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) Date Time RoundFriday, 15 August 2008 9:0010:3019:0021:30100 metres hurdlesHigh jumpShot put200 metresSaturday, 16 August 2008 09:5019:0021:35Long jumpJavelin throw800 metres
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Overall results Key
RankAthleteCountryOverall points100 m HHJSP200 mLJJT800 m Nataliya Dobrynska 6733 (PB) Hyleas Fountain 6619 Kelly Sotherton 6517 Jessica Zelinka 6490 (NR) Anna Bogdanova 6465 (PB) Karolina Tyminska 6428 (PB) Lilli Schwarzkopf 6379 Jolanda Keizer 6370 (PB) Kylie Wheeler 6369 (PB) Jennifer Oeser 6360 Marie Collonvillé 6302 (SB) Olga Kurban 6192 Hanna Melnychenko 6165 Kamila Chudzik 6157 Sonja Kesselschlager 6140 Lucimara da Silva 6076 Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida 6055 Aiga Grabuste 6050 (PB) Liu Haili 6041 (PB) Ida Marcussen 6015 Rebecca Wardell 5989 Niina Kelo 5911 (SB) Argyro Strataki 5893 Gretchen Quintana 5830 Yuliya Tarasova 5785 Pramila Aiyappa 5771 Györgyi Farkas 5760 Shobha Javur 5749 Linda Züblin 5743 Julie Hollman 5729 Susmita Singha Roy 5705 Kaie Kand 5677 (SB) Yana Maksimava 4806 Laurien Hoos Jackie Johnson Viktorija Žemaitytė Austra Skujytė Wassana Winatho Denisa Ščerbová Diana Pickler Irina Naumenko DSQ Lyudmila Blonska *DSQ Tatyana Chernova * * 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.
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References Official final classification Schedule