Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 9 September 1979.[1][2][3] It was the last time that this event was held at the Universiade before being replaced by the heptathlon.

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	SP	HJ	LJ	800m	Result	Notes
	Yekaterina Smirnova	Soviet Union	13.18	13.59	1.84	6.23	2:29.09	4497	[4]
	Sylvia Barlag	Netherlands	14.04	12.87	1.77	6.17	2:25.05	4306	[5][4]
	Ina Losch	West Germany	14.46	12.56	1.77	5.96	2:18.45	4272
4	Yvette Wray	Great Britain	13.50	12.35	1.65	5.92	2:18.95	4248
5	Olga Kuragina	Soviet Union	13.79	11.62	1.71	5.92	2:17.74	4239	[6]
6	Els Stolk	Netherlands	14.27	12.18	1.74	5.84	2:26.09	4123	[5]
7	Anna Włodarczyk	Poland	14.00	9.55	1.71	6.44	2:25.47	4093
8	Anne-Marie Pira	Belgium	13.50	9.83	1.84	5.92	2:45.35	3984

References

1. "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 10 September 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. "Final results". The Tampa Tribune. 11 September 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
3. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 39/1979: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
4. "Universiade, atletiek" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 11 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
5. "Maas voegt goud toe aan fraaie reeks" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 10 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
6. Soviet results (p177)