The pentathlon or women's pentathlon is a combined track and field event in which each woman competes in five separate events over one day. The distance or time for each event is converted to points via scoring tables, with the overall ranking determined by total points. Since 1949 the events have been sprint hurdling, high jump, shot put, long jump, and a flat race. The sprint hurdles distance was 80 m outdoors until 1969 and thereafter 100 m; in indoor pentathlon the distance is 60 m. The flat race was 200 m until 1976 and thereafter 800 m. In elite-level outdoor competition, the pentathlon was superseded in 1981 by the heptathlon, which has seven events, with both 200 m and 800 m, as well as the javelin throw. Pentathlon is still contested at school and masters level and indoors.
Ida Marcussen is a Norwegian heptathlete. She represents IK Våg, having changed clubs from Kristiansands IF in 2006.
The women's pentathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 13 March.
Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships is a championship for young track and field athletes of the islands of the Dutch Kingdom. (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius. It was first held in 2002 on the island of Aruba. Aruba regularly hosts this competition for young track and field athletes every two years in April. They compete in different events and the athlete with the overall most points will be declared the winner. There are two age groups. As of 2010 the official ages have been changed from 10–11 and 12–13 to 11–12 and 13–14. In every age group each team consists of two boys and two girls.
The Women's pentathlon event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4.
2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships is a championship for young Track & Field athletes of the islands of the Dutch Kingdom. In 2008 there were three island competing. Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. They compete in different events and the athlete with the overall most points will be declared the winner. There are two age groups, they are 10–11 years (Pentathlon) and 12–13 years (Heptathlon). This year was the first year that hurdles and baseball throw was added to the event list for the heptathlon. Sint Eustatius did not have a complete team. They only competed with a full Heptathlon team. Like every year, the hosting island is allowed to have two teams. There were 32 athletes competing in total and Curaçao was declared the overall winner, Aruba came in second and Sint Maarten came in third. This would also mark the 4th win for Curaçao
Makeba Alcide is a Saint Lucian track and field athlete. She holds the Saint Lucia records and OECS records for women's 60m Hurdles, Pentathlon and Heptathlon, and the Saint Lucia record for 100m Hurdles.
The women's pentathlon event at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 1, 2013.
María Peinado Bravo is a former Spanish athlete who specialized in the combined events. She holds Spanish records in the heptathlon and rarely contested women's decathlon.
The women's pentathlon at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 March 2014.
The women's pentathlon event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.
Ekaterina Voronina is an Uzbek track and field athlete who competes in the heptathlon. Her personal best for the event is 5912 points. She was the gold medallist in the event at the 2014 Asian Games. She is part of the Central Army Sports Club and is coached by Pavel Andreev, a compatriot and fellow multi-eventer.
The women's heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.
Caroline Agnou is a Swiss athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China, finishing 22nd. Earlier that year she won the gold at the 2015 European Junior Championships.
Salcia Venecia Slack is a Jamaican athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without finishing the competition. Her biggest success to date is the fifth place at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The women's pentathlon at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.
The women's pentathlon at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.
Noor Vidts is a Belgian athlete competing in the combined events. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
Sarah Lagger is an Austrian athlete competing in the combined events. As a junior she won a gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2016 World U20 Championships and a silver at the 2018 edition.
The women's pentathlon event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 1 March.
