1. Home
  2. Events
  3. Athletics — Pentathlon, Women (discontinued)

Athletics — Pentathlon, Women (discontinued)

Times held 5
Total participants 99
Total countries 40

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1964 Pentathlon, Women Olympic 20 15
1968 Pentathlon, Women Olympic 33 24
1972 Pentathlon, Women Olympic 30 20
1976 Pentathlon, Women Olympic 20 13
1980 Pentathlon, Women Olympic 19 12

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Irina PressURS Mary RandGBR Galina BystrovaURS
1968 Ingrid BeckerFRG Liese ProkopAUT Annamária Kovács-TóthHUN
1972 Mary PetersGBR Heide RosendahlFRG Burglinde PollakGDR
1976 Siegrun SieglGDR Christine LaserGDR Burglinde PollakGDR
1980 Nadezhda TkachenkoURS Olga RukavishnikovaURS Olga KuraginaURS

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 2 1 2 5
East Germany GDR 1 1 2 4
Great Britain GBR 1 1 0 2
West Germany FRG 1 1 0 2
Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Mary Peters GBR 1 0 0 1
Siegrun Siegl GDR 1 0 0 1
Ingrid Mickler-Becker GER
FRG		 1 0 0 1
Irina Press RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Nadezhda Tkachenko URS
UKR		 1 0 0 1