The Women's

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competition at the

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was held at the

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on October 15–16.

Competition format

The

consists of five

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events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the five components. The five event scores are summed to give a total for the pentathlon.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

Overall results

;Key:

References

External links

Official Olympic Report
''la84foundation.org''. Retrieved August 17, 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Women's pentathlon

Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek language, Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) (). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Anci ...

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1968 in women's athletics Women's events at the 1968 Summer Olympics