1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon explained

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. 22 athletes participated including four non-finishers. The competition started on Saturday 21 August 1999 and ended on Sunday 22 August 1999. The winning margin was 137 points.

Medalists

Gold	Eunice Barber France (FRA)
Silver	Denise Lewis Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Ghada Shouaa Syria (SYR)

Schedule

Saturday, August 21

Sunday, August 22

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
		7291	September 24, 1988
		7128	September 1, 1987

Results

Rank	Athlete	Heptathlon							Points	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Points	Note
		12.89	1.93	12.37	23.57	6.86	49.88	2:15.65	6861	NR
		13.61	1.87	16.12	24.26	6.64	47.44	2:16.87	6724
		14.21	1.81	15.76	24.26	6.04	54.82	2:16.20	6500
4		13.39	1.81	14.67	24.33	6.17	51.59	2:17.43	6497	SB
5		13.52	1.84	13.77	24.87	6.25	47.61	2:16.31	6369	PB
6		13.83	1.84	13.28	24.12	6.25	45.07	2:16.08	6317
7		13.71	1.81	14.55	24.20	6.08	43.27	2:15.95	6287	SB
8		13.88	1.75	14.58	24.51	6.19	43.40	2:11.35	6262
9		13.70	1.87	12.19	24.79	5.97	43.23	2:10.90	6188	SB
10		14.01	1.81	13.83	23.89	5.96	40.75	2:13.52	6175
11		13.28	1.66	13.00	23.52	5.86	45.35	2:11.52	6162
12		13.79	1.72	14.09	23.98	5.73	49.82	2:17.04	6159
13		13.76	1.75	15.42	25.71	6.09	48.12	2:20.94	6153
14		14.02	1.72	12.95	24.70	5.87	44.71	2:08.09	6055
15		14.25	1.75	12.77	24.80	5.85	45.01	2:11.07	5993
16		14.15	1.63	13.04	25.00	5.73	46.59	2:15.90	5787
17		14.48	1.75	14.80	25.25	5.67	37.72	2:16.44	5787
18		13.99	1.69	13.56	25.19	5.61	37.28	2:12.57	5730	SB

-		DSQ	1.69	12.74	25.08	5.72	47.23	DNS	DNF
-		14.28	1.78	14.16	25.42	DNF	-	-	DNF
-		13.45	1.78	13.30	23.69	NM	-	-	DNF
-		14.34	1.72	13.30	DNS	-	-	-	DNF

References

Web site: Sevilla 99 Start Lists and Results . 2008-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914103045/http://www2.iaaf.org/sevilla99/results/ . 14 September 2008 . dead .
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