Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races
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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.

Medalists

Gold	Denise Lewis (GBR)
Silver	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)
Bronze	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)

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.

Results

Overall results

Points table after 7th event:

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
				100 mh	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m
01 !	Denise Lewis	Great Britain	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
02 !	Yelena Prokhorova	Russia	6531	1031 pts 13.63 s	991 1.81	741 13.21	1008 23.72	1036 6.59	764 45.05[1]	960 2:10.32
03 !	Natallia Sazanovich	Belarus	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[1]
4	Urszula Włodarczyk	Poland	6470 (SB)	1075 pts 13.33 s	953 1.78	824 14.45	953 24.29	946 6.31	786 46.16[1]	933 2:12.15
5	Sabine Braun	Germany	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	Russia	6237	1021 pts 13.70 s[1]	1029 1.84	796 14.03	1026 23.53	691 5.47	742 43.87	932 2:12.24
7	Karin Specht-Ertl	Germany	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	Finland	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	United States	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	Australia	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	Cuba	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	Lithuania	6034	927 pts 14.37 s	953 1.78	867 15.09[1]	855 25.35	840 5.97	772 45.43	820 2:20.25
13	Susanna Rajamäki	Finland	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	Italy	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	Russia	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	Kazakhstan	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	Algeria	5896 (SB)	1030 pts 13.64 s	736 1.60	805 14.17	925 24.59	813 5.88	788 46.28[1]	799 2:21.82
18	Viorica Tigau	Romania	5893	1066 pts 13.39 s	879 1.72	630 11.53	905 24.80	853 6.01	732 43.38[1]	828 2:19.65[1]
19	Nathalie Teppe	France	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	Ukraine	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	Kazakhstan	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	Trinidad and Tobago	5627	1018 pts 13.72 s[1]	806 1.66	624 11.44[1]	855 25.35	819 5.90	841 48.99[1]	664 2:32.36
23	Lyudmyla Kovalova	Ukraine	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	India	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	India	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	United States	5345	1080 pts 13.30 s	0 NM	749 13.32	980 24.01	865 6.05	739 43.72	932 2:12.22[1]
27	Sofiya Kabanova	Uzbekistan	5101	856 pts 14.89 s	1000 879 1.72	632 11.56	690 27.27	620 5.22	602 36.61	822 2:20.11
	Eunice Barber	France	DNF	1129 pts 12.97 s	1029 1.84	613 11.27	936 24.47	828 5.93
	Inma Clopés	Spain	DNF	950 pts 14.20 s	806 1.66	707 12.70	775 26.25	0 NM
	Asimina Vanakara	Greece	DNF	952 pts 14.19 s	842 1.69	578 10.74	817 25.78	0 NM
	Astrid Retzke	Germany	DNF	990 pts 13.92 s	701 1.57
	Rita Ináncsi	Hungary	DNF	827 pts 15.11 s	842 1.69
	Ghada Shouaa	Syria	DNF	0 pts DNF
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Notes

References

• 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.
• IAAF (23 September 2000). "Heptathlon - Day 1 (event report)". IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage. Retrieved 2007-02-17. 
• IAAF (24 September 2000). "Heptathlon - Day 2 (event report)". IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage. Retrieved 2007-02-17. 

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics