The women's
modern pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is an Summer Olympics, Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, Laser pistol (sport), laser pistol shooting, and ...
at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
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took place at the
Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in
Goudi Olympic Complex 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
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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
Jeļena Rubļevska (born 23 March 1976) is a Latvian modern pentathlete. She won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
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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
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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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As standard time (year-round)
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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