1954 European Athletics Championships / Women's Pentathlon

5th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Women's Pentathlon
city	Bern
Stadion	Neufeld Stadium
Participants	20 athletes from 12 countries
Competition phase	August 26-27
Medalists
gold	Alexandra Tschudina ( URS )
silver	Maria Sander ( FRG )
bronze	Maria Sturm ( FRG )

Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern

The women's pentathlon at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held on August 26 and 27, 1954 in the Neufeld Stadium in Bern .

With silver and bronze there were two medals for the Federal Republic of Germany. World record holder Alexandra Tschudina from the Soviet Union became the European champion . She won ahead of Maria Sander . Bronze went to Maria Sturm .

Records

Existing records

World record	4704 P 1954 value.	4407 P 1950 value.	4108 P 1985 value.	Soviet Union 1923 Alexandra Tschudina	Bucharest , Romania	August 8/9, 1953
European record
EM record	? 1954 value.	3204 P 1950 value.	3221 P 1985 value.	France 1944 Arlette Ben Hamo	EM in Brussels , Belgium	August 24-25, 1950

Record improvement

European champion Alexandra Tschudina improved the standing EM record to 4526 P - according to the current rating of 1985: 3754 P. Soviet Union 1923

execution

The five disciplines of the pentathlon took place over two days.

Time schedule
Day 1 - August 26th		Day 2 - August 27th
Shot put	10.30 a.m.	80 m hurdles	11.00 a.m.
high jump	2.30 p.m.	Long jump	5.15 p.m.
200 m	5 p.m.

The scoring was based on a point table valid from 1952 to 1954.

Result

August 26-27, 1954

space	Surname	nation	Points official scoring	Points 1985 rating	Bullet poking	High jump	200 m	Status after day 1 (P)	80 m hurdles	Long jump
1	Alexandra Tschudina	Soviet Union 1923 Soviet Union	4526 CR	3754	13.21 m 935 p	1.58 m 923 P.	25.9 s 851 P.	2709	12.0 s 890 p	5.73 m 927 p
2	Maria Sander	Germany BR BR Germany	4485 PB	3726	12.09 m 869 p	1.44 m 768 p	25.1 s 923 p	2552	11.2 s 1011 P.	5.71 m 922 p
3	Maria Sturm	Germany BR BR Germany	4357 PB	3574	11.88 m 847 p	1.54 m 880 p	26.2 s 827 P.	2554	11.9 s 904 P.	5.61 m 899 p
4th	Lena stump	Germany BR BR Germany	4336 PB	3571	12.48 m 887 p	1.44 m 768 p	25.9 s 851 P.	2506	12.2 s 862 P.	5.91 m 968 p
5	Sofja Burdulenko	Soviet Union 1923 Soviet Union	4265 PB	3468	12.48 m 887 p	1.47 m 802 P	26.2 s 827 P.	2516	11.6 s 948 p	5.20 m 801 P
6th	Maria Ilwicka	Poland 1944 Poland	4233 SB	3469	11.14 m 795 p	1.41 m 733 p	25.8 s 860 p	2388	11.8 s 918 p	5.73 m 927 p
7th	Nina Vinogradova	Soviet Union 1923 Soviet Union	4220 SB	3432	11.26 m 804 P.	1.47 m 802 P	25.9 s 851 P.	2457	11.9 s 904 P.	5.44 m 859 p
8th	Marthe Lambert	France 1946 France	4203 PB	3419	10.81 m 772 p	1.50 m 836 p	26.4 s 811 P.	2419	11.9 s 904 P.	5.53 m 880 p
9	Olga Modrachová	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	4189 SB	3395	10.52 m 751 P.	1.60 m 948 p	26.4 s 808 P.	2507	12.2 s 862 P.	5.28 m 820 p
10	Mira Tuce	Yugoslavia Yugoslavia	4176 SB	3380	11.08 m 791 P.	1.50 m 836 p	26.0 s 843 p	2470	12.4 s 835 p	5.49 m 871 P
11	Arlette Ben Hamo	France 1946 France	4106 PB	3312	10.70 m 764 P.	1.47 m 802 P	26.5 s 803 P.	2369	11.9 s 904 P.	5.33 m 833 p
12	Trude Wareka	Austria Austria	3992 PB	3214	9.49 m 675 p	1.44 m 768 p	26.6 s 795 P.	2238	12.1 s 876 P.	5.52 m 878 P.
13	Alena Holarkova	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	3991 PB	3185	10.00 m	1.56 m 902 P	26.9 s	2386	12.1 s 876 P.	4.91 m 729 p
14th	Gretel Bolliger	Switzerland Switzerland	3963 PB	3155	11.39 m 813 p	1.41 m 733 p	26.9 s 771 P.	2317	12.2 s 862 P.	5.13 m 784 P.
15th	Jorun Tangen	Norway Norway	3928 SB	3129	10.34 m 738 p	1.41 m 733 p	26.3 s 819 p	2290	12.2 s 862 P.	5.10 m 776 P
15th	Stina Cronholm	Sweden Sweden	3928 SB	3105	9.83 m	1.47 m 802 P	26.7 s 787 P.		12.3 s 848 p	5.08 m
17th	Fani Argiriou	Kingdom of Greece Greece	3776 PB	2957	11.19 m 799 p	1.41 m 733 p	28.5 s 653 P.	2185	12.8 s 783 P.	5.23 m 808 P
18th	Alice Bernard	Switzerland Switzerland	3498 PB	2709	9.41 m	1.30 m	26.7 s 787 P.		13.1 s 747 P.	4.79 m
DNF	Alda Rossi	Italy Italy			11.03 m 788 p	1.44 m 768 p	DNS
DNF	Elżbieta Duńska	Poland 1944 Poland

For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved in 1985 according to the current rating system are also listed for comparison. With regard to the placements, there would have been a shift afterwards:
the fifth-placed Sofja Burdulenko and the sixth-placed Maria Ilwicka would have had to swap places.

But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

European champion Alexandra Tschudina - also fifth in the javelin throw , second in the long jump and sixth in the high jump
Maria Ilwicka - also sixth in the long jump - also came in the pentathlon to sixth place
The 1950 European champion Arlette Ben Hamo finished eleventh this time

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 21, 2019
Women Pentathlon European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 21, 2019
V European Championship, Bern 1954 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 21, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, pentathlon women on sportschau.de, accessed on April 21, 2019
5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 21, 2019

References and comments

↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Pentathlon , p. 77 (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on April 21, 2019 (French / English)

[Rekord-1] Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Pentathlon , p. 77 (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on April 21, 2019 (French / English)

5th European Athletics Championships

discipline	Women's Pentathlon
city	Switzerland Bern
Stadion	Neufeld Stadium
Participants	20 athletes from 12 countries
Competition phase	August 26-27
Medalists
gold	Alexandra Tschudina ( URS ) Soviet Union 1923
silver	Maria Sander ( FRG ) Germany BR
bronze	Maria Sturm ( FRG ) Germany BR