Women Heptathlon Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - 23rd and 24th September - Gold Medal: Denise Lewis, Great Britain
Final Ranking
points
100mH
High
Shot
200m
Long
Javel.
800m
1. Denise Lewis
GBR
6584
1090 13.23s
916 1.75m
898 15.55m
948 24.34s
1001 6.48m
864 50.19m
867 2:16.83
2. Yelena Prokhorova
RUS
6531
1031 13.63s
991 1.81m
741 13.21m
1008 23.72s
1036 6.59m
764 45.05m
960 2:10.32
3. Natalya Sazanovich
BLR
6527
1058 13.45s
1029 1.84m
847 14.79m
969 24.12s
1007 6.50m
744 43.97m
873 2:16.41
4. Urszula Wlodarczyk
POL
6470
1075 13.33s
953 1.78m
824 14.45m
953 24.29s
946 6.31m
786 46.16m
933 2:12.15
5. Sabine Braun
GER
6355
1052 13.49s
991 1.81m
816 14.33m
911 24.74s
918 6.22m
832 48.56m
835 2:19.14
6. Natalya Roshchupkina
RUS
6237
1021 13.70s
1029 1.84m
796 14.03m
1026 23.53s
691 5.47m
742 43.87m
932 2:12.24
7. Karin Specht-Ertl
GER
6209
1060 13.43s
953 1.78m
764 13.55m
920 24.64s
918 6.22m
719 42.70m
875 2:16.25
8. Tiia Hautala
FIN
6173
1033 13.62s
953 1.78m
748 13.31m
887 25.00s
887 6.12m
771 45.40m
894 2:14.90
9. Le Shundra Nathan
USA
6150
1015 13.74s
953 1.78m
809 14.22m
902 24.84s
868 6.06m
734 43.48m
869 2:16.67
10.Jane Jamieson
AUS
6104
966 14.09s
991 1.81m
767 13.59m
862 25.27s
877 6.09m
770 45.32m
871 2:16.57
11.Magalys Garcia
CUB
6054
1056 13.46s
806 1.66m
747 13.29m
926 24.58s
825 5.92m
866 50.31m
828 2:19.64
12.Austra Skujyte
LIT
6034
927 14.37s
953 1.78m
867 15.09m
855 25.35s
840 5.97m
772 45.43m
820 2:20.25
13.Susanna Rajamaki
FIN
6021
1036 13.60s
806 1.66m
785 13.87m
978 24.03s
962 6.36m
610 37.00m
844 2:18.47
14.Gertrud Bacher
ITA
5989
1004 13.82s
916 1.75m
711 12.75m
890 24.96s
801 5.84m
689 41.14m
978 2:09.08
15.Diana Koritskaya
RUS
5975
995 13.88s
879 1.72m
763 13.53m
973 24.08s
717 5.56m
680 40.67m
968 2:09.77
16.Svetlana Kazanina
KZK
5898
880 14.71s
916 1.75m
725 12.97m
883 25.04s
801 5.84m
735 43.53m
958 2:10.45
17.Yasmina Azzizi
ALG
5896
1030 13.64s
736 1.60m
805 14.17m
925 24.59s
813 5.88m
788 46.28m
799 2:21.82
18.Viorica Tigau
ROM
5893
1066 13.39s
879 1.72m
630 11.53m
905 24.80s
853 6.01m
732 43.38m
828 2:19.65
19.Nathalie Teppe
FRA
5851
976 14.02s
879 1.72m
757 13.44m
763 26.39s
831 5.94m
802 46.98m
843 2:18.56
20.Larisa Teteryuk-Netseporuk
UKR
5762
905 14.53s
879 1.72m
765 13.56m
818 25.76s
816 5.89m
755 44.57m
824 2:19.94
21.Irina Naumenko
KAZ
5634
942 14.26s
1029 1.84m
612 11.26m
869 25.19s
813 5.88m
525 32.53m
844 2:18.49
22.Marsha Mark
TRI
5627
1018 13.72s
806 1.66m
624 11.44m
855 25.35s
819 5.90m
841 48.99m
664 2:32.36
23.Lyudmila Kovalenko-Blonskaya
UKR
5585
826 15.12s
879 1.72m
765 13.57m
766 26.36s
720 5.57m
715 42.50m
914 2:13.52
24.G.Pramila Ganapathy
IND
5548
947 14.22s
842 1.69m
604 11.14m
915 24.69s
837 5.96m
591 36.02m
812 2:20.86
25.Soma Biswas
IND
5481
963 14.11s
771 1.63m
641 11.69m
912 24.73s
741 5.64m
659 39.59m
794 2:22.17
26.Shelia Burrell
USA
5345
1080 13.30s
0 NM
749 13.32m
980 24.01s
865 6.05m
739 43.72m
932 2:12.22
27.Sofiya Kabanova
UZB
5101
856 14.89s
879 1.72m
632 11.56m
690 27.27s
620 5.22m
602 36.61m
822 2:20.11
-. Eunice Barber
FRA
DNF
1129 12.97s
1029 1.84m
613 11.27m
936 24.47s
828 5.93m
-. Inma Clopes
ESP
DNF
950 14.20s
806 1.66m
707 12.70m
775 26.25s
0 NM
-. Asimina Vanakara
GRE
DNF
952 14.19s
842 1.69mm
578 10.74m
817 25.78s
0 NM
-. Rita Inancsi
HUN
DNF
990 13.92s
701 1.57m
-. Astrid Retzke
GER
DNF
827 15.11s
842 1.69m
-. Ghada Shouaa
SYR
DNF
0
Qualifiying A Standard: 6000 pts, Qualifiying B Standard: 5750 pts.
World Champion Eunice Barber and Denise Lewis were the most highly regarded from their scores of 6842 and 6831 earlier in the season,
but Barber was injured in July, and the third possible winner – reigning champion Ghada Shouaa – also had injury problems. Shouaa failed to finish the hurdles, but Barber ran an event-leading 12.97, backing it up with 1.84 to share the high jump lead.
Things then went downhill for the Frenchwoman as she put 11.27 against Lewis’s 15.55. She was then more than a second down on her 200m best and retired injured after one poor long jump on the second day. Sazanovich had led from the shot on, heading the field with 3903 after day one, with Roshchupkina (3872) and Lewis (3852) the closest.
The leading Russian fell out of contention with disastrous long jump contest, having two fouls and a paltry 5.47. Sazanovich was finally caught in the javelin, where Lewis threw more than 6m further than the Belarusian to gain 120 points. Prokhorova ran 6.09 seconds faster than Sazanovich in the 800m to slip four points past her, while Lewis improved two places from her Atlanta finish to take her first global title.