Women's heptathlon at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 20–21 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning result | 6952 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Carolina Klüft | Sweden | ||
Austra Skujytė | Lithuania | ||
Kelly Sotherton | Great Britain |
The women's heptathlon competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–21 August.
The heptathlon consists of seven track 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.
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
No new records were set during the competition.
The final results of the event are in the following table.