Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's explained

Event:	Women's modern pentathlon
Games:	2004 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre
Date:	27 August
Competitors:	32
Nations:	21
Gold:	Zsuzsanna Vörös
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Jeļena Rubļevska
Silvernoc:	LAT
Bronze:	Georgina Harland
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	5448
Prev:	2000
Next:	2008

The women's modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in Goudi Olympic Complex on 27 August. On its second appearance at the Olympics, thirty-two athletes from 21 nations participated in this event.^[1]

Zsuzsanna Vörös of Hungary emerged as the top favorite in the women's event, and won the gold medal, with a score of 5,448 points. Meanwhile, Jeļena Rubļevska set a historic milestone as the first female Latvian to win an Olympic medal, taking the silver in this event. Great Britain's Georgina Harland claimed the nation's second Olympic bronze medal, and third overall for the women's.

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.

• Shooting: A 4.5 mm air pistol shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target.
• Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning percentage.
• Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time.
• Horse-riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
• Running: A 3 km run. Starts are staggered (based on points from first four events), so that the first to cross the finish line wins.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 27 August 2004	10:00	Shooting
	11:00	Fencing
	14:25	Swimming
	16:15	Riding
	18:20	Running

Results

width=30	Rank	width=150	Athlete	width=150	Country	width=90	Shooting Score (pts)	width=90	Fencing Victories (pts)	width=100	Swimming Time (pts)	width=100	Riding Penalties (pts)	width=100	Running Time (pts)	Total
			182 (1120)	19 (916)	2:15.59 (1296)	(1124)	11:22.00 (992)	5448
			171 (988)	23 (1028)	2:26.96 (1160)	(1116)	10:58.00 (1088)	5380
			156 (808)	16 (832)	2:14.60 (1308)	(1144)	10:17.31 (1252)	5344
			169 (964)	21 (972)	2:20.56 (1236)	(1116)	11:11.65 (1036)	5324
			178 (1072)	16 (832)	2:18.16 (1264)	(1116)	11:13.21 (1028)	5312
			179 (1084)	17 (860)	2:21.44 (1224)	(1116)	11:22.00 (992)	5276
			178 (1072)	11 (692)	2:19.98 (1244)	(1116)	10:44.68 (1144)	5256
			169 (964)	21 (972)	2:17.41 (1272)	196 (1004)	11:14.00 (1024)	5236
			184 (1144)	13 (748)	2:27.64 (1152)	(1120)	11:06.21 (1056)	5220
10			180 (1096)	13 (748)	2:28.13 (1144)	100 (1100)	10:56.05 (1096)	5184
11			157 (820)	15 (804)	2:15.42 (1296)	(1172)	11:07.15 (1052)	5144
12			170 (976)	17 (860)	2:14.44 (1308)	124 (1076)	11:39.41 (924)	5144
13			178 (1072)	20 (944)	2:32.62 (1092)	168 (1032)	11:30.55 (960)	5100
14			158 (832)	17 (860)	2:18.49 (1260)	(1144)	11:25.45 (980)	5076
15			152 (760)	16 (832)	2:19.30 (1252)	(1144)	11:04.37 (1064)	5052
16			176 (1048)	17 (860)	2:23.32 (1204)	168 (1032)	11:49.11 (884)	5028
17			176 (1048)	14 (776)	2:34.96 (1064)	140 (1060)	11:03.75 (1068)	5016
18			168 (952)	12 (720)	2:31.16 (1108)	(1172)	11:09.00 (1044)	4996
19			179 (1084)	13 (748)	2:26.31 (1168)	(1116)	11:52.47 (872)	4988
20			169 (964)	11 (692)	2:29.42 (1128)	(1144)	11:11.44 (1036)	4964
21			156 (808)	14 (776)	2:26.02 (1168)	(1172)	11:15.25 (1020)	4944
22			169 (964)	16 (832)	2:43.37 (960)	104 (1096)	11:01.57 (1076)	4928
23			168 (952)	14 (776)	2:26.92 (1160)	(1144)	11:46.95 (896)	4928
24			189 (1204)	13 (748)	2:21.67 (1220)	300 (900)	11:58.05 (848)	4920
25			178 (1072)	17 (860)	2:27.35 (1152)	224 (976)	12:03.10 (828)	4888
26			164 (904)	18 (888)	2:30.05 (1120)	252 (948)	11:14.40 (1024)	4884
27			174 (1024)	15 (804)	2:20.22 (1240)	380 (820)	11:22.30 (992)	4880
28			181 (1108)	12 (720)	2:21.37 (1224)	224 (976)	12:04.06 (824)	4852
29			158 (832)	12 (720)	2:20.93 (1232)	240 (960)	11:43.01 (908)	4652
30			170 (976)	(568)	2:27.22 (1156)	168 (1032)	11:43.41 (908)	4640
31			161 (868)	10 (664)	2:30.29 (1120)	172 (1028)	12:23.90 (748)	4428
32			167 (940)	15 (804)	2:25.81 (1172)	892 (308)*	11:19.11 (1004)	4228

* Did not finish the riding course because of the exceeding number of obstacle and time penalties

External links

• BBC Sport – 2004 Athens
• Official Olympic Report
• Official Results

Notes and References

1. Modern Pentathlon at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Individual. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/MOP/womens-individual.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 13 November 2012.