 535 4675
Harrison Williams  United States r NM 0 4167

1000 metres

The 1000 metres was started at 20:02.[10]

Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes Total
1 Johannes Erm  Estonia 2:34.91 931 6437
2 Sander Skotheim  Norway 2:36.08 917 6475
3 Tim Nowak  Germany 2:36.36 914 5935
4 Vilém Stráský  Czech Republic 2:36.65 911 6104
5 Risto Lillemets  Estonia 2:38.23 893 5866
6 Heath Baldwin  United States 2:41.95 852 PB 6188
7 Pedro de Oliveira  Brazil 2:44.04 829 PB 5504
8 Zsombor Gálpál  Hungary 2:44.09 829 PB 5548
9 Yuma Maruyama  Japan 2:44.54 824 PB 5807
10 Till Steinforth  Germany 2:45.69 811 6275
11 José Fernando Ferreira  Brazil 2:50.93 756 PB 6010
Harrison Williams  United States DNS 0 DNF

Overall results

After all events.[11]

Key
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Key: WL World leading performance NR National record PB Personal best DNS Did not start DNF Did not finish
Place Athlete Nation Overall points Notes 60 m LJ SP HJ 60 m H PV 1000 m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sander Skotheim  Norway 6475 893
6.97
1061
8.00 m
770
14.68 m
925
2.13 m
999
7.93
910
5.00 m
917
2:36.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johannes Erm  Estonia 6437 NR 904
6.94
1002
7.77 m
806
15.27 m
785
1.98 m
1005
7.91
1004
5.30 m
931
2:34.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Till Steinforth  Germany 6275 947
6.82
962
7.61 m
750
14.36 m
813
2.01 m
1020
7.85
972
5.20 m
811
2:45.69
4 Heath Baldwin  United States 6188 SB 868
7.04
859
7.19 m
851
16.00 m
925
2.13 m
984
7.99
849
4.80 m
852
2:41.95
5 Vilém Stráský  Czech Republic 6104 900
6.95
838
7.10 m
772
14.71 m
758
1.95 m
1015
7.87
910
5.00 m
911
2:36.65
6 José Fernando Ferreira  Brazil 6010 AR 904
6.94
896
7.34 m
759
14.50 m
731
1.92 m
992
7.96
972
5.20 m
756
2:50.93
7 Tim Nowak  Germany 5935 SB 796
7.25
862
7.20 m
773
14.73 m
758
1.95 m
922
8.24
910
5.00 m
910
2:36.36
8 Risto Lillemets  Estonia 5866 861
7.06
781
6.86 m
768
14.64 m
758
1.95 m
925
8.23
880
4.90 m
893
2:38.23
9 Yuma Maruyama  Japan 5807 868
7.04
797
6.93 m
739
14.17 m
731
1.92 m
999
7.93
849
4.80 m
824
2:44.54
10 Zsombor Gálpál  Hungary 5548 PB 879
7.01
725
6.62 m
828
15.63 m
679
1.86 m
935
8.19
673
4.20 m
829
2:44.09
11 Pedro de Oliveira  Brazil 5504 897
6.96
862
7.20 m
704
13.61 m
705
1.89 m
972
8.04
535
3.70 m
829
2:44.04
Harrison Williams  United States DNF 918
6.90
838
7.10 m
820
15.49 m
731
1.92 m
860
8.50
0
NM
DNS

References

  1. ^ https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/combined-events/heptathlon-short-track/all/men/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2025-03-14&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229571&ageCategory=senior
  2. ^ "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  3. ^ https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/combined-events/heptathlon-short-track/all/men/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&firstDay=2025-01-01&lastDay=2025-03-14&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229571&ageCategory=senior
  4. ^ "Results 60 Metres Men - Heptathlon" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Results Long Jump Men - Heptathlon" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Results Shot Put Men - Heptathlon" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Results High Jump Men - Heptathlon" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Results 60 Metres Hurdles Men - Heptathlon" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Results Pole Vault Men - Heptathlon" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Results 1000 metres Men - Heptathlon" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Heptathlon Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.