Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's

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 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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chloe Esposito  Australia 2:12.38 (303) 19 (215) 77.60 (284) 12:10.19 (570) 1372 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Élodie Clouvel  France 2:08.62 (315) 21 (227) 70.05 (293) 12:59.06 (521) 1356
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.