The women's
modern pentathlon at the
2004 Summer Olympics took place at the
Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in
Goudi Olympic Complex Goudi Olympic Complex is a sports complex in Athens, Greece. It held two of the sports venues used during the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Goudi Olympic Hall
Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre
Post-Olympics development
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on 27 August. On its second appearance at the Olympics, thirty-two athletes from 21 nations participated in this event.
Zsuzsanna Vörös
Zsuzsanna Vörös (born 4 May 1977 in Székesfehérvár) is a retired Hungarian modern pentathlete who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Her score of 5448 is broken down as follows:
* Shooting—1120
* Fencing ...
of Hungary emerged as the top favorite in the women's event, and won the gold medal, with a score of 5,448 points. Meanwhile,
Jeļena Rubļevska set a historic milestone as the first female Latvian to win an Olympic medal, taking the silver in this event. Great Britain's
Georgina Harland claimed the nation's second Olympic bronze medal, and third overall for the women's.
Competition format
The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.
* Shooting: A 4.5 mm
air pistol
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shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target.
* Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch
épée
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competition. Score was based on winning percentage.
* Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time.
* Horse-riding: A
show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
* Running: A 3 km run. Starts are staggered (based on points from first four events), so that the first to cross the finish line wins.
Schedule
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2
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Results
* Did not finish the riding course because of the exceeding number of obstacle and time penalties
References
External links
BBC Sport – 2004 AthensOfficial Olympic ReportOfficial Results
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Women's
2004 in women's sport
Women's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics