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:...

event at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

Sweden's Carolina Klüft

Carolina Klüft

Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

 had won the 2003 World Championship, becoming only the third woman over 7,000 points, with Eunice Barber

Eunice Barber

Eunice Barber is a Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards...

, a native of Sierra Leone now representing France, placing second. But the battle between the two in 2004 never occurred as Barber was injured most of the year. This left Klüft, also the 2002 European Champion, with no real competition.

Klüft placed fourth in the high hurdles, trailing the three Americans, but her 1.91 metres (6-3¼) high jump put her into the lead for good. She led after day one by 240 points and eventually won by over 500 points, the largest margin of victory ever in the event at the Olympics. Kelly Sotherton

Kelly Sotherton

Kelly Jade Sotherton is an English heptathlete and 400m sprinter. She was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also was a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, and was the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth...

 (GBR) moved into second place after the long jump, but Austra Skujytė

Austra Skujyte

Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....

 (LTU) outthrew her in the javelin and held her off in the 800 to win the silver medal.

Medalists

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record		7291	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Olympic Record		7291	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

100 m Hurdles

Hurdling

Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...

August 20

Times are in seconds.

Heat 1 9:30

1. Michelle Perry
   Michelle Perry
   Michelle Perry is an American athlete. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 14th overall in the heptathlon competition...
   
   , United States of America 12.74 (1164)
2. Tiffany Lott-Hogan
   Tiffany Lott-Hogan
   Tiffany Lott-Hogan is an Olympic athlete representing the United States, competing in the heptathlon.Lott-Hogan won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2003 Pan American Games, and won the NCAA championship in the event in 1997 and 1998 while attending Brigham Young University...
   
   , United States 13.13 (1105)
3. Shelia Burrell
   Shelia Burrell
   Shelia Burrell is a retired American heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
   
   , United States 13.17 (1099)
4. Carolina Klüft
   Carolina Klüft
   Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...
   
   , Sweden
   Sweden
   Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
   
    13.21 (1093)
5. Kelly Sotherton
   Kelly Sotherton
   Kelly Jade Sotherton is an English heptathlete and 400m sprinter. She was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also was a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, and was the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth...
   
   , 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...
   
    13.44 (1059)
6. Janice Josephs
   Janice Josephs
   Janice Josephs is a South African heptathlete.She finished nineteenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the latter in a personal best score of 6181 points. On the regional level she won a silver medal at the 2004 African Championships and the gold at the 2006...
   
   , South Africa
   South Africa
   The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
   
    13.69 (1023)
7. Michaela Hejnova, Czech Republic
   Czech Republic
   The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
   
    13.82 (1004)

Heat 2 9:36

1. Margaret Simpson, Ghana
   Ghana
   Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
   
    13.56 (1041)
2. Marsha Mark-Baird, Trinidad and Tobago
   Trinidad and Tobago
   Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
   
    13.58 (1039)
3. Tiia Hautala
   Tiia Hautala
   Tiia Erika Hautala is a former Finnish heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
   
   , Finland
   Finland
   Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
   
    13.99 (980)
4. Anzhela Atroshchenko
   Anzhela Atroshchenko
   Anzhela Atroshchenko-Kinet is a former Turkish athlete of Belarusian descent. She competed in the pentathlon and heptathlon category.-Biography:Atroshchenko started her career in athletics with pentathlon at the age of 14 years...
   
   , Turkey
   Turkey
   Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
   
    14.10 (964)
5. Shengfei Shen, People's Republic of China
   People's Republic of China
   China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
   
    14.18 (953)

DNF - Tatyana Gordeyeva, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 (0)

Heat 3 9:42

1. 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 13.40 (1065)
2. Karin Ertl
   Karin Ertl
   Karin Ertl, née Specht is a German heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
   
   , 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...
   
    13.52 (1047)
3. Shobha J. J.
   Shobha J. J.
   Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha , is a professional female athlete from a village called Pashupathihaal near Dharwad in Karnataka. She currently resides in Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. She participated in the heptathlon and was the winner of the event at the inaugural Afro-Asian Games in 2003...
   
   , India
   India
   India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
   
    13.53 (1046)
4. Naide Gomes
   Naide Gomes
   Enezaide do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes, OIH, is a Portuguese heptathlete, born in São Tomé and Príncipe. She is also a top-class competitor in the long jump, and she competed in 100 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
   
   , Portugal
   Portugal
   Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
   
    13.58 (1039)
5. Marie Collonville
   Marie Collonvillé
   Marie Collonvillé is a French heptathlete. She was the first-ever IAAF-recognised world record holder in the women's decathlon; the event was officially recognised from 1 January 2005, and her mark of 8160 set in Talence on 26 September 2004 was broken by Austra Skujytė on 15 April...
   
   , France
   France
   The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
   
    13.65 (1028)
6. Kylie Wheeler
   Kylie Wheeler
   Kylie Wheeler is a retired Australian heptathlete.Wheeler is a four-times Australia national champion in heptathlon in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006...
   
   , Australia
   Australia
   Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
   
    13.88 (995)
7. Natalya Dobrynska, Ukraine
   Ukraine
   Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
   
    13.89 (994)

Heat 4 9:48

1. Claudia Tonn
   Claudia Tonn
   Claudia Tonn is a German heptathlete. Her personal best result is 6373 points, achieved in June 2006 in Ratingen.-Achievements:-References:...
   
   , Germany 13.90 (993)
2. Yuki Nakata
   Yuki Nakata
   Yuki Nakata is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the women's heptathlon. She represented Japan at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and has competed twice at the World Championships in Athletics...
   
   , Japan
   Japan
   Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
   
    13.94 (987)
3. Austra Skujytė
   Austra Skujyte
   Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....
   
   , 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...
   
    14.03 (974)
4. Yuliya Akulenko, Ukraine
   Ukraine
   Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
   
    14.11 (963)
5. Irina Naumenko
   Irina Naumenko
   -Achievements:Naumenko was 2nd at the Hexham International Combined Events Meeting in 2005 www.hexham-meeting.org-External links:*...
   
   , Kazakhstan
   Kazakhstan
   Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
   
    14.16 (956)
6. Magdalena Szczepanska, Poland
   Poland
   Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
   
    14.41 (921)
7. Svetlana Kazanina
   Svetlana Kazanina
   -Achievements:-External links:*...
   
   , Kazakhstan 14.99 (843)

Heat 5 9:54

1. Sonja Kesselschlager
   Sonja Kesselschläger
   Sonja Kesselschläger is a German heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*...
   
   , Germany 13.38 (1068)
2. Karin Ruckstuhl
   Karin Ruckstuhl
   Karin Nathalie Ruckstuhl is a Dutch heptathlete.-Biography:Her first major championship was the 2002 European Athletics Championships and she finished 13th in the heptathlon...
   
   , Netherlands
   Netherlands
   The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
   
    13.44 (1059)
3. Aryiro Strataki
   Aryiro Strataki
   -Achievements:-Personal bests:-External links:...
   
   , Greece
   Greece
   Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
   
    13.65 (1028)
4. Svetlana Sokolova, Russia 13.70 (1021)
5. Natalya Sazanovich, Belarus
   Belarus
   Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
   
    13.73 (1017)
6. Yelena Prokhorova
   Yelena Prokhorova
   Yelena Prokhorova is a Russian heptathlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She is also the 2001 world champion in this event. She was born at Kemerovo, in Siberia....
   
   , Russia 13.84 (1001)
7. Soma Biswas
   Soma Biswas
   Soma Biswas is an athlete who lives in Kolkata, India and who specialises in the heptathlon. She rose to fame when she won the silver medal in 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. She won another silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. She managed to win the 110m hurdles, the 200m and the...
   
   , India
   India
   India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
   
    13.86 (998)

Points Table after 1st event

Rank	Name	Points
1	Michelle Perry, USA	1164
2	Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA	1105
3	Shelia Burrell, USA	1099
4	Carolina Klüft, SWE	1093
5	Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER	1068
6	Denise Lewis, GBR	1065
7	Kelly Sotherton, GBR	1059
7	Karin Ruckstuhl, NED	1059
9	Karin Ertl, GER	1047
10	J J Shobha, IND	1046
11	Margaret Simpson, GHA	1041
12	Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI	1039
12	Naide Gomes, POR	1039
14	Aryiro Strataki, GRE	1028
14	Marie Collonville, FRA	1028
16	Janice Josephs, RSA	1023
17	Svetlana Sokolova, RUS	1021
18	Natalya Sazanovich, BLR	1017
19	Michaela Hejnova, CZE	1004
20	Yelena Prokhorova, RUS	1001
21	Soma Biswas, IND	998
22	Kylie Wheeler, AUS	995
23	Natalya Dobrynska, UKR	994
24	Claudia Tonn, GER	993
25	Yuki Nakata, JPN	987
26	Tiia Hautala, FIN	980
27	Austra Skujyte, LIT	974
28	Anzhela Atroshchenko, TUR	964
29	Yuliya Akulenko, UKR	963
30	Irina Naumenko, KAZ	956
31	Shengfei Shen, CHN	953
32	Magdalena Szczepanska, POL	921
33	Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ	843
34	Tatyana Gordeyeva, RUS	0

High Jump

High jump

The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

August 20

Distances are in metres.

Pool A

  1. Carolina Klüft, SWE, 1.91 m. (1119)

  2. Naide Gomes, POR, 1.85 m. (1041)

  2. Marie Collonville, FRA, 1.85 (1041)

  4. Natalya Dobrynska, UKR, 1.82 m. (1003)

  5. Claudia Tonn, GER, 1.82 m. (1003)

  6. Irina Naumenko, KAZ, 1.79 m. (966)

  7. Margaret Simpson, GHA, 1.79 m. (966)

  8. Kylie Wheeler, AUS, 1.79 m. (966)

  9. Yelena Prokhorova, RUS, 1.79 m. (966)

 10. Austra Skujyte, LIT, 1.76 m. (928)

 11. Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER, 1.76 m. (928)

 12. Karin Ertl, GER, 1.73 m. (891)

 12. Shengfei Shen, CHN, 1.73 m. (891)

 14. Svetlana Sokolova, RUS, 1.70 m. (855)

 14. Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ, 1.70 m. (855)

 14. Tiia Hautala, Fin, 1.70 m. (855)

Tatyana Gordeyeva, RUS, DNS

Pool B

  1. Karin Ruckstuhl, NED, 1.85 m. (1041)

  1. Kelly Sotherton, GBR, 1.85 m. (1041)

  3. Aryiro Strataki, GRE, 1.79 m. (966)

  4. Yuki Nakata, JPN, 1.76 m. (928)

  4. Magdalena Szczepanska, POL, 1.76 m. (928)

  6. Denise Lewis, GBR, 1.73 m. (891)

  6. Natalya Sazanovich, BLR, 1.73 m. (891)

  8. Yuliya Akulenko, UKR, 1.73 m. (891)

  9. Michaela Hejnova, CZE, 1.70 m. (855)

  9. Janice Josephs, RSA, 1.70 m. (855)

 11. Michelle Perry, USA, 1.70 m. (855)

 12. Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI, 1.70 m. (855)

 13. Soma Biswas, IND, 1.70 m. (855)

 14. Shelia Burrell, USA, 1.70 m. (855)

 15. Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA, 1.67 m. (818)

 16. J J Shobha, IND, 1.67 m. (818)

 17. Anzhela Atroshchenko, TUR, 1.64 m. (783)

Points Table after 2nd event

Rank	Name	Points
1	Carolina Klüft, SWE	2212
2	Kelly Sotherton, GBR	2100
2	Karin Ruckstuhl, NED	2100
4	Naide Gomes, POR	2080
5	Marie Collonville, FRA	2069
6	Michelle Perry, USA	2019
7	Margaret Simpson, GHA	2007
8	Natalya Dobrynska, UKR	1997
9	Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER	1996
9	Claudia Tonn, GER	1996
11	Aryiro Strataki, GRE	1994
12	Yelena Prokhorova, RUS	1967
13	Kylie Wheeler, AUS	1961
14	Denise Lewis, GBR	1956
15	Shelia Burrell, USA	1954
16	Karin Ertl, GER	1938
17	Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA	1923
18	Irina Naumenko, KAZ	1932
19	Yuki Nakata, JPN	1915
20	Natalya Sazanovich, BLR	1908
21	Austra Skujyte, LIT	1902
22	Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI	1494
23	Janice Josephs, RSA	1878
24	Svetlana Sokolova, RUS	1876
25	J J Shobha, IND	1864
26	Michaela Hejnova, CZE	1859
27	Yuliya Akulenko, UKR	1854
28	Soma Biswas, IND	1853
29	Magdalena Szczepanska, POL	1839
30	Shengfei Shen, CHN	1834
31	Tiia Hautala, FIN	1835
32	Anzhela Atroshchenko, TUR	1747
33	Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ	1698
34	Tatyana Gordeyeva, RUS	DNF

Shot Put

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

August 20

Distances are in metres.

Pool A

1. Denise Lewis, GBR, 15.33 m. (883)
2. Carolina Klüft, SWE, 14.77 m. (845)
3. Natalya Dobrynska, UKR, 14.70 m. (841)
4. Shengfei Shen, CHN, 14.22 m. (809)
5. Karin Ertl, GER, 13.92 m. (789)
6. Yelena Prokhorova, RUS, 13.67 m. (772)
7. Karin Ruckstuhl, NED 13.37 m. (752)
8. Kylie Wheeler, AUS 13.18 m. (739)
9. Shelia Burrell, USA, 13.14 m. (737)
10. Irina Naumenko, KAZ, 12.95 m. (724)
11. J J Shobha, IND, 12.52 m. (696)
12. Janice Josephs, RSA, 12.48 m. (693)
13. Marie Collonville, FRA, 12.35 m. (684)
14. Soma Biswas, IND, 12.01 m. (662)
15. Tiia Hautala, FIN, 11.56 m. (632)
16. Michelle Perry, USA, 11.28 m. (614)
17. Natalya Sazanovich, BLR, DNS

Pool B

1. Austra Skujyte, LIT, 16.40 m. (955)
2. Naide Gomes, RUS, 14.71 m. (841)
3. Svetlana Sokolova, RUS, 14.61 m. (835)
4. Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER, 14.53 m. (829)
5. Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA, 14.43 m. (823)
6. Magdalena Szczepanska, POL, 13.79 m. (780)
7. Aryiro Strataki, GRE, 13.52 m. (762)
8. Kelly Sotherton, GBR, 13.29 m. (747)
9. Yuliya Akulenko, UKR, 13.15 m. (737)
10. Margaret Simpson, GHA, 12.41 m. (688)
11. Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ, 12.38 m. (686)
12. Anzhela Atroshchenko, TUR, 12.29 m. (680)
13. Michaela Hejnova, CZE, 12.13 m. (670)
14. Claudia Tonn, GER, 11.92 m. (656)
15. Yuki Nakata, JPN, 11.54 m. (631)
16. Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI, 11.20 m. (608)

Points Table after 3rd event

Rank	Name	Points
1	Carolina Klüft, SWE	3057
2	Naide Gomes, POR	2921
3	Austra Skujyte, LIT	2857
4	Karin Ruckstuhl, NED	2852
5	Kelly Sotherton, GBR	2847
6	Denise Lewis, GBR	2839
7	Natalya Dobrynska, UKR	2838
8	Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER	2825
9	Aryiro Strataki, GRE	2756
10	Marie Collonville, FRA	2753
11	Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA	2746
12	Yelena Prokhorova, RUS	2739
13	Karin Ertl, GER	2727
14	Svetlana Sokolova, RUS	2711
15	Kylie Wheeler, AUS	2700
16	Margaret Simpson, GHA	2695
17	Shelia Burrell, USA	2691
18	Shengfei Shen, CHN	2653
19	Claudia Tonn, GER	2652
20	Irina Naumenko, KAZ	2646
21	Michelle Perry, USA	2633
22	Magdalena Szczepanska, POL	2629
23	Yuliya Akulenko, UKR	2591
24	Janice Josephs, RSA	2571
25	J J Shobha, IND	2560
26	Yuki Nakata, JPN	2546
27	Michaela Hejnova, CZE	2529
28	Soma Biswas, IND	2515
29	Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI	2502
30	Tiia Hautala, FIN	2467
31	Anzhela Atroshchenko, TUR	2427
32	Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ	2384

Natalya Sazanovich, BLR, DNS

200 m

August 20

Times are in seconds.

Heat 1

1. Michelle Perry, USA, 22.91 (1088)
2. Carolina Klüft, SWE, 23.27 (1052)
3. Janice Josephs, RSA, 23.37 (1042)
4. J J Shobha, IND, 23.41 (1038)
5. Kelly Sotherton, GBR, 23.57 (1022)
6. Shelia Burrell, USA, 24.06 (975)
7. Yelena Prokhorova, RUS, 24.71 (914)

Heat 2

1. Svetlana Sokolova, RUS, 24.21 (961)
2. Soma Biswas, IND, 24.50 (933)
3. Aryiro Strataki, GRE, 24.57 (927)
4. Karin Ruckstuhl, NED, 24.59 (925)
5. Claudia Tonn, GER, 24.84 (902)

Heat 3

1. Kylie Wheeler, AUS, 24.35 (947)
2. Yuliya Akulenko, UKR, 24.57 (927)
3. Karin Ertl, GER, 24.71 (914)
4. Irina Naumenko, KAZ, 24.88 (898)
5. Natalya Dobrynska, UKR, 25.02 (885)
6. Anzhela Atroshchenko, TUR, 25.11 (877)
7. Michaela Hejnova, CZE, 25.36 (854)

Heat 4

1. Margaret Simpson, GHA, 24.62 (922)
2. Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI, 25.11 (877)
3. Naide Gomes, POR, 25.46 (845)
4. Shengfei Shen, CHN, 26.01 (796)
5. Tiia Hautala, FIN, 26.10 (788)

Heat 5

1. Austra Skujyte, LIT, 24.82 (903)
2. Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA, 24.99 (888)
3. Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER, 25.23 (866)
4. Marie Collonville, FRA, 25.26 (863)
5. Magdalena Szczepanska, POL, 25.29 (860)
6. Denise Lewis, GBR, 25.42 (849)
7. Yuki Nakata, JPN, 25.76 (818)
8. Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ, 26.31 (770)

Points Table after 4th event

Rank	Name	Points
1	Carolina Klüft, SWE	4109
2	Kelly Sotherton, GBR	3869
3	Karin Ruckstuhl, NED	3777
4	Naide Gomes, POR	3766
5	Austra Skujyte, LIT	3760
6	Natalya Dobrynska, UKR	3723
7	Michelle Perry, USA	3721
8	Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER	3691
9	Denise Lewis, GBR	3688
10	Aryiro Strataki, GRE	3683
11	Svetlana Sokolova, RUS	3672
12	Shelia Burrell, USA	3666
13	Yelena Prokhorova, RUS	3653
14	Kylie Wheeler, AUS	3647
15	Karin Ertl, GER	3641
16	Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA	3634
17	Margaret Simpson, GHA	3617
18	Marie Collonville, FRA	3616
19	Janice Josephs, RSA	3613
20	J J Shobha, IND	3598
21	Claudia Tonn, GER	3554
22	Irina Naumenko, KAZ	3544
23	Yuliya Akulenko, UKR	3518
24	Magdalena Szczepanska, POL	3489
25	Shengfei Shen, CHN	3449
26	Soma Biswas, IND	3448
27	Michaela Hejnova, CZE	3383
28	Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI	3379
29	Yuki Nakata, JPN	3364
30	Anzhela Atroshchenko, TUR	3304
31	Tiia Hautala, FIN	3255
32	Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ	3154

Long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

August 21

Distances are in metres.

Heat 1

1. Kelly Sotherton, GBR, 6.51 (1010)
2. Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER, 6.42 (981)
3. Claudia Tonn, GER, 6.35 (959)
4. Austra Skujytė, LIT, 6.30 (943)
5. Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI, 6.22 (918)
6. Marie Collonville, FRA, 6.19 (908)
7. Tiffany Lott, Hogan USA 6.15 (896)
8. Naide Gomes, POR, 6.10 (880)
9. Margaret Simpson, GHA, 6.02 (856)
10. Yuliya Akulenko, UKR, 6.02 (856)
11. Magdalena Szczepanska, POL, 5.98 (843)
12. Aryiro Strataki, GRE, 5.97 (840)
13. Svetlana Sokolova, RUS, 5.84 (801)
14. Michaela Hejnova, CZE, 5.70 (759)

- Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ, NM0

- Tatyana Gordeyeva, RUS, DNS

- Anzhela Atroshchenko,TUR, DNS

Heat 2

1. Carolina Klüft, SWE, 6.78 (1099)
2. J J Shobha, IND, 6.36 (962)
3. Kylie Wheeler, AUS, 6.36 (962)
4. Shelia Burrell, USA, 6.25 (927)
5. Natalya Dobrynska, UKR, 6.23 (921)
6. Janice Josephs, RSA, 6.21 (915)
7. Yelena Prokhorova, RUS, 6.21 (915)
8. Irina Naumenko, KAZ, 6.16 (899)
9. Karin Ertl, GER, 6.03 (859)
10. Michelle Perry, USA, 6.02 (856)
11. Soma Biswas, IND, 5.92 (825)
12. Karin Ruckstuhl, NED, 5.90 (819)
13. Denise Lewis, GBR, 5.89 (816)
14. Tiia Hautala, FIN, 4.39 (401)

- Yuki Nakata, JPN, NM0

- Shengfei Shen, CHN, NM0

- Natalya Sazanovich, BLR, DNS

Points Table after 5th event

Rank	Name	Points
1	Carolina Klüft, SWE	5208
2	Kelly Sotherton, GBR	4879
3	Austra Skujytė, LIT	4703
4	Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER	4672
5	Naide Gomes, POR	4646
6	Natalya Dobrynska, UKR	4644
7	Kylie Wheeler, AUS	4609
8	Karin Ruckstuhl, NED	4596
9	Shelia Burrell, USA	4593
10	Michelle Perry, USA	4577
11	Yelena Prokhorova, RUS	4568
12	J J Shobha, IND	4560
13	Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA	4530
14	Janice Josephs, RSA	4528
15	Marie Collonville, FRA	4524
16	Aryiro Strataki, GRE	4523
17	Claudia Tonn, GER	4513
18	Denise Lewis, GBR	4504
19	Karin Ertl, GER	4500
20	Margaret Simpson, GHA	4473
20	Svetlana Sokolova, RUS	4473
22	Irina Naumenko, KAZ	4443
23	Yuliya Akulenko, UKR	4374
24	Magdalena Szczepanska, POL	4332
25	Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI	4297
26	Soma Biswas, IND	4273
27	Michaela Hejnova, CZE	4142
28	Tiia Hautala, FIN	3656
29	Shengfei Shen, CHN	3449
30	Yuki Nakata, JPN	3364
31	Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ	3154

Javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

August 21

Heat 1

Distances are in metres.

1. Carolina Klüft, SWE, 48.89 (839)
2. Svetlana Sokolova, RUS, 47.86 (819)
3. Shelia Burrell, USA, 47.69 (815)
4. Shengfei Shen, CHN, 46.95 (801)
5. Yelena Prokhorova, RUS, 45.58 (775)
6. Soma Biswas, IND, 44.84 (760)
7. Karin Ertl, GER, 44.45 (753)
8. Natalya Dobrynska, UKR, 44.08 (746)
9. Janice Josephs, RSA, 41.80 (702)
10. Yuki Nakata, JPN, 39.75 (662)
11. Irina Naumenko, KAZ, 39.50 658)
12. Michelle Perry, USA, 38.36 (636)
13. Kylie Wheeler, AUS, 37.77 (625)
14. Karin Ruckstuhl, NED, 36.70 (604)

- Tiia Hautala, FIN, DNS

- Denise Lewis, GBR, DNS

- Natalya Sazanovich, BLR, DNS

Heat 2

1. Margaret Simpson, GHA, 53.32 (925)
2. Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI, 49.90 (858)
3. Austra Skujytė, LIT, 49.58 (852)
4. Marie Collonville, FRA, 49.14 (843)
5. Yuliya Akulenko, UKR, 48.62 (833)
6. Michaela Hejnova, CZE, 48.22 (826)
7. Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA, 45.84 (780)
8. Magdalena Szczepanska, POL, 44.80 (760)
9. J J Shobha, IND, 44.36 (751)
10. Aryiro Strataki, GRE, 43.87 (742)
11. Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER, 42.99 (725)
12. Claudia Tonn, GER, 41.12 (689)
13. Naide Gomes, POR, 40.75 (682)
14. Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ, 39.92 (666)
15. Kelly Sotherton, GBR, 37.19 (613)

- Anzhela Atroshchenko, TUR, DNS

- Tatyana Gordeyeva, RUS, DNS

Points Table after 6th event

Rank	Name	Points
1	Carolina Klüft, SWE	6047
2	Austra Skujytė, LIT	5555
3	Kelly Sotherton, GBR	5492
4	Shelia Burrell, USA	5408
5	Margaret Simpson, GHA	5398
6	Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER	5397
7	Natalya Dobrynska, UKR	5390
8	Marie Collonville, FRA	5367
9	Yelena Prokhorova, RUS	5343
10	Naide Gomes, POR	5328
11	J J Shobha, IND	5311
12	Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA	5310
13	Svetlana Sokolova, RUS	5292
14	Aryiro Strataki, GRE	5265
15	Karin Ertl, GER	5253
16	Kylie Wheeler, AUS	5234
17	Janice Josephs, RSA	5230
18	Michelle Perry, USA	5213
19	Yuliya Akulenko, UKR	5207
20	Claudia Tonn, GER	5202
21	Karin Ruckstuhl, NED	5200
22	Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI	5155
23	Irina Naumenko, KAZ	5101
24	Magdalena Szczepanska, POL	5092
25	Soma Biswas, IND	5033
26	Michaela Hejnova, CZE	4968
27	Shengfei Shen, CHN	4250
28	Yuki Nakata, JPN	4026
29	Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ	3820

800 m

August 21

Times are in minutes:seconds.

Heat 1

1. Soma Biswas, IND, 2:12.27 (932)
2. Magdalena Szczepanska, POL, 2:13.08 (920)
3. Yuki Nakata, JPN, 2:18.46 (845)
4. Michaela Hejnova, CZE, 2:25.68 (748)
5. Shengfei Shen, CHN, 2:29.50 (699)

- Svetlana Kazanina, KAZ, DNS

Heat 2

1. Claudia Tonn, GER, 2:10.77 (953)
2. Michelle Perry, USA, 2:13.69 (911)
3. Karin Ruckstuhl, NED, 2:13.95 (908)
4. Irina Naumenko, KAZ, 2:14.57 (899)
5. Janice Josephs, RSA, 2:18.47 (844)
6. Marsha Mark-Baird, TRI, 2:21.21 (807)
7. Yuliya Akulenko, UKR, 2:22.58 (789)

Heat 3

1. Yelena Prokhorova, RUS, 2:11.31 (946)
2. Svetlana Sokolova, RUS, 2:13.23 (918)
3. J J Shobha, IND, 2:17.28 (861)
4. Kylie Wheeler, AUS, 2:17.65 (856)
5. Aryiro Strataki, GRE, 2:17.90 (852)
6. Karin Ertl, GER, 2:18.68 (842)
7. Naide Gomes, POR, 2:20.05 (823)
8. Tiffany Lott Hogan, USA, 2:25.10 (756)

Heat 4

1. Kelly Sotherton, GBR, 2:12.27 (932)
2. Marie Collonville, FRA, 2:13.62 (912)
3. Carolina Klüft, SWE, 2:14.15 (905)
4. Sonja Kesselschlaeger, GER, 2:15.21 (890)
5. Shelia Burrell, USA, 2:15.32 (888)
6. Austra Skujytė, LIT, 2:15.92 (880)
7. Natalya Dobrynska, UKR, 2:17.01 (865)
8. Margaret Simpson, GHA, 2:17.72 (855)

Final Points Table

Rank	Name	Points
1	Carolina Klüft Carolina Klüft Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...		6952
2	Austra Skujytė Austra Skujyte Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....		6435
3	Kelly Sotherton Kelly Sotherton Kelly Jade Sotherton is an English heptathlete and 400m sprinter. She was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also was a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, and was the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth...		6424
4	Shelia Burrell		6296
5	Yelena Prokhorova		6289
6	Sonja Kesselschlaeger		6287
7	Marie Collonville		6279
8	Natalya Dobrynska		6255
9	Margaret Simpson		6253
10	Svetlana Sokolova		6210
11	J J Shobha		6172
12	Claudia Tonn		6155
13	Naide Gomes		6151
14	Michelle Perry		6124
15	Aryiro Strataki		6117
16	Karin Ruckstuhl		6108
17	Karin Ertl		6095
18	Kylie Wheeler		6090
19	Janice Josephs		6074
20	Tiffany Lott Hogan		6066
21	Magdalena Szczepańska		6012
22	Irina Naumenko		6000
23	Yuliya Akulenko		5996
24	Soma Biswas		5965
25	Marsha Mark-Baird		5962
26	Michaela Hejnova		5716
27	Shengfei Shen		4949
28	Yuki Nakata		4871