Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon


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 and 5,800 points.

Schedule

All times are China standard time
DateTimeRound
Friday, 15 August 20089:00
10:30
19:00
21:30
100 metres hurdles
High jump
Shot put
200 metres
Saturday, 16 August 200809:50
19:00
21:35
Long jump
Javelin throw
800 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 Dobrynska6733
Hyleas Fountain6619
Kelly Sotherton6517
Jessica Zelinka6490
Anna Bogdanova6465
Karolina Tyminska6428
Lilli Schwarzkopf6379
Jolanda Keizer6370
Kylie Wheeler6369
Jennifer Oeser6360
Marie Collonvillé6302
Olga Kurban6192
Hanna Melnychenko6165
Kamila Chudzik6157
Sonja Kesselschlager6140
Lucimara da Silva6076
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida6055
Aiga Grabuste6050
Liu Haili6041
Ida Marcussen6015
Rebecca Wardell5989
Niina Kelo5911
Argyro Strataki5893
Gretchen Quintana5830
Yuliya Tarasova5785
Pramila Aiyappa5771
Györgyi Farkas5760
Shobha Javur5749
Linda Züblin5743
Julie Hollman5729
Susmita Singha Roy5705
Kaie Kand5677
Yana Maksimava4806
Laurien Hoos
Jackie Johnson
Viktorija Žemaitytė
Austra Skujytė
Wassana Winatho
Denisa Ščerbová
Diana Pickler
Irina Naumenko
DSQLyudmila Blonska*
DSQTatyana 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.