Women's pentathlon at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 16–17 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The women's pentathlon was part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October and 17 October 1964, with the first three events on 16 October and the last two on 17 October. 20 athletes from 15 nations entered. The 1964 Summer Olympics were the first appearance of the women's pentathlon. [1]
The events of the pentathlon, in order, were:
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Galina Bystrova | Soviet Union | 10.7 seconds | 1096 | 1096 | 1 |
Irina Press | Soviet Union | 10.7 seconds | 1096 | 1096 | 1 | |
3 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 10.9 seconds | 1061 | 1061 | 3 |
Draga Stamejcic | Yugoslavia | 10.9 seconds | 1061 | 1061 | 3 | |
5 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | Great Britain | 11.0 seconds | 1044 | 1044 | 5 |
6 | Chi Cheng | Republic of China | 11.1 seconds | 1027 | 1027 | 6 |
Denise Guenard | France | 11.1 seconds | 1027 | 1027 | 6 | |
Nina Hansen | Denmark | 11.1 seconds | 1027 | 1027 | 6 | |
Mariya Sizyakova | Soviet Union | 11.1 seconds | 1027 | 1027 | 6 | |
10 | Helga Hoffmann | United Team of Germany | 11.2 seconds | 1011 | 1011 | 10 |
11 | Amelia Hinten | Netherlands | 11.3 seconds | 995 | 995 | 11 |
Jenny Wingerson | Canada | 11.3 seconds | 995 | 995 | 11 | |
13 | Ingrid Becker | United Team of Germany | 11.6 seconds | 948 | 948 | 13 |
14 | Helen Frith | Australia | 11.9 seconds | 904 | 904 | 14 |
Dianne Gerace | Canada | 11.9 seconds | 904 | 904 | 14 | |
16 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 12.0 seconds | 890 | 890 | 16 |
Miyuki Takahashi | Japan | 12.0 seconds | 890 | 890 | 16 | |
Pat Winslow | United States | 12.0 seconds | 890 | 890 | 16 | |
19 | Ulla Flegel | Austria | 12.2 seconds | 862 | 862 | 19 |
20 | Lee Hak Ja | South Korea | 12.6 seconds | 809 | 809 | 20 |
Press's shot put, more than 2.5 metres further than the nearest competitor's, combined with her hurdles victory to give her a solid lead after two events.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 17.16 metres | 1173 | 2269 | 1 |
2 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | Great Britain | 14.48 metres | 1015 | 2059 | 3 |
3 | Galina Bystrova | Soviet Union | 14.47 metres | 1014 | 2110 | 2 |
4 | Pat Winslow | United States | 13.04 metres | 924 | 1814 | 10 |
5 | Draga Stamejcic | Yugoslavia | 12.73 metres | 904 | 1965 | 4 |
6 | Jennifer Wingerson | Canada | 12.06 metres | 859 | 1854 | 6 |
7 | Maria Siziakova | Soviet Union | 11.87 metres | 846 | 1873 | 5 |
8 | Ulla Flegel | Austria | 11.66 metres | 832 | 1694 | 17 |
9 | Ingrid Becker | United Team of Germany | 11.62 metres | 829 | 1777 | 11 |
10 | Denise Guenard | France | 11.30 metres | 807 | 1834 | 8 |
11 | Nina Hansen | Denmark | 11.26 metres | 804 | 1831 | 9 |
12 | Dianne Gerace | Canada | 11.19 metres | 799 | 1703 | 15 |
13 | Helen Frith | Australia | 11.16 metres | 797 | 1701 | 16 |
14 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 11.05 metres | 789 | 1850 | 7 |
15 | Amelia Hinten | Netherlands | 10.72 metres | 766 | 1761 | 13 |
16 | Helga Hoffmann | United Team of Germany | 10.67 metres | 762 | 1773 | 12 |
17 | Lee Hak Ja | South Korea | 10.19 metres | 727 | 1536 | 20 |
18 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 10.05 metres | 717 | 1607 | 18 |
19 | Chi Cheng | Republic of China | 9.79 metres | 697 | 1724 | 14 |
20 | Takahashi Miyuki | Japan | 9.56 metres | 680 | 1570 | 19 |
Place | Athlete | Nation | Height | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 1.72 metres | 1067 | 2917 | 4 |
2 | Dianne Gerace | Canada | 1.69 metres | 1037 | 2740 | 9 |
Helen Frith | Australia | 1.69 metres | 1037 | 2738 | 10 | |
4 | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 1.63 metres | 976 | 3245 | 1 |
Pat Winslow | United States | 1.63 metres | 976 | 2790 | 6 | |
Ulla Flegel | Austria | 1.63 metres | 976 | 2670 | 14 | |
Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 1.63 metres | 976 | 2583 | 16 | |
8 | Galina Bystrova | Soviet Union | 1.60 metres | 945 | 3055 | 2 |
Mary Elizabeth Peters | Great Britain | 1.60 metres | 945 | 3004 | 3 | |
Denise Guenard | France | 1.60 metres | 945 | 2779 | 8 | |
Ingrid Becker | United Team of Germany | 1.60 metres | 945 | 2722 | 11 | |
Helga Hoffmann | United Team of Germany | 1.60 metres | 945 | 2718 | 12 | |
13 | Maria Siziakova | Soviet Union | 1.57 metres | 913 | 2786 | 7 |
14 | Draga Stamejcic | Yugoslavia | 1.54 metres | 880 | 2845 | 5 |
Nina Hansen | Denmark | 1.54 metres | 880 | 2711 | 13 | |
16 | Jennifer Wingerson | Canada | 1.48 metres | 814 | 2668 | 15 |
17 | Amelia Hinten | Netherlands | 1.45 metres | 780 | 2541 | 17 |
18 | Chi Cheng | Republic of China | 1.40 metres | 721 | 2445 | 18 |
Takahashi Miyuki | Japan | 1.40 metres | 721 | 2291 | 19 | |
20 | Lee Hak Ja | South Korea | 1.35 metres | 660 | 2196 | 20 |
Rand won her second straight event, climbing back up to third place overall after her fall to seventh following the shot put. Press, never having been outside the top four in any event, increased her lead to over 200 points above fellow Soviet Bystrova.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 6.55 metres | 1111 | 4028 | 3 |
2 | Helga Hoffmann | United Team of Germany | 6.44 metres | 1087 | 3805 | 6 |
3 | Nina Hansen | Denmark | 6.27 metres | 1049 | 3760 | 8 |
4 | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 6.24 metres | 1042 | 4287 | 1 |
5 | Draga Stamejcic | Yugoslavia | 6.19 metres | 1031 | 3876 | 5 |
6 | Ingrid Becker | United Team of Germany | 6.17 metres | 1027 | 3749 | 10 |
7 | Galina Bystrova | Soviet Union | 6.11 metres | 1014 | 4069 | 2 |
8 | Maria Siziakova | Soviet Union | 5.94 metres | 975 | 3761 | 7 |
9 | Pat Winslow | United States | 5.90 metres | 966 | 3756 | 9 |
10 | Helen Frith | Australia | 5.87 metres | 959 | 3697 | 11 |
11 | Amelia Hinten | Netherlands | 5.82 metres | 948 | 3489 | 16 |
12 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 5.79 metres | 941 | 3524 | 15 |
13 | Dianne Gerace | Canada | 5.76 metres | 934 | 3674 | 13 |
14 | Chi Cheng | Republic of China | 5.72 metres | 924 | 3369 | 18 |
15 | Denise Guenard | France | 5.69 metres | 918 | 3697 | 11 |
16 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | Great Britain | 5.60 metres | 897 | 3901 | 4 |
17 | Jennifer Wingerson | Canada | 5.52 metres | 878 | 3546 | 14 |
18 | Takahashi Miyuki | Japan | 5.51 metres | 875 | 3166 | 19 |
19 | Ulla Flegel | Austria | 5.22 metres | 806 | 3476 | 17 |
20 | Lee Hak Ja | South Korea | 4.91 metres | 729 | 2925 | 20 |
Rand won her third straight event to pass Bystrova and take the silver medal. Press, who had won the first two events, had her lowest finish of the pentathlon in sixth place, still winning the gold medal by over 200 points and breaking her own world record (5137 points, set in 1961) by more than 100 points.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 24.2 seconds | 1007 | 5035 | 2 |
2 | Amelia Hinten | Netherlands | 24.5 seconds | 977 | 4466 | 14 |
3 | Pat Winslow | United States | 24.6 seconds | 968 | 4724 | 7 |
Ingrid Becker | United Team of Germany | 24.6 seconds | 968 | 4717 | 8 | |
Jennifer Wingerson | Canada | 24.6 seconds | 968 | 4514 | 13 | |
6 | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 24.7 seconds | 959 | 5246 | 1 |
7 | Helga Hoffmann | United Team of Germany | 25.0 seconds | 932 | 4737 | 6 |
8 | Draga Stamejcic | Yugoslavia | 25.2 seconds | 914 | 4790 | 5 |
9 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 25.3 seconds | 905 | 4429 | 16 |
10 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | Great Britain | 25.4 seconds | 896 | 4797 | 4 |
11 | Galina Bystrova | Soviet Union | 25.5 seconds | 887 | 4956 | 3 |
12 | Helen Frith | Australia | 25.8 seconds | 860 | 4557 | 11 |
Chi Cheng | Republic of China | 25.8 seconds | 860 | 4229 | 17 | |
14 | Nina Hansen | Denmark | 25.9 seconds | 851 | 4611 | 9 |
Denise Guenard | France | 25.9 seconds | 851 | 4548 | 12 | |
16 | Maria Siziakova | Soviet Union | 26.3 seconds | 819 | 4580 | 10 |
17 | Dianne Gerace | Canada | 26.9 seconds | 771 | 4445 | 15 |
18 | Takahashi Miyuki | Japan | 27.2 seconds | 748 | 3914 | 18 |
19 | Lee Hak Ja | South Korea | 27.5 seconds | 724 | 3649 | 19 |
— | Ulla Flegel | Austria | Withdrew | — | 3476 | — |
Place | Athlete | Nation | Points |
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Irina Press | Soviet Union | 5246 WR | |
Mary Rand | Great Britain | 5035 | |
Galina Bystrova | Soviet Union | 4956 | |
4 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | Great Britain | 4797 |
5 | Draga Stamejcic | Yugoslavia | 4790 |
6 | Helga Hoffmann | United Team of Germany | 4737 |
7 | Pat Winslow | United States | 4724 |
8 | Ingrid Becker | United Team of Germany | 4717 |
9 | Nina Hansen | Denmark | 4611 |
10 | Maria Siziakova | Soviet Union | 4580 |
11 | Helen Frith | Australia | 4557 |
12 | Denise Guenard | France | 4548 |
13 | Jennifer Wingerson | Canada | 4514 |
14 | Amelia Hinten | Netherlands | 4466 |
15 | Dianne Gerace | Canada | 4445 |
16 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 4429 |
17 | Chi Cheng | Republic of China | 4229 |
18 | Takahashi Miyuki | Japan | 3914 |
19 | Lee Hak Ja | South Korea | 3649 |
— | Ulla Flegel | Austria | Did not finish 3476 after 4 events |
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