View source for Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's pentathlon

{{short description|Women's pentathlon event at Commonwealth Games}}
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The '''women's [[Athletics pentathlon|pentathlon]]''' event at the [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Commonwealth Games]] was held on 6 August at the [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]] in [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp |title=Results |access-date=2018-02-27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp |archive-date=2012-09-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This was the last time that this event was contested at the Commonwealth Games, four years later being replaced by the [[heptathlon]].

==Results==

The best mark for each event is highlighted. All five events were won by the gold medallist which as of 2024 is the only time this has happened in a women's pentathlon at a major championships.

The winning margin was 546&nbsp;points which smashed the previous record of 111&nbsp;points set in Edinburgh eight years earlier.



{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:92%"
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!Rank
!Athlete
!Nationality
!100m H
!SP
!HJ
!LJ
!800m
!Points
!Notes
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| {{Gold01}} ||align=left| [[Diane Jones-Konihowski]] ||align=left| {{CAN}} || bgcolor=gold|'''13.85''' || bgcolor=gold|'''14.87''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1.88''' || bgcolor=gold|'''6.41''' || bgcolor=gold|'''2:12.1''' || '''4768''' || '''[[List of Commonwealth Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|-
| {{Silver02}} ||align=left| [[Sue Mapstone]] ||align=left| {{ENG}} || 14.17 || 11.32 || 1.75 || 6.06 || 2:19.3 || '''4222''' ||
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| {{Bronze03}} ||align=left| [[Yvette Wray]] ||align=left| {{ENG}} || 14.16 || 12.15 || 1.64 || 6.04 || 2:15.6 || '''4211''' ||
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| {{sort|04|4}} ||align=left| [[Jill Ross-Giffen|Jill Ross]] ||align=left| {{CAN}} || || || || || || '''4205''' ||
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| {{sort|05|5}} ||align=left| [[Karen Page (athlete)|Karen Page]] ||align=left| {{NZL}} || || || || || || '''4099''' ||
|-
| {{sort|06|6}} ||align=left| [[Ruth Howell]] ||align=left| {{WAL}} || || || || || || '''4022''' ||
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| {{sort|07|7}} ||align=left| [[Barbara Beable]] ||align=left| {{NZL}} || || || || || || '''3989''' ||
|-
| {{sort|08|8}} ||align=left| [[Julie White (athlete)|Julie White]] ||align=left| {{CAN}} || || || || || || '''3940''' ||
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| {{sort|09|9}} ||align=left| [[Wendy Phillips (athlete)|Wendy Phillips]] ||align=left| {{NIR}} || || || || || || '''3594''' ||
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| 10 ||align=left| [[Jennifer Swanston]] ||align=left| {{BAR}} || || || || || || '''3517''' ||
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| {{hs|11}} ||align=left| [[Glynis Saunders]] ||align=left| {{AUS}} || 14.45 || 11.34 || {{sort|0.00|NM}} || {{sort|0.00|DNS}} || {{sort|99.99|–}} || '''{{sort|0|DNF}}''' ||
|}

==References==
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* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19780808&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)]
* [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12381541 Final results (The Canberra Times)]
* [http://athhistory.sportstg.com/international/int47.htm Australian results]

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