The Women's pentathlon competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 15–16.

Competition format The pentathlon consists of five track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the five components. The five event scores are summed to give a total for the pentathlon.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record 5246 pts Tokyo, Japan October 16–17, 1964Olympic record

Overall results Key

RankAthletePoints80 hSPHJLJ200 m 5098 10.91061 11.48819 1.711057♦ 6.431084♦ 23.51077♦ 4966 11.21011 14.611023 1.681027 5.97982 25.1923 4959 10.91061 12.69901 1.59934 6.121016 23.81047 4927 11.21011 14.12993 1.65996 5.99986 24.9941 4890 11.01044 12.37880 1.59934 6.421082 24.8950 4877 11.4979 13.33943 1.65996 5.97982 24.5977 4849 11.4979 13.00921 1.59934 6.221038 24.5977 484810.71096♦ 11.06790 1.62965 6.301056 24.9941 4803 11.01044 15.091052♦ 1.53869 5.60897 24.9941 10 4786 11.01044 11.33809 1.56902 6.201034 24.3997 11 4774 11.01044 12.41882 1.59934 5.89964 24.8950 12 4764 10.91061 10.38741 1.59934 6.01991 23.91037 13 4738 10.91061 10.92780 1.59934 6.191031 25.0932 14 4728 11.01044 11.83843 1.59934 5.98984 25.1923 15 4697 11.5963 12.18867 1.65996 5.90966 25.3905 16 4688 11.11027 10.58755 1.62965 6.01991 24.8950 17 4650 11.5963 12.62896 1.65996 5.65908 25.5887 18 4649 11.6948 10.80771 1.56902 6.281051 24.5977 19 4644 11.3995 12.00855 1.53869 6.02993 25.0932 20 4578 11.6948 12.41882 1.59934 5.50873 24.9941 21 4504 11.11027 10.34738 1.45780 5.84952 24.21007 22 4435 12.1876 11.25803 1.62965 5.89964 26.2827 23 4414 11.7933 10.35739 1.53869 6.071004 25.7869 24 4330 11.9904 10.66761 1.50836 5.72924 25.3905 25 4131 11.8918 9.93708 1.53869 5.50873 27.0763 26 4104 11.6948 9.82700 1.48814 5.36839 26.5803 27 3899 11.8918 9.04640 1.35660 5.06767 25.2914 28 3828 11.6948 14.431012 1.59934 5.76934 0 29 3814 11.11027 11.80841 1.62965 5.90966 41.815 30 3654 11.5963 12.33877 0 5.81945 25.7869 31 3604 11.3995 10.08719 0 5.71922 24.6968 32 2909 13.4712 8.73615 0 4.74686 25.4896 2557 11.6948 10.36740 1.53869 colspan=2 colspan=5 colspan=5

References

External links Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 17, 2012.