Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's
The women's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held on 12 August. Three venues were used: the Copper Box, Aquatics Centre and Greenwich Park.
Laura Asadauskaitė from Lithuania won the gold medal, breaking an Olympic record with her final score of 5,408 points. Great Britain's Samantha Murray won silver, and fifth overall for the women's since 2000. Meanwhile, Yane Marques became Brazil's first Olympic medalist in modern pentathlon, taking the bronze. Belarus' Anastasiya Prokopenko set an Olympic record for the combined running and shooting event, with a time of 11:06.00, but finished only in sixth place.
Competition format
The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, all held on the same day. The format was slightly different from the typical modern pentathlon, with two events combined at the end.- Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning percentage.
- Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time.
- Riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
- Combined running/shooting: A 3 km run with pistol shooting every kilometre. Starts were staggered based on points from the previous three events.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, 12 August 2012 | 08:00 | Fencing |
| Sunday, 12 August 2012 | 12:35 | Swimming |
| Sunday, 12 August 2012 | 14:35 | Riding |
| Sunday, 12 August 2012 | 18:00 | Combined running/shooting |
Results
Thirty-six athletes participated.| Rank | Athlete | Country | Fencing Victories | Swimming Time | Riding Time | Combined Time | Total |
| Laura Asadauskaitė | 23 | 2:18.67 | 11:55.64 | 5408 | |||
| Samantha Murray | 18 | 2:08.20 | 12:00.59 | 5356 | |||
| Yane Marques | 21 | 2:12.39 | 12:12.08 | 5340 | |||
| Margaux Isaksen | 22 | 2:18.53 | 11:54.51 | 5332 | |||
| Chen Qian | 21 | 2:17.77 | 11:52.20 | 5324 | |||
| Anastasiya Prokopenko | 15 | 2:28.50 | 11:06.00 | 5256 | |||
| Chloe Esposito | 14 | 2:12.28 | 11:55.40 | 5248 | |||
| Jeļena Rubļevska | 25 | 2:26.93 | 12:17.22 | 5228 | |||
| Natalya Coyle | 19 | 2:19.17 | 12:12.45 | 5220 | |||
| 10 | Iryna Khokhlova | 18 | 2:16.22 | 12:32.44 | 5192 | ||
| 11 | Melanie McCann | 19 | 2:21.56 | 12:20.23 | 5180 | ||
| 12 | Gintarė Venčkauskaitė | 10 | 2:16.88 | 11:36.63 | 5176 | ||
| 13 | Sylwia Gawlikowska | 17 | 2:17.35 | 12:15.27 | 5168 | ||
| 14 | Miao Yihua | 20 | 2:19.31 | 12:26.31 | 5164 | ||
| 15 | Lena Schöneborn | 19 | 2:19.76 | 11:58.18 | 5160 | ||
| 16 | Aya Medany | 20 | 2:18.70 | 12:31.92 | 5136 | ||
| 17 | Ekaterina Khuraskina | 18 | 2:29.07 | 11:59.04 | 5128 | ||
| 18 | Amélie Cazé | 19 | 2:11.33 | 13:08.71 | 5108 | ||
| 19 | Katarzyna Wójcik | 16 | 2:20.94 | 12:17.69 | 5088 | ||
| 20 | Adrienn Tóth | 24 | 2:17.32 | 13:06.33 | 5084 | ||
| 21 | Mhairi Spence | 19 | 2:16.51 | 12:46.23 | 5052 | ||
| 22 | Natálie Dianová | 17 | 2:13.78 | 13:33.61 | 5048 | ||
| 23 | Victoria Tereshchuk | 14 | 2:16.07 | 12:24.64 | 4996 | ||
| 24 | Yang Soo-Jin | 14 | 2:17.93 | 12:40.71 | 4964 | ||
| 25 | Claudia Cesarini | 15 | 2:22.77 | 12:25.66 | 4912 | ||
| 26 | Annika Schleu | 12 | 2:20.01 | 12:46.04 | 4884 | ||
| 27 | Sabrina Crognale | 20 | 2:24.24 | 13:27.22 | 4852 | ||
| 28 | Suzanne Stettinius | 11 | 2:22.29 | 12:42.84 | 4832 | ||
| 29 | Donna Vakalis | 17 | 2:22.19 | 12:10.03 | 4828 | ||
| 30 | Shino Yamanaka | 2:30.36 | 11:58.56 | 4828 | |||
| 31 | Elodie Clouvel | 15 | 2:09.87 | 13:44.50 | 4768 | ||
| 32 | Hanna Vasilionak | 16 | 2:32.87 | 12:49.61 | 4692 | ||
| 33 | Sarolta Kovács | 11 | 2:08.11 | 12:43.69 | 4396 | ||
| 34 | Narumi Kurosu | 2:22.39 | 13:52.94 | 4060 | |||
| 35 | Evdokia Gretchichnikova | 22 | 2:26.75 | 12:59.87 | 3852 | ||
| 36 | Tamara Vega | 16 | 2:18.72 | 2380 |