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Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games:

Women's Heptathlon

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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Location: Olympic Stadium
Date Started: August 1, 1992
Date Finished: August 2, 1992
Format: Scoring by 1985 point tables.

Gold:USA Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Silver:EUN Irina Belova
Bronze:GER Sabine Braun

Summary

Defending gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee was back and was still the dominant athlete in event, but she was not at the level she had been in 1988, hampered somewhat by injuries. But she was still had the five best marks ever and besides JJK, only Larisa Nikitina had surpassed 7,000 points, but she was injured and did not compete in Barcelona. Sabine Braun had won the 1991 World Championships, when Joyner-Kersee was injured and did not compete, and also had won the 1990 Europeans. But in Barcelona, Joyner-Kersee won the first event, the 100 hurdles, and led after every event, gradually pulling ahead. Irina Belova moved ahead of Braun after the long jump and held on for the silver medal.

Final Standings

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal P(1985AT)
1 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 30 United States USA Gold 7.044
2 Irina Belova 24 Unified Team EUN Silver 6.845
3 Sabine Braun 27 Germany GER Bronze 6.649
4 Liliana Năstase 29 Romania ROU 6.619
5 Svetla Dimitrova 22 Bulgaria BUL 6.464
6 Peggy Beer 22 Germany GER 6.434
7 Birgit Clarius 27 Germany GER 6.388
8 Urszula Włodarczyk 26 Poland POL 6.333
9 Cindy Greiner 35 United States USA 6.300
10 Maria Kamrowska 26 Poland POL 6.263
11 Kym Carter 28 United States USA 6.256
12 Anzhela Atroshchenko 21 Unified Team EUN 6.251
13 Petra Văidianu 26 Romania ROU 6.152
14 Remigija Sablovskaitė-Nazarovienė 25 Lithuania LTU 6.142
15 Odile Lesage 23 France FRA 6.141
16 Zhu Yuqing 29 China CHN 6.123
17 Anu Kaljurand 23 Estonia EST 6.095
18 Helle Aro 31 Finland FIN 6.030
19 Clova Court 32 Great Britain GBR 5.994
20 Tina Rättyä 23 Finland FIN 5.993
21 Catherine Bond-Mills 24 Canada CAN 5.897
22 Anne Brit Skjæveland 30 Norway NOR 5.869
23 Nathalie Teppe 20 France FRA 5.847
24 Manuela Marxer 26 Liechtenstein LIE 5.749
25 Ghada Shouaa 18 Syria SYR 5.278
26 Eunice Barber 17 Sierra Leone SLE 4.530
AC Alma Qeramixhi 28 Albania ALB DNF
AC Ma Chun-Ping 20 Chinese Taipei TPE DNF
AC Rita Ináncsi 21 Hungary HUN DNF
AC Satu Ruotsalainen 25 Finland FIN DNF
AC Joanne Henry 20 New Zealand NZL DNF
AC Jane Flemming 27 Australia AUS DNF