Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's

The women's modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 19 August. Three venues were used: Deodoro Aquatics Centre (swimming), Deodoro Stadium (horse-riding and combined running and shooting) and Youth Arena (fencing).[1]

Women's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenuesDeodoro Aquatics Centre
(swimming)
Deodoro Stadium
(riding and combined)
Youth Arena (fencing)
Dates18–19 August 2016
Competitors36 from 26 nations
Winning total1372 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chloe Esposito  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Élodie Clouvel  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oktawia Nowacka  Poland
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The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Klaus Schormann, President of the UIPM.

Competition format edit

The sport of Modern Pentathlon consists of five disciplines. The format was slightly different from the typical Modern Pentathlon, with two events combined at the end which is now referred to as the Laser Run.[2]

  • Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on the number of victories.
  • Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time.
  • Riding Show Jumping: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
  • Laser Run: the final Laser Run event is incredibly exciting. Athletes are seeded in order of their total points accumulated from the three previous sports. The number of seconds each athlete starts after the highest-ranked competitor is determined by their points difference. Following a short burst run to the laser targets, the athlete must complete five shots on the target's bullseye within 50 seconds. Next comes an 800-metre run. After three more Laser Run legs, the first athlete crossing the finish line wins.

Schedule edit

All times are UTC-3

Date Time Round
Thursday, 18 August 2016 10:00 Fencing (Ranking Round)
Friday, 19 August 2016 12:00 Swimming
14:00 Fencing (Bonus Round)
15:30 Riding Show Jumping
18:00 Laser Run

Results edit

Thirty-six athletes participated.

Key

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

Rank Athlete Country Swimming
Time (pts)
Fencing
Victories (pts)
Riding
Time (pts)
Laser Run
Time (pts)
Total
  Chloe Esposito   Australia 2:12.38 (303) 19 (215) 77.60 (284) 12:10.19 (570) 1372 OR
  Élodie Clouvel   France 2:08.62 (315) 21 (227) 70.05 (293) 12:59.06 (521) 1356
  Oktawia Nowacka   Poland 2:16.67 (290) 27 (264) 70.69 (293) 13:18.50 (502) 1349
DSQ[2] Chen Qian   China 2:18.75 (284) 22 (232) 76.67 (292) 12:45.07 (535) 1343
4 Annika Schleu   Germany 2:19.34 (282) 17 (202) 68.06 (293) 12:21.95 (559) 1336
5 Kate French   Great Britain 2:16.17 (292) 17 (202) 75.49 (300) 12:43.08 (537) 1331
6 Natalya Coyle   Ireland 2:17.38 (288) 19 (215) 73.69 (300) 12:58.13 (522) 1325
7 Alice Sotero   Italy 2:12.63 (303) 20 (221) 72.91 (279) 13:00.47 (520) 1323
8 Samantha Murray   Great Britain 2:10.81 (308) 14 (192) 73.23 (279) 12:38.54 (542) 1321
9 Yelena Potapenko   Kazakhstan 2:11.52 (306) 17 (202) 73.74 (293) 13:07.48 (513) 1314
10 Tamara Vega   Mexico 2:16.89 (290) 15 (190) 72.93 (300) 12:49.39 (531) 1311
11 Donata Rimšaitė   Russia 2:22.09 (274) 17 (202) 77.20 (284) 12:32.67 (548) 1308
12 Natsumi Tomonaga   Japan 2:15.63 (294) 15 (190) 77.03 (298) 12:55.44 (525) 1307
13 Kim Sun-woo   South Korea 2:16.06 (292) 16 (197) 75.52 (300) 13:04.28 (516) 1305
14 Gulnaz Gubaydullina   Russia 2:07.94 (317) OR 8 (148) 78.91 (290) 12:30.76 (550) 1305
15 Melanie McCann   Canada 2:20.81 (278) 23 (240) 75.75 (300) 13:42.43 (478) 1296
16 Sarolta Kovács   Hungary 2:09.02 (313) 17 (203) 79.04 (268) 13:17.09 (503) 1287
17 Zhang Xiaonan   China 2:22.67 (272) 22 (234) 75.72 (279) 13:20.79 (500) 1285
18 Anna Maliszewska   Poland 2:20.30 (280) 16 (200) 79.41 (282) 13:01.21 (519) 1281
19 Margaux Isaksen   United States 2:19.91 (281) 18 (209) 70.24 (293) 13:23.90 (497) 1280
20 Isabel Brand   Guatemala 2:22.57 (273) 14 (184) 72.88 (293) 12:54.11 (526) 1276
21 Anastasiya Prokopenko   Belarus 2:25.69 (263) 10 (162) 76.28 (289) 12:22.98 (558) 1272
22 Yane Marques   Brazil 2:14.30 (298) 16 (196) 72.28 (286) 13:31.64 (489) 1269
23 Claudia Cesarini   Italy 2:20.85 (278) 17 (205) 87.95 (261) 13:04.34 (516) 1260
24 Isabella Isaksen   United States 2:20.20 (280) 20 (221) 80.31 (285) 13:51.96 (469) 1255
25 Barbora Kodedová   Czech Republic 2:24.70 (266) 20 (220) 106.28 (249) 13:25.36 (495) 1230
26 Zsófia Földházi   Hungary 2:12.05 (304) 11 (168) 119.34 (222) 12:46.02 (534) 1228
27 Iryna Khokhlova   Argentina 2:19.77 (281) 14 (184) 90.01 (268) 13:53.53 (467) 1200
28 Ieva Serapinaitė   Lithuania 2:14.43 (297) 15 (190) 69.50 (265) 14:29.68 (431) 1183
29 Anastasiya Spas   Ukraine 2:14.54 (297) 16 (196) 120.69 (221) 15:16.82 (384) 1098
30 Laura Asadauskaite   Lithuania 2:21.01 (277) 19 (216) E (0) 12:01.01 (579) OR 1072
31 Lena Schöneborn   Germany 2:21.74 (275) 24 (244) E (0) 12:54.21 (526) 1045
32 Donna Vakalis   Canada 2:22.12 (274) 22 (233) E (0) 13:36.19 (484) 991
33 Leydi Moya   Cuba 2:15.75 (293) 14 (184) E (0) 13:11.07 (509) 986
34 İlke Özyüksel   Turkey 2:17.79 (287) 10 (160) E (0) 12:49.98 (531) 978
35 Haydy Morsy   Egypt 2:26.11 (262) 14 (184) E (0) 13:24.93 (496) 942

Records edit

Broken Olympic records during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Total   Chloe Esposito (AUS) 1372 pts.
Swimming   Gulnaz Gubaydullina (RUS) 2:07.94
Running   Laura Asadauskaitė (LTU) 11:16.40
Laser Run   Laura Asadauskaitė (LTU) 12:01.01
Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots   Zsófia Földházi (HUN) 8.56
Shooting - 4 session of 20 shots   Zsófia Földházi (HUN) 39.62

References edit

  1. ^ "Modern Pentathlon". 2016 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ (2 June 2017). Kate French & Samantha Murray have Rio positions upgraded. Pentathlon GB.