Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's

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).^[1]

Women's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venues	Deodoro Aquatics Centre (swimming) Deodoro Stadium (riding and combined) Youth Arena (fencing)
Dates	18–19 August 2016
Competitors	36 from 26 nations
Winning total	1372 OR
Medalists
Chloe Esposito  Australia Élodie Clouvel  France Oktawia Nowacka  Poland
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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.^[2]

• 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

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 18 August 2016	10:00	Fencing (Ranking Round)
Friday, 19 August 2016	12:00	Swimming
	14:00	Fencing (Bonus Round)
	15:30	Riding Show Jumping
	18:00	Laser Run

Results

Thirty-six athletes participated.

Key

♦ The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow with a diamond symbol.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Swimming Time (pts)	Fencing Victories (pts)	Riding Time (pts)	Laser Run Time (pts)	Total
	Chloe Esposito	Australia	2:12.38 (303)	19 (215)	77.60 (284)	12:10.19 (570)	1372 OR
	Élodie Clouvel	France	2:08.62 (315)	21 (227)	70.05 (293)	12:59.06 (521)	1356
	Oktawia Nowacka	Poland	2:16.67 (290)	27 (264)^♦	70.69 (293)	13:18.50 (502)	1349
DSQ^[2]	Chen Qian	China	2:18.75 (284)	22 (232)	76.67 (292)	12:45.07 (535)	1343
4	Annika Schleu	Germany	2:19.34 (282)	17 (202)	68.06 (293)	12:21.95 (559)	1336
5	Kate French	Great Britain	2:16.17 (292)	17 (202)	75.49 (300)^♦	12:43.08 (537)	1331
6	Natalya Coyle	Ireland	2:17.38 (288)	19 (215)	73.69 (300)^♦	12:58.13 (522)	1325
7	Alice Sotero	Italy	2:12.63 (303)	20 (221)	72.91 (279)	13:00.47 (520)	1323
8	Samantha Murray	Great Britain	2:10.81 (308)	14 (192)	73.23 (279)	12:38.54 (542)	1321
9	Yelena Potapenko	Kazakhstan	2:11.52 (306)	17 (202)	73.74 (293)	13:07.48 (513)	1314
10	Tamara Vega	Mexico	2:16.89 (290)	15 (190)	72.93 (300)^♦	12:49.39 (531)	1311
11	Donata Rimšaitė	Russia	2:22.09 (274)	17 (202)	77.20 (284)	12:32.67 (548)	1308
12	Natsumi Tomonaga	Japan	2:15.63 (294)	15 (190)	77.03 (298)	12:55.44 (525)	1307
13	Kim Sun-woo	South Korea	2:16.06 (292)	16 (197)	75.52 (300)^♦	13:04.28 (516)	1305
14	Gulnaz Gubaydullina	Russia	2:07.94 (317)^♦ OR	8 (148)	78.91 (290)	12:30.76 (550)	1305
15	Melanie McCann	Canada	2:20.81 (278)	23 (240)	75.75 (300)^♦	13:42.43 (478)	1296
16	Sarolta Kovács	Hungary	2:09.02 (313)	17 (203)	79.04 (268)	13:17.09 (503)	1287
17	Zhang Xiaonan	China	2:22.67 (272)	22 (234)	75.72 (279)	13:20.79 (500)	1285
18	Anna Maliszewska	Poland	2:20.30 (280)	16 (200)	79.41 (282)	13:01.21 (519)	1281
19	Margaux Isaksen	United States	2:19.91 (281)	18 (209)	70.24 (293)	13:23.90 (497)	1280
20	Isabel Brand	Guatemala	2:22.57 (273)	14 (184)	72.88 (293)	12:54.11 (526)	1276
21	Anastasiya Prokopenko	Belarus	2:25.69 (263)	10 (162)	76.28 (289)	12:22.98 (558)	1272
22	Yane Marques	Brazil	2:14.30 (298)	16 (196)	72.28 (286)	13:31.64 (489)	1269
23	Claudia Cesarini	Italy	2:20.85 (278)	17 (205)	87.95 (261)	13:04.34 (516)	1260
24	Isabella Isaksen	United States	2:20.20 (280)	20 (221)	80.31 (285)	13:51.96 (469)	1255
25	Barbora Kodedová	Czech Republic	2:24.70 (266)	20 (220)	106.28 (249)	13:25.36 (495)	1230
26	Zsófia Földházi	Hungary	2:12.05 (304)	11 (168)	119.34 (222)	12:46.02 (534)	1228
27	Iryna Khokhlova	Argentina	2:19.77 (281)	14 (184)	90.01 (268)	13:53.53 (467)	1200
28	Ieva Serapinaitė	Lithuania	2:14.43 (297)	15 (190)	69.50 (265)	14:29.68 (431)	1183
29	Anastasiya Spas	Ukraine	2:14.54 (297)	16 (196)	120.69 (221)	15:16.82 (384)	1098
30	Laura Asadauskaite	Lithuania	2:21.01 (277)	19 (216)	E (0)	12:01.01 (579)^♦ OR	1072
31	Lena Schöneborn	Germany	2:21.74 (275)	24 (244)	E (0)	12:54.21 (526)	1045
32	Donna Vakalis	Canada	2:22.12 (274)	22 (233)	E (0)	13:36.19 (484)	991
33	Leydi Moya	Cuba	2:15.75 (293)	14 (184)	E (0)	13:11.07 (509)	986
34	İlke Özyüksel	Turkey	2:17.79 (287)	10 (160)	E (0)	12:49.98 (531)	978
35	Haydy Morsy	Egypt	2:26.11 (262)	14 (184)	E (0)	13:24.93 (496)	942

Records

Broken Olympic records during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Total	Chloe Esposito (AUS)	1372 pts.
Swimming	Gulnaz Gubaydullina (RUS)	2:07.94
Running	Laura Asadauskaitė (LTU)	11:16.40
Laser Run	Laura Asadauskaitė (LTU)	12:01.01
Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots	Zsófia Földházi (HUN)	8.56
Shooting - 4 session of 20 shots	Zsófia Földházi (HUN)	39.62

References

1. . 2016 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. (2 June 2017). Kate French & Samantha Murray have Rio positions upgraded. Pentathlon GB.