Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon was part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October and 17 October 1964, with the first three events on 16 October and the last two on 17 October. 20 athletes from 15 nations entered. The 1964 Summer Olympics were the first appearance of the women's pentathlon.[1]

Women's pentathlon
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates16–17 October
Competitors20 from 15 nations
Medalists
Irina Press  Soviet Union
Mary Rand  Great Britain
Galina Bystrova  Soviet Union

The events of the pentathlon, in order, were:

  1. 80 metre hurdles
  2. Shot put
  3. High jump
  4. Long jump
  5. 200 metres

Results

80 metre hurdles

PlaceAthleteNationTimePoints
EventTotalRank
1Galina Bystrova Soviet Union10.7 seconds109610961
Irina Press Soviet Union10.7 seconds109610961
3Mary Rand Great Britain10.9 seconds106110613
Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia10.9 seconds106110613
5Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain11.0 seconds104410445
6Chi Cheng Republic of China11.1 seconds102710276
Denise Guenard France11.1 seconds102710276
Nina Hansen Denmark11.1 seconds102710276
Mariya Sizyakova Soviet Union11.1 seconds102710276
10Helga Hoffmann United Team of Germany11.2 seconds1011101110
11Amelia Hinten Netherlands11.3 seconds99599511
Jenny Wingerson Canada11.3 seconds99599511
13Ingrid Becker United Team of Germany11.6 seconds94894813
14Helen Frith Australia11.9 seconds90490414
Dianne Gerace Canada11.9 seconds90490414
16Oddrun Hokland Norway12.0 seconds89089016
Miyuki Takahashi Japan12.0 seconds89089016
Pat Winslow United States12.0 seconds89089016
19Ulla Flegel Austria12.2 seconds86286219
20Lee Hak Ja South Korea12.6 seconds80980920

Shot put

Press's shot put, more than 2.5 metres further than the nearest competitor's, combined with her hurdles victory to give her a solid lead after two events.

PlaceAthleteNationDistancePoints
EventTotalRank
1Irina Press Soviet Union17.16 metres117322691
2Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain14.48 metres101520593
3Galina Bystrova Soviet Union14.47 metres101421102
4Pat Winslow United States13.04 metres924181410
5Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia12.73 metres90419654
6Jennifer Wingerson Canada12.06 metres85918546
7Maria Siziakova Soviet Union11.87 metres84618735
8Ulla Flegel Austria11.66 metres832169417
9Ingrid Becker United Team of Germany11.62 metres829177711
10Denise Guenard France11.30 metres80718348
11Nina Hansen Denmark11.26 metres80418319
12Dianne Gerace Canada11.19 metres799170315
13Helen Frith Australia11.16 metres797170116
14Mary Rand Great Britain11.05 metres78918507
15Amelia Hinten Netherlands10.72 metres766176113
16Helga Hoffmann United Team of Germany10.67 metres762177312
17Lee Hak Ja South Korea10.19 metres727153620
18Oddrun Hokland Norway10.05 metres717160718
19Chi Cheng Republic of China9.79 metres697172414
20Takahashi Miyuki Japan9.56 metres680157019

High jump

PlaceAthleteNationHeightPoints
EventTotalRank
1Mary Rand Great Britain1.72 metres106729174
2Dianne Gerace Canada1.69 metres103727409
Helen Frith Australia1.69 metres1037273810
4Irina Press Soviet Union1.63 metres97632451
Pat Winslow United States1.63 metres97627906
Ulla Flegel Austria1.63 metres976267014
Oddrun Hokland Norway1.63 metres976258316
8Galina Bystrova Soviet Union1.60 metres94530552
Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain1.60 metres94530043
Denise Guenard France1.60 metres94527798
Ingrid Becker United Team of Germany1.60 metres945272211
Helga Hoffmann United Team of Germany1.60 metres945271812
13Maria Siziakova Soviet Union1.57 metres91327867
14Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia1.54 metres88028455
Nina Hansen Denmark1.54 metres880271113
16Jennifer Wingerson Canada1.48 metres814266815
17Amelia Hinten Netherlands1.45 metres780254117
18Chi Cheng Republic of China1.40 metres721244518
Takahashi Miyuki Japan1.40 metres721229119
20Lee Hak Ja South Korea1.35 metres660219620

First day rankings

  1. Irina Press, 3245 points
  2. Galina Bystrova, 3055 points
  3. Mary Elizabeth Peters, 3004 points
  4. Mary Rand, 2917 points
  5. Draga Stamejcic, 2845 points
  6. Pat Winslow, 2790 points
  7. Maria Siziakova, 2786 points
  8. Denise Guenard, 2779 points
  9. Dianne Gerace, 2740 points
  10. Helen Frith, 2738 points
  11. Ingrid Becker, 2722 points
  12. Helga Hoffmann, 2718 points
  13. Nina Hansen, 2711 points
  14. Ulla Flegel, 2670 points
  15. Jennifer Wingerson, 2668 points
  16. Oddrun Hokland, 2583 points
  17. Amelia Hinten, 2541 points
  18. Chi Cheng, 2445 points
  19. Takahashi Miyuki, 2291 points
  20. Lee Hak Ja, 2196 points

Long jump

Rand won her second straight event, climbing back up to third place overall after her fall to seventh following the shot put. Press, never having been outside the top four in any event, increased her lead to over 200 points above fellow Soviet Bystrova.

PlaceAthleteNationDistancePoints
EventTotalRank
1Mary Rand Great Britain6.55 metres111140283
2Helga Hoffmann United Team of Germany6.44 metres108738056
3Nina Hansen Denmark6.27 metres104937608
4Irina Press Soviet Union6.24 metres104242871
5Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia6.19 metres103138765
6Ingrid Becker United Team of Germany6.17 metres1027374910
7Galina Bystrova Soviet Union6.11 metres101440692
8Maria Siziakova Soviet Union5.94 metres97537617
9Pat Winslow United States5.90 metres96637569
10Helen Frith Australia5.87 metres959369711
11Amelia Hinten Netherlands5.82 metres948348916
12Oddrun Hokland Norway5.79 metres941352415
13Dianne Gerace Canada5.76 metres934367413
14Chi Cheng Republic of China5.72 metres924336918
15Denise Guenard France5.69 metres918369711
16Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain5.60 metres89739014
17Jennifer Wingerson Canada5.52 metres878354614
18Takahashi Miyuki Japan5.51 metres875316619
19Ulla Flegel Austria5.22 metres806347617
20Lee Hak Ja South Korea4.91 metres729292520

200 metres

Rand won her third straight event to pass Bystrova and take the silver medal. Press, who had won the first two events, had her lowest finish of the pentathlon in sixth place, still winning the gold medal by over 200 points and breaking her own world record (5137 points, set in 1961) by more than 100 points.

PlaceAthleteNationTimePoints
EventTotalRank
1Mary Rand Great Britain24.2 seconds100750352
2Amelia Hinten Netherlands24.5 seconds977446614
3Pat Winslow United States24.6 seconds96847247
Ingrid Becker United Team of Germany24.6 seconds96847178
Jennifer Wingerson Canada24.6 seconds968451413
6Irina Press Soviet Union24.7 seconds95952461
7Helga Hoffmann United Team of Germany25.0 seconds93247376
8Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia25.2 seconds91447905
9Oddrun Hokland Norway25.3 seconds905442916
10Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain25.4 seconds89647974
11Galina Bystrova Soviet Union25.5 seconds88749563
12Helen Frith Australia25.8 seconds860455711
Chi Cheng Republic of China25.8 seconds860422917
14Nina Hansen Denmark25.9 seconds85146119
Denise Guenard France25.9 seconds851454812
16Maria Siziakova Soviet Union26.3 seconds819458010
17Dianne Gerace Canada26.9 seconds771444515
18Takahashi Miyuki Japan27.2 seconds748391418
19Lee Hak Ja South Korea27.5 seconds724364919
Ulla Flegel AustriaWithdrew3476

Final standings

PlaceAthleteNationPoints
1Irina Press Soviet Union5246 WR
2Mary Rand Great Britain5035
3Galina Bystrova Soviet Union4956
4Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain4797
5Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia4790
6Helga Hoffmann United Team of Germany4737
7Pat Winslow United States4724
8Ingrid Becker United Team of Germany4717
9Nina Hansen Denmark4611
10Maria Siziakova Soviet Union4580
11Helen Frith Australia4557
12Denise Guenard France4548
13Jennifer Wingerson Canada4514
14Amelia Hinten Netherlands4466
15Dianne Gerace Canada4445
16Oddrun Hokland Norway4429
17Chi Cheng Republic of China4229
18Takahashi Miyuki Japan3914
19Lee Hak Ja South Korea3649
Ulla Flegel AustriaDid not finish
3476 after 4 events

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's Pentathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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