Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon
Women's pentathlon at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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Dates | 16–17 October | |||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 15 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
20 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
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.
The events of the pentathlon, in order, were:
- 80 metre hurdles
- Shot put
- High jump
- Long jump
- 200 metres
Results
First day
80 metre hurdles
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Galina Bystrova | ![]() | 10.7 seconds | 1096 | 1096 | 1 |
Irina Press | ![]() | 10.7 seconds | 1096 | 1096 | 1 | |
3 | Mary Rand | ![]() | 10.9 seconds | 1061 | 1061 | 3 |
Draga Stamejcic | ![]() | 10.9 seconds | 1061 | 1061 | 3 | |
5 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | ![]() | 11.0 seconds | 1044 | 1044 | 5 |
6 | Chi Cheng | ![]() | 11.1 seconds | 1027 | 1027 | 6 |
Denise Guenard | ![]() | 11.1 seconds | 1027 | 1027 | 6 | |
Nina Hansen | ![]() | 11.1 seconds | 1027 | 1027 | 6 | |
Maria Siziakova | ![]() | 11.1 seconds | 1027 | 1027 | 6 | |
10 | Helga Hoffmann | ![]() | 11.2 seconds | 1011 | 1011 | 10 |
11 | Amelia Hinten | ![]() | 11.3 seconds | 995 | 995 | 11 |
Jenny Wingerson | ![]() | 11.3 seconds | 995 | 995 | 11 | |
13 | Ingrid Becker | ![]() | 11.6 seconds | 948 | 948 | 13 |
14 | Helen Frith | ![]() | 11.9 seconds | 904 | 904 | 14 |
Dianne Gerace | ![]() | 11.9 seconds | 904 | 904 | 14 | |
16 | Oddrun Hokland | ![]() | 12.0 seconds | 890 | 890 | 16 |
Takahashi Miyuki | ![]() | 12.0 seconds | 890 | 890 | 16 | |
Pat Winslow | ![]() | 12.0 seconds | 890 | 890 | 16 | |
19 | Ulla Flegel | ![]() | 12.2 seconds | 862 | 862 | 19 |
20 | Lee Hak Ja | ![]() | 12.6 seconds | 809 | 809 | 20 |
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.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Irina Press | ![]() | 17.16 metres | 1173 | 2269 | 1 |
2 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | ![]() | 14.48 metres | 1015 | 2059 | 3 |
3 | Galina Bystrova | ![]() | 14.47 metres | 1014 | 2110 | 2 |
4 | Pat Winslow | ![]() | 13.04 metres | 924 | 1814 | 10 |
5 | Draga Stamejcic | ![]() | 12.73 metres | 904 | 1965 | 4 |
6 | Jennifer Wingerson | ![]() | 12.06 metres | 859 | 1854 | 6 |
7 | Maria Siziakova | ![]() | 11.87 metres | 846 | 1873 | 5 |
8 | Ulla Flegel | ![]() | 11.66 metres | 832 | 1694 | 17 |
9 | Ingrid Becker | ![]() | 11.62 metres | 829 | 1777 | 11 |
10 | Denise Guenard | ![]() | 11.30 metres | 807 | 1834 | 8 |
11 | Nina Hansen | ![]() | 11.26 metres | 804 | 1831 | 9 |
12 | Dianne Gerace | ![]() | 11.19 metres | 799 | 1703 | 15 |
13 | Helen Frith | ![]() | 11.16 metres | 797 | 1701 | 16 |
14 | Mary Rand | ![]() | 11.05 metres | 789 | 1850 | 7 |
15 | Amelia Hinten | ![]() | 10.72 metres | 766 | 1761 | 13 |
16 | Helga Hoffmann | ![]() | 10.67 metres | 762 | 1773 | 12 |
17 | Lee Hak Ja | ![]() | 10.19 metres | 727 | 1536 | 20 |
18 | Oddrun Hokland | ![]() | 10.05 metres | 717 | 1607 | 18 |
19 | Chi Cheng | ![]() | 9.79 metres | 697 | 1724 | 14 |
20 | Takahashi Miyuki | ![]() | 9.56 metres | 680 | 1570 | 19 |
High jump
Place | Athlete | Nation | Height | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Mary Rand | ![]() | 1.72 metres | 1067 | 2917 | 4 |
2 | Dianne Gerace | ![]() | 1.69 metres | 1037 | 2740 | 9 |
Helen Frith | ![]() | 1.69 metres | 1037 | 2738 | 10 | |
4 | Irina Press | ![]() | 1.63 metres | 976 | 3245 | 1 |
Pat Winslow | ![]() | 1.63 metres | 976 | 2790 | 6 | |
Ulla Flegel | ![]() | 1.63 metres | 976 | 2670 | 14 | |
Oddrun Hokland | ![]() | 1.63 metres | 976 | 2583 | 16 | |
8 | Galina Bystrova | ![]() | 1.60 metres | 945 | 3055 | 2 |
Mary Elizabeth Peters | ![]() | 1.60 metres | 945 | 3004 | 3 | |
Denise Guenard | ![]() | 1.60 metres | 945 | 2779 | 8 | |
Ingrid Becker | ![]() | 1.60 metres | 945 | 2722 | 11 | |
Helga Hoffmann | ![]() | 1.60 metres | 945 | 2718 | 12 | |
13 | Maria Siziakova | ![]() | 1.57 metres | 913 | 2786 | 7 |
14 | Draga Stamejcic | ![]() | 1.54 metres | 880 | 2845 | 5 |
Nina Hansen | ![]() | 1.54 metres | 880 | 2711 | 13 | |
16 | Jennifer Wingerson | ![]() | 1.48 metres | 814 | 2668 | 15 |
17 | Amelia Hinten | ![]() | 1.45 metres | 780 | 2541 | 17 |
18 | Chi Cheng | ![]() | 1.40 metres | 721 | 2445 | 18 |
Takahashi Miyuki | ![]() | 1.40 metres | 721 | 2291 | 19 | |
20 | Lee Hak Ja | ![]() | 1.35 metres | 660 | 2196 | 20 |
First day rankings
- Irina Press, 3245 points
- Galina Bystrova, 3055 points
- Mary Elizabeth Peters, 3004 points
- Mary Rand, 2917 points
- Draga Stamejcic, 2845 points
- Pat Winslow, 2790 points
- Maria Siziakova, 2786 points
- Denise Guenard, 2779 points
- Dianne Gerace, 2740 points
- Helen Frith, 2738 points
- Ingrid Becker, 2722 points
- Helga Hoffmann, 2718 points
- Nina Hansen, 2711 points
- Ulla Flegel, 2670 points
- Jennifer Wingerson, 2668 points
- Oddrun Hokland, 2583 points
- Amelia Hinten, 2541 points
- Chi Cheng, 2445 points
- Takahashi Miyuki, 2291 points
- Lee Hak Ja, 2196 points
Second day
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.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Mary Rand | ![]() | 6.55 metres | 1111 | 4028 | 3 |
2 | Helga Hoffmann | ![]() | 6.44 metres | 1087 | 3805 | 6 |
3 | Nina Hansen | ![]() | 6.27 metres | 1049 | 3760 | 8 |
4 | Irina Press | ![]() | 6.24 metres | 1042 | 4287 | 1 |
5 | Draga Stamejcic | ![]() | 6.19 metres | 1031 | 3876 | 5 |
6 | Ingrid Becker | ![]() | 6.17 metres | 1027 | 3749 | 10 |
7 | Galina Bystrova | ![]() | 6.11 metres | 1014 | 4069 | 2 |
8 | Maria Siziakova | ![]() | 5.94 metres | 975 | 3761 | 7 |
9 | Pat Winslow | ![]() | 5.90 metres | 966 | 3756 | 9 |
10 | Helen Frith | ![]() | 5.87 metres | 959 | 3697 | 11 |
11 | Amelia Hinten | ![]() | 5.82 metres | 948 | 3489 | 16 |
12 | Oddrun Hokland | ![]() | 5.79 metres | 941 | 3524 | 15 |
13 | Dianne Gerace | ![]() | 5.76 metres | 934 | 3674 | 13 |
14 | Chi Cheng | ![]() | 5.72 metres | 924 | 3369 | 18 |
15 | Denise Guenard | ![]() | 5.69 metres | 918 | 3697 | 11 |
16 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | ![]() | 5.60 metres | 897 | 3901 | 4 |
17 | Jennifer Wingerson | ![]() | 5.52 metres | 878 | 3546 | 14 |
18 | Takahashi Miyuki | ![]() | 5.51 metres | 875 | 3166 | 19 |
19 | Ulla Flegel | ![]() | 5.22 metres | 806 | 3476 | 17 |
20 | Lee Hak Ja | ![]() | 4.91 metres | 729 | 2925 | 20 |
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.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Mary Rand | ![]() | 24.2 seconds | 1007 | 5035 | 2 |
2 | Amelia Hinten | ![]() | 24.5 seconds | 977 | 4466 | 14 |
3 | Pat Winslow | ![]() | 24.6 seconds | 968 | 4724 | 7 |
Ingrid Becker | ![]() | 24.6 seconds | 968 | 4717 | 8 | |
Jennifer Wingerson | ![]() | 24.6 seconds | 968 | 4514 | 13 | |
6 | Irina Press | ![]() | 24.7 seconds | 959 | 5246 | 1 |
7 | Helga Hoffmann | ![]() | 25.0 seconds | 932 | 4737 | 6 |
8 | Draga Stamejcic | ![]() | 25.2 seconds | 914 | 4790 | 5 |
9 | Oddrun Hokland | ![]() | 25.3 seconds | 905 | 4429 | 16 |
10 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | ![]() | 25.4 seconds | 896 | 4797 | 4 |
11 | Galina Bystrova | ![]() | 25.5 seconds | 887 | 4956 | 3 |
12 | Helen Frith | ![]() | 25.8 seconds | 860 | 4557 | 11 |
Chi Cheng | ![]() | 25.8 seconds | 860 | 4229 | 17 | |
14 | Nina Hansen | ![]() | 25.9 seconds | 851 | 4611 | 9 |
Denise Guenard | ![]() | 25.9 seconds | 851 | 4548 | 12 | |
16 | Maria Siziakova | ![]() | 26.3 seconds | 819 | 4580 | 10 |
17 | Dianne Gerace | ![]() | 26.9 seconds | 771 | 4445 | 15 |
18 | Takahashi Miyuki | ![]() | 27.2 seconds | 748 | 3914 | 18 |
19 | Lee Hak Ja | ![]() | 27.5 seconds | 724 | 3649 | 19 |
— | Ulla Flegel | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 3476 | — |
Final standings
Place | Athlete | Nation | Points |
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1 | Irina Press | ![]() | 5246 WR |
2 | Mary Rand | ![]() | 5035 |
3 | Galina Bystrova | ![]() | 4956 |
4 | Mary Elizabeth Peters | ![]() | 4797 |
5 | Draga Stamejcic | ![]() | 4790 |
6 | Helga Hoffmann | ![]() | 4737 |
7 | Pat Winslow | ![]() | 4724 |
8 | Ingrid Becker | ![]() | 4717 |
9 | Nina Hansen | ![]() | 4611 |
10 | Maria Siziakova | ![]() | 4580 |
11 | Helen Frith | ![]() | 4557 |
12 | Denise Guenard | ![]() | 4548 |
13 | Jennifer Wingerson | ![]() | 4514 |
14 | Amelia Hinten | ![]() | 4466 |
15 | Dianne Gerace | ![]() | 4445 |
16 | Oddrun Hokland | ![]() | 4429 |
17 | Chi Cheng | ![]() | 4229 |
18 | Takahashi Miyuki | ![]() | 3914 |
19 | Lee Hak Ja | ![]() | 3649 |
— | Ulla Flegel | ![]() | Did not finish 3476 after 4 events |
References
- Official Report