Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon explained

Event:	Women's pentathlon
Games:	1968 Summer
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date:	October 15–16
Competitors:	33
Nations:	24
Gold:	Ingrid Becker
Goldnoc:	FRG
Silver:	Liese Prokop
Silvernoc:	AUT
Bronze:	Annamária Tóth
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Win Label:	Winning result
Win Value:	5098
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The Women's pentathlon competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 15–16.^[1]

Competition format

The pentathlon consists of five track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the five components. The five event scores are summed to give a total for the pentathlon.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record		5246 pts	Tokyo, Japan	October 16–17, 1964
Olympic record

Overall results

Key:

Rank	Athlete	Points	80 h	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m
		5098	10.9 1061	11.48 819	1.71 1057^♦	6.43 1084^♦	23.5 1077^♦
		4966	11.2 1011	14.61 1023	1.68 1027	5.97 982	25.1 923
		4959	10.9 1061	12.69 901	1.59 934	6.12 1016	23.8 1047
		4927	11.2 1011	14.12 993	1.65 996	5.99 986	24.9 941
		4890	11.0 1044	12.37 880	1.59 934	6.42 1082	24.8 950
		4877	11.4 979	13.33 943	1.65 996	5.97 982	24.5 977
		4849	11.4 979	13.00 921	1.59 934	6.22 1038	24.5 977
		4848	10.7 1096^♦	11.06 790	1.62 965	6.30 1056	24.9 941
		4803	11.0 1044	15.09 1052^♦	1.53 869	5.60 897	24.9 941
10		4786	11.0 1044	11.33 809	1.56 902	6.20 1034	24.3 997
11		4774	11.0 1044	12.41 882	1.59 934	5.89 964	24.8 950
12		4764	10.9 1061	10.38 741	1.59 934	6.01 991	23.9 1037
13		4738	10.9 1061	10.92 780	1.59 934	6.19 1031	25.0 932
14		4728	11.0 1044	11.83 843	1.59 934	5.98 984	25.1 923
15		4697	11.5 963	12.18 867	1.65 996	5.90 966	25.3 905
16		4688	11.1 1027	10.58 755	1.62 965	6.01 991	24.8 950
17		4650	11.5 963	12.62 896	1.65 996	5.65 908	25.5 887
18		4649	11.6 948	10.80 771	1.56 902	6.28 1051	24.5 977
19		4644	11.3 995	12.00 855	1.53 869	6.02 993	25.0 932
20		4578	11.6 948	12.41 882	1.59 934	5.50 873	24.9 941
21		4504	11.1 1027	10.34 738	1.45 780	5.84 952	24.2 1007
22		4435	12.1 876	11.25 803	1.62 965	5.89 964	26.2 827
23		4414	11.7 933	10.35 739	1.53 869	6.07 1004	25.7 869
24		4330	11.9 904	10.66 761	1.50 836	5.72 924	25.3 905
25		4131	11.8 918	9.93 708	1.53 869	5.50 873	27.0 763
26		4104	11.6 948	9.82 700	1.48 814	5.36 839	26.5 803
27		3899	11.8 918	9.04 640	1.35 660	5.06 767	25.2 914
28		3828	11.6 948	14.43 1012	1.59 934	5.76 934	0
29		3814	11.1 1027	11.80 841	1.62 965	5.90 966	41.8 15
30		3654	11.5 963	12.33 877	0	5.81 945	25.7 869
31		3604	11.3 995	10.08 719	0	5.71 922	24.6 968
32		2909	13.4 712	8.73 615	0	4.74 686	25.4 896
		2557	11.6 948	10.36 740	1.53 869

External links

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's Pentathlon . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175348/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/womens-pentathlon.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.