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, with Rosendahl narrowly defeating Pollack, by 24 points at the 1971 European Athletics Championships. 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
The best scores for each event are highlighted. 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Women's pentathlon Women's pentathlon

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