Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's explained

Event:	Women's modern pentathlon
Games:	2020 Summer
Venues:	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza (fencing) Tokyo Stadium (swimming, riding and laser run)
Dates:	5–6 August 2021
Competitors:	36
Nations:	23
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	1385 OR
Gold:	Kate French
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Laura Asadauskaitė
Silvernoc:	LTU
Bronze:	Sarolta Kovács
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Prev:	2016
Next:	2024

The women's modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held on 5 and 6 August 2021. Two venues were used: Musashino Forest Sport Plaza (fencing) and Tokyo Stadium (swimming, horse-riding and combined running and shooting).^[1]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 5 August 2021	13:00	Fencing (Ranking Round)
Friday, 6 August 2021	14:30	Swimming
	15:45	Fencing (Bonus Round)
	17:15	Riding
	19:30	Laser Run

Results

Thirty-six athletes participated.^[2]

Key:

Rank	Swimming^[3] Time (pts)	Fencing^[4] ^[5] +^[6] Victories (pts)	Riding^[7] Time (pts)	Laser run^[8] Time (pts)	Total^[9]
	2:10.18 (290)	20+1 (221)	data-sort-value=294	86.26 (294)	12:00.34 (580)	1385 OR
	2:17.21 (276)	15+2 (192)	bgcolor=#F2F5A9 data-sort-value=300	77.09 (300)^♦	11:38.37 (602)^♦ OR	1370
	2:07.71 (295)	20+1 (221)	data-sort-value=293	77.19 (293)	12:21.42 (559)	1368
4	2:07.88 (295)	21+1 (227)	data-sort-value=285	81.35 (285)	12:24.38 (556)	1363
5	2:15.89 (279)	14+1 (185)	data-sort-value=293	79.40 (293)	11:47.64 (593)	1350
6	2:07.51 (295)	16+0 (196)	data-sort-value=293	74.08 (293)	12:17.78 (563)	1347
7	2:18.37 (274)	12+1 (173)	bgcolor=#F2F5A9 data-sort-value=300	72.74 (300)^♦	11:44.37 (596)	1343
8	2:25.01 (260)	18+0 (208)	data-sort-value=283	83.49 (283)	11:49.38 (591)	1342
9	2:11.14 (288)	23+1 (239)	data-sort-value=293	77.61 (293)	12:59.27 (521)	1341
10	2:10.15 (290)	19+1 (215)	data-sort-value=293	87.70 (293)	12:44.75 (536)	1334
11	2:16.36 (278)	24+2 (246)	data-sort-value=286	76.09 (286)	13:00.70 (520)	1330
12	2:07.48 (296)	20+0 (220)	data-sort-value=243	103.90 (243)	12:14.76 (566)	1325
13	2:13.99 (283)	20+2 (222)	data-sort-value=289	84.19 (289)	12:52.37 (528)	1322
14	2:14.52 (281)	13+1 (179)	data-sort-value=293	78.81 (293)	12:15.13 (565)	1318
15	2:24.16 (262)	16+0 (196)	data-sort-value=293	76.62 (293)	12:21.48 (559)	1310
16	2:16.65 (277)	15+4 (184)	data-sort-value=293	70.61 (293)	12:32.16 (548)	1302
17	2:12.87 (285)	19+0 (214)	data-sort-value=284	82.26 (284)	13:07.80 (513)	1296
18	2:15.22 (280)	21+1 (217)	data-sort-value=274	89.07 (274)	12:59.81 (521)	1292
19	2:24.35 (262)	20+1 (221)	data-sort-value=293	80.91 (293)	13:07.69 (513)	1289
20	2:17.23 (276)	18+0 (208)	data-sort-value=234	112.27 (234)	12:15.02 (565)	1283
21	2:15.78 (279)	9+1 (155)	data-sort-value=289	84.37 (289)	12:25.56 (555)	1278
22	2:21.44 (268)	19+0 (204)	data-sort-value=293	76.22 (293)	13:10.16 (510)	1275
23	2:10.65 (289)	14+0 (184)	data-sort-value=252	90.72 (252)	12:34.40 (546)	1271
24	2:13.88 (283)	23+1 (239)	data-sort-value=234	109.81 (234)	13:08.51 (512)	1268
25	2:15.23 (280)	16+3 (199)	data-sort-value=286	75.69 (286)	13:17.67 (503)	1268
26	2:17.96 (275)	15+1 (191)	data-sort-value=291	89.20 (291)	13:16.65 (504)	1261
27	2:17.35 (276)	18+0 (208)	data-sort-value=296	84.73 (296)	13:43.86 (477)	1257
28	2:17.38 (276)	20+1 (221)	data-sort-value=220	116.17 (220)	12:49.26 (531)	1248
29	2:15.14 (280)	18+1 (199)	data-sort-value=250	99.78 (250)	13:28.34 (492)	1221
30	2:16.45 (278)	16+0 (196)	data-sort-value=226	117.93 (226)	13:55.66 (465)	1165
31	2:16.99 (277)	29+0 (274)^♦ OR	data-sort-value=0	(0)	12:43.20 (537)	1088
32	2:07.31 (296)^♦ OR	14+0 (184)	data-sort-value=0	(0)	12:07.58 (573)	1053
33	2:09.22 (292)	17+6 (208)	data-sort-value=0	(0)	12:31.91 (549)	1049
34	2:11.54 (287)	14+1 (185)	data-sort-value=0	(0)	13:07.72 (513)	985
35	2:27.91 (255)	4+0 (124)	data-sort-value=0	(0)	13:39.94 (481)	860
36	2:32.16 (246)	14+0 (184)	data-sort-value=0	(0)	(0)	430

Records

Broken Olympic records during the 2020 Summer Olympics^[10]
Swimming		2:07.31 (296 pts)
Fencing		29V (274 pts)
Laser run		11:38.37 (602 pts)
Total		1385 pts

Notes and References

Web site: Tokyo 2020 modern pentathlon day 2: Olympic medallists all in the mix in the women's modern pentathlon in Tokyo 2020. 5 August 2021. 5 August 2021. 5 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805143621/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/tokyo-2020-modern-pentathlon-day-2-modern-pentathlon-final. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon Points. 5 August 2021. 5 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805143337/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/modern-pentathlon/modern-pentathlon-points-women-s-individual.htm. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Women's Individual – Swimming 200m Freestyle – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806105033/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/MPN/OG2020-_MPN_C73B_MPNWINDIVID-----------SW----------.pdf. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Women's Individual – Fencing Bonus Round – Final Fencing Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 5 August 2021. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806105034/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/MPN/OG2020-_MPN_C73A2_MPNWINDIVID-----------FE--000200--.pdf. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Women's Individual – Fencing Ranking Round – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 5 August 2021. 6 August 2021. 5 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805093912/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/MPN/OG2020-_MPN_C73A1_MPNWINDIVID-----------FE--000100--.pdf. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Women's Individual – Fencing Bonus Round – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. 7 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807080529/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/MPN/OG2020-_MPN_C75B_MPNWINDIVID-----------FE--000200--.pdf. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Women's Individual – Riding Show Jumping – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806105036/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/MPN/OG2020-_MPN_C73C_MPNWINDIVID-----------EQ----------.pdf. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Women's Individual – Laser Run – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806113038/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/MPN/OG2020-_MPN_C73D_MPNWINDIVID-----------COMB--------.pdf. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Women's Individual – Results Summary. olympics.com. TOCOG. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806113142/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/MPN/OG2020-_MPN_C74_MPNWINDIVID-----------------------.pdf. dead.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Women's Individual – Records Broken/Equalled. olympics.com. TOCOG. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806114955/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/MPN/OG2020-_MPN_C81_MPNW------------------------------.pdf. dead.