The women's heptathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–6 August.

[1] With the retirements of Jessica Ennis-Hill and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa was the only returning medalist from 2015.

Yorgelis Rodríguez provided surprise competition when she made three personal bests in the high jump to stay only 8 points behind Thiam.

Both Rodríguez and Thiam tied at 1.95 metres which equaled the World Championship Heptathlon Best.

Thiam's normally weak 200 metres was consistent, 24.57 is only 0.17 seconds off her personal best but it opened the door for Schäfer to be the overall leader after day one.

At the beginning of the second day, Johnson-Thompson produced a 6.56 metre long jump to move up in the rankings.