Athletics — Heptathlon, Women

Times held 11
Total participants 224
Total countries 64

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1984 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 23 13
1988 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 30 19
1992 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 32 22
1996 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 29 21
2000 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 33 23
2004 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 34 24
2008 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 43 28
2012 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 38 24
2016 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 31 21
2020 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 24 17
2024 Heptathlon, Women Olympic 22 14

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Glynis NunnAUS Jackie JoynerUSA Sabine EvertsFRG
1988 Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Sabine JohnGDR Anke BehmerGDR
1992 Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Irina BelovaEUN Sabine BraunGER
1996 Ghada ShouaaSYR Natasha SazanovichBLR Denise LewisGBR
2000 Denise LewisGBR Yelena ProkhorovaRUS Natasha SazanovichBLR
2004 Carolina KlüftSWE Austra SkujytėLTU Kelly SothertonGBR
2008 Nataliya DobrynskaUKR Hyleas FountainUSA Kelly SothertonGBR
2012 Jessica EnnisGBR Lilli SchwarzkopfGER Austra SkujytėLTU
2016 Nafi ThiamBEL Jessica Ennis-HillGBR Brianne Theisen-EatonCAN
2020 Nafi ThiamBEL Anouk VetterNED Emma OosterwegelNED
2024 Nafi ThiamBEL Katarina Johnson-ThompsonGBR Noor VidtsBEL

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Belgium BEL 3 0 1 4
Great Britain GBR 2 2 3 7
United States USA 2 2 0 4
Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1 0 0 1
Ukraine UKR 1 0 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 1 1 2
East Germany GDR 0 1 1 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Lithuania LTU 0 1 1 2
Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Nafi Thiam BEL 3 0 0 3
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 2 1 0 3
Jessica Ennis-Hill GBR 1 1 0 2
Denise Lewis GBR 1 0 1 2
Glynis Nunn AUS 1 0 0 1
Ghada Shouaa SYR 1 0 0 1
Carolina Klüft SWE 1 0 0 1
Nataliya Dobrynska UKR 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 1992 Summer Olympics Alma Qeramixhi DNF See all
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Yasmina Azzizi 17 See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Glynis Nunn 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 2020 Summer Olympics Ivona Dadic 8 See all
Barbados BAR 2016 Summer Olympics Akela Jones 20 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Natasha Sazanovich 2 Silver See all
Belgium BEL 2016 Summer Olympics Nafi Thiam 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Nafi Thiam 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Nafi Thiam 1 Gold
Benin BEN 2020 Summer Olympics Odile Ahouanwanou 15 See all
Brazil BRA 2008 Summer Olympics Lucimara Silvestre 16 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1992 Summer Olympics Svetla Dimitrova 5 See all
Burkina Faso BUR 2020 Summer Olympics Marthe Koala DNF See all
Canada CAN 2016 Summer Olympics Brianne Theisen-Eaton 3 Bronze See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Tsai Lee-Chiao 18 See all
Colombia COL 2024 Summer Olympics Martha Araújo =7 See all
Cuba CUB 2016 Summer Olympics Yorgelis Rodríguez 7 See all
Czechia CZE 2012 Summer Olympics Eliška Klučinová 16 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1988 Summer Olympics Zuzana Lajbnerová 9 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Sabine John 2 Silver See all
Estonia EST 1992 Summer Olympics Anu Kaljurand 17 See all
Fiji FIJ 1988 Summer Olympics Sainiana Tukana DNF See all
Finland FIN 2000 Summer Olympics Tiia Hautala 8 See all
France FRA 2012 Summer Olympics Antoinette Nana Djimou 4 See all
Germany GER 2012 Summer Olympics Lilli Schwarzkopf 2 Silver See all
Ghana GHA 2004 Summer Olympics Margaret Simpson 9 See all
Great Britain GBR 2000 Summer Olympics Denise Lewis 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Jessica Ennis 1 Gold
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Argyro Strataki 15 See all
Hungary HUN 1996 Summer Olympics Rita Ináncsi 6 See all
India IND 2004 Summer Olympics J. J. Shobha 11 See all
Ireland IRL 2024 Summer Olympics Kate O'Connor 14 See all
Italy ITA 2024 Summer Olympics Sveva Gerevini 13 See all
Jamaica JAM 1996 Summer Olympics Diane Guthrie-Gresham 16 See all
Japan JPN 2004 Summer Olympics Yuki Nakata 28 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Svetlana Kazanina 16 See all
Latvia LAT 2016 Summer Olympics Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa 4 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1984 Summer Olympics Manuela Marxer 20 See all
Lithuania LTU 2004 Summer Olympics Austra Skujytė 2 Silver See all
Netherlands NED 2020 Summer Olympics Anouk Vetter 2 Silver See all
New Zealand NZL 2008 Summer Olympics Rebecca Wardell 21 See all
Nigeria NGR 2016 Summer Olympics Uhunoma Osazuwa 28 See all
Norway NOR 2008 Summer Olympics Ida Marcussen 20 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1984 Summer Olympics Iammogapi Launa 19 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Zheng Ninali 10 See all
Poland POL 1996 Summer Olympics Urszula Włodarczyk 4 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Urszula Włodarczyk 4
Portugal POR 2004 Summer Olympics Naide Gomes 13 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2016 Summer Olympics Alysbeth Félix 26 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Ji Jeong-Mi 24 See all
Romania ROU 1992 Summer Olympics Liliana Năstase 4 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Yelena Prokhorova 2 Silver See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1996 Summer Olympics Eunice Barber 5 See all
South Africa RSA 2004 Summer Olympics Janice Josephs 19 See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Summer Olympics Nataliya Shubenkova 4 See all
Spain ESP 2020 Summer Olympics María Vicente 18 See all
Sweden SWE 2004 Summer Olympics Carolina Klüft 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 2024 Summer Olympics Annik Kälin 4 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1996 Summer Olympics Ghada Shouaa 1 Gold See all
Thailand THA 2008 Summer Olympics Wassana Winatho DNF See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2000 Summer Olympics Marsha Mark-Baird 22 See all
Türkiye TUR 2004 Summer Olympics Anzhela Atroshchenko DNF See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Nataliya Dobrynska 1 Gold See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Irina Belova 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1988 Summer Olympics Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 Gold
Uzbekistan UZB 2020 Summer Olympics Yekaterina Voronina 12 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Sabine Everts 3 Bronze See all