1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pentathlon (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Pentathlon
gender	Women
Attendees	20 athletes from 15 countries
Competition location	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	16./17. October 1964
Medalists Irina Press ( URS )   Mary Rand ( GBR )   Galina Bystrowa ( URS )

The women's pentathlon at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo was played on October 16 and 17, 1964 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. 20 athletes took part. This discipline was held in Tokyo for the first time at the Olympic Games.

The first Olympic champion was Irina Press from the Soviet Union. She won ahead of the British Mary Rand and Galina Bystrowa , also from the Soviet Union.

Two Germans and one Austrian started, athletes from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part. Helga Hoffmann came in sixth and Ingrid Becker in eighth place. The Austrian Ulla Flegel pulled a muscle in the final 200-meter run, did not reach the finish and thus fell in last place in the overall standings.

Existing records

World record	5194 points	Irina Press	Soviet Union	Kiev , Soviet Union (now Ukraine )	29./30. August 1964
Olympic record	There was not yet an Olympic record for the pentathlon , as this competition was held in Tokyo for the first time.

Conducting the competition

Like today the heptathlon and the decathlon for men, the competition was held over two days. Day one - here October 16 - is reserved for the 80-meter hurdles , the shot put and the high jump . On the second day - here October 17th - the long jump and the 200-meter run take place. The basis for the scoring was the pentathlon table modified in 1962. If there was a tie in the final bill, the number of better placements decided.

Time schedule

October 16, 10 a.m .: 80-meter hurdles

October 16, 10:30 a.m .: Shot put

October 16, 3 p.m .: high jump

October 17, 2 p.m .: long jump

October 17, 4:20 p.m .: 200-meter run

Note: All times are Tokyo local time (UTC + 9)

Participants

20 athletes from 15 countries took part in the Olympic competition:

Surname	nation
Ingrid Becker	Germany
Galina Bystrowa	Soviet Union
Chi Cheng	Taiwan
Pat Daniels	United States
Ulla Flegel	Austria
Helen Frith	Australia
Dianne Gerace	Canada
Denise Guénard	France
Nina Hansen	Denmark
Lia behind	Netherlands
Helga Hoffmann	Germany
Oddrun Hokland	Norway
Lee Hak-yes	South Korea
Mary Peters	Great Britain
Irina Press	Soviet Union
Mary Rand	Great Britain
Maria Sissyakova	Soviet Union
Draga Stamejčič	Yugoslavia
Miyuki Takahashi	Japan
Jenny Wingerson	Canada

Disciplines

80 meter hurdles

Scene from run 3 (from left to right) Oddrun Hokland, Dianne Gerace, Irina Press and Ulla Flegel

The discipline was carried out in six runs.

Classification space Surname time Points 01 Bystrowa 10.7 s 1096 Press 03 edge 10.9 s 1061 Stamejčič 05 Peters 11.0 s 1044 06th Cheng 11.1 s 1027 Guénard Hansen Sissyakova 10 Hoffmann 11.2 s 1011 11 Back 11.3 s 995 Wingerson 13 Becker 11.6 s 948 14th Frith 11.9 s 904 Gerace 16 Daniels 12.0 s 890 Hokland Takahashi 19th Flail 12.2 s 862 20th lee 12.6 s 809

Shot put

Olympic champion Irina Press, USSR, won the 80-meter hurdles and the shot put

Classification space Surname Expanse Points 01 Press 17.16 m 1173 02 Peters 14.48 m 1015 03 Bystrowa 14.47 m 1014 04th Daniels 13.04 m 924 05 Stamejčič 12.73 m 904 06th Wingerson 12.06 m 859 07th Sissyakova 11.87 m 846 08th Flail 11.66 m 832 09 Becker 11.62 m 829 10 Guénard 11.30 m 807 11 Hansen 11.26 m 804 12 Gerace 11.19 m 799 13 Frith 11.16 m 797 14th edge 11.05 m 789 15th Back 10.72 m 766 16 Hoffmann 10.67 m 762 17th lee 10.19 m 727 18th Hokland 10.05 m 717 19th Cheng 9.79 m 697 20th Takahashi 9.56 m 680

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Press 2269 02 Bystrowa 2110 03 Peters 2059 04th Stamejčič 1965 05 Sissyakova 1873 06th Wingerson 1854 07th edge 1850 08th Guénard 1834 09 Hansen 1831 10 Daniels 1814 11 Becker 1777 12 Hoffmann 1773 13 Back 1761 14th Cheng 1724 15th Gerace 1703 16 Frith 1701 17th Flail 1694 18th Hokland 1607 19th Takahashi 1570 20th lee 1536

high jump

The British Mary Rand won the high and long jump as well as the 200-meter run. Although she was able to reduce Irina Press's enormous lead, she was unable to catch up, so she finished second.

Classification space Surname height Points 01 edge 1.72 m 1067 02 Frith 1.69 m 1037 Gerace 04th Daniels 1.63 m 976 Flail Hokland Press 08th Becker 1.60 m 945 Bystrowa Guénard Hoffmann Peters 13 Sissyakova 1.57 m 913 14th Hansen 1.54 m 880 Stamejčič 16 Wingerson 1.48 m 814 17th Back 1.45 m 780 18th Cheng 1.40 m 721 Takahashi 20th lee 1.35 m 660

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Press 3245 02 Bystrowa 3055 03 Peters 3004 04th edge 2917 05 Stamejčič 2845 06th Daniels 2790 07th Sissyakova 2786 08th Guénard 2779 09 Gerace 2740 10 Frith 2738 11 Becker 2722 12 Hoffmann 2718 13 Hansen 2711 14th Flail 2670 15th Wingerson 2668 16 Hokland 2583 17th Back 2541 18th Cheng 2445 19th Takahashi 2291 20th lee 2196

Long jump

Classification space Surname Expanse Points 01 edge 6.55 m 1111 02 Hoffmann 6.44 m 1087 03 Hansen 6.27 m 1049 04th Press 6.24 m 1042 05 Stamejčič 6.19 m 1031 06th Becker 6.17 m 1027 07th Bystrowa 6.11 m 1014 08th Sissyakova 5.94 m 975 09 Daniels 5.90 m 966 10 Frith 5.87 m 959 11 Back 5.82 m 948 12 Hokland 5.79 m 941 13 Gerace 5.76 m 934 14th Cheng 5.72 m 924 15th Guénard 5.69 m 918 16 Peters 5.60 m 897 17th Wingerson 5.52 m 878 18th Takahashi 5.51 m 875 19th Flail 5.22 m 806 20th lee 4.91 m 729

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Press 4287 02 Bystrowa 4069 03 edge 4028 04th Peters 3901 05 Stamejčič 3876 06th Hoffmann 3805 07th Sissyakova 3761 08th Hansen 3760 09 Daniels 3756 10 Becker 3749 11 Frith 3697 12 Guénard 3697 13 Gerace 3674 14th Wingerson 3546 15th Hokland 3524 16 Back 3489 17th Flail 3476 18th Cheng 3369 19th Takahashi 3166 20th lee 2925

200 meter run

Lia Hinten, Netherlands, runner-up in the 200-meter run , came in fourteen in the final round

The discipline was carried out in six runs.

Classification space Surname time Points 01 edge 24.2 s 1007 02 Back 24.5 s 977 03 Becker 24.6 s 968 Daniels Wingerson 06th Press 24.7 s 959 07th Hoffmann 25.0 s 932 08th Stamejčič 25.2 s 914 09 Hokland 25.3 s 905 10 Peters 25.4 s 896 11 Bystrowa 25.5 s 887 12 Cheng 25.8 s 860 Frith 14th Guénard 25.9 s 851 Hansen 16 Sissyakova 26.3 s 819 17th Gerace 26.9 s 771 18th Takahashi 27.2 s 748 19th lee 27.5 s 724 19th Flail DNF 0

Bottom line

space	Surname	nation	Points	annotation
1	Irina Press	Soviet Union	5246	WR
2	Mary Rand	Great Britain	5035
3	Galina Bystrowa	Soviet Union	4956
4th	Mary Peters	Great Britain	4797
5	Draga Stamejčič	Yugoslavia	4790
6th	Helga Hoffmann	Germany	4737
7th	Pat Daniels	United States	4724
8th	Ingrid Becker	Germany	4717
9	Nina Hansen	Denmark	4611
10	Maria Sissyakova	Soviet Union	4580
11	Helen Frith	Australia	4557
12	Denise Guénard	France	4548
13	Jenny Wingerson	Canada	4514
14th	Lia behind	Netherlands	4466
15th	Dianne Gerace	Canada	4445
16	Oddrun Hokland	Norway	4429
17th	Chi Cheng	Taiwan	4229
18th	Miyuki Takahashi	Japan	3914
19th	Lee Hak-yes	South Korea	3649
20th	Ulla Flegel	Austria	3476

Date: 16./17. October 1964

The Pentathlon of Tokyo developed on the first four places in a international match between Great Britain and the Soviet Union. However, two pentathletes stood out in particular: the world record holder Irina Press, USSR, and the British Mary Rand. Press won the first two disciplines in which she also competed in the individual competitions in Tokyo, the 80-meter hurdles and the shot put . After that she had a lead of 159 points over her compatriot Galina Bystrowa. At the edge the difference was even 419 points. The British, Olympic champion in the long jump , was able to win the remaining three disciplines, but made 'only' 208 points, because Irina Press also performed very well here. After her gold medal in the 80 meter hurdles four years ago, Irina Press became the first female Olympic champion in the women's all-around event. With her winning performance she set a new world record . After gold in the long jump, Mary Rand won silver in the pentathlon. Bronze in the 4 x 100 meter relay was added on the final day of athletics. The Fünfkamp bronze medal went to Galina Bystrowa and the British Mary Peters came fourth. She had her greatest success eight years later when she became an Olympic champion in the pentathlon. With Ingrid Becker in eighth place, the upcoming five-man Olympic champion was also there in this competition.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 309f

Web links

• SportsReference pentathlon
• Official report of the Olympic Games 1964 p. 104 engl. (PDF), accessed on October 31, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 309
2. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 17 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 31, 2017 
3. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 104 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 31, 2017 
4. ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 31, 2017