Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 9 September 1979.[1][2][3][4] It was the last time that this event was held at the Universiade before being replaced by the heptathlon.

Results edit

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Result Notes
  Yekaterina Smirnova   Soviet Union 13.18 13.59 1.84 6.23 2:29.09 4497 [5]
  Sylvia Barlag   Netherlands 14.04 12.87 1.77 6.17 2:25.05 4306 [6][5]
  Ina Losch   West Germany 14.46 12.56 1.77 5.96 2:18.45 4272
4 Yvette Wray   Great Britain 13.50 12.35 1.65 5.92 2:18.95 4248
5 Olga Kuragina   Soviet Union 13.79 11.62 1.71 5.92 2:17.74 4239 [7]
6 Els Stolk   Netherlands 14.27 12.18 1.74 5.84 2:26.09 4123 [6]
7 Anna Włodarczyk   Poland 14.00 9.55 1.71 6.44 2:25.47 4093
8 Anne-Marie Pira   Belgium 13.50 9.83 1.84 5.92 2:45.35 3984
9 Joanne Jones   Canada 3928
10 Karen Page   New Zealand 3904
11 Jill Ross   Canada 3622
12 Evelyn Jabiles   Peru 3381
13 Lorenza Orendaín   Mexico 2782
14 Amapola Arimany   Guatemala 2642
Gabriela Ionescu   Romania DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 10 September 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Final results". The Tampa Tribune. 11 September 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
  4. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  5. ^ a b "Universiade, atletiek" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 11 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Maas voegt goud toe aan fraaie reeks" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 10 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. ^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p177)