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Women's heptathlon at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	August 15–16
Competitors	43 from 28 nations
Winning points	6733
Medalists
Nataliya Dobrynska  Ukraine Hyleas Fountain  United States Kelly Sotherton  Great Britain
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's heptathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 15 and 16 at the Beijing National Stadium.

The qualifying standards were 6,000 points (A standard) and 5,800 points (B standard).

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291 points	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988
Olympic record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291 points	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Overall results

Key

Rank	Athlete	Country	Overall points	100 m H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m
	Nataliya Dobrynska	Ukraine	6733 (PB)	1059 13.44 s	978 1.80 m	1015 17.29 m	944 24.39 s	1049 6.63 m	833 48.60 m	855 2:17.72 min
	Hyleas Fountain	United States	6619	1158 12.78 s	1093 1.89 m	751 13.36 m	1058 23.21 s	969 6.38 m	704 41.93 m	886 2:15.45 min
	Kelly Sotherton	Great Britain	6517	1097 13.18 s	1016 1.83 m	785 13.87 m	1040 23.39 s	953 6.33 m	622 37.66 m	1004 2:07.34 min
4	Jessica Zelinka	Canada	6490 (NR)	1129 12.97 s	941 1.77 m	780 13.79 m	1016 23.64 s	887 6.12 m	742 43.91 m	995 2:07.95 min
5	Anna Bogdanova	Russia	6465 (PB)	1111 13.09 s	1054 1.86 m	799 14.08 m	958 24.24 s	991 6.45 m	579 35.41 m	973 2:09.45 min
6	Karolina Tyminska	Poland	6428 (PB)	1033 13.62 s	941 1.77 m	799 14.08 m	1040 23.39 s	1017 6.53 m	590 35.97 m	1008 2:07.08 min
7	Lilli Schwarzkopf	Germany	6379	1017 13.73 s	978 1.80 m	835 14.61 m	885 25.02 s	837 5.96 m	897 51.88 m	951 2:10.91 min
8	Jolanda Keizer	Netherlands	6370 (PB)	993 13.90 s	1016 1.83 m	871 15.15 m	984 23.97 s	896 6.15 m	720 42.76 m	890 2:15.21 min
9	Kylie Wheeler	Australia	6369 (PB)	1024 13.68 s	1093 1.89 m	731 13.06 m	954 24.28 s	883 6.11 m	741 43.81 m	943 2:11.49 min
10	Jennifer Oeser	Germany	6360	1040 13.57 s	978 1.80 m	769 13.62 m	917 24.67 s	899 6.16 m	812 47.53 m	945 2:11.33 min
11	Marie Collonvillé	France	6302 (SB)	1040 13.57 s	1054 1.86 m	689 12.42 m	881 25.06 s	915 6.21 m	785 46.14 m	938 2:11.81 min
12	Olga Kurban	Russia	6192	1011 13.77 s	941 1.77 m	783 13.84 m	948 24.34 s	874 6.08 m	722 42.85 m	913 2:13.59 min
13	Hanna Melnychenko	Ukraine	6165	1047 13.52 s	978 1.80 m	739 13.18 m	947 24.35 s	975 6.40 m	589 35.89 m	890 2:15.23 min
14	Kamila Chudzik	Poland	6157	1008 13.79 s	941 1.77 m	817 14.34 m	854 25.36 s	840 5.97 m	900 52.05 m	797 2:21.97 min
15	Sonja Kesselschlager	Germany	6140	1050 13.50 s	941 1.77 m	816 14.33 m	841 25.50 s	862 6.04 m	750 44.28 m	880 2:15.94 min
16	Lucimara da Silva	Brazil	6076	1043 13.55 s	1016 1.83 m	634 11.59 m	928 24.56 s	905 6.18 m	674 40.34 m	876 2:16.20 min
17	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	France	6055	1000 13.85 s	867 1.71 m	735 13.12 m	896 24.90 s	899 6.16 m	847 49.32 m	811 2:20.96 min
18	Aiga Grabuste	Latvia	6050 (PB)	1010 13.78 s	941 1.77 m	707 12.70 m	914 24.71 s	962 6.36 m	649 39.02 m	867 2:16.87 min
19	Liu Haili	China	6041 (PB)	1041 13.56 s	941 1.77 m	708 12.71 m	936 24.47 s	874 6.08 m	702 41.79 m	839 2:18.84 min
20	Ida Marcussen	Norway	6015	968 14.07 s	867 1.71 m	725 12.97 m	885 25.02 s	868 6.06 m	809 47.37 m	893 2:14.96 min
21	Rebecca Wardell	New Zealand	5989	968 14.07 s	867 1.71 m	813 14.28 m	920 24.64 s	801 5.84 m	708 42.14 m	912 2:13.65 min
22	Niina Kelo	Finland	5911 (SB)	985 13.95 s	795 1.65 m	849 14.82 m	806 25.90 s	777 5.76 m	889 51.48 m	810 2:20.97 min
23	Argyro Strataki	Greece	5893	971 14.05 s	830 1.68 m	742 13.22 m	844 25.47 s	840 5.97 m	767 45.20 m	899 2:14.57 min
24	Gretchen Quintana	Cuba	5830	1011 13.77 s	830 1.68 m	734 13.10 m	948 24.34 s	856 6.02 m	632 38.14 m	819 2:20.31 min
25	Yuliya Tarasova	Uzbekistan	5785	974 14.03 s	867 1.71 m	701 12.60 m	946 24.36 s	825 5.92 m	731 43.31 m	741 2:26.19 min
26	Pramila Aiyappa	India	5771	983 13.97 s	903 1.74 m	639 11.66 m	894 24.92 s	883 6.11 m	692 41.27 m	777 2:23.46 min
27	Györgyi Farkas	Hungary	5760	887 14.66 s	903 1.74 m	665 12.06 m	788 26.10 s	877 6.09 m	734 43.45 m	906 2:14.05 min
28	Shobha Javur	India	5749	1033 13.62 s	795 1.65 m	732 13.07 m	922 24.62 s	807 5.86 m	735 43.50 m	725 2:27.50 min
29	Linda Züblin	Switzerland	5743	993 13.90 s	759 1.62 m	684 12.34 m	888 24.99 s	771 5.74 m	806 47.19 m	842 2:18.68 min
30	Julie Hollman	Great Britain	5729	918 14.43 s	941 1.77 m	691 12.45 m	850 25.41 s	890 6.13 m	650 39.08 m	789 2:22.54 min
31	Susmita Singha Roy	India	5705	963 14.11 s	867 1.71 m	613 11.27 m	948 24.34 s	843 5.98 m	663 39.79 m	808 2:21.14 min
32	Kaie Kand	Estonia	5677 (SB)	913 14.47 s	795 1.65 m	721 12.91 m	844 25.47 s	774 5.75 m	716 42.51 m	916 2:13.36 min
33	Yana Maksimava	Belarus	4806	880 14.71 s	903 1.74 m	767 13.60 m	802 25.94 s	0 NM	651 39.14 m	803 2:21.55 min
—	Laurien Hoos	Netherlands	DNF	1047 13.52 s	795 1.65 m	860 14.98 m	927 24.57 s	771 5.74 m	832 48.54 m	DNS
—	Jackie Johnson	United States	DNF	1091 13.22 s	941 1.77 m	649 11.82 m	911 24.74 s	813 5.88 m	DNS	DNS
—	Viktorija Žemaitytė	Lithuania	DNF	917 14.44 s	903 1.74 m	795 14.01 m	881 25.06 s	0 NM	DNS	DNS
—	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	DNF	914 14.46 s	941 1.77 m	997 17.02 m	850 25.40 s	0 NM	DNS	DNS
—	Wassana Winatho	Thailand	DNF	988 13.93 s	830 1.68 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Denisa Ščerbová	Czech Republic	DNF	995 13.88 s	795 1.65 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Diana Pickler	United States	DNF	939 14.28 s	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Irina Naumenko	Kazakhstan	DNF	0 DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
DSQ	Lyudmila Blonska	Ukraine	6700*	1078 13.31 s	1054 1.86 m	813 14.29 m	967 24.14 s	1001 6.48 m	814 47.60 m	973 2:09.44 min
DSQ	Tatyana Chernova	Russia	6591*	1028 13.65 s	1016 1.83 m	719 12.88 m	986 23.95 s	997 6.47 m	829 48.37 m	1016 2:06.50 min

* Ukraine's Lyudmila Blonska originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after she tested positive for methyltestosterone. Russia's Tatyana Chernova, who inherited the bronze medal following Blonska's disqualification was herself disqualified after a retest of her 2008 drug sample was found to contain metabolites of turinabol.

Notes

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
4. "IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". IOC. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

References

• Official final classification
• Schedule

• Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Heptathlon at the Olympics
• 2008 in women's athletics
• Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics