Women Heptathlon Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - -- July - Gold Medal:
Final
Team
Pts
100mH
High
Shot
200m
Long
Javel.
800m
1. Ghada Shouaa
SYR
6780
1018
1054
925
995
930
971
887
2. Natalya Sazanovich
BLR
6563
1041
978
829
1008
1072
783
852
3. Denise Lewis
GBR
6489
1058
941
789
939
949
954
859
4. Urszula Wlodarczyk
POL
6484
1053
1054
818
955
943
730
931
5. Eunice Barber
SLE
6342
1050
941
719
917
1030
768
917
6. Rita Inancsi
HUN
6336
985
1016
840
894
949
792
860
7. Sabine Braun
GER
6317
1043
1016
826
897
915
835
785
8. Kelly Blair
USA
6307
1033
978
680
934
949
866
867
9. Sharon Hanson
USA
6292
1074
941
757
941
837
802
940
10.Remigija Nazaroviene
LTU
6254
1037
903
783
932
953
719
927
11.Mona Steigauf
GER
6246
1091
941
684
933
997
713
887
12.Regla Cardenas
CUB
6246
994
941
803
977
1014
700
817
13.Peggy Beer
GER
6234
1047
903
771
920
877
797
919
14.Svetlana Moskalets
RUS
6118
1021
978
809
883
1027
718
682
15.Magalys Garcia
CUB
6109
1080
867
729
977
762
884
810
16.Diane Guthrie-Gresham
JAM
6087
954
978
719
876
1030
673
857
17.Yelena Lebedenko
RUS
6082
1021
941
775
917
953
764
711
18.Svetlana Kazanina
KAZ
6002
883
1054
694
873
843
740
915
19.Irina Tyukhay
RUS
5903
993
941
805
889
871
669
735
20.Jane Jamieson
AUS
5897
899
978
770
824
828
755
843
21.Tiia Hautala
FIN
5887
1018
941
742
857
804
648
877
22.Liliana Nastase
ROM
5847
1069
795
747
890
877
642
827
23.Patricia Nadler
SUI
5803
1005
830
684
898
795
741
850
24.Inma Clopes
ESP
5602
936
941
731
809
771
675
739
25.Catherine Bond-Mills
CAN
5235
1027
1016
718
896
0
678
900
Syria had never produced a world-class athlete until the emergence of
Shouaa, who won the world title in 1995. A healthy Joyner-Kersee
would have been tipped to beat Shouaa, but JJK injured herself in run-
ning 13.24 in the hurdles and retired after warming up for the high
jump. This was held in drizzly conditions, and Shouaa and Włodarczyk
did well to clear 1.86. Shouaa then threw the shot a Syrian record
15.95, and after a good 23.85 in the 200m led by 112 points with 3992,
from Włodarczyk, with Sazanovich third with 3856. Both Shouaa
(6.26) and Lewis (6.32) had poor long jumps, leaving Shouaa six points
behind Sazanovich. Lewis (54.82) and Shouaa (55.70) threw magnifi-
cently in the javelin, which lifted the Briton to third, and Shouaa to a
182 point lead over Sazanovich. Shouaa beat both her principal oppo-
nents in the 800m to win by more than 200 points, with Lewis third by
just five points from the Pole.
