Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's pentathlon

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Athletics at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10000 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:

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

Contents

[edit] Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
Soviet Union Irina Press
Soviet Union		 Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mary Rand
Great Britain and Northern Ireland		 Soviet Union Galina Bystrova
Soviet Union

[edit] Results

[edit] First day

[edit] 80 metre hurdles

Place Athlete Nation Time Points
Event Total Rank
1 Galina Bystrova Soviet Union Soviet Union 10.7 seconds 1096 1096 1
Irina Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 10.7 seconds 1096 1096 1
3 Mary Rand Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10.9 seconds 1061 1061 3
Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 10.9 seconds 1061 1061 3
5 Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.0 seconds 1044 1044 5
6 Chi Cheng Republic of China Republic of China 11.1 seconds 1027 1027 6
Denise Guenard France France 11.1 seconds 1027 1027 6
Nina Hansen Denmark Denmark 11.1 seconds 1027 1027 6
Maria Siziakova Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 11.1 seconds 1027 1027 6
10 Helga Hoffmann Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 11.2 seconds 1011 1011 10
11 Amelia Hinten Netherlands Netherlands 11.3 seconds 995 995 11
Jennifer Wingerson Canada Canada 11.3 seconds 995 995 11
13 Ingrid Becker Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 11.6 seconds 948 948 13
14 Helen Frith Australia Australia 11.9 seconds 904 904 14
Dianne Gerace Canada Canada 11.9 seconds 904 904 14
16 Oddrun Hokland Norway Norway 12.0 seconds 890 890 16
Takahashi Miyuki Japan Japan 12.0 seconds 890 890 16
Billee Winslow United States United States 12.0 seconds 890 890 16
19 Ulla Flegel Austria Austria 12.2 seconds 862 862 19
20 Lee Hak Ja Korea Korea 12.6 seconds 809 809 20

[edit] 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
Event Total Rank
1 Irina Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 17.16 metres 1173 2269 1
2 Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.48 metres 1015 2059 3
3 Galina Bystrova Soviet Union Soviet Union 14.47 metres 1014 2110 2
4 Billee Winslow United States United States 13.04 metres 924 1814 10
5 Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 12.73 metres 904 1965 4
6 Jennifer Wingerson Canada Canada 12.06 metres 859 1854 6
7 Maria Siziakova Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 11.87 metres 846 1873 5
8 Ulla Flegel Austria Austria 11.66 metres 832 1694 17
9 Ingrid Becker Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 11.62 metres 829 1777 11
10 Denise Guenard France France 11.30 metres 807 1834 8
11 Nina Hansen Denmark Denmark 11.26 metres 804 1831 9
12 Dianne Gerace Canada Canada 11.19 metres 799 1703 15
13 Helen Frith Australia Australia 11.16 metres 797 1701 16
14 Mary Rand Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.05 metres 789 1850 7
15 Amelia Hinten Netherlands Netherlands 10.72 metres 766 1761 13
16 Helga Hoffmann Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 10.67 metres 762 1773 12
17 Lee Hak Ja Korea Korea 10.19 metres 727 1536 20
18 Oddrun Hokland Norway Norway 10.05 metres 717 1607 18
19 Chi Cheng Republic of China Republic of China 9.79 metres 697 1724 14
20 Takahashi Miyuki Japan Japan 9.56 metres 680 1570 19

[edit] High jump

Place Athlete Nation Height Points
Event Total Rank
1 Mary Rand Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.72 metres 1067 2917 4
2 Dianne Gerace Canada Canada 1.69 metres 1037 2740 9
Helen Frith Australia Australia 1.69 metres 1037 2738 10
4 Irina Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 1.63 metres 976 3245 1
Billee Winslow United States United States 1.63 metres 976 2790 6
Ulla Flegel Austria Austria 1.63 metres 976 2670 14
Oddrun Hokland Norway Norway 1.63 metres 976 2583 16
8 Galina Bystrova Soviet Union Soviet Union 1.60 metres 945 3055 2
Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.60 metres 945 3004 3
Denise Guenard France France 1.60 metres 945 2779 8
Ingrid Becker Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 1.60 metres 945 2722 11
Helga Hoffmann Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 1.60 metres 945 2718 12
13 Maria Siziakova Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 1.57 metres 913 2786 7
14 Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1.54 metres 880 2845 5
Nina Hansen Denmark Denmark 1.54 metres 880 2711 13
16 Jennifer Wingerson Canada Canada 1.48 metres 814 2668 15
17 Amelia Hinten Netherlands Netherlands 1.45 metres 780 2541 17
18 Chi Cheng Republic of China Republic of China 1.40 metres 721 2445 18
Takahashi Miyuki Japan Japan 1.40 metres 721 2291 19
20 Lee Hak Ja Korea Korea 1.35 metres 660 2196 20

[edit] 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. Billee 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

[edit] Second day

[edit] 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
Event Total Rank
1 Mary Rand Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.55 metres 1111 4028 3
2 Helga Hoffmann Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 6.44 metres 1087 3805 6
3 Nina Hansen Denmark Denmark 6.27 metres 1049 3760 8
4 Irina Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 6.24 metres 1042 4287 1
5 Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 6.19 metres 1031 3876 5
6 Ingrid Becker Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 6.17 metres 1027 3749 10
7 Galina Bystrova Soviet Union Soviet Union 6.11 metres 1014 4069 2
8 Maria Siziakova Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 5.94 metres 975 3761 7
9 Billee Winslow United States United States 5.90 metres 966 3756 9
10 Helen Frith Australia Australia 5.87 metres 959 3697 11
11 Amelia Hinten Netherlands Netherlands 5.82 metres 948 3489 16
12 Oddrun Hokland Norway Norway 5.79 metres 941 3524 15
13 Dianne Gerace Canada Canada 5.76 metres 934 3674 13
14 Chi Cheng Republic of China Republic of China 5.72 metres 924 3369 18
15 Denise Guenard France France 5.69 metres 918 3697 11
16 Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.60 metres 897 3901 4
17 Jennifer Wingerson Canada Canada 5.52 metres 878 3546 14
18 Takahashi Miyuki Japan Japan 5.51 metres 875 3166 19
19 Ulla Flegel Austria Austria 5.22 metres 806 3476 17
20 Lee Hak Ja Korea Korea 4.91 metres 729 2925 20

[edit] 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
Event Total Rank
1 Mary Rand Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24.2 seconds 1007 5035 2
2 Amelia Hinten Netherlands Netherlands 24.5 seconds 977 4466 14
3 Billee Winslow United States United States 24.6 seconds 968 4724 7
Ingrid Becker Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 24.6 seconds 968 4717 8
Jennifer Wingerson Canada Canada 24.6 seconds 968 4514 13
6 Irina Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 24.7 seconds 959 5246 1
7 Helga Hoffmann Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 25.0 seconds 932 4737 6
8 Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 25.2 seconds 914 4790 5
9 Oddrun Hokland Norway Norway 25.3 seconds 905 4429 16
10 Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25.4 seconds 896 4797 4
11 Galina Bystrova Soviet Union Soviet Union 25.5 seconds 887 4956 3
12 Helen Frith Australia Australia 25.8 seconds 860 4557 11
Chi Cheng Republic of China Republic of China 25.8 seconds 860 4229 17
14 Nina Hansen Denmark Denmark 25.9 seconds 851 4611 9
Denise Guenard France France 25.9 seconds 851 4548 12
16 Maria Siziakova Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 26.3 seconds 819 4580 10
17 Dianne Gerace Canada Canada 26.9 seconds 771 4445 15
18 Takahashi Miyuki Japan Japan 27.2 seconds 748 3914 18
19 Lee Hak Ja Korea Korea 27.5 seconds 724 3649 19
— Ulla Flegel Austria Austria Withdrew — 3476 —

[edit] Final standings

Place Athlete Nation Points
1 Irina Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 5246 WR
2 Mary Rand Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5035
3 Galina Bystrova Soviet Union Soviet Union 4956
4 Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4797
5 Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 4790
6 Helga Hoffmann Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 4737
7 Billee Winslow United States United States 4724
8 Ingrid Becker Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 4717
9 Nina Hansen Denmark Denmark 4611
10 Maria Siziakova Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 4580
11 Helen Frith Australia Australia 4557
12 Denise Guenard France France 4548
13 Jennifer Wingerson Canada Canada 4514
14 Amelia Hinten Netherlands Netherlands 4466
15 Dianne Gerace Canada Canada 4445
16 Oddrun Hokland Norway Norway 4429
17 Chi Cheng Republic of China Republic of China 4229
18 Takahashi Miyuki Japan Japan 3914
19 Lee Hak Ja Korea Korea 3649
— Ulla Flegel Austria Austria Did not finish
3476 after 4 events

[edit] References

  • Official Report