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).
The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Klaus Schormann, President of the UIPM.
Competition format 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. 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 All times are UTC-3 DateTimeRoundThursday, 18 August 201610:00Fencing (Ranking Round) Friday, 19 August 201612:00Swimming14:00Fencing (Bonus Round) 15:30Riding Show Jumping18:00Laser Run
Results Thirty-six athletes participated. Key
RankAthleteCountrySwimmingTime (pts)FencingVictories (pts)RidingTime (pts)Laser RunTime (pts)TotalChloe Esposito2:12.38 (303)19 (215)77.60 (284)12:10.19 (570)1372 ORÉlodie Clouvel2:08.62 (315)21 (227)70.05 (293)12:59.06 (521)1356Oktawia Nowacka2:16.67 (290)27 (264)♦70.69 (293)13:18.50 (502)1349DSQ(2 June 2017). Kate French & Samantha Murray have Rio positions upgraded. Pentathlon GB.Chen Qian2:18.75 (284)22 (232)76.67 (292)12:45.07 (535)13434Annika Schleu2:19.34 (282)17 (202)68.06 (293)12:21.95 (559)13365Kate French2:16.17 (292)17 (202)75.49 (300)♦12:43.08 (537)13316Natalya Coyle2:17.38 (288)19 (215)73.69 (300)♦12:58.13 (522)13257Alice Sotero2:12.63 (303)20 (221)72.91 (279)13:00.47 (520)13238Samantha Murray2:10.81 (308)14 (192)73.23 (279)12:38.54 (542)13219Yelena Potapenko2:11.52 (306)17 (202)73.74 (293)13:07.48 (513)131410Tamara Vega2:16.89 (290)15 (190)72.93 (300)♦12:49.39 (531)131111Donata Rimšaitė2:22.09 (274)17 (202)77.20 (284)12:32.67 (548)130812Natsumi Tomonaga2:15.63 (294)15 (190)77.03 (298)12:55.44 (525)130713Kim Sun-woo2:16.06 (292)16 (197)75.52 (300)♦13:04.28 (516)130514Gulnaz Gubaydullina2:07.94 (317)♦ OR8 (148)78.91 (290)12:30.76 (550)130515Melanie McCann2:20.81 (278)23 (240)75.75 (300)♦13:42.43 (478)129616Sarolta Kovács2:09.02 (313)17 (203)79.04 (268)13:17.09 (503)128717Zhang Xiaonan2:22.67 (272)22 (234)75.72 (279)13:20.79 (500)128518Anna Maliszewska2:20.30 (280)16 (200)79.41 (282)13:01.21 (519)128119Margaux Isaksen2:19.91 (281)18 (209)70.24 (293)13:23.90 (497)128020Isabel Brand2:22.57 (273)14 (184)72.88 (293)12:54.11 (526)127621Anastasiya Prokopenko2:25.69 (263)10 (162)76.28 (289)12:22.98 (558)127222Yane Marques2:14.30 (298)16 (196)72.28 (286)13:31.64 (489)126923Claudia Cesarini2:20.85 (278)17 (205)87.95 (261)13:04.34 (516)126024Isabella Isaksen2:20.20 (280)20 (221)80.31 (285)13:51.96 (469)125525Barbora Kodedová2:24.70 (266)20 (220)106.28 (249)13:25.36 (495)123026Zsófia Földházi2:12.05 (304)11 (168)119.34 (222)12:46.02 (534)122827Iryna Khokhlova2:19.77 (281)14 (184)90.01 (268)13:53.53 (467)120028Ieva Serapinaitė2:14.43 (297)15 (190)69.50 (265)14:29.68 (431)118329Anastasiya Spas2:14.54 (297)16 (196)120.69 (221)15:16.82 (384)109830Laura Asadauskaite2:21.01 (277)19 (216) (0)12:01.01 (579)♦ OR107231Lena Schöneborn2:21.74 (275)24 (244) (0)12:54.21 (526)104532Donna Vakalis2:22.12 (274)22 (233) (0)13:36.19 (484)99133Leydi Moya2:15.75 (293)14 (184) (0)13:11.07 (509)98634İlke Özyüksel2:17.79 (287)10 (160) (0)12:49.98 (531)97835Haydy Morsy2:26.11 (262)14 (184) (0)13:24.93 (496)942
Records Broken Olympic records during the 2016 Summer OlympicsTotal1372 pts.Swimming2:07.94Running11:16.40Laser Run12:01.01Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots8.56Shooting - 4 session of 20 shots39.62
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