Olympedia – Heptathlon, Women

Heptathlon, Women

Date	23 – 24 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	30 from 19 countries
Format	Scoring by 1985 point tables.

Date

23 – 24 September 1988

Status

Olympic

Location

Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul

Participants

30 from 19 countries

Format

Scoring by 1985 point tables.

By 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee was easily the world’s top all-around female athlete. She had played basketball at UCLA, she was a world-class long jumper, and in 1986, she twice broke the world heptathlon record, becoming the first to surpass 7,000 points. At the 1988 Olympic Trials she again broke the world record, scoring 7,215. She was a prohibitive favorite in this event in Seoul, possessing the top five marks of all-time, and she did not disappoint. In the first five events, she won the 100 hurdles, tied for first in the high jump, was second in the shot put, won the 200 metres, and won the long jump. She led Sabine John by 179 points after day one and by almost 400 points after the long jump, and shattered the world record with 7,291, which still stands as the world record thru 2008.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Points	100 metres Hurdles	High Jump	Shot Put	200 metres	Long Jump	Javelin Throw	800 metres
1	578	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	7291	–	12.69	1.86	15.80	22.56	7.27	45.66	2:08.51	Gold	WR
2	270	Sabine John	GDR	6897	–	12.85	1.80	16.23	23.65	6.71	42.56	2:06.14	Silver	OR
3	254	Anke Behmer	GDR	6858	–	13.20	1.83	14.20	23.10	6.68	44.54	2:04.20	Bronze	OR
4	517	Nataliya Shubenkova	URS	6540	–	13.51	1.74	14.76	23.93	6.32	47.46	2:07.90
5	547	Remigija Sablovskaitė	URS	6456	–	13.61	1.80	15.23	23.92	6.25	42.78	2:12.24
6	285	Ines Schulz	GDR	6411	–	13.75	1.83	13.50	24.65	6.33	42.82	2:05.79
7	11	Jane Flemming	AUS	6351	–	13.38	1.80	12.88	23.59	6.37	40.28	2:12.54
8	568	Cindy Greiner	USA	6297	–	13.55	1.80	14.13	24.48	6.47	38.00	2:13.65
9	490	Zuzana Lajbnerová	TCH	6252	–	13.63	1.83	14.28	24.86	6.11	43.30	2:16.05
10	515	Svetlana Buraga	URS	6232	–	13.25	1.77	12.62	23.59	6.28	39.06	2:14.74
11	324	Marjon Wijnsma	NED	6205	–	13.75	1.86	13.01	25.03	6.34	37.86	2:11.49
12	45	Svetla Dimitrova	BUL	6171	–	13.24	1.80	12.02	23.49	6.19	37.62	2:15.73
13	483	Corinne Schneider	SUI	6157	–	13.85	1.86	11.58	24.87	6.05	47.50	2:14.93
14	184	Sabine Braun	FRG	6109	–	13.71	1.83	13.16	24.78	6.12	44.58	2:22.82
15	156	Satu Ruotsalainen	FIN	6101	–	13.79	1.80	12.32	24.61	6.08	45.44	2:17.06
16	88	Dong Yuping	CHN	6087	–	13.93	1.86	14.21	25.00	6.40	38.60	2:26.67
17	220	Kim Hagger	GBR	5975	–	13.47	1.80	12.75	25.47	6.34	35.78	2:18.48
18	557	Wendy Brown	USA	5972	–	14.07	1.83	12.69	24.83	6.13	44.34	2:26.43
19	235	Joanne Mulliner	GBR	5746	–	14.39	1.71	12.68	24.92	6.10	37.75	2:18.02
20	28	Jacqueline Hautenauve	BEL	5734	–	14.04	1.77	11.81	25.61	5.99	35.68	2:13.90
21	148	Ragne Kytölä	FIN	5686	–	14.31	1.77	11.66	25.69	5.75	39.48	2:13.35
22	39	Conceição Geremias	BRA	5508	–	14.23	1.71	12.95	25.50	5.50	39.64	2:24.02
23	498	Hsu Huei-Ying	TPE	5290	–	14.85	1.68	10.00	25.23	5.47	39.14	2:17.30
24	390	Ji Jeong-Mi	KOR	5289	–	14.53	1.71	10.83	26.61	5.50	39.26	2:19.17
25	433	Iammogapi Launa	PNG	4566	–	16.42	1.50	11.78	26.16	4.88	46.38	2:43.43
DNF	142	Sainiana Tukana	FIJ	–	–	15.60	–	8.61	26.37	5.12	–	–
DNF	185	Sabine Everts	FRG	–	–	13.74	1.71	11.54	–	–	–	–
DNF	159	Chantal Beaugeant	FRA	–	–	16.76	1.80	12.79	–	–	–	–
DNF	244	Judy Simpson	GBR	–	–	13.78	1.77	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	318	Tineke Hidding	NED	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	409	Yvonne Hasler	LIE	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	1	Yasmina Azzizi	ALG	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Pos

Athlete

NOC

Points

100 metres Hurdles

High Jump

Shot Put

200 metres

Long Jump

Javelin Throw

800 metres

578