Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's
The women's modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in Goudi Olympic Complex on 27 August. On its second appearance at the Olympics, thirty-two athletes from 21 nations participated in this event.
Zsuzsanna Vörös of Hungary emerged as the top favorite in the women's event, and won the gold medal, with a score of 5,448 points. Meanwhile, Jeļena Rubļevska set a historic milestone as the first female Latvian to win an Olympic medal, taking the silver in this event. Great Britain's Georgina Harland claimed the nation's second Olympic bronze medal, and third overall for the women's.Competition format
The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.
- Shooting: A 4.5 mm air pistol shooting. 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, so that the first to cross the finish line wins.
Schedule
All times are Greece Standard Time
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 10:00 | Shooting |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 11:00 | Fencing |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 14:25 | Swimming |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 16:15 | Riding |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 18:20 | Running |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Shooting
Score | Fencing
Victories | Swimming
Time | Riding
Penalties | Running
Time | Total |
| Zsuzsanna Vörös | | 182 | 19 | 2:15.59 | | 11:22.00 | 5448 |
| Jeļena Rubļevska | | 171 | 23 | 2:26.96 | | 10:58.00 | 5380 |
| Georgina Harland | | 156 | 16 | 2:14.60 | | 10:17.31 | 5344 |
| Claudia Corsini | | 169 | 21 | 2:20.56 | | 11:11.65 | 5324 |
| Kim Raisner | | 178 | 16 | 2:18.16 | | 11:13.21 | 5312 |
| Sylwia Czwojdzińska | | 179 | 17 | 2:21.44 | | 11:22.00 | 5276 |
| Victoria Tereshchuk | | 178 | 11 | 2:19.98 | | 10:44.68 | 5256 |
| Kate Allenby | | 169 | 21 | 2:17.41 | 196 | 11:14.00 | 5236 |
| Tatsiana Mazurkevich | | 184 | 13 | 2:27.64 | | 11:06.21 | 5220 |
| 10 | Paulina Boenisz | | 180 | 13 | 2:28.13 | 100 | 10:56.05 | 5184 |
| 11 | Csilla Füri | | 157 | 15 | 2:15.42 | | 11:07.15 | 5144 |
| 12 | Amélie Caze | | 170 | 17 | 2:14.44 | 124 | 11:39.41 | 5144 |
| 13 | Monica Pinette | | 178 | 20 | 2:32.62 | 168 | 11:30.55 | 5100 |
| 14 | Lada Jienbalanova | | 158 | 17 | 2:18.49 | | 11:25.45 | 5076 |
| 15 | Mary Beth Iagorashvili | | 152 | 16 | 2:19.30 | | 11:04.37 | 5052 |
| 16 | Katalin-Beat Partics | | 176 | 17 | 2:23.32 | 168 | 11:49.11 | 5028 |
| 17 | Olesya Velichko | | 176 | 14 | 2:34.96 | 140 | 11:03.75 | 5016 |
| 18 | Anita Allen | | 168 | 12 | 2:31.16 | | 11:09.00 | 4996 |
| 19 | Blandine Lachèze | | 179 | 13 | 2:26.31 | | 11:52.47 | 4988 |
| 20 | Eszter Hortobagyi | | 169 | 11 | 2:29.42 | | 11:11.44 | 4964 |
| 21 | Halina Bashlakova | | 156 | 14 | 2:26.02 | | 11:15.25 | 4944 |
| 22 | Kara Grant | | 169 | 16 | 2:43.37 | 104 | 11:01.57 | 4928 |
| 23 | Liudmila Sirotkina | | 168 | 14 | 2:26.92 | | 11:46.95 | 4928 |
| 24 | Dong Lean | | 189 | 13 | 2:21.67 | 300 | 11:58.05 | 4920 |
| 25 | Samantha Harvey | | 178 | 17 | 2:27.35 | 224 | 12:03.10 | 4888 |
| 26 | Alexandra Kalinovská | | 164 | 18 | 2:30.05 | 252 | 11:14.40 | 4884 |
| 27 | Tatiana Mouratova | | 174 | 15 | 2:20.22 | 380 | 11:22.30 | 4880 |
| 28 | Aya Medany | | 181 | 12 | 2:21.37 | 224 | 12:04.06 | 4852 |
| 29 | Liang Caixia | | 158 | 12 | 2:20.93 | 240 | 11:43.01 | 4652 |
| 30 | Lyudmila Shumilova | | 170 | | 2:27.22 | 168 | 11:43.41 | 4640 |
| 31 | María Isabel Sanz-Agero | | 161 | 10 | 2:30.29 | 172 | 12:23.90 | 4428 |
| 32 | Federica Foghetti | | 167 | 15 | 2:25.81 | 892 * | 11:19.11 | 4228 |
* Did not finish the riding course because of the exceeding number of obstacle and time penalties
