Olympedia – Heptathlon, Women

Heptathlon, Women

Date	27 – 28 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	29 from 21 countries
Format	Scoring by 1985 point tables.

Date

27 – 28 July 1996

Status

Olympic

Location

Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Participants

29 from 21 countries

Format

Scoring by 1985 point tables.

The two-time defending champion, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, was back but injuries left her physical condition a question mark. She placed second in the 100 hurdles with a very slow time (for her) of 13.24 and then had to withdraw. In the shot put, Ghada Shouaa threw 15.95 (52-4) for a new Syrian record and took the lead. She led after day one by 112 points, but Nataliya )Natasha) Sazanovich won the long jump with 6.70 (21-11¾) and took over the lead by five points over Shouaa. But Shouaa’s javelin throw of 55.70 (182-9) sealed the win for her, Sazanovich holding on for the silver medal and Denise Lewis winning the first medal for Britain in the multi-event since Mary Peters gold medal in the pentathlon in 1972.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Points	100 metres Hurdles	High Jump	Shot Put	200 metres	Long Jump	Javelin Throw	800 metres
1	3772	Ghada Shouaa	SYR	6780	–	13.72	1.86	15.95	23.85	6.26	55.70	2:15.43	Gold
2	3088	Natasha Sazanovich	BLR	6563	–	13.56	1.80	14.52	23.72	6.70	46.00	2:17.92	Silver
3	3317	Denise Lewis	GBR	6489	–	13.45	1.77	13.92	24.44	6.32	54.82	2:17.41	Bronze
4	3628	Urszula Włodarczyk	POL	6484	–	13.48	1.86	14.36	24.27	6.30	43.28	2:12.35
5	3732	Eunice Barber	SLE	6342	–	13.50	1.77	12.87	24.67	6.57	45.26	2:13.27
6	3406	Rita Ináncsi	HUN	6336	–	13.95	1.83	14.69	24.92	6.32	46.46	2:17.37
7	3343	Sabine Braun	GER	6317	–	13.55	1.83	14.48	24.89	6.21	48.72	2:22.87
8	3819	Kelly Blair	USA	6307	–	13.62	1.80	12.29	24.49	6.32	50.32	2:16.87
9	3839	Sharon Hanson	USA	6292	–	13.34	1.77	13.45	24.42	5.96	46.98	2:11.67
10	3546	Remigija Nazarovienė	LTU	6254	–	13.59	1.74	13.83	24.51	6.33	42.68	2:12.61
11	3378	Mona Steigauf	GER	6246	–	13.22	1.77	12.35	24.50	6.47	42.40	2:15.44
12	3183	Regla Cárdenas	CUB	6246	–	13.89	1.77	14.14	24.04	6.52	41.72	2:20.48
13	3341	Peggy Beer	GER	6234	–	13.52	1.74	13.65	24.64	6.09	46.72	2:13.15
14	3701	Svetlana Moskalets	RUS	6118	–	13.70	1.80	14.23	25.04	6.56	42.64	2:30.89
15	3187	Magalys García	CUB	6109	–	13.30	1.71	13.03	24.04	5.71	51.22	2:21.03
16	3472	Diane Guthrie-Gresham	JAM	6087	–	14.17	1.80	12.88	25.12	6.57	40.32	2:17.55
17	3697	Yelena Lebedenko	RUS	6082	–	13.70	1.77	13.72	24.67	6.33	45.02	2:28.58
18	3501	Svetlana Kazanina	KAZ	6002	–	14.69	1.86	12.50	25.15	5.98	43.80	2:13.42
19	3719	Irina Tyukhay	RUS	5903	–	13.90	1.77	14.16	24.98	6.07	40.08	2:26.69
20	3033	Jane Jamieson	AUS	5897	–	14.57	1.80	13.64	25.70	5.93	44.58	2:18.60
21	3268	Tiia Hautala	FIN	5887	–	13.72	1.77	13.22	25.33	5.85	38.98	2:16.09
22	3659	Liliana Năstase	ROU	5847	–	13.37	1.65	13.30	24.96	6.09	38.66	2:19.73
23	3755	Patricia Nadler	SUI	5803	–	13.81	1.68	12.34	24.88	5.82	43.84	2:18.06
24	3228	Inma Clopés	ESP	5602	–	14.30	1.77	13.05	25.87	5.74	40.42	2:26.35
25	3127	Catherine Bond-Mills	CAN	5235	–	13.66	1.83	12.86	24.90	–	40.56	2:14.50
DNF	3073	Anzhela Atroshchenko	BLR	–	–	14.27	1.74	12.31	24.59	5.63	–	–
DNF	3544	Manuela Marxer	LIE	–	–	13.90	1.62	13.46	25.05	–	–	–
DNF	3851	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	–	–	13.24	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	3460	Giuliana Spada	ITA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Pos

Athlete

NOC

Points

100 metres Hurdles

High Jump

Shot Put

200 metres

Long Jump

Javelin Throw

800 metres

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