The women's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held on 12 August. Three venues were used: the Copper Box (fencing), Aquatics Centre (swimming) and Greenwich Park (horse-riding and combined running and shooting).Modern Pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Laura Asadauskaitė from Lithuania won the gold medal, breaking an Olympic record with her final score of 5,408 points. Great Britain's Samantha Murray won silver, and fifth overall for the women's since 2000. Meanwhile, Yane Marques became Brazil's first Olympic medalist in modern pentathlon, taking the bronze. Belarus' Anastasiya Prokopenko set an Olympic record for the combined running and shooting event, with a time of 11:06.00, but finished only in sixth place.
Competition format The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, all held on the same day. The format was slightly different from the typical modern pentathlon, with two events combined at the end.
Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning percentage. Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time. Riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit. Combined running/shooting: A 3 km run with pistol shooting (the athlete must hit five targets in 70 seconds) every kilometre. Starts were staggered based on points from the previous three events.
Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundSunday, 12 August 2012 08:00 Fencing 12:35 Swimming 14:35 Riding 18:00 Combined running/shooting
Results Thirty-six athletes participated.Start list RankAthlete Country Fencing Victories (pts)Swimming Time (pts)Riding Time (pts)Combined Time (pts) Total Laura Asadauskaitė 23 (952) 2:18.67 (1136) 11:55.64 (2140) 5408 (OR) Samantha Murray 18 (832) 2:08.20 (1264) 12:00.59 (2120) 5356 Yane Marques 21 (904) 2:12.39 (1212) 12:12.08 (2072) 5340 Margaux Isaksen 22 (928) 2:18.53 (1140) 11:54.51 (2144) 5332 Chen Qian 21 (904) 2:17.77 (1148) 11:52.20 (2152) 5324 Anastasiya Prokopenko 15 (760) 2:28.50 (1020) 11:06.00 (2336) 5256 Chloe Esposito 14 (736) 2:12.28 (1216) 11:55.40 (2140) 5248 Jeļena Rubļevska 25 (1000) 2:26.93 (1040) 12:17.22 (2052) 5228 Natalya Coyle 19 (856) 2:19.17 (1132) 12:12.45 (2072) 5220 10 Iryna Khokhlova 18 (832) 2:16.22 (1168) 12:32.44 (1992) 5192 11 Melanie McCann 19 (856) 2:21.56 (1104) 12:20.23 (2040) 5180 12 Gintarė Venčkauskaitė 10 (640) 2:16.88 (1160) 11:36.63 (2216) 5176 13 Sylwia Gawlikowska 17 (808) 2:17.35 (1152) 12:15.27 (2060) 5168 14 Miao Yihua 20 (880) 2:19.31 (1132) 12:26.31 (2016) 5164 15 Lena Schöneborn 19 (856) 2:19.76 (1124) 11:58.18 (2128) 5160 16 Aya Medany 20 (880) 2:18.70 (1136) 12:31.92 (1996) 5136 17 Ekaterina Khuraskina 18 (832) 2:29.07 (1012) 11:59.04 (2124) 5128 18 Amélie Cazé 19 (856) 2:11.33 (1224) 13:08.71 (1848) 5108 19 Katarzyna Wójcik 16 (784) 2:20.94 (1112) 12:17.69 (2052) 5088 20 Adrienn Tóth 24 (976) 2:17.32 (1156) 13:06.33 (1852) 5084 21 Mhairi Spence 19 (856) 2:16.51 (1164) 12:46.23 (1936) 5052 22 Natálie Dianová 17 (808) 2:13.78 (1196) 13:33.61 (1988) 5048 23 Victoria Tereshchuk 14 (736) 2:16.07 (1168) 12:24.64 (2024) 4996 24 Yang Soo-Jin 14 (736) 2:17.93 (1148) 12:40.71 (1960) 4964 25 Claudia Cesarini 15 (760) 2:22.77 (1088) 12:25.66 (2020) 4912 26 Annika Schleu 12 (688) 2:20.01 (1120) 12:46.04 (1936) 4884 27 Sabrina Crognale 20 (880) 2:24.24 (1072) 13:27.22 (1772) 4852 28 Suzanne Stettinius 11 (664) 2:22.29 (1096) 12:42.84 (1952) 4832 29 Donna Vakalis 17 (808) 2:22.19 (1096) 12:10.03 (2080) 4828 30 Shino Yamanaka (568) 2:30.36 (996) 11:58.56 (2128) 4828 31 Elodie Clouvel 15 (760) 2:09.87 (1244) 13:44.50 (1704) 4768 32 Hanna Vasilionak 16 (784) 2:32.87 (968) 12:49.61 (1924) 4692 33 Sarolta Kovács 11 (664) 2:08.11 (1264) 12:43.69 (1948) 4396 34 Narumi Kurosu (592) 2:22.39 (1092) 13:52.94 (1672) 4060 35 Evdokia Gretchichnikova 22 (928) 2:26.75 (1040) 12:59.87 (1884) 3852 36 Tamara Vega 16 (784) 2:18.72 (1136) (0) 2380
Records For the first time in Olympic history, the women's modern pentathlon has broken multiple Olympic records in the every sporting discipline, with the exception of fencing and horse-riding.
Broken Olympic records during the 2012 Summer OlympicsTotal5408Swimming2:08.11Running10:20.90 (WR)Combined11:06.00Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots 9.0Shooting - 3 session of 15 shots 33.8
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