1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...

competition at the 1997 World Championships
1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold	Sabine Braun Sabine Braun Sabine Braun is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... (GER)
Silver	Denise Lewis Denise Lewis Denise Lewis OBE is a retired British athlete who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.-2000 Olympics:... Great Britain United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... (GBR)
Bronze	Remigija Nazarovienė Remigija Nazaroviene Remigija Nazarovienė is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete. She won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships and finished third at the 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.... Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark... (LTU)

Schedule

Sunday, August 3
1. 100 m Hurdles
2. High Jump
3. Shot Put
4. 200 m

Monday, August 4
2. Long Jump
3. Javelin Throw
4. 800 m

Results

Rank	Athlete	Heptathlon							Points	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Points	Note
		13.16	1.90	15.08	24.46	6.42	51.48	2:17.32	6739
		13.43	1.84	14.55	24.13	6.47	52.70	2:17.54	6654
		13.32	1.81	15.41	24.19	6.34	43.46	2:10.51	6566
4		13.55	1.81	14.16	24.48	6.63	44.18	2:09.59	6542
5		13.45	1.84	15.03	23.92	6.24	43.70	2:19.67	6428
6		13.29	1.78	13.55	24.22	6.42	43.92	2:12.82	6406
7		13.55	1.81	14.03	24.58	6.26	44.54	2:17.54	6298
8		13.78	1.84	15.39	25.81	6.11	47.74	2:18.95	6277
9		13.32	1.78	12.69	24.28	6.21	41.06	2:10.00	6259
10		13.71	1.75	12.91	24.34	6.09	49.94	2:13.66	6253
11		13.87	1.81	13.23	25.87	6.14	52.82	2:14.91	6242
12		13.70	1.84	12.04	25.04	6.10	44.40	2:11.00	6179
13		14.53	1.90	12.48	25.14	5.82	45.66	2:12.01	6084
14		13.70	1.78	12.88	25.17	6.03	41.50	2:13.98	6026
15		14.11	1.72	13.89	25.24	6.17	42.48	2:14.46	6011
16		14.30	1.75	13.46	25.84	5.71	40.30	2:23.62	5631

—		13.64	1.81	13.50	24.21	6.50	36.70	—	DNF
—		14.35	1.78	12.37	25.82	5.66	—	—	DNF
—		13.53	1.81	11.60	24.82	—	—	—	DNF
—		14.63	1.81	12.18	25.76	—	—	—	DNF
—		13.79	1.75	14.37	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
—		14.53	1.66	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

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