Olympic Games - Athletics Women's Field Events and Heptathlon
The High Jump and Discus are the only women's field events to have been staged on each occasion since females were first invited to compete in Athletics at the Olympic Games in 1928.
The Javelin came along in 1932, the Long Jump and Shot Put were introduced in 1948, the Triple Jump as recently as 1996 and the set was completed when Pole Vault and Hammer medals were awarded in 2000. The women's multi-event was initially the Pentathlon (200m, 1,500m, Long Jump, Discus and Javelin) held between 1964 and 1980 before the adoption of the Heptathlon (100m Hurdles, 200m, 800m, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put and Javelin) in 1984
The venues for these events since 1972 have been as follows:
1972: Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
1976: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada
1980: Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union
1984: Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States
1988: Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
1992: Montjuic Olympic Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
1996: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, United States
2000: Olympic Stadium, Sydney, Australia
2004: Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece
2008: National Stadium, Beijing, China
Medallists: Since 1972
| 1972 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | HEIDE ROSENDAHL (Frg) | Diana Yorgova (Bul) | Eva Suranova (Csv) |
| H Jump | ULRIKE MEYFARTH (Frg) | Y'nka Blagoeva (Bul) | I Gusenbauer (Aut) |
| Shot | NADEZHDA CHISOVA (Urs) | M'itta Gummel (Gdr) | I'nka Khristova (Bul) |
| Discus | FAINA MELNIK (Urs) | Ar'tina Menis (Rom) | Vasilka Stoeva (Bul) |
| Javelin | RUTH FUCHS (Gdr) | Jac'line Todten (Gdr) | Kate Schmidt (Usa) |
| Pen'lon | MARY PETERS (Gbr) | H Rosendahl (Frg) | B'linde Pollak (Gdr) |
| 1976 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | ANGELA VOIGT (Gdr) | Kathy McMillan (Usa) | Lidiya Alfeyeva (Urs) |
| H Jump | ROSEMARIE ACKERMANN (Gdr) | Sara Simeoni (Ita) | Y'nka Blagoeva (Bul) |
| Shot | IVANKA KHRISTOVA (Bul) | N'zhda Chisova (Urs) | H Fibingerova (Csv) |
| Discus | EVELIN SCHLAAK (Gdr) | Mariya Vergova (Bul) | G'by Hinzmann (Gdr) |
| Javelin | RUTH FUCHS (Gdr) | Marion Becker (Frg) | Kate Schmidt (Usa) |
| Pen'lon | SIEGRON SIEGL (Gdr) | C'stine Laser (Gdr) | B'linde Pollak (Gdr) |
| 1980 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | TATYANA KOLPAKOVA (Urs) | Brigitte Wujak (Gdr) | T'na Skachko (Urs) |
| H Jump | SARA SIMEONI (Ita) | Urszula Kielan (Pol) | Jutta Kirst (Gdr) |
| Shot | ILONA SLUPIANEK (Gdr) | S Kratchevs'ya (Urs) | Margitta Pufe (Gdr) |
| Discus | EVELIN JAHL (Gdr)^ | Mariya Petkova (Bul) | T'na Lesovaya (Urs) |
| Javelin | MARIA COLON (Cub) | Saida Gunba (Urs) | Uta Hommola (Gdr) |
| Pen'lon | NADEZHDA TKACHENKO (Urs) | O Rukavish'ova (Urs) | Olga Kuragina (Urs) |
| 1984 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | ANISOARA CUSMIR (Rom) | Vali Ionescu (Rom) | S Hearnshaw (Gbr) |
| H Jump | ULRIKE MEYFARTH (Frg) | Sara Simeoni (Ita) | Joni Huntley (Usa) |
| Shot | CLAUDIA LOSCH (Frg) | M'aela Loghin (Rom) | Gael Martin (Aus) |
| Discus | RIA STALMAN (Nld) | Leslie Deniz (Usa) | F Craciun'cu (Rom) |
| Javelin | TESSA SANDERSON (Gbr) | Tiina Lillak (Fin) | F Whitbread (Gbr) |
| Hep'lon | GLYNIS NUNN (Aus) | Jackie Joyner (Usa) | Sabine Everts (Frg) |
| 1988 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE (Usa) | Heike Daute (Gdr) | G Chistyakova (Urs) |
| H Jump | LOUISE RITTER (Usa) | S Kostadinova (Bul) | Tamara Bykova (Urs) |
| Shot | NATALYA LISOVSKAYA (Urs) | K'hrin Neimke (Gdr) | Li Meisu (Chn) |
| Discus | MARTINA OPITZ (Gdr) | Diana Sachse (Gdr) | T'ka Khristova (Bul) |
| Javelin | PETRA FELKE (Gdr) | F Whitbread (Gbr) | Beate Koch (Gdr) |
| Hep'lon | JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE (Usa) | Sabine John (Gdr) | Anke Behmer (Gdr) |
| 1992 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | HEIKE DRECHSLER (Ger)~ | Inessa Kravets (Unf) | J J'ner-Kersee (Usa) |
| H Jump | HEIKE HENKEL (Ger) | Alina Astafei (Rom) | Jo'et Quintero (Cub) |
| Shot | SVETLANA KRIVELYOVA (Unf) | Huang Zhihong (Chn) | K'hrin Neimke (Ger) |
| Discus | MARITZA MARTEN (Cub) | T'ka Khristova (Bul) | D'iela Costian (Aus) |
| Javelin | SILKE RENK (Ger) | N'lya Shikolenko (Unf) | Karen Forkel (Ger) |
| Hep'lon | JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE (Usa) | Irina Belova (Unf) | Sabine Braun (Ger) |
| 1996 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | CHIOMA AJUNWA (Nga) | Fiona May (Ita) | J J'ner-Kersee (Usa) |
| T Jump | INESSA KRAVETS (Ukr) | In'a Lasovskaya (Rus) | S Kasparkova (Cze) |
| H Jump | STEFKA KOSTADINOVA (Bul) | Niki Bakoyianni (Grc) | I'a Babkova (Ukr) |
| Shot | ASTRID KUMBERNUSS (Ger) | Sui Xinmei (Chn) | I Khudoroshk'a (Rus) |
| Discus | ILKE WYLUDDA (Ger) | N'lya Savova (Rus) | Ellina Zvereva (Blr) |
| Javelin | HELI RANTANEN (Fin) | Louise McPaul (Aus) | T'ne Hattestad (Nor) |
| Hep'lon | GHADA SHOUAA (Syr) | N'lia Sazanovich (Blr) | Denise Lewis (Gbr) |
| 2000 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | HEIKE DRECHSLER (Ger)~ | Fiona May (Ita) | T'na Kotova (Rus) |
| T Jump | TEREZA MARINOVA (Bul) | T'na Lebedeva (Rus) | Y'na Hovorova (Ukr) |
| H Jump | YELENA YELESINA (Rus) | Hestrie Cloete (Rsa) | K Bergqvist (Swe)/ O Pentelimon (Rom) |
| P Vault | STACY DRAGILA (Usa) | T'na Grigorieva (Aus) | Vala Flosadottir (Icl) |
| Shot | YANINA KAROLCHIK (Blr) | L Peleshenko (Rus) | A Kumbernuss (Ger) |
| Discus | ELLINA ZVEREVA (Blr) | A'sia Kelesidou (Grc) | I'na Yatchenko (Blr) |
| Javelin | TRINE HATTESTAD (Nor) | Mirela Manjani (Grc) | O Menendez (Cub) |
| Hammer | KAMILA SKOLIMOWSKA (Pol) | O Kuzenkova (Rus) | K'n Munchow (Ger) |
| Hep'lon | DENISE LEWIS (Gbr) | Y Prokhorova (Rus) | N Sazanovich (Blr) |
| 2004 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | TATYANA LEBEDEVA (Rus) | Irina Simagina (Rus) | T'na Kotova (Rus) |
| T Jump | F'COISE MBANGO ETONE (Cmr) | H'sopiyi Devetzi (Grc) | T'na Lebedeva (Rus) |
| H Jump | YELENA SLESARENKO (Rus) | Hestrie Cloete (Rsa) | V'ria Styopina (Ukr) |
| P Vault | YELENA ISINBAYEVA (Rus) | S'na Feofanova (Rus) | A Rogowska (Pol) |
| Shot | YUMILEIDI CUMBA (Cub) | Nadine Kleinert (Ger) | S Krivelyova (Rus) |
| Discus | NATALYA SADOVA (Rus) | A'sia Kelesidou (Grc) | I'na Yatchenko (Blr) |
| Javelin | OSLEIDYS MENENDEZ (Cub) | Steffi Nerius (Ger) | Mirela Manjani (Grc) |
| Hammer | OLGA KUZENKOVA (Rus) | Yipsi Moreno (Cub) | Y'ka Crawford (Cub) |
| Hep'lon | CAROLINA KLUFT (Swe) | Austra Skujyte (Ltu) | K'ly Sotherton (Gbr) |
2008 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| L Jump | MAURREN MAGGI (Bra) | T'na Lebedeva (Rus) | B'ng Okagbare (Nga) |
| T Jump | F'COISE MBANGO ETONE (Cmr) | T'na Lebedeva (Rus) | H'opiyi Devetzi (Grc) |
| H Jump | TIA HELLEBAUT (Bel) | Blanka Vlasic (Cro) | A Chicherova (Rus) |
| P Vault | YELENA ISINBAYEVA (Rus) | J Stuczynski (Usa) | S'a Feofanova (Rus) |
| Shot | VALERIE VILI (Nzl) | N'lia Mikhnevich (Blr) | N Astapchuk (Blr) |
| Discus | STEPH BROWN TRAFTON (Usa) | Yarelis Barrios (Cub) | O'na Antonova (Ukr) |
| Javelin | BARBORA SPOTAKOVA (Cze) | M Abakumova (Rus) | C'ina Obergfoll (Ger) |
| Hammer | AKSANA MIANKOVA (Blr) | Yipsi Moreno (Cub) | Z'ng Wenxiu (Chn) |
| Hep'lon | NATALYA DOBRYNSKA (Ukr) | H'as Fountain (Usa) | T'na Chernova (Rus) |
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