# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. With a total of 30 participating athletes, including 10 non-finishers, this edition of the women's heptathlon is notable for having the highest fraction of athletes not finishing the competition in the World Championships history. The competition started on August 9, 1995, and ended on August 10, 1995. The winning margin was 76 points.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ghada Shouaa Syria (SYR) |
| Silver | Svetlana Moskalets Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Rita Ináncsi Hungary (HUN) |

## Schedule

    Wednesday, August 9, 1995
    100 m hurdlesHigh JumpShot Put200 m
    Thursday, August 10, 1995
    Long JumpJavelin Throw800 m

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7291 | September 24, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Event Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7128 | September 1, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Results

The best result for each event has a yellow background.
| Rank | Athlete | Points | 100h | HJ | SP | 200 | LJ | JT | 800 |
| | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 6651 | 14.11 | 1.86 | 15.16 | 24.21 | 6.30 | 54.92 | 2:14.33 |
| | Svetlana Moskalets (RUS) | 6575 | 13.48 | 1.89 | 13.60 | 23.51 | 6.70 | 41.08 | 2:16.32 |
| | Rita Ináncsi (HUN) | 6522 | 13.61 | 1.83 | 14.73 | 24.38 | 6.53 | 46.66 | 2:16.56 |
| 4 | Eunice Barber (SLE) | 6340 | 13.60 | 1.80 | 11.43 | 24.66 | 6.50 | 52.44 | 2:16.54 |
| 5 | Kym Carter (USA) | 6329 | 13.88 | 1.80 | 15.45 | 24.03 | 6.13 | 38.54 | 2:10.48 |
| 6 | Regla Maria Cárdenas (CUB) | 6306 | 13.83 | 1.80 | 13.97 | 23.77 | 6.46 | 41.72 | 2:19.09 |
| 7 | Denise Lewis (GBR) | 6299 | 13.52 | 1.74 | 13.24 | 24.97 | 6.57 | 49.70 | 2:19.35 |
| 8 | LeShundra Nathan (USA) | 6258 | 13.89 | 1.80 | 13.83 | 24.30 | 6.27 | 46.22 | 2:19.54 |
| 9 | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 6248 | 13.74 | 1.86 | 13.79 | 24.02 | 6.37 | 37.76 | 2:19.46 |
| 10 | Kelly Blair-LaBounty (USA) | 6229 | 13.74 | 1.74 | 11.91 | 24.22 | 6.41 | 50.26 | 2:17.84 |
| 11 | Nathalie Teppe (FRA) | 6213 | 14.03 | 1.77 | 13.89 | 25.76 | 6.04 | 56.04 | 2:17.79 |
| 12 | Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) | 6148 | 13.56 | 1.77 | 12.94 | 24.88 | 6.53 | 41.30 | 2:19.06 |
| 13 | Tiia Hautala (FIN) | 6135 | 13.98 | 1.80 | 12.78 | 24.75 | 6.02 | 47.20 | 2:15.14 |
| 14 | Jane Jamieson (AUS) | 6133 | 14.43 | 1.86 | 12.75 | 24.86 | 6.18 | 45.04 | 2:15.84 |
| 15 | Irina Tyukhay (RUS) | 6112 | 13.58 | 1.80 | 14.36 | 24.53 | 6.42 | 40.42 | 2:30.13 |
| 16 | Tina Rättyä (FIN) | 6095 | 14.05 | 1.71 | 13.51 | 24.98 | 6.10 | 47.52 | 2:13.41 |
| 17 | Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU) | 6026 | 13.98 | 1.74 | 13.42 | 24.81 | 6.04 | 45.38 | 2:18.08 |
| 18 | Yelena Lebedenko (RUS) | 5920 | 13.93 | 1.68 | 13.24 | 24.72 | 6.42 | 40.00 | 2:21.90 |
| 19 | Anzhela Atroshchenko (BLR) | 5915 | 14.01 | 1.77 | 12.99 | 24.20 | 6.12 | 39.20 | 2:24.06 |
| 20 | Karin Periginelli (ITA) | 5613 | 14.49 | 1.71 | 11.46 | 24.93 | 5.56 | 41.16 | 2:13.74 |
| | Peggy Beer (GER) | DNF | 13.88 | 1.74 | 13.24 | 24.88 | 4.08 | DNS | |
| | Catherine Bond-Mills (CAN) | DNF | 13.92 | 1.80 | 13.16 | 24.94 | NM | DNS | |
| | Manuela Marxer (LIE) | DNF | 13.83 | 1.74 | 13.23 | 24.40 | NM | DNS | |
| | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | DNF | 15.97 | 1.71 | 12.56 | 25.06 | NM | DNS | |
| | Heike Daute-Drechsler (GER) | DNF | 13.86 | 1.80 | 13.12 | DNS | | | |
| | Dagmar Urbankova (CZE) | DNF | 14.36 | 1.65 | 11.35 | DNS | | | |
| | Sabine Braun (GER) | DNF | 13.41 | 1.80 | DNS | | | | |
| | Magalys García (CUB) | DNF | 13.52 | 1.68 | NM | DNS | | | |
| | Chun-Ping Ma (TPE) | DNF | 14.95 | 1.68 | DNS | | | | |
| | Joanne Henry (NZL) | DNF | 14.73 | 1.62 | DNS | | | | |