Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon

Women's heptathlon
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Women's heptathlon; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
	Pictogram of athletics
Venues	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 27-28
Competitors	29 from 21 nations
Winning result	6780
Medalists
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These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.^[1]

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Medalists

Gold	Ghada Shouaa Syria
Silver	Natalya Sazanovich Belarus
Bronze	Denise Lewis Great Britain

Final classification

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Points
	Ghada Shouaa	Syria	13.72	1.86	15.95	23.85	6.26	55.70	2:15.43	6780
	Natalya Sazanovich	Belarus	13.56	1.80	14.52	23.72	6.70	46.00	2:17.92	6563
	Denise Lewis	Great Britain	13.45	1.77	13.92	24.44	6.32	54.82	2:17.41	6489
4	Urszula Włodarczyk	Poland	13.48	1.86	14.36	24.27	6.30	43.28	2:12.35	6484
5	Eunice Barber	Sierra Leone	13.50	1.77	12.87	24.67	6.57	45.26	2:13.27	6342
6	Rita Ináncsi	Hungary	13.95	1.83	14.69	24.92	6.32	46.46	2:17.37	6336
7	Sabine Braun	Germany	13.55	1.83	14.48	24.89	6.21	48.72	2:22.87	6317
8	Kelly Blair	United States	13.62	1.80	12.29	24.49	6.32	50.32	2:16.87	6307
9	Sharon Hanson	United States	13.34	1.77	13.45	24.42	5.96	46.98	2:11.67	6292
10	Remigija Nazarovienė	Lithuania	13.59	1.74	13.83	24.51	6.33	42.68	2:12.61	6254
11	Mona Steigauf	Germany	13.22	1.77	12.35	24.50	6.47	42.40	2:15.44	6246
12	Regla Cardenas	Cuba	13.89	1.77	14.14	24.04	6.52	41.72	2:20.48	6246
13	Peggy Beer	Germany	13.52	1.74	13.65	24.64	6.09	46.72	2:13.15	6234
14	Svetlana Moskalets	Russia	13.70	1.80	14.23	25.04	6.56	42.64	2:30.89	6118
15	Magalys García	Cuba	13.30	1.71	13.03	24.04	5.71	51.22	2:21.03	6109
16	Diane Guthrie-Gresham	Jamaica	14.17	1.80	12.88	25.12	6.57	40.32	2:17.55	6087
17	Yelena Lebedenko	Russia	13.70	1.77	13.72	24.67	6.33	45.02	2:28.58	6082
18	Svetlana Kazanina	Kazakhstan	14.69	1.86	12.50	25.15	5.98	43.80	2:13.42	6002
19	Irina Tyukhay	Russia	13.90	1.77	14.16	24.98	6.07	40.08	2:26.69	5903
20	Jane Jamieson	Australia	14.57	1.80	13.64	25.70	5.93	44.58	2:18.60	5897
21	Tiia Hautala	Finland	13.72	1.77	13.22	25.33	5.85	38.98	2:16.09	5887
22	Liliana Nastase	Romania	13.37	1.65	13.30	24.96	6.09	38.66	2:19.73	5847
23	Patricia Nadler	Switzerland	13.81	1.68	12.34	24.88	5.82	43.84	2:18.06	5803
24	Inma Clopes	Spain	14.30	1.77	13.05	25.87	5.74	40.42	2:26.35	5602
25	Catherine Bond-Mills	Canada	13.66	1.83	12.86	24.90	NM	40.56	2:14.50	5235
	Anzhela Atroshchenko	Belarus	14.27	1.74	12.31	24.59	5.63	DNS	–	DNF
	Manuela Marxer	Liechtenstein	13.90	1.62	13.46	25.05	DNS	–	–	DNF
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	13.24	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Giuliana Spada	Italy	DNF	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	DNF