Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's
The women's modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 19 August. Three venues were used: Deodoro Aquatics Centre, Deodoro Stadium and Youth Arena.
The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Klaus Schormann, President of the UIPM.
Competition format
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.Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's#cite note-2|- 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.
- Riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
- Combined running/shooting: A 3 km run with pistol shooting every kilometre. Starts were staggered based on points from the previous three events.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 10:00 | Fencing |
| Friday, 19 August 2016 | 12:00 | Swimming |
| Friday, 19 August 2016 | 14:00 | Fencing |
| Friday, 19 August 2016 | 15:30 | Riding |
| Friday, 19 August 2016 | 18:00 | Combined running/shooting |
Results
Thirty-six athletes participated.;Key:
| Rank | Country | Athlete | Swimming Time | Fencing Victories | Riding Time | Combined Time | Total |
| Chloe Esposito | 2:12.38 | 19 | 77.60 | 12:10.19 | 1372 OR | ||
| Élodie Clouvel | 2:08.62 | 21 | 70.05 | 12:59.06 | 1356 | ||
| Oktawia Nowacka | 2:16.67 | 27 ♦ | 70.69 | 13:18.50 | 1349 | ||
| DSQ | Chen Qian | 2:18.75 | 22 | 76.67 | 12:45.07 | 1343 | |
| 4 | Annika Schleu | 2:19.34 | 17 | 68.06 | 12:21.95 | 1336 | |
| 5 | Kate French | 2:16.17 | 17 | 75.49 ♦ | 12:43.08 | 1331 | |
| 6 | Natalya Coyle | 2:17.38 | 19 | 73.69 ♦ | 12:58.13 | 1325 | |
| 7 | Alice Sotero | 2:12.63 | 20 | 72.91 | 13:00.47 | 1323 | |
| 8 | Samantha Murray | 2:10.81 | 14 | 73.23 | 12:38.54 | 1321 | |
| 9 | Yelena Potapenko | 2:11.52 | 17 | 73.74 | 13:07.48 | 1314 | |
| 10 | Tamara Vega | 2:16.89 | 15 | 72.93 ♦ | 12:49.39 | 1311 | |
| 11 | Donata Rimšaitė | 2:22.09 | 17 | 77.20 | 12:32.67 | 1308 | |
| 12 | Natsumi Tomonaga | 2:15.63 | 15 | 77.03 | 12:55.44 | 1307 | |
| 13 | Kim Sun-woo | 2:16.06 | 16 | 75.52 ♦ | 13:04.28 | 1305 | |
| 14 | Gulnaz Gubaydullina | 2:07.94 ♦ OR | 8 | 78.91 | 12:30.76 | 1305 | |
| 15 | Melanie McCann | 2:20.81 | 23 | 75.75 ♦ | 13:42.43 | 1296 | |
| 16 | Sarolta Kovács | 2:09.02 | 17 | 79.04 | 13:17.09 | 1287 | |
| 17 | Zhang Xiaonan | 2:22.67 | 22 | 75.72 | 13:20.79 | 1285 | |
| 18 | Anna Maliszewska | 2:20.30 | 16 | 79.41 | 13:01.21 | 1281 | |
| 19 | Margaux Isaksen | 2:19.91 | 18 | 70.24 | 13:23.90 | 1280 | |
| 20 | Isabel Brand | 2:22.57 | 14 | 72.88 | 12:54.11 | 1276 | |
| 21 | Anastasiya Prokopenko | 2:25.69 | 10 | 76.28 | 12:22.98 | 1272 | |
| 22 | Yane Marques | 2:14.30 | 16 | 72.28 | 13:31.64 | 1269 | |
| 23 | Claudia Cesarini | 2:20.85 | 17 | 87.95 | 13:04.34 | 1260 | |
| 24 | Isabella Isaksen | 2:20.20 | 20 | 80.31 | 13:51.96 | 1255 | |
| 25 | Barbora Kodedová | 2:24.70 | 20 | 106.28 | 13:25.36 | 1230 | |
| 26 | Zsófia Földházi | 2:12.05 | 11 | 119.34 | 12:46.02 | 1228 | |
| 27 | Iryna Khokhlova | 2:19.77 | 14 | 90.01 | 13:53.53 | 1200 | |
| 28 | Ieva Serapinaitė | 2:14.43 | 15 | 69.50 | 14:29.68 | 1183 | |
| 29 | Anastasiya Spas | 2:14.54 | 16 | 120.69 | 15:16.82 | 1098 | |
| 30 | Laura Asadauskaite | 2:21.01 | 19 | 12:01.01 ♦ OR | 1072 | ||
| 31 | Lena Schöneborn | 2:21.74 | 24 | 12:54.21 | 1045 | ||
| 32 | Donna Vakalis | 2:22.12 | 22 | 13:36.19 | 991 | ||
| 33 | Leydi Moya | 2:15.75 | 14 | 13:11.07 | 986 | ||
| 34 | İlke Özyüksel | 2:17.79 | 10 | 12:49.98 | 978 | ||
| 35 | Haydy Morsy | 2:26.11 | 14 | 13:24.93 | 942 |