Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon explained

Event:	Women's heptathlon
Games:	2000 Summer
Venues:	Stadium Australia
Dates:	23–24 September
Competitors:	33
Nations:	23
Win Label:	Winning result
Win Value:	6584
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Denise Lewis
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Yelena Prokhorova
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Natallia Sazanovich
Bronzenoc:	BLR
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The Women's Heptathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Wednesday 23 September and Thursday 24 September.^[1]

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Both Lewis and Sazanovich had won medals (bronze and silver respectively) at the previous Olympics in 1996. Prokhorova would go on to win the 2001 World Championships. At the next Olympic Games in 2004, Prokhorova finished fifth while Lewis did not finish because of injury.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record	7291		United States	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988
Olympic Record	7291		United States	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988

Results

Overall results

Points table after 7th event:

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	Overview by event (Points on top, result below. Best performance in each event shown in bold green against a yellow background.)
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	100 metres hurdles	High Jump	Shot put	200m	Long Jump	Javelin Throw	800m
	Denise Lewis		6584	1090 pts 13.23 s	916 1.75	898 15.55	948 24.34	1001 6.48	864 50.19	867 2:16.83
	Yelena Prokhorova		6531	1031 pts 13.63 s	991 1.81	741 13.21	1008 23.72	1036 6.59	764 45.05^[2]	960 2:10.32
	Natallia Sazanovich		6527 (SB)	1058 pts 13.45 s	1029 1.84	847 14.79	969 24.12	1007 6.50	744 43.97	873 2:16.41
4	Urszula Włodarczyk		6470 (SB)	1075 pts 13.33 s	953 1.78	824 14.45	953 24.29	946 6.31	786 46.16	933 2:12.15
5	Sabine Braun		6355	1052 pts 13.49 s	991 1.81	816 14.33	911 24.74	918 6.22	832 48.56	835 2:19.14
6	Natalya Roshchupkina		6237	1021 pts 13.70 s	1029 1.84	796 14.03	1026 23.53	691 5.47	742 43.87	932 2:12.24
7	Karin Specht-Ertl		6209	1060 pts 13.43 s	953 1.78	764 13.55	920 24.64	918 6.22	719 42.70	875 2:16.25
8	Tiia Hautala		6173	1033 pts 13.62 s	953 1.78	748 13.31	887 25.00	887 6.12	771 45.40	894 2:14.90
9	Le Shundra Nathan		6150	1015 pts 13.74 s	953 1.78	809 14.22	902 24.84	868 6.06	734 43.48	869 2:16.67
10	Jane Jamieson		6104	966 pts 14.09 s	991 1.81	767 13.59	862 25.27	877 6.09	770 45.32	871 2:16.57
11	Magalys García		6054 (SB)	1056 pts 13.46 s	806 1.66	747 13.29	926 24.58	825 5.92	866 50.31	828 2:19.64
12	Austra Skujytė		6034	927 pts 14.37 s	953 1.78	867 15.09	855 25.35	840 5.97	772 45.43	820 2:20.25
13	Susanna Rajamäki		6021 (PB)	1036 pts 13.60 s	806 1.66	785 13.87	978 24.03	962 6.36	610 37.00	844 2:18.47
14	Gertrud Bacher		5989	1004 pts 13.82 s	916 1.75	711 12.75	890 24.96	801 5.84	689 41.14	978 2:09.08
15	Diana Koritskaya		5975	995 pts 13.88 s	879 1.72	763 13.53	973 24.08	717 5.56	680 40.67	968 2:09.77
16	Svetlana Kazanina		5898	880 pts 14.71 s	916 1.75	725 12.97	883 25.04	801 5.84	735 43.53	958 2:10.45
17	Yasmina Azzizi		5896 (SB)	1030 pts 13.64 s	736 1.60	805 14.17	925 24.59	813 5.88	788 46.28	799 2:21.82
18	Viorica Țigău		5893	1066 pts 13.39 s	879 1.72	630 11.53	905 24.80	853 6.01	732 43.38	828 2:19.65
19	Nathalie Teppe		5851	976 pts 14.02 s	879 1.72	757 13.44	763 26.39	831 5.94	802 46.98	843 2:18.56
20	Larisa Teteryuk-Netseporuk		5762	905 pts 14.53 s	879 1.72	765 13.56	818 25.76	816 5.89	755 44.57	824 2:19.94
21	Irina Naumenko		5634	942 pts 14.26 s	1029 1.84	612 11.26	869 25.19	813 5.88	525 32.53	844 2:18.49
22	Marsha Mark		5627	1018 pts 13.72 s	806 1.66	624 11.44	855 25.35	819 5.90	841 48.99	664 2:32.36
23	Lyudmyla Blonska		5585	826 pts 15.12 s	879 1.72	765 13.57	766 26.36	720 5.57	715 42.50	914 2:13.52
24	Pramila Ganapathy		5548	947 pts 14.22 s	842 1.69	604 11.14	915 24.69	837 5.96	591 36.02	812 2:20.86
25	Soma Biswas		5481	963 pts 14.11 s	771 1.63	641 11.69	912 24.73	741 5.64	659 39.59	794 2:22.17
26	Shelia Burrell		5345	1080 pts 13.30 s	0 NM	749 13.32	980 24.01	865 6.05	739 43.72	932 2:12.22
27	Sofiya Kabanova		5101	856 pts 14.89 s	879 1.72	632 11.56	690 27.27	620 5.22	602 36.61	822 2:20.11
	Eunice Barber		DNF	1129 pts 12.97 s	1029 1.84	613 11.27	936 24.47	828 5.93
	Inma Clopés		DNF	950 pts 14.20 s	806 1.66	707 12.70	775 26.25	0 NM
	Asimina Vanakara		DNF	952 pts 14.19 s	842 1.69	578 10.74	817 25.78	0 NM
	Astrid Retzke		DNF	990 pts 13.92 s	701 1.57
	Rita Ináncsi		DNF	827 pts 15.11 s	842 1.69
	Ghada Shouaa		DNF	0 pts DNF

External links

IAAF results day one: 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200 m. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
IAAF results day two: long jump, javelin and 800 m. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
IAAF results: Final standings. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
News: IAAF . International Association of Athletics Federations . Heptathlon – Day 1 (event report) . IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage . 23 September 2000 . 2007-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020527054143/http://www.iaaf.org/News/EventReports/getnews.asp?Event=OLY00&Code=2584 . 27 May 2002 .
News: IAAF . International Association of Athletics Federations . Heptathlon – Day 2 (event report) . IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage . 24 September 2000 . 2007-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030708102604/http://www2.iaaf.org/News/EventReports/getnews.asp?Event=OLY00&Code=2600 . 8 July 2003 .
Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Pentathlon . 28 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.
Personal best (PB).