The women's pentathlon combined event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 2 & 3. The favorites going into the Olympics were Heide Rosendahl and

Burglinde Pollak Burglinde Pollak (later Grimm, born 10 June 1951) is a retired German pentathlete. She won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished sixth in 1980. At the European championships she won three silver medals, in 1971, 1974 and 1978. ...

. With Rosendahl narrowly defeating Pollack, by 24 points at the

1971 European Athletics Championships The 10th (X) European Athletics Championships were held from 10 August to 15 August 1971 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results ...

. The second event saw Mary Peters release a tremendous throw in the shot put catapulting her into lead, which she never relinquished.

Results

100m hurdles

Shot put

High jump

All heights in metres.

Long jump

200m

Final standings

Standings after Event 5
3 September 1972
Legend:M = Mark, P = Points Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; p = pass; x = fault; o = cleared; NM = no mark; DNF = did not finish; DNS = did not start; DQ = disqualified; T = tied

References

External links

Official report
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1972 in women's athletics Women's events at the 1972 Summer Olympics