Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon

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The women's heptathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 15 and 16 at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 6,000 points (A standard) and 5,800 points (B standard).

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Overall results

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  • Ukraine's Lyudmila Blonska originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after she tested positive for methyltestosterone. Russia's Tatyana Chernova, who inherited the bronze medal following Blonska's disqualification was herself disqualified after a retest of her 2008 drug sample was found to contain metabolites of turinabol.

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