European Athletics Championships 1966 / women's pentathlon

discipline	Women's Pentathlon
city	Budapest
Stadion	Népstadion
Participants	25 athletes from 19 countries
Competition phase	August 31/1. September
Medalists
gold	Valentina Tikhomirova ( URS )
silver	Heide Rosendahl ( FRG )
bronze	Inge Exner ( GDR )

The Népstadion at an event
in 1953

The women's pentathlon at the European Athletics Championships in 1966 was played on August 31 and September 1, 1966 in Budapest's Népstadion .

European champion was Valentina Tichomirowa from the Soviet Union. She won ahead of the German athlete Heide Rosendahl . Bronze went to Inge Exner from the GDR.

Existing records

World record	5246 P 1962 value.	5287 P 1985 value.	Soviet Union 1955 Irina Press	OS Tokyo 1964 , Japan	8/9 October 1961
European record
EM record	4833 P 1954 value.	4324 P 1985 value.	Soviet Union 1955 Galina Bystrowa	EM Belgrade , Yugoslavia	13./14. September 1962

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

execution

The five disciplines of the pentathlon took place over two days.
Day 1 - August 31: 80-meter hurdles , shot put , high jump
Day 2 - September 1: long jump , 200-meter run

The scoring was based on a point table valid from 1962.

For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved for the heptathlon according to the current rating system from 1985 are listed for comparison . After that there would have been other placements:

The fifth-placed Annamária Tóth would have won bronze.
The third-placed Inge Exner would be fifth.
The ninth-placed Brit Ann Wilson would be eighth ahead of the tenth-placed Norwegian Oddrun Hokland.
Denise Guénard, who was eighth, would have to be content with tenth place.
The two athletes in 21st place (Marjana Lubej) and 22nd (Magaly Vettorazzo) should have swapped their ranks.

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

Result

August 31/1. September 1966

space	Surname	nation	Points official scoring	Points 1985 rating	80 m hurdles	Bullet poking	High jump	Status after day 1 (P)	Long jump	200 m
1	Valentina Tikhomirova	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	4787 SB	4057	11.5 s 963 P.	13.17 m 932 p	1.65 m 996 p	2891 (1.)	6.01 m 991 P.	25.0 s 905 P.
2	Heide Rosendahl	Germany BR BR Germany	4765 SB	4048	11.4 s 979 P.	11.87 m 846 p	1.56 m 902 P	2727 (5.)	6.28 m 1051 P.	24.4 s 987 P.
3	Inge Exner	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	4713 PB	3984	11.6 s 948 p	11.93 m 850 p	1.62 m 965 p	2763 (2.)	6.13 m 1018 p	25.0 s 932 p
4th	Mary Rand	United Kingdom Great Britain	4711 SB	4001	11.2 s 1011 P.	10.68 m 763 P.	1.62 m 965 p	2739 (4.)	6.19 m 1031 p	24.9 s 941 p
5	Annamária Tóth	Hungary 1957 Hungary	4704 SB	4005	11.4 s 979 P.	11.59 m 827 p	1.59 m 934 p	2740 (3.)	6.03 m 996 P.	24.6 s 968 P.
6th	Gerda Mittenzwei	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	4675 PB	3950	11.3 s 995 p	11.51 m 821 p	1.56 m 902 P	2718 (6.)	6.16 m 1025 p	25.0 s 932 p
7th	Meta antennas	Switzerland Switzerland	4535 SB	3815	11.1 s 1027 p	9.74 m 694 p	1.59 m 934 p	2655 (8.)	6.02 m 993 p	25.5 s 887 P
8th	Denise Guénard	France France	4483 SB	3722	11.2 s 1011 P.	11.05 m 795 p	1.56 m 902 P	2708 (7.)	5.64 m 906 P	25.7 s 869 P.
9	Ann Wilson	United Kingdom Great Britain	4482 SB	3761	11.2 s 1011 P.	9.90 m 706 P	1.53 m 869 p	2586 (12.)	6.09 m 1009 p	26.3 s 819 p
10	Oddrun Hokland	Norway Norway	4470 PB	3737	11.6 s 948 p	10.64 m 760 p	1.59 m 934 p	2642 (9.)	6.09 m 1009 p	26.3 s 819 p
11	Olga Fomenkova	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	4406 PB	3655	11.4 s 979 P.	11.53 m 822 p	1.45 m 780 p	2581 (13.)	5.89 m 965 p	25.8 s 860 p
12	Nina Hansen	Denmark Denmark	4402 SB	3648	11.3 s 995 p	10.89 m 778 p	1.53 m 869 p	2642 (9.)	5.79 m 941 p	26.3 s 819 p
13	Sirkka Norrlund	Finland Finland	4365 PB	3617	11.3 s 1005 P.	9.65 m 677 p	1.50 m 836 p	2518	5.72 m 924 p	25.1 s 923 p
14th	Elena Vintilă	Romania 1952 Romania	4323 SB	3595	11.5 s 963 P.	9.24 m 655 p	1.56 m 902 P	2520	, 98 m 984 P	26.3 s 819 p
15th	Mirosława Sarna	Poland 1944 Poland	4306 PB	3564	12.3 s	9.31 m	1.53 m 869 p	2378	6.03 m 996 P.	25.0 s 932 p
16	Łucja Noworyta	Poland 1944 Poland	4280 PB	3524	11.9 s 904 P.	9.98 m	1.56 m 902 P		5.84 m 952 p	26.4 s
16	Michele Bonnaire	France France	4280 PB	3487	11.6 s 948 p	11.54 m 823 p	1.53 m 869 p	2640 (11.)	5.25 m 813 p	26.2 s 827 P.
18th	Margit Papp	Hungary 1957 Hungary	4240 SB	3451	12.2 s 862 P.	11.80 m 841 p	1.50 m 836 p	2539	5.64 m	26.6 s
19th	Rita Vanherck	Belgium Belgium	4168 PB	3413	11.9 s 904 P.	8.66 m	1.62 m 965 p		5.52 m 878 P.	26.4 s
20th	Monique Bantegny	France France	4143 PB	3436	12.0 s 890 p	11.67 m 832 p	1.59 m 934 p	2656	4.93 m 636 p	25.9 s 851 P.
21st	Marjana Lubej	Yugoslavia Yugoslavia	4141 PB	3377	11.5 s 963 P.	9.50 m	1.45 m 780 p		5.46 m	25.8 s 860 p
22nd	Magaly Vettorazzo	Italy Italy	4120 PB	3390	11.5 s 963 P.	8.96 m 634 p	1.35 m 660 p	2257	5.71 m 922 p	24.9 s 941 p
23	Zhuljeta Muco	Albania 1946 Albania	3834 PB	3027	12.4 s	10.02 m	1.45 m 780 p		5.15 m	27.6 s
24	Sigrún Sæmundsdóttir	Iceland Iceland	3162 PB	2369	14.0 s	7.01 m	1.45 m 780 p		4.53 m	28.8 s
DNF	Charoula Sassayanni	Kingdom of Greece Greece			11.9 s 904 P.	8.78 m	DNS

Vice European Champion Heide Rosendahl - 1971 European Champion, 1972 Olympic runner-up / numerous other successes , especially in the long jump
Bronze medalist Inge Exner
The 1964 Olympic runner-up Mary Rand finished fourth
Oddrun Hokland - eliminated in the long jump in qualification - reached tenth place

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 at european-athletics.org, accessed June 3, 2019
Women Pentathlon European Championship 1966 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed June 3, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women Pentathlon European Championship 1969 Athens, p. 404 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on June 3, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1966, pentathlon women on sportschau.de, accessed on June 3, 2019
8th European Athletics Championships 1966 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on June 3, 2019

References and comments

↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Pentathlon , p. 78 (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on June 3, 2019 (French / English)

[Rekord-1] Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Pentathlon , p. 78 (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on June 3, 2019 (French / English)



discipline	Women's Pentathlon
city	Hungary 1957 Budapest
Stadion	Népstadion
Participants	25 athletes from 19 countries
Competition phase	August 31/1. September
Medalists
gold	Valentina Tikhomirova ( URS ) Soviet Union 1955
silver	Heide Rosendahl ( FRG ) Germany BR
bronze	Inge Exner ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949