Women's heptathlon at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	20–21 August
Competitors	34 from 24 nations
Winning result	6952
Medalists
Carolina Klüft  Sweden Austra Skujytė  Lithuania Kelly Sotherton  Great Britain
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Athletics at the 2004 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
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
Wheelchair races
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Thewomen'sheptathlon competition at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens was held at theOlympic Stadium on 20–21 August.^[1][2]

Theheptathlon consists of seventrack and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the seven components. The seven event scores are summed to give a total for the heptathlon.^[3]

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Prior to the competition^[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291	Seoul,South Korea	23–24 September 1988
Olympic record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291	Seoul,South Korea	23–24 September 1988

No new records were set during the competition.

The final results of the event are in the following table.^[5]

Key

Rank	Athlete	Country	Overall points	100 m H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m
	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	6952 (SB)	1093 13.21 s	1119 1.91 m	845 14.77 m	1052 23.27 s	1099 6.78 m	839 48.89 m	905 2:14.15 min
	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	6435 (PB)	974 14.03 s	928 1.76 m	955 16.40 m	903 24.82 s	943 6.30 m	852 49.58 m	880 2:15.92 min
	Kelly Sotherton	Great Britain	6424 (PB)	1059 13.44 s	1041 1.85 m	747 13.29 m	1022 23.57 s	1010 6.51 m	613 37.19 m	932 2:12.27 min
4	Shelia Burrell	United States	6296 (SB)	1099 13.17 s	855 1.70 m	737 13.14 m	975 24.06 s	927 6.25 m	815 47.69 m	888 2:15.32 min
5	Yelena Prokhorova	Russia	6289	1001 13.84 s	966 1.79 m	772 13.67 m	914 24.71 s	915 6.21 m	775 45.58 m	946 2:11.31 min
6	Sonja Kesselschläger	Germany	6287 (PB)	1068 13.38 s	928 1.76 m	829 14.53 m	866 25.23 s	981 6.42 m	725 42.29 m	890 2:15.21 min
7	Marie Collonvillé	France	6279 (SB)	1028 13.65 s	1041 1.85 m	684 12.35 m	863 25.26 s	908 6.19 m	843 49.14 m	912 2:13.62 min
8	Nataliya Dobrynska	Ukraine	6255	994 13.89 s	1003 1.82 m	841 14.70 m	885 25.02 s	921 6.23 m	746 44.08 m	865 2:17.01 min
9	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	6253	1041 13.56 s	966 1.79 m	688 12.41 m	922 24.62 s	856 6.02 m	925 53.32 m	855 2:17.72 min
10	Svetlana Sokolova	Russia	6210	1021 13.70 s	855 1.70 m	835 14.61 m	961 24.21 s	801 5.84 m	819 47.86 m	918 2:13.23 min
11	Shobha Javur	India	6172	1046 13.53 s	818 1.67 m	696 12.52 m	1038 23.41 s	962 6.36 m	751 44.36 m	861 2:17.28 min
12	Claudia Tonn	Germany	6155	993 13.90 s	1003 1.82 m	656 11.92 m	902 24.84 s	959 6.35 m	689 41.12 m	953 2:10.77 min
13	Naide Gomes	Portugal	6151 (SB)	1039 13.58 s	1041 1.85 m	841 14.71 m	845 25.46 s	880 6.10 m	682 40.75 m	823 2:20.85 min
14	Michelle Perry	United States	6124	1164 12.74 s	855 1.70 m	614 11.28 m	1088 22.91 s	856 6.02 m	636 38.36 m	911 2:13.69 min
15	Argyro Strataki	Greece	6117	1028 13.65 s	966 1.79 m	762 13.52 m	927 24.57 s	840 5.97 m	742 43.87 m	852 2:17.90 min
16	Karin Ruckstuhl	Netherlands	6108	1059 13.65 s	1041 1.79 m	752 13.52 m	925 24.57 s	819 5.97 m	604 43.87 m	908 2:17.90 min
17	Karin Ertl	Germany	6095	1047 13.52 s	891 1.73 m	789 13.92 m	914 24.71 s	859 6.03 m	753 44.45 m	842 2:18.68 min
18	Kylie Wheeler	Australia	6090	995 13.88 s	966 1.79 m	739 13.18 m	947 24.35 s	859 6.36 m	753 37.77 m	842 2:17.65 min
19	Janice Josephs	South Africa	6074	1023 13.69 s	855 1.70 m	693 12.48 m	1042 23.37 s	915 6.21 m	702 41.80 m	844 2:18.47 min
20	Tiffany Lott-Hogan	United States	6066	1105 13.13 s	818 1.67 m	823 14.43 m	888 24.99 s	896 6.15 m	780 45.84 m	756 2:25.10 min
21	Magdalena Szczepańska	Poland	6012	1105 13.13 s	818 1.67 m	823 14.43 m	888 24.99 s	896 6.15 m	780 45.84 m	756 2:25.10 min
22	Irina Naumenko	Kazakhstan	6000	956 14.16 s	966 1.79 m	724 12.95 m	898 24.88 s	899 6.16 m	658 39.50 m	899 2:14.57 min
23	Yuliya Akulenko	Ukraine	5996	963 14.11 s	891 1.73 m	737 13.15 m	927 24.57 s	856 6.02 m	833 48.62 m	789 2:22.58 min
24	Soma Biswas	India	5965	998 13.86 s	855 1.70 m	662 12.01 m	933 24.50 s	825 5.92 m	760 44.84 m	932 2:12.57 min
25	Marsha Mark-Baird	Trinidad and Tobago	5962 (NR)	1039 13.58 s	855 1.70 m	608 11.20 m	877 25.11 s	918 6.22 m	858 49.90 m	807 2:21.21 min
26	Michaela Hejnová	Czech Republic	5716	1004 13.82 s	855 1.70 m	670 12.13 m	854 25.36 s	759 5.70 m	826 48.22 m	748 2:25.68 min
27	Shen Shengfei	China	4949	953 14.18 s	891 1.73 m	809 14.22 m	796 26.01 s	0 NM	801 46.95 m	699 2:29.50 min
28	Yuki Nakata	Japan	4871	987 13.94 s	928 1.76 m	631 11.54 m	818 25.76 s	0 NM	662 39.75 m	845 2:18.46 min
—	Svetlana Kazanina	Kazakhstan	DNF	843 14.99 s	855 1.70 m	686 12.38 m	770 26.31 s	0 NM	666 39.92 m	DNS
—	Denise Lewis	Great Britain	DNF	1065 14.99 s	891 1.73 m	883 15.33 m	849 25.42 s	816 5.89 m	DNS	DNS
—	Tiia Hautala	Finland	DNF	980 13.99 s	855 1.70 m	632 11.56 m	788 26.10 s	401 4.39 m	DNS	DNS
—	Anzhela Atroshchenko	Turkey	DNF	964 14.10 s	783 1.64 m	680 12.29 m	877 25.11 s	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Natallia Sazanovich	Belarus	DNF	1017 13.73 s	891 1.73 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Tatyana Gordeyeva	Russia	DNF	0 DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS

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