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.
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.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 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