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Host City: Los Angeles, United States

Format: Scoring by 1962/1977 point tables.

Date Started: August 3, 1984

Date Finished: August 4, 1984

(Competitors: 23; Countries: 13)

Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Overview by IAAF

In the absence of the top GDR and USSR stars, as well as Jane Frederick, the best American, who was injured at the US Trials, Joyner was favourite. Although eighth after two events, she was in with a chance after a fine 14.39 in the shot which allied with a good 200m (24.05), meant that she was only 20 points behind Simpson at the end of the first day, while Nunn and Everts were within 18 points of the American. Joyner’s best event was the long jump, but two fouls left her with a safe effort of 6.11 to make, and this was the difference between gold and silver. A jump in the 6.70 region would have meant a win by 120 points. Instead, Nunn brilliantly reached her lifetime best of 6.66, and was 109 points ahead of the American, though one point behind Everts. Nunn threw only 35.58 in the javelin, but Everts was even more inept, reaching a mere 32.62. In the 800m Nunn set her fourth pb of the event, to come home just five points ahead of Joyner, with Everts a close third, just 27 points away from gold.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Ramona Neubert (GDR) had won the 1982 European and the 1983 World Championships. At the 1983 World Championships, East German women had swept the medals. But with the Soviet-led boycott in 1984, the top heptathletes from the GDR and the USSR could not compete and this competition was wide open. The next best mult-eventer was America's Jane Frederick , but she was injured at the Olympic Trials and did not make the team. The first day leader was Britain's Judy Simpson, with 3,759 points, with Jackie Joyner, Glynis Nunn and Sabine Everts within 38 points of her. Joyner was a world-class long jumper, but she failed her first two efforts in that event, and had to settle for a safe 6.11 (20-0½) on her third attempt. That ended up being the margin of victory as Nunn moved up with 6.66 (21-10¼), but Everts led her after five events by one point. Among the leaders, Joyner had the best javelin throw with 44.52 (146-0¾), but she was outrun by Nunn in the 800 and lost the gold medal by five points.

		Results

*Heptathlon*	Women	Final	4 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	6390	Glynis Nunn	Australia	AUS	4 Dec 60
2	6385	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	USA	3 Mar 62
3	6363	Sabine Everts	West Germany	FRG	4 Mar 61
4	6281	Cindy Greiner	United States	USA	15 Feb 57
5	6280	Judy Simpson	Great Britain	GBR	14 Nov 60
6	6236	Sabine Braun	West Germany	FRG	19 Jun 65
7	6147	Tineke Hidding	Netherlands	NED	28 Jul 59
8	6127	Kim Hagger	Great Britain	GBR	2 Dec 61
9	6082	Birgit Dressel	West Germany	FRG	4 May 60
10	6042	Corinne Schneider	Switzerland	SUI	28 Jul 62
11	6015	Marian Wijnsma	Netherlands	NED	18 Jul 65	NJR
12	5985	Kristine Tånnander	Sweden	SWE	21 Nov 55
13	5914	Florence Picaut	France	FRA	25 Oct 52
14	5908	Annette Tånnander	Sweden	SWE	13 Feb 58
15	5904	Jill Ross	Canada	CAN	23 Feb 58
16	5648	Connie Tuin	Canada	CAN	10 Jan 63
17	5638	Donna Smelli	Canada	CAN	2 Sep 64
18	5447	Tsai Li-Chiao	Chinese Taipei	TPE	12 Aug 62
19	5146	Iammogapi Launa	Papua New Guinea	PNG	16 Sep 57
20	4913	Manuela Marxer	Liechtenstein	LIE	5 Aug 65
	DNF	Jodi Anderson	United States	USA	12 Nov 80
	DNF	Conceição Aparecida Geremías	Brazil	BRA	23 Jul 56
	DNF	Chantal Beaugeant	France	FRA	16 Feb 61