The women's
modern pentathlon at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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was held on Friday, August 22. Three venues were used:
Olympic Green Convention Center
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History
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(shooting and fencing),
Ying Tung Natatorium
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(swimming), and the
Olympic Sports Center Stadium (horse-riding and running).
Lena Schöneborn
Lena Schöneborn (born April 11, 1986 in Troisdorf, West Germany) is a German pentathlete, who won the gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is living in Berlin and besides Pentathlon she is studying Marketing. She ...
of Germany won the gold medal in the women's event, with a score of 5,792 points. Meanwhile,
Heather Fell
Heather Fell (born 3 March 1983 in Plymouth, England) is a former British modern pentathlete turned triathlete. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in the women's modern pentathlon event.
Early life
Fell grew up ...
claimed Great Britain's first ever silver medal, and fourth overall in the women's event.
Victoria Tereshchuk
Victoria Anatoliïvna Tereshchuk (''Терещук Вікторія Анатоліївна''; born 18 February 1982) is a female former modern pentathlete from Ukraine. A competitor since 1999 she was awarded a bronze medal in the women's moder ...
of Ukraine won the nation's first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon, taking the bronze, but was subsequently stripped of the medal after a doping re-test.
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 China Standard Time
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(UTC+8
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)
Results
References
External links
NBC Olympics – Official Results & Schedule
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Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics