Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon

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Women's pentathlon
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
DateOctober 15–16
Competitors33 from 24 nations
Winning result5098
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ingrid Becker  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liese Prokop  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annamária Tóth  Hungary
← 1964
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[edit]

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[edit]

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

World record  Irina Press (URS) 5246 pts Tokyo, Japan October 16–17, 1964
Olympic record

Overall results[edit]

Key

 The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow with a diamond symbol.

Rank Athlete Points 80 h SP HJ LJ 200 m
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ingrid Becker (FRG) 5098 10.9
1061
11.48
819
1.71
1057
6.43
1084
23.5
1077
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Liese Prokop (AUT) 4966 11.2
1011
14.61
1023
1.68
1027
5.97
982
25.1
923
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Annamária Tóth (HUN) 4959 10.9
1061
12.69
901
1.59
934
6.12
1016
23.8
1047
4  Valentina Tikhomirova (URS) 4927 11.2
1011
14.12
993
1.65
996
5.99
986
24.9
941
5  Manon Bornholdt (FRG) 4890 11.0
1044
12.37
880
1.59
934
6.42
1082
24.8
950
6  Pat Winslow (USA) 4877 11.4
979
13.33
943
1.65
996
5.97
982
24.5
977
7  Inge Bauer (GDR) 4849 11.4
979
13.00
921
1.59
934
6.22
1038
24.5
977
8  Meta Antenen (SUI) 4848 10.7
1096
11.06
790
1.62
965
6.30
1056
24.9
941
9  Mary Peters (GBR) 4803 11.0
1044
15.09
1052
1.53
869
5.60
897
24.9
941
10  Sue Scott (GBR) 4786 11.0
1044
11.33
809
1.56
902
6.20
1034
24.3
997
11  Jenny Meldrum (CAN) 4774 11.0
1044
12.41
882
1.59
934
5.89
964
24.8
950
12  Marijana Lubej (YUG) 4764 10.9
1061
10.38
741
1.59
934
6.01
991
23.9
1037
13  Nina Hansen (DEN) 4738 10.9
1061
10.92
780
1.59
934
6.19
1031
25.0
932
14  Snezhana Yurukova (BUL) 4728 11.0
1044
11.83
843
1.59
934
5.98
984
25.1
923
15  Monique Bantégny (FRA) 4697 11.5
963
12.18
867
1.65
996
5.90
966
25.3
905
16  Ann Wilson (GBR) 4688 11.1
1027
10.58
755
1.62
965
6.01
991
24.8
950
17  Marjan Ackermans-Thomas (NED) 4650 11.5
963
12.62
896
1.65
996
5.65
908
25.5
887
18  Berit Berthelsen (NOR) 4649 11.6
948
10.80
771
1.56
902
6.28
1051
24.5
977
19  Gerda Uhlemann (GDR) 4644 11.3
995
12.00
855
1.53
869
6.02
993
25.0
932
20  Aída dos Santos (BRA) 4578 11.6
948
12.41
882
1.59
934
5.50
873
24.9
941
21  Magali Vettorazzo (ITA) 4504 11.1
1027
10.34
738
1.45
780
5.84
952
24.2
1007
22  Cornelia Popescu (ROU) 4435 12.1
876
11.25
803
1.62
965
5.89
964
26.2
827
23  Sieglinde Ammann (SUI) 4414 11.7
933
10.35
739
1.53
869
6.07
1004
25.7
869
24  Cathy Hamblin (USA) 4330 11.9
904
10.66
761
1.50
836
5.72
924
25.3
905
25  Lolita Lagrosas (PHI) 4131 11.8
918
9.93
708
1.53
869
5.50
873
27.0
763
26  Lin Chun-Yu (ROC) 4104 11.6
948
9.82
700
1.48
814
5.36
839
26.5
803
27  Tien Ah-Mei (ROC) 3899 11.8
918
9.04
640
1.35
660
5.06
767
25.2
914
28  Galina Sofina (URS) 3828 11.6
948
14.43
1012
1.59
934
5.76
934
DNF
0
29  Ðurđa Fočić (YUG) 3814 11.1
1027
11.80
841
1.62
965
5.90
966
41.8
15
30  Roswitha Emonts-Gast (BEL) 3654 11.5
963
12.33
877
NM
0
5.81
945
25.7
869
31  Mercedes Román (MEX) 3604 11.3
995
10.08
719
NM
0
5.71
922
24.6
968
32  Jean Robotham (CRC) 2909 13.4
712
8.73
615
NM
0
4.74
686
25.4
896
 Gunilla Cederström (SWE) 2557 11.6
948
10.36
740
1.53
869
Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's Pentathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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