2012 Thorpe Cup

The 2012 Thorpe Cup was held at the Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion in Marburg on 21–22 July 2012.

2012 Thorpe Cup
Dates21–22 July 2012
Host cityMarburg, Germany
VenueGeorg-Gaßmann-Stadion
Participation34 athletes

Kai Kazmirek won the men's decathlon event with a personal best score of 8130 points[1] and Kira Biesenbach won the women's heptathlon event, also recording a personal best, with 5878 points.[2]

A number of Olympic athletes were in Marburg over the weekend to practise for the upcoming Summer Games in London. One month after recording his world record, Ashton Eaton competed in five of the ten disciplines, and even secured personal bests in the shot put[3] and javelin throw.

Results

Men's decathlon

RankNamePointsNotes100 mLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 m110 m hurdlesDiscusPole vaultJavelin1500 m
1st place, gold medalist(s)Germany Kai Kazmirek8130PB10.867.4013.422.0747.5314.9439.475.0556.524:35.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Germany Matthias Prey777711.287.4815.081.8650.6414.6747.594.0559.224:33.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Germany Maximilian Gilde768711.287.6511.671.9250.7614.6640.144.6563.734:42.83
4United States Ryan Harlan768311.286.6315.792.0152.5814.5844.424.9565.595:23.33
5Germany Moritz Cleve757011.206.5513.951.9850.0714.4839.984.6554.464:38.96
6United States Joe Detmer747311.166.9111.651.9848.8715.3539.204.4553.394:24.95
7United States Isaac Murphy737310.827.1112.691.8649.0914.6135.614.6543.714:40.88
8Germany Patrick Spinner735711.167.2513.481.9251.0016.5538.604.6565.505:05.56
9Germany Lars Albert729211.507.2014.551.8654.2615.6944.634.6558.144:58.92
10United States Gray Horn699011.027.4612.921.9850.7814.3639.374.6550.61DNF
11United States Jake Arnold690911.286.3113.461.9250.4614.3843.034.9556.68DNF
12United States Mat Clark667011.287.1112.821.9851.3216.7940.28NM60.314:25.33
13United States Trey Hardee4212DNS7.2714.95NM49.07DNS47.754.85DNSDNS
14United States Ashton Eaton416310.46DNS14.782.04DNSDNS46.54DNS61.68DNS
15Germany Jan Felix Knobel3301DNS7.1414.99NMDNSDNS46.614.85DNSDNS
16Germany Rico Freimuth3248DNS7.0313.93NMDNS14.14NM4.45DNSDNS
17United States Bryan Clay252310.827.0914.96NMDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
18Germany Lars Niklas Heinke232311.007.4011.10DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS

Women's heptathlon

RankNamePointsNotes100 m hurdlesHigh jumpShot put200 mLong jumpJavelin800 m
1st place, gold medalist(s)Germany Kira Biesenbach5878PB13.961.7113.2124.185.9837.842:17.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s)United States Bettie Wade579513.981.7413.0025.446.2035.492:18.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)United States Chelsea Carrier-Eades578313.11 Meeting Record1.6510.3623.84 Meeting Record6.1033.312:13.66
4United States Barbara Nwaba575413.801.8012.6524.525.3435.262:14.31
5United States Heather Miller572914.121.6510.8924.856.3939.112:17.22
6Germany Anna Maiwald5696PB13.981.5912.0924.285.6145.822:17.42
7Germany Alina Biesenbach5677PB14.541.7412.2326.056.1441.252:20.41
8United States Lindsay Lettow553014.041.7411.2725.155.6235.672:18.13
9Germany Tilia Udelhoven538514.151.5612.0525.036.0132.632:20.89
10United States Aisha Adams531614.061.6210.5324.795.7533.172:21.30
11Germany Simone Mrotzek5225PB14.601.6510.6826.495.7937.492:21.63
12United States Ryann Krais496714.111.7711.3725.47NM39.882:12.05
13Germany Lilli Schwarzkopf389913.421.80DNS24.756.32DNSDNS
14Germany Jennifer Oeser271313.641.7713.22DNSDNSDNSDNS
15Germany Julia Mächtig256514.661.6814.81 Meeting RecordDNSDNSDNSDNS
16United States Chantae McMillan184013.781.68DNSDNSDNSDNSDNS

References

  1. Reitze, Jan-Henner (22 July 2012). "Kai Kazmirek deutlich über 8.000 Punkte". Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. Reitze, Jan-Henner (22 July 2012). "Lilli Schwarzkopf fit, Kira Biesenbach siegt". Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. Reitze, Jan-Henner (21 July 2012). "Kai Kazmirek beim Thorpe-Cup in Front". Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2012.
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