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 record5246 ptsTokyo, JapanOctober 16–17, 1964
Olympic record

Overall results

Key:
RankAthletePoints80 hSPHJLJ200 m
509810.9
1061
11.48
819
1.71
1057
6.43
1084
23.5
1077
496611.2
1011
14.61
1023
1.68
1027
5.97
982
25.1
923
495910.9
1061
12.69
901
1.59
934
6.12
1016
23.8
1047
492711.2
1011
14.12
993
1.65
996
5.99
986
24.9
941
489011.0
1044
12.37
880
1.59
934
6.42
1082
24.8
950
487711.4
979
13.33
943
1.65
996
5.97
982
24.5
977
484911.4
979
13.00
921
1.59
934
6.22
1038
24.5
977
484810.7
1096
11.06
790
1.62
965
6.30
1056
24.9
941
480311.0
1044
15.09
1052
1.53
869
5.60
897
24.9
941
10 478611.0
1044
11.33
809
1.56
902
6.20
1034
24.3
997
11 477411.0
1044
12.41
882
1.59
934
5.89
964
24.8
950
12 476410.9
1061
10.38
741
1.59
934
6.01
991
23.9
1037
13 473810.9
1061
10.92
780
1.59
934
6.19
1031
25.0
932
14 472811.0
1044
11.83
843
1.59
934
5.98
984
25.1
923
15 469711.5
963
12.18
867
1.65
996
5.90
966
25.3
905
16 468811.1
1027
10.58
755
1.62
965
6.01
991
24.8
950
17 465011.5
963
12.62
896
1.65
996
5.65
908
25.5
887
18 464911.6
948
10.80
771
1.56
902
6.28
1051
24.5
977
19 464411.3
995
12.00
855
1.53
869
6.02
993
25.0
932
20 457811.6
948
12.41
882
1.59
934
5.50
873
24.9
941
21 450411.1
1027
10.34
738
1.45
780
5.84
952
24.2
1007
22 443512.1
876
11.25
803
1.62
965
5.89
964
26.2
827
23 441411.7
933
10.35
739
1.53
869
6.07
1004
25.7
869
24 433011.9
904
10.66
761
1.50
836
5.72
924
25.3
905
25 413111.8
918
9.93
708
1.53
869
5.50
873
27.0
763
26 410411.6
948
9.82
700
1.48
814
5.36
839
26.5
803
27 389911.8
918
9.04
640
1.35
660
5.06
767
25.2
914
28 382811.6
948
14.43
1012
1.59
934
5.76
934

0
29 381411.1
1027
11.80
841
1.62
965
5.90
966
41.8
15
30 365411.5
963
12.33
877

0
5.81
945
25.7
869
31 360411.3
995
10.08
719

0
5.71
922
24.6
968
32 290913.4
712
8.73
615

0
4.74
686
25.4
896
255711.6
948
10.36
740
1.53
869

External links

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.