Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon
| Women's pentathlon at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
| Date | October 15–16 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning result | 5098 | ||||||||||||
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Ingrid Becker |
 West Germany
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Liese Prokop |
 Austria
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Annamária Tóth |
 Hungary
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The Women's pentathlon competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 15–16.
The pentathlon consists of five track and field 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.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
♦ The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow with a diamond symbol.
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