2016 Olympic Games Statistics – Women’s Heptathlon by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Rio de Janeiro: Can Jessica Ennis-Hill become only the second Heptathlete to win the Olympic twice? Summary Page: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1 Seoul 1988 2 7044 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 Barcelona 1992 3 2 6955 Jessica Ennis GBR 1 London 2012 4 3 6952 Carolina Klüft SWE 1 Athinai 2004 5 4 6897 Sabine John GDR 2 Seoul 1988 6 5 6858 Anke Behmer GDR 3 Seoul 1988 7 6 6845 Irina Belova EUN 2 Barcelona 1992 8 7 6780 Ghada Shouaa SYR 1 Atlanta 1996 Lowest winning score since 1988 : 6584 by Denise Lewis in 2000 Margin of Victory Difference Winning Points Name Nat Venue Year Max 517 6952 Caroline Klüft SWE Athinai 2004 Min 24/5 6387/6390 Glynis Nunn AUS Los Angeles 1984 53 6584 Denise Lewis GBR Sydney 2000 5 points difference in original table score of 6390 & 6385 (24 points difference in converted score of 6387 & 6363) Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Points Name Nat Venue Year 1 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Seoul 1988 2 6897 Sabine John GDR Seoul 1988 3 6858 Anke Behmer GDR Seoul 1988 4 6619 Lilliane Nastase ROU Barcelona 1992 Multiple Gold Medalists: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA): 1988, 1992 Multiple Medalists: Tatyana Chernova (RUS): 2008 Bronze, 2012 Bronze Denise Lewis (GBR): 1996 Bronze, 2000 Gold Natalya Sazanovich (BLR): 1996 Silver, 2000 Bronze Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA): 1984 Silver, 1988 Gold, 1992 Gold Burglinde Pollack (GDR): 1972 Bronze, 1976 Bronze (Pentathlon) All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1 Seoul 1988 2 7044 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 Barcelona 1992 3 2 6955 Jessica Ennis GBR 1 London 2012 4 3 6952 Carolina Klüft SWE 1 Athinai 2004 5 4 6897 Sabine John GDR 2 Seoul 1988 6 5 6858 Anke Behmer GDR 3 Seoul 1988 7 6 6845 Irina Belova EUN 2 Barcelona 1992 8 7 6780 Ghada Shouaa SYR 1 Atlanta 1996 9 8 6733 Nataliya Dobrynska UKR 1 Beijing 2008 10 9 6649 Sabine Braun GER 3 Barcelona 1992 10 9 6649 Lilli Schwarzkopf GER 2 London 2012 12 11 6628 Tatyana Chernova RUS 3 London 2012 13 12 6619 Lilliane Nastase ROU 4 Barcelona 1992 13 12 6619 Hyleas Fountain USA 2 Beijing 2008 15 14 6599 Austra Skujyte LTU 4 London 2012 16 6591 Tatyana Chernova 3 Beijing 2008 17 15 6584 Denise Lewis GBR 1 Sydney 2000 18 16 6576 Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida FRA 5 London 2012 19 17 6563 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 2 Atlanta 1996 20 18 6540 Natalya Shubenkova URS 4 Seoul 1988 21 19 6531 Yelena Prokhorova RUS 2 Sydney 2000 22 6527 Natalya Sazanovich 3 Sydney 2000 23 20 6517 Kelly Sotherton GBR 4 Beijing 2008 24 21 6490 Jessica Zelinka CAN 5 Beijing 2008 25 6489 Denise Lewis 3 Atlanta 1996 26 22 6484 Urszula Wlodarczyk POL 4 Atlanta 1996 27 6480 Jessica Zelinka 6 London 2012 28 6470 Urszula Wlodarczyk 4 Sydney 2000 29 23 6465 Anna Bogdanova RUS 6 Beijing 2008 30 24 6464 Svetlana Dimitrova BUL 5 Barcelona 1992 31 25 6456 Remigia Sablovskaite LTU 5 Seoul 1988 32 26 6452 Kristina Savitskaya RUS 7 London 2012 33 6435 Austra Skujyte 2 Athinai 2004 34 27 6434 Peggy Beer GER 6 Barcelona 1992 35 28 6428 Karolina Tyminska POL 7 Beijing 2008 36 6424 Kelly Sotherton 3 Athinai 2004 37 29 6414 Laura Ikauniece LAT 8 London 2012 38 30 6411 Ines Schulz GDR 6 Seoul 1988 Lowest winning score since 1988 : 6584 by Denise Lewis in 2000 Margin of Victory Difference Winning Points Name Nat Venue Year Max 517 6952 Caroline Klüft SWE Athinai 2004 Min 24/5 6387/6390 Glynis Nunn AUS Los Angeles 1984 53 6584 Denise Lewis GBR Sydney 2000 5 points difference in original table score of 6390 & 6385 (24 points difference in converted score of 6387 & 6363) Difference between first and third Diff Winning points 3rd place points Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 528 6952 6424 Caroline Klüft SWE Athinai 2004 Min 57 6584 6527 Denise Lewis GBR Sydney 2000 -1/27 6387/6390 6388/6363 Glynis Nunn AUS Los Angeles 1984 27 points difference in original table score of 6390 & 6363 Difference between third and fourth place (Medal versus no medal) Difference Score Name Nat Venue Year Max 318 6858 Anke Behmer GDR Seoul 1988 Min 5 6489 Denise Lewis GBR Atlanta 1996 Average of last eight Olympic Games Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 1988-2012 Winning score 6906 6955 6733 6952 6584 6780 7044 7291 6387/6390 Winning Medal 6595 6628 6591 6424 6527 6489 6649 6858 6388/6363 Missing Medal (4 th ) 6504 6599 6517 6296 6470 6484 6619 6540 6236/6281 8th place 6308 6414 6379 6255 6173 6307 6333 6297 6103/6127 Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Points Name Nat Venue Year 1 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Seoul 1988 2 6897 Sabine John GDR Seoul 1988 3 6858 Anke Behmer GDR Seoul 1988 4 6619 Lilliane Nastase ROU Barcelona 1992 5 6576 Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida FRA London 2012 6490 Jessica Zelinka CAN Beijing 2008 6 6480 Jessica Zelinka CAN London 2012 6465 Anna Bogdanova RUS Beijing 2008 7 6452 Kristina Savitskaya RUS London 2012 6428 Karolina Tyminska POL Beijing 2008 8 6414 Laura Ikauniece LAT London 2012 6379 Lilli Schwarzkopf GER Beijing 2008 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Points Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA OG - Seoul 24 Sept 1988 2 6897 Sabine John GDR OG – Seoul 24 Sept 1988 6845 Irina Belova RUS Barcelona 2 Aug 1992 3 6858 Anke Behmer GDR OG – Seoul 24 Sept 1988 6775 Anke Behmer GDR Potsdam 21 July 1984 4 6678 Jane Frederick USA Potsdam 21 July 1984 6619 Liliana Nastase ROU Barcelona 2 Aug 1992 5 6576 Antoinette Nana Djimou FRA London 4 Aug 2012 6539 Nataliya Dobrynska UKR WC – Daegu 30 Aug 2011 6 6480 Jessica Zelinka CAN London 4 Aug 2012 6465 Anna Bogdanova RUS OG – Beijing 16 Aug 2008 7 6458 Claudia Rath GER Götzis 31 May 2015 6452 Kristina Savitskaya RUS London 4 Aug 2012 6428 Karolina Tyminska POL OG – Beijing 16 Aug 2008 8 6436 Laura Ikauniece-Admidina LAT Götzis 31 May 2015 6414 Laura Ikauniece-Admidina LAT London 4 Aug 2012 6379 Lilli Schwarzkopf GER OG – Beijing 16 Aug 2008 Multiple Gold Medalists: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA): 1988, 1992 Multiple Medalists: Tatyana Chernova (RUS): 2008 Bronze, 2012 Bronze Denise Lewis (GBR): 1996 Bronze, 2000 Gold Natalya Sazanovich (BLR): 1996 Silver, 2000 Bronze Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA): 1984 Silver, 1988 Gold, 1992 Gold Burglinde Pollack (GDR): 1972 Bronze, 1976 Bronze (Pentathlon) Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze GDR 1988 Sabine John Anke Behmer Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event (Dec & Hep): None Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 2 2 GBR 2 {1} {1} 2 SWE 1 SYR 1 AUS 1 UKR 1 URS {2} {1} {2} RUS 1 2 GDR {1} 1 {1} 1 {2} GER 1 1 BLR 1 1 EUN 1 LTU 1 FRG {1} {1} 1 AUT {1} HUN {1} Pentathlon medals in {} World Champion with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Jessica Ennis GBR 2009 2012 Carolina Klüft SWE 2003, 2005, 2007 2004 Ghada Shouaa SYR 1995 1996 Jackie Joyner Kersee USA 1987, 1993 1988, 1992 Olympic Champion with World Indoor Championships Gold medal (in Pentathlon) Name Nat Olympic Games World Indoor Championships Jessica Ennis GBR 2012 2010 Natalya Dobrynska UKR 2008 2012 Caroline Klüft SWE 2004 2003 Olympic Champion who previously won World Junior gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games World Junior Championships Caroline Klüft SWE 2004 2000, 2002 Olympic medalists who previously won World Youth medal: Name Nat Olympic Games Year World Youth Championships Year Tatyana Chernova RUS Bronze 2008, 2012 Gold 2005 Olympic Champion with European Championships Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games European Championships Jessica Ennis GBR 2012 2010 Carolina Klüft SWE 2004 2002, 2006 Denise Lewis GBR 2000 1998 Olympic Champion with Asian Games/Asian Championships gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games Asian Games Asian Championships Ghada Shouaa SYR 1996 1994 1993 Olympic medalists with All-Africa Games /African Championships medal: None Africans never won an Olympic medal at Heptathlon Olympic medalists with Pan American Games medal: None Olympic Champion with Commonwealth Games Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games Commonwealth Games Denise Lewis GBR 2000 1994, 1998 Glynis Nunn AUS 1984 1982 Best performances in seven events of Heptathlon at the Olympic Games Event Name Nat Venue Year 100mH 12.54 Jessica Ennis GBR London 2012 12.69 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Seoul 1988 HJ 1.94m Sabine Braun GER Barcelona 1992 SP 17.31m Austra Skujyte LTU London 2012 17.29m Nataliya Dobrynska UKR Beijing 2008 200m 22.56 Jackie Joyner Kersee USA Seoul 1988 LJ 7.27m Jackie Joyner Kersee USA Seoul 1988 JT 56.96 Sofia Ifadidou GRE London 2012 55.87 Antoinette Nana Djiou Ida FRA London 2012 800m 2:04.20 Anke Behmer GDR Seoul 1988 Best performances in seven events of Heptathlon (All Competitions) Event Name Nat Venue DMY 100mH 12.54 Jessica Ennis GBR London - OG Aug 2012 12.62 Eunice Barber FRA Arles 4 June 2005 HJ 1.97m Tia Hellebaut BEL Gotzis 27 May 2006 1.97m Nafissatou Thiam BEL Zurich – EC 15 Aug 2014 SP 17.31m Austra Skujyte LTU OG-London Aug 2012 17.29m Nataliya Dobrynska UKR OG – Beijing 15 Aug 2008 200m 22.30 Jackie Joyner Kersee USA Indianapolis 15 July 1988 LJ 7.27m Jackie Joyner Kersee USA OG - Seoul 24 Sept 1988 JT 60.90m Barbora Spotakova CZE Talence 16 Sept 2012 56.98m Sofia Ifadidou GRE OG – London Aug 2012 56.36m Margaret Simpson GHA WC - Helsinki 7 Aug 2005 800m 2:01.84 Nadine Debois FRA Talence 27 Sept 1987 Last seven Olympics: Year Gold Nat Score Silver Nat Score Bronze Nat score 2012 Jessica Ennis GBR 6955