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Why did Jackie Joyner-Kersee withdraw from the heptathlon at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee throwing the javelin during the heptathlon at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee withdrew from the heptathlon at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics due to a hamstring injury. Although she earned a bronze medal in the long jump at those games, the hamstring injury prevented her from competing in the heptathlon.1