Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's
| Women's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Copper Box (fencing) Aquatics Centre (swimming) Greenwich Park (riding and combined) |
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| Date | 12 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 5408 OR | ||||||||||||
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Laura Asadauskaitė |
 Lithuania
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Samantha Murray |
 Great Britain
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Yane Marques |
 Brazil
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The women's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held on 12 August. Three venues were used: the Copper Box (fencing), Aquatics Centre (swimming) and Greenwich Park (horse-riding and combined running and shooting).
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.
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.
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Thirty-six athletes participated.
For the first time in Olympic history, the women's modern pentathlon has broken multiple Olympic records in the every sporting discipline, with the exception of fencing and horse-riding.
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