Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's explained

Event:	Women's modern pentathlon
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Green Convention Center (shooting and fencing) Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming) Olympic Sports Center Stadium (riding and running)
Date:	22 August
Competitors:	32
Nations:	20
Gold:	Lena Schöneborn
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Heather Fell
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Anastasiya Samusevich^[1]
Bronzenoc:	BLR
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	5792
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The women's modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held on Friday, August 22. Three venues were used: Olympic Green Convention Center (shooting and fencing), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming), and the Olympic Sports Center Stadium (horse-riding and running).

Lena Schöneborn of Germany won the gold medal in the women's event, with a score of 5,792 points. Meanwhile, Heather Fell claimed Great Britain's first ever silver medal, and fourth overall in the women's event. Victoria Tereshchuk of Ukraine won the nation's first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon, taking the bronze, but was subsequently stripped of the medal after a doping re-test.^[2]

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.^[3]

Shooting: A 4.5 mm air pistol shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target.
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.
Horse-riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
Running: A 3 km run. Starts are staggered (based on points from first four events), so that the first to cross the finish line wins.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 22 August 2008	08:30	Shooting
	10:00	Fencing
	14:30	Swimming
	17:00	Riding
	20:00	Running

Results

width=30	Rank	width=200	Athlete	width=200	Country	width=90	Shooting Score (pts)	width=90	Fencing Victories (pts)	width=100	Swimming Time (pts)	width=100	Equestrian Time (pts)	width=100	Running Time (pts)	Total
			177 (1060)	28 (1072)	2:16.91 (1280)		10:28.82 (1208)	5792
			185 (1156)	20 (880)	2:12.77 (1328)		10:19.28 (1244)	5752
			187 (1180)	19 (856)	2:29.64 (1128)		10:04.46 (1304)	5640
			177 (1060)	20 (880)	2:18.58 (1260)		10:27.41 (1212)	5612
			183 (1132)	21 (904)	2:24.08 (1192)		10:20.95 (1240)	5564
			178 (1072)	17 (808)	2:15.68 (1292)		10:29.47 (1204)	5548
			184 (1144)	22 (928)	2:15.69 (1292)		10:36.05 (1176)	5544
			177 (1060)	22 (928)	2:11.29 (1348)		10:59.82 (1084)	5536
9			183 (1132)	19 (856)	2:17.17 (1276)		11:06.31 (1056)	5464
10			188 (1192)	18 (832)	2:16.96 (1280)		11:23.70 (988)	5464
11			179 (1084)	22 (928)	2:22.98 (1208)		10:49.35 (1124)	5452
12			175 (1036)	17 (808)	2:20.57 (1236)		10:13.76 (1268)	5436
13			184 (1144)	14 (736)	2:19.22 (1252)		10:40.01 (1160)	5408
14			175 (1036)	12 (688)	2:21.76 (1220)		10:18.95 (1248)	5392
15			177 (1060)	23 (952)	2:19.78 (1244)		11:06.47 (1056)	5372
16			174 (1024)	21 (904)	2:18.76 (1256)		10:52.41 (1112)	5336
17			185 (1156)	19 (856)	2:15.44 (1296)		11:01.61 (1076)	5332
18			173 (1012)		2:08.86 (1376)		10:25.05 (1220)	5304
19			182 (1120)	15 (760)	2:16.96 (1280)		11:04.30 (1064)	5300
20			171 (988)	15 (760)	2:20.30 (1240)		10:40.41 (1160)	5292
21			180 (1096)	16 (784)	2:27.06 (1156)		10:53.23 (1108)	5288
22			181 (908)	27 (1048)	2:22.94 (1208)		10:49.35 (1124)	5268
23			171 (988)	13 (712)	2:13.84 (1316)		11:02.35 (1072)	5260
24			178 (1072)	20 (880)	2:26.37 (1164)		10:43.65 (1148)	5240
25			176 (1048)	23 (952)	2:26.28 (1168)		11:44.57 (904)	5216
26			187 (1180)	11 (664)	2:29.95 (1124)		11:00.45 (1080)	5192
27			186 (1168)	17 (808)	2:27.39 (1152)		11:18.11 (1008)	5156
28			168 (952)		2:17.17 (1276)		10:40.25 (1160)	5028
29			186 (1168)	17 (808)	2:15.72 (1292)		11:32.10 (952)	4996
30			178 (1072)	15 (760)	2:45.26 (940)		10:44.45 (1144)	4976
31			174 (1024)	13 (712)	2:21.92 (1220)		10:48.46 (1128)	4956
32			166 (928)	16 (784)	2:22.88 (1208)		11:47.30 (892)	4872
33			171 (988)		2:29.41 (1128)		11:09.98 (1044)	4844
34			164 (904)	12 (688)	2:35.59 (1056)		11:21.96 (996)	4816
35			170 (976)	15 (760)	2:19.13 (1252)			3736
DSQ			178 (1072)	22 (928)	2:13.97 (1316)		10:13.25 (1268)	5672

Notes and References

Web site: 2008-12 OLYMPIC DOPING RE-TEST – AN UPDATE-UPDATE . 26 Sep 2017. Bill. Mallon. 2017-10-16.
Web site: Tereshchuk stripped of Beijing 2008 modern penathlon bronze after doping retest. Inside the games. 1 March 2017. 1 March 2017.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Inside This Sport. NBC Olympics. 14 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161222/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/modernpentathlon/insidethissport/index.html. 14 July 2011.