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Athletics — Heptathlon, Women

Times held 10
Total participants 210
Total countries 63

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1984 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 23 13
1988 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 30 19
1992 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 32 22
1996 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 29 21
2000 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 33 23
2004 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 34 24
2008 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 43 28
2012 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 38 24
2016 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 31 21
2020 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 24 17

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Glynis NunnAUS Jackie JoynerUSA Sabine EvertsFRG
1988 Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Sabine JohnGDR Anke BehmerGDR
1992 Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Irina BelovaEUN Sabine BraunGER
1996 Ghada ShouaaSYR Natasha SazanovichBLR Denise LewisGBR
2000 Denise LewisGBR Yelena ProkhorovaRUS Natasha SazanovichBLR
2004 Carolina KlüftSWE Austra SkujytėLTU Kelly SothertonGBR
2008 Nataliya DobrynskaUKR Hyleas FountainUSA Kelly SothertonGBR
2012 Jessica EnnisGBR Lilli SchwarzkopfGER Austra SkujytėLTU
2016 Nafi ThiamBEL Jessica Ennis-HillGBR Brianne Theisen-EatonCAN
2020 Nafi ThiamBEL Anouk VetterNED Emma OosterwegelNED

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 2 2 0 4
Great Britain GBR 2 1 3 6
Belgium BEL 2 0 0 2
Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1 0 0 1
Ukraine UKR 1 0 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 1 1 2
East Germany GDR 0 1 1 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Lithuania LTU 0 1 1 2
Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 2 1 0 3
Nafi Thiam BEL 2 0 0 2
Jessica Ennis-Hill GBR 1 1 0 2
Denise Lewis GBR 1 0 1 2
Glynis Nunn AUS 1 0 0 1
Ghada Shouaa SYR 1 0 0 1
Carolina Klüft SWE 1 0 0 1
Nataliya Dobrynska UKR 1 0 0 1