These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With 18 participating athletes, including two non-finishers and one non-starter, the competition is notable for having the lowest number of competitors in the World Championships history. The competition started on Saturday August 4, 2001 and ended on Sunday August 5, 2001. The winning margin was 155 points.
Medalists
edit| Gold |  Yelena ProkhorovaRussia (RUS) |
| Silver |  Natallia SazanovichBelarus (BLR) |
| Bronze |  Shelia BurrellUnited States (USA) |
Schedule
edit- Saturday, August 4
- 100 m hurdles
- High Jump
- Shot Put
- 200 m
- Sunday, August 5
- Long Jump
- Javelin Throw
- 800 m
Records
edit| Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7291 | September 24, 1988 |  Seoul, South Korea |
| Event Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7128 | September 1, 1987 |  Rome, Italy |
| Season Best |  Eunice Barber (FRA) | 6736 | May 27, 2001 |  Götzis, Austria |
Results
edit The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
| Rank | Athlete | Heptathlon | Points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
 | Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) | 13.77 | 1.88 | 13.15 | 23.73 | 6.61 | 50.73 | 2:11.53 | 6694 | |||
 | Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) | 13.29 | 1.76 | 15.90 | 23.87 | 6.50 | 46.72 | 2:20.87 | 6539 | |||
 | Shelia Burrell (USA) | 13.05 | 1.67 | 12.87 | 22.92 | 6.45 | 48.74 | 2:14.24 | 6472 | |||
| 4 | Natalya Roshchupkina (RUS) | 14.12 | 1.79 | 14.74 | 23.41 | 6.02 | 44.04 | 2:15.56 | 6294 | |||
| 5 |  Karin Ertl (GER) | 13.56 | 1.82 | 13.83 | 24.91 | 6.28 | 45.89 | 2:18.54 | 6283 | |||
| 6 |  Austra Skujytė (LTU) | 14.37 | 1.79 | 16.06 | 25.52 | 6.00 | 46.04 | 2:20.78 | 6112 | |||
| 7 | LeShundra Nathan (USA) | 13.68 | 1.70 | 14.68 | 25.16 | 6.04 | 46.12 | 2:19.05 | 6073 | |||
| 8 | Irina Belova (RUS) | 13.86 | 1.73 | 14.12 | 24.66 | 5.86 | 38.73 | 2:07.44 | 6061 | |||
| 9 | Gertrud Bacher (ITA) | 13.94 | 1.70 | 14.03 | 25.10 | 5.69 | 45.38 | 2:09.85 | 6010 | |||
| 10 |  Tiia Hautala (FIN) | 13.79 | 1.79 | 13.32 | 25.52 | 5.94 | 45.40 | 2:18.98 | 6002 | |||
| 11 | Marie Collonvillé (FRA) | 13.87 | 1.79 | 11.89 | 25.59 | 5.93 | 41.61 | 2:13.70 | 5887 | |||
| 12 |  Nicole Haynes (CAN) | 14.48 | 1.73 | 14.94 | 26.41 | 5.87 | 46.37 | 2:24.45 | 5786 | |||
| 13 |  Margaret Simpson (GHA) | 14.07 | 1.76 | 11.14 | 25.11 | 5.57 | 50.76 | 2:23.54 | 5748 | |||
| 14 |  Tia Hellebaut (BEL) | 14.60 | 1.85 | 12.84 | 26.54 | 5.65 | 44.37 | 2:23.20 | 5680 | |||
| 15 |  G. Pramila Ganapathy (IND) | 14.41 | 1.73 | 11.43 | 25.04 | 5.92 | 34.60 | 2:22.89 | 5492 | |||
| — | Eunice Barber (FRA) | 12.78 | 1.88 | NM | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | |||
| — |  Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 15.02 | 1.76 | NM | 25.69 | 5.73 | DNS | DNS | DNF | |||
| — |  Denise Lewis (GBR) | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | |||