| Event: | Women's heptathlon |
| Games: | 2004 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Date: | 20–21 August |
| Competitors: | 34 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Gold: | Carolina Klüft |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Austra Skujytė |
| Silvernoc: | LTU |
| Bronze: | Kelly Sotherton |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Win Label: | Winning result |
| Win Value: | 6952 |
| Prev: | 2000 |
| Next: | 2008 |
The women's heptathlon competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–21 August.[1] [2]
The heptathlon consists of seven track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the seven components. The seven event scores are summed to give a total for the heptathlon.[3]
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 20 August 2004 | 09:30 10:40 19:30 20:40 | 100 metres hurdles High jump Shot put 200 metres[4] |
| Saturday, 21 August 2004 | 10:00 18:30 21:40 | Long jump Javelin throw 800 metres |
, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
No new records were set during the competition.
The final results of the event are in the following table.[5]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Overall points | 100 m H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6952 (SB) | |||||||||||
| 6435 (PB) | |||||||||||
| 6424 (PB) | |||||||||||
| 6296 (SB) | |||||||||||
| 6289 | |||||||||||
| 6287 (PB) | |||||||||||
| 6279 (SB) | |||||||||||
| 6255 | |||||||||||
| 6253 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 6210 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 6172 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 6155 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 6151 (SB) | ||||||||||
| 14 | 6124 | ||||||||||
| 15 | 6117 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 6108 | ||||||||||
| 17 | 6095 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 6090 | ||||||||||
| 19 | 6074 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 6066 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 6012 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 6000 | ||||||||||
| 23 | 5996 | ||||||||||
| 24 | 5965 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 5962 (NR) | ||||||||||
| 26 | 5716 | ||||||||||
| 27 | 4949 | ||||||||||
| 28 | 4871 | ||||||||||