Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon

The Women's pentathlon competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 25–26 July. After four of the five events, with only the 200 metres remaining, the top 8 of the 19 competitors were separated by less than 100 points:

  • Nadiya Tkachenko - 3788
  • Lyudmila Popovskaya - 3772
  • Burglinde Pollak - 3768
  • Diane Jones - 3764
  • Christine Laser - 3757
  • Margit Papp - 3726
  • Siegrun Siegl - 3718
  • Jane Frederick - 3693
Women's pentathlon
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates25 & 26 July
Competitors20 from 13 nations
Winning result4745
Medalists
Siegrun Siegl
 East Germany
Christine Laser
 East Germany
Burglinde Pollak
 East Germany
Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

All of the leaders were matched against each other in the final heat. After the point scoring was calculated, Siegl and Laser had finished =1st with 4745 points, with Pollak 3rd with 4740 points.[1] Siegl was awarded the gold medal on the basis of having scored more points than Laser in three of the five events (100 metres hurdles, long jump and 200 metres)[2]. Had Pollak run the 200 metres in 23.58 instead of 23.64, then she would have won the gold medal. While Siegl jumped from seventh to first in one event, Tkachenko had the misfortune of dropping from first to fifth in less than 25 seconds.[1]

Results
Rank Athlete Points 100h SP HJ LJ 200
 Siegrun Siegl (GDR) 4745 13.31 12.92 1.74 6.49 23.09
 Christine Laser (GDR) 4745 13.55 14.29 1.78 6.27 23.48
 Burglinde Pollak (GDR) 4740 13.30 16.25 1.64 6.30 23.64
4  Lyudmila Popovskaya (URS) 4700 13.33 15.02 1.74 6.19 24.10
5  Nadiya Tkachenko (URS) 4669 13.41 14.90 1.80 6.08 24.61
6  Diane Jones (CAN) 4582 13.79 14.58 1.80 6.29 25.33
7  Jane Frederick (USA) 4566 13.54 14.55 1.76 5.99 24.70
8  Margit Papp (HUN) 4535 14.14 14.80 1.78 6.35 25.43
9  Penka Sokolova (BUL) 4394 13.32 13.70 1.64 5.93 24.95
10  Margot Eppinger (FRG) 4352 13.97 12.75 1.68 6.07 24.61
11  Djurdja Focic (YUG) 4314 14.48 12.65 1.68 6.28 24.78
12  Susan Longden (GBR) 4276 13.91 10.87 1.71 5.92 24.20
13  Gale Fitzgerald (USA) 4263 14.16 12.51 1.68 5.89 24.73
14  Tatyana Vorokhobko (URS) 4245 13.31 13.08 1.74 4.97 24.85
15  Andrea Bruce (JAM) 4198 13.94 10.23 1.82 5.50 24.66
16  Ilona Bruzsenyák (HUN) 4193 14.00 10.86 1.71 6.04 25.30
17  Marilyn King (USA) 4165 14.45 12.27 1.74 5.62 25.27
18  Miriama Tuisorisori (FIJ) 3827 14.78 9.38 1.55 5.84 24.89
19  Ana María Desevici (URU) 3628 15.49 10.60 1.60 5.28 26.45
 Edith Noeding (PER) DNF 14.06 11.41 1.64

References
  1. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0140066322.
  2. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Pentathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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