7,291 points

Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (USA)

Seoul, South Korea

23–24 September 1988

100 m hurdles 12.69sec; High jump 1.86 m (6 ft 1.25 in); Shot 15.80 m (51 ft 10 in); 200 m 22.56sec;    

Long jump 7.27 m (23 ft 10.25 in); Javelin 45.66 m (149 ft 10 in); 800 m 2min 08.51sec