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Host City: Sydney, Australia

Format: Scoring by 1985 point tables.

Date Started: September 23, 2000

Date Finished: September 24, 2000

(Competitors: 33: Countries: 23)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales

Overview by IAAF

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 Belarussian 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.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The event was considered open because of injury problems to the leading contenders. Eunice Barber (FRA/SLE) had won the 1999 World Championships while defending champion Ghada Shouaa (SYR) was back but both were hampered by injuries and neither finished the hep. This left Denise Lewis (GBR), the bronze medalist from 1996, runner-up at the 1997 and 1999 Worlds, and 1998 European Champion, as the leading contender. The silver medalist from 1996, Nataliya )Natasha) Sazanovich (BLR), was also back. Sazanovich led after three events and the first day. She maintained the lead after the long jump, but it was close between her, Lewis, and Russia's Yelena Prokhorova. But Lewis had by far the longest javelin throw among the leaders, and moved 63 points ahead of Sazanovich and 146 ahead of Prokhorova. Prokhorova was the best 800 runner among the three but could not catch Lewis, who won the gold medal.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record	7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988
Olympic Record	7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988

		Results

*Heptathlon*	Women	Final	24 September

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	6584	Denise Lewis	Great Britain	GBR	27 Aug 72
2	6531	Yelena Prokhorova	Russia	RUS	16 Apr 78
3	6527	Natallia Sazanovich	Belarus	BLR	15 Aug 73
4	6470	Urszula Włodarczyk	Poland	POL	22 Dec 65
5	6355	Sabine Braun	Germany	GER	19 Jun 65
6	6237	Natalya Roshchupkina	Russia	RUS	13 Jan 78
7	6209	Karin Ertl	Germany	GER	23 Jun 74
8	6173	Tiia Hautala	Finland	FIN	3 Apr 72
9	6150	DeDee Nathan	United States	USA	20 Apr 68
10	6104	Jane Jamieson	Australia	AUS	23 Jun 75
11	6054	Magalys García	Cuba	CUB	23 Oct 71
12	6034	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	LTU	12 Aug 79
13	6021	Susanna Rajamäki	Finland	FIN	19 Sep 79
14	5989	Gertrud Bacher-Schöf	Italy	ITA	28 Feb 71
15	5975	Diana Koritskaya	Russia	RUS	27 Feb 75
16	5898	Svetlana Kazanina	Kazakhstan	KAZ	31 Oct 71
17	5896	Yasmina Azzizi	Algeria	ALG	25 Feb 66
18	5893	Viorica Ţigău	Romania	ROU	12 Aug 79
19	5851	Nathalie Teppe	France	FRA	22 May 72
20	5762	Larisa Netšeporuk	Ukraine	UKR	24 Dec 70
21	5634	Irina Karpova	Kazakhstan	KAZ	13 Feb 80
22	5627	Marsha Baird	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	20 Jan 74
23	5585	Lyudmyla Kovalyova	Ukraine	UKR	18 Mar 75
24	5548	G.Pramila Ganapathy	India	IND	8 May 77
25	5481	Soma Biswas	India	IND	16 May 78
26	5345	Shelia Burrell	United States	USA	15 Jan 72
27	5101	Sofa Kabanova	Uzbekistan	UZB	29 May 70
	DNF	Ghada Shouaa	Syria	SYR	10 Sep 72
	DNF	Astrid Retzke	Germany	GER	13 Jul 73
	DNF	Asimína Vanakára	Greece	GRE	14 Jul 79
	DNF	Imma Clopés	Spain	ESP	19 Jan 68
	DNF	Rita Ináncsi	Hungary	HUN	6 Jan 71
	DNF	Eunice Barber	France	FRA	17 Nov 74

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Overall results

Points table after 7th event:

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	100 mh	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m
	Denise Lewis	Great Britain	6584	1090 pts 13.23 s	916 1.75	898 15.55	948 24.34	1001 6.48	864 50.19	867 2:16.83
	Yelena Prokhorova	Russia	6531	1031 pts 13.63 s	991 1.81	741 13.21	1008 23.72	1036 6.59	764 45.05^[1]	960 2:10.32
	Natallia Sazanovich	Belarus	6527 (SB)	1058 pts 13.45 s	1029 1.84	847 14.79	969 24.12	1007 6.50	744 43.97	873 2:16.41^[1]
4	Urszula Włodarczyk	Poland	6470 (SB)	1075 pts 13.33 s	953 1.78	824 14.45	953 24.29	946 6.31	786 46.16^[1]	933 2:12.15
5	Sabine Braun	Germany	6355	1052 pts 13.49 s	991 1.81	816 14.33	911 24.74	918 6.22	832 48.56	835 2:19.14
6	Natalya Roshchupkina	Russia	6237	1021 pts 13.70 s^[1]	1029 1.84	796 14.03	1026 23.53	691 5.47	742 43.87	932 2:12.24
7	Karin Specht-Ertl	Germany	6209	1060 pts 13.43 s	953 1.78	764 13.55	920 24.64	918 6.22	719 42.70	875 2:16.25
8	Tiia Hautala	Finland	6173	1033 pts 13.62 s	953 1.78	748 13.31	887 25.00	887 6.12	771 45.40	894 2:14.90
9	Le Shundra Nathan	United States	6150	1015 pts 13.74 s	953 1.78	809 14.22	902 24.84	868 6.06	734 43.48	869 2:16.67
10	Jane Jamieson	Australia	6104	966 pts 14.09 s	991 1.81	767 13.59	862 25.27	877 6.09	770 45.32	871 2:16.57
11	Magalys García	Cuba	6054 (SB)	1056 pts 13.46 s	806 1.66	747 13.29	926 24.58	825 5.92	866 50.31	828 2:19.64
12	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	6034	927 pts 14.37 s	953 1.78	867 15.09^[1]	855 25.35	840 5.97	772 45.43	820 2:20.25
13	Susanna Rajamäki	Finland	6021 (PB)	1036 pts 13.60 s	806 1.66	785 13.87	978 24.03	962 6.36	610 37.00	844 2:18.47
14	Gertrud Bacher	Italy	5989	1004 pts 13.82 s	916 1.75	711 12.75	890 24.96	801 5.84	689 41.14	978 2:09.08
15	Diana Koritskaya	Russia	5975	995 pts 13.88 s	879 1.72	763 13.53	973 24.08	717 5.56	680 40.67	968 2:09.77
16	Svetlana Kazanina	Kazakhstan	5898	880 pts 14.71 s	916 1.75	725 12.97	883 25.04	801 5.84	735 43.53	958 2:10.45
17	Yasmina Azzizi	Algeria	5896 (SB)	1030 pts 13.64 s	736 1.60	805 14.17	925 24.59	813 5.88	788 46.28^[1]	799 2:21.82
18	Viorica Tigau	Romania	5893	1066 pts 13.39 s	879 1.72	630 11.53	905 24.80	853 6.01	732 43.38^[1]	828 2:19.65^[1]
19	Nathalie Teppe	France	5851	976 pts 14.02 s	879 1.72	757 13.44	763 26.39	831 5.94	802 46.98	843 2:18.56
20	Larisa Teteryuk-Netseporuk	Ukraine	5762	905 pts 14.53 s	879 1.72	765 13.56	818 25.76	816 5.89	755 44.57	824 2:19.94
21	Irina Naumenko	Kazakhstan	5634	942 pts 14.26 s	1029 1.84	612 11.26	869 25.19	813 5.88	525 32.53	844 2:18.49
22	Marsha Mark	Trinidad and Tobago	5627	1018 pts 13.72 s^[1]	806 1.66	624 11.44^[1]	855 25.35	819 5.90	841 48.99^[1]	664 2:32.36
23	Lyudmyla Kovalova	Ukraine	5585	826 pts 15.12 s	879 1.72	765 13.57	766 26.36	720 5.57	715 42.50	914 2:13.52
24	Pramila Ganapathy	India	5548	947 pts 14.22 s	842 1.69	604 11.14	915 24.69	837 5.96	591 36.02	812 2:20.86
25	Soma Biswas	India	5481	963 pts 14.11 s	771 1.63	641 11.69	912 24.73	741 5.64	659 39.59	794 2:22.17
26	Shelia Burrell	United States	5345	1080 pts 13.30 s	0 NM	749 13.32	980 24.01	865 6.05	739 43.72	932 2:12.22^[1]
27	Sofiya Kabanova	Uzbekistan	5101	856 pts 14.89 s	1000 879 1.72	632 11.56	690 27.27	620 5.22	602 36.61	822 2:20.11
	Eunice Barber	France	DNF	1129 pts 12.97 s	1029 1.84	613 11.27	936 24.47	828 5.93
	Inma Clopés	Spain	DNF	950 pts 14.20 s	806 1.66	707 12.70	775 26.25	0 NM
	Asimina Vanakara	Greece	DNF	952 pts 14.19 s	842 1.69	578 10.74	817 25.78	0 NM
	Astrid Retzke	Germany	DNF	990 pts 13.92 s	701 1.57
	Rita Ináncsi	Hungary	DNF	827 pts 15.11 s	842 1.69
	Ghada Shouaa	Syria	DNF	0 pts DNF