Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon
| Women's Pentathlon at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | September 2 & 3 | |||||||||
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Mary Peters Great Britain
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Heide Rosendahl West Germany
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Burglinde Pollak East Germany
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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.
All heights in metres.
Standings after Event 5
3 September 1972
Legend:M = Mark, P = Points
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
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