2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon explained

The women's pentathlon at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena. 8 athletes from 6 countries participated. Ukrainian Nataliya Dobrynska won with a world record points total of 5013, breaking the previous record of 4991 held by Irina Belova.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Nataliya Dobrynska	Jessica Ennis	Austra Skujytė

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		4991	Berlin, Germany	15 February 1992
Championship record		4937	Doha, Qatar	13 March 2010
World Leading		4896	Moscow, Russia	7 February 2012
African record		4558	Paris, France	17 March 1993
Asian record		4582	Pattaya, Thailand	10 February 2006
European record		4991	Berlin, Germany	15 February 1992
North and Central American and Caribbean record		4753	Maebashi, Japan	5 March 1999
			Doha, Qatar	13 March 2010
Oceanian Record		4490	Maebashi, Japan	5 March 1999
South American record		4001	Columbia, United States	8 March 1980
Records broken during the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Championship record		4965	Istanbul, Turkey	9 March 2012
World Leading
World record		5013	Istanbul, Turkey	9 March 2012
Championship record
World Leading
European record

Qualification standards

Eight (8) athletes will be invited by the IAAF in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows:

1. the three best athletes from the previous year's Outdoor Lists (as at 31 December), limited to a maximum of one per country and
2. the three best athletes from the Indoor Lists during the year of the Competition
3. two athletes which may be invited at the discretion of the IAAF

In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited.Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions.Members whose athletes are invited as above will receive additional quota places accordingly

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	11:25	60 metres hurdles
March 9, 2012	12:05	High jump
March 9, 2012	13:45	Shot put
March 9, 2012	17:05	Long jump
March 9, 2012	19:35	800 metres
March 9, 2012	19:35	Final standings

Results

60 metres hurdles

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes
1	5			7.91	1150	WB
	3			8.29	1064	^[2]
2	6			8.38	1044
3	2			8.45	1028
4	1			8.52	1013
5	7			8.57	1002	PB
6	4			8.62	991
7	8			8.80	952

High jump

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1.66	1.69	1.72	1.75	1.78	1.81	1.84	1.87	1.90	1.93	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1			–	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.90	1106	PB	2058
1			–	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.90	1106	PB	2108
3			–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx		1.87	1067		2217
4			–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		1.87	1067		2058
5			–	–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.84	1029	SB	2073
6			–	o	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx			1.84	1029	SB	2057
			–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.84	1029	SB	2093
7			o	o	o	xxx							1.72	879	SB	1892

Shot put

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1			15.25	16.11	16.51	16.51	962	SB	3035
2			15.19	16.26	16.03	16.26	946		3054
3				14.28	14.85	14.85	851		2909
4			13.89	14.39	14.79	14.79	847	PB	3064
5			14.68	14.27		14.68	839		2731
			13.90			13.90	787	SB	2880
6			12.41	13.04	13.29	13.29	747		2804
7			10.54	12.07		12.07	666		2724

Long jump

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1			6.41	x	6.57	6.57	1030	SB	4065
2			6.52	x	6.25	6.52	1014	PB	3738
3			x	6.49	6.34	6.49	1004		3735
4			x	6.27	x	6.27	934		3738
			6.22	x	6.25	6.25	927		3807
5			6.24	6.12	6.16	6.24	924		3978
6			6.19	6.18	x	6.19	908		3972
7			x	x	5.80	5.80	780		3698

800 metres

The 800 metres run was held at 19:37.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes
1			2:08.09	993	PB
2			2:08.25	990	SB
3			2:11.15	948	PB
			2:13.23	918	SB
4			2:14.25	903	PB
5			2:14.43	901
6			2:15.53	885
7			2:19.99	824	SB

Final standings

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Points	Notes
			5013	WR, CR
			4965	NR
			4802	NR
4			4725	SB
			4725	SB
5			4639
6			4623
7			4601

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon (60 metres). Omega Timing. 2012-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225019/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-PEN-W-1--0--.RS2.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
2. [Tatyana Chernova]
3. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon (high jump). Omega Timing. 2012-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225826/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-PEN-W-2--0--.RS2.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
4. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon (shot put). Omega Timing. 2012-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225316/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-PEN-W-3--0--.RS2.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
5. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon (long jump). Omega Timing. 2012-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827230000/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-LJ-W-u---PEN-W.RS6.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
6. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon (800 metres) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225252/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-800-W-u---PEN-W.RS6.pdf . 2012-08-27 .
7. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon (final results) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827224958/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-PEN-W-5--0--.RS2.pdf . 2012-08-27 .