The women's modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in Goudi Olympic Complex on 27 August. On its second appearance at the Olympics, thirty-two athletes from 21 nations participated in this event.
Zsuzsanna Vörös of Hungary emerged as the top favorite in the women's event, and won the gold medal, with a score of 5,448 points. Meanwhile, Jeļena Rubļevska set a historic milestone as the first female Latvian to win an Olympic medal, taking the silver in this event. Great Britain's Georgina Harland claimed the nation's second Olympic bronze medal, and third overall for the women's.
Competition format The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.
Shooting: A 4.5 mm air pistol shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target. 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. Horse-riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit. Running: A 3 km run. Starts are staggered (based on points from first four events), so that the first to cross the finish line wins.
Schedule All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundFriday, 27 August 2004 10:00 Shooting 11:00 Fencing 14:25 Swimming 16:15 Riding 18:20 Running
Results
RankAthlete Country Shooting Score (pts)Fencing Victories (pts)Swimming Time (pts)Riding Penalties (pts)Running Time (pts) Total Zsuzsanna Vörös 182 (1120)19 (916)2:15.59 (1296) (1124)11:22.00 (992)5448 Jeļena Rubļevska 171 (988)23 (1028)2:26.96 (1160) (1116)10:58.00 (1088)5380 Georgina Harland 156 (808)16 (832)2:14.60 (1308) (1144)10:17.31 (1252)5344 Claudia Corsini 169 (964)21 (972)2:20.56 (1236) (1116)11:11.65 (1036)5324 Kim Raisner 178 (1072)16 (832)2:18.16 (1264) (1116)11:13.21 (1028)5312 Sylwia Czwojdzińska 179 (1084)17 (860)2:21.44 (1224) (1116)11:22.00 (992)5276 Victoria Tereshchuk 178 (1072)11 (692)2:19.98 (1244) (1116)10:44.68 (1144)5256 Kate Allenby 169 (964)21 (972)2:17.41 (1272)196 (1004)11:14.00 (1024)5236 Tatsiana Mazurkevich 184 (1144)13 (748)2:27.64 (1152) (1120)11:06.21 (1056)522010 Paulina Boenisz 180 (1096)13 (748)2:28.13 (1144)100 (1100)10:56.05 (1096)518411 Csilla Füri 157 (820)15 (804)2:15.42 (1296) (1172)11:07.15 (1052)514412 Amélie Caze 170 (976)17 (860)2:14.44 (1308)124 (1076)11:39.41 (924)514413 Monica Pinette 178 (1072)20 (944)2:32.62 (1092)168 (1032)11:30.55 (960)510014 Lada Jienbalanova 158 (832)17 (860)2:18.49 (1260) (1144)11:25.45 (980)507615 Mary Beth Iagorashvili 152 (760)16 (832)2:19.30 (1252) (1144)11:04.37 (1064)505216 Katalin-Beat Partics 176 (1048)17 (860)2:23.32 (1204)168 (1032)11:49.11 (884)502817 Olesya Velichko 176 (1048)14 (776)2:34.96 (1064)140 (1060)11:03.75 (1068)501618 Anita Allen 168 (952)12 (720)2:31.16 (1108) (1172)11:09.00 (1044)499619 Blandine Lachèze 179 (1084)13 (748)2:26.31 (1168) (1116)11:52.47 (872)498820 Eszter Hortobagyi 169 (964)11 (692)2:29.42 (1128) (1144)11:11.44 (1036)496421 Halina Bashlakova 156 (808)14 (776)2:26.02 (1168) (1172)11:15.25 (1020)494422 Kara Grant 169 (964)16 (832)2:43.37 (960)104 (1096)11:01.57 (1076)492823 Liudmila Sirotkina 168 (952)14 (776)2:26.92 (1160) (1144)11:46.95 (896)492824 Dong Lean 189 (1204)13 (748)2:21.67 (1220)300 (900)11:58.05 (848)492025 Samantha Harvey 178 (1072)17 (860)2:27.35 (1152)224 (976)12:03.10 (828)488826 Alexandra Kalinovská 164 (904)18 (888)2:30.05 (1120)252 (948)11:14.40 (1024)488427 Tatiana Mouratova 174 (1024)15 (804)2:20.22 (1240)380 (820)11:22.30 (992)488028 Aya Medany 181 (1108)12 (720)2:21.37 (1224)224 (976)12:04.06 (824)485229 Liang Caixia 158 (832)12 (720)2:20.93 (1232)240 (960)11:43.01 (908)465230 Lyudmila Shumilova 170 (976) (568)2:27.22 (1156)168 (1032)11:43.41 (908)464031 María Isabel Sanz-Agero 161 (868)10 (664)2:30.29 (1120)172 (1028)12:23.90 (748)442832 Federica Foghetti 167 (940)15 (804)2:25.81 (1172)892 (308)*11:19.11 (1004)4228 * Did not finish the riding course because of the exceeding number of obstacle and time penalties
References
External links BBC Sport – 2004 Athens Official Olympic Report Official Results