Pentathlon Record Tables

Pentathlon Records

The Track Pentathlon consists of five separate events with grading tables used to convert individual event performances to points. The athlete that accumulates the most points wins.

For some reason, the men and women contest different events in their pentathlons. The men compete in the long jump, javelin, 200m, discus and 1500m. The women have the 100m, shot put, long jump, javelin and 800m.

The Women's Pentathlon contested in Oceania competition uses a different set of events to those used in International Pentathlons at the World level.

In addition, there is a further variant to the pentathlon where the men and the women contest a different set of events at the World Indoor Champs.

To be valid for a record, the events for which wind readings are required must produce an average (sum of readings divided by the number of those events) wind reading of +2.0 or less.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

Note 1: Age factor points tables were updated by World Masters in 2010 and revised again in 2015.

Note 2: The javelin was redesigned for men in April 1986 and women in 1999 to reduce the distances the implement could travel. Additionally, in 2014 the W60-70 javelin underwent a change from 400gm to 500gm. These changes necessitated the segregation of previous records. Modifications in design (using holes, rough paint or dimples to increase tail draft) were outlawed at the end of 1991 and related records reset.

Note 3: Records marked + require recalculation to 2015 factors. Records marked * require the individual event performances to be located to allow the recalculation to 2015 factors.

Note 4: As the Oceania variant of the women's pentathlon is not recognised internationally, there are no world records.

Some of the OMA records need to be replaced with newer records as they are marks set using the older, more advantageous, javelin implement.

Note: World Masters Athletics have recalculated the points totals to reflect the latest combined event scoring tables. Wellington Masters, New Zealand Masters and Oceania Masters have not yet undertaken this task.

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	Oceania Champs	World
M35	1887 John Turner (2005)	2594 Dennis Langford (2015)	1647 Scott Belesky (2016)	2789 David Hansen (2017)	2789 David Hansen (2017)	3099 Albert Miller FIJ (1994)	3647 Franz Mayr GER (1991)
M40	2518 John Turner (2008)	2017 David Sexton (2012)	1693 Jonny Baird (2016)	3147 David Hansen (2019)	3147 David Hansen (2019)	3296 Lloyd Mitchelson AUS (1984)	3921 Mattias Sunneborn SWE (2011)
M45	2485 Gary Rawson (2006)	2734 Stephen Te Whaiti (2012)	1923 Jonny Baird (2017)	3390 David Hansen (2022)	3390 David Hansen (2022)	3358* John Cooper AUS (1990)	3762 Thomas Stewens GER (2012)
M50	2543 Gary Rawson (2012)	3121 Andy Richardson (2015)	3076 Wayne Doyle (2014)	3201 Wayne Doyle (2015)	3201 Wayne Doyle (2015)	3538* Terry Hicks AUS (2004)	3929 Mattias Sunneborn SWE (2021)
M55	2577 Gary Rawson (2015)	3262 Stephen Te Whaiti (2018)	no record	3188 Stephen Te Whaiti (2020)	3262 Stephen Te Whaiti (2018)	3522 Luke De Biassi AUS (2019)	3756 Wim Threels NED (2008)
M60	2523* J Powell	2792 Bruce Solomon (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	2566 Warren Green (2013)	2695 John Rawcliffe(2022)	2792 Bruce Solomon(2023)	3419* Peter Gatti AUS (1996)	4144 Dieter Bartzsch GER (2000)
M65	2290 Rupert Watson (2015)	2694 Dennis O'Leary (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	2619 Warren Green (2017)	2617 Warren Green (2017)	2694 Dennis O'Leary (2023)	3984* Fred O’Connor AUS (1990)	3853 Wim Threels NED (2020)
M70	2915* Bill Nicholson	2645 David Anstiss (2017)	2708 Warren Green(2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	2705 Warren Green (2022)	2708 Warren Green (2023)	3084 Ken Daniels AUS (2008)	3485 Sherwood Sagedahl USA (2012)
M75	2702* Bill Nicholson	no record	1555 Evan MacIntosh (2021)	2311 Wolfgang Schenk (2021)	2799 David Anstiss(2021)	2825 Hector Mein NZL (2006)	3620 Sherwood Sagedahl USA (2014)
M80	2270 Bill Nicholson (2003)	1913 Hector Mein (2013)	no record	2838 Ron Johnson (2014)	2838 Ron Johnson (2014)	1931 Hector Mein NZL (2012)	3180 Sherwood Sagedahl USA (2019)
M85	no record	1220 Hector Mein (2016)	no record	788 Hector Mein (2018)	1220 Hector Mein (2016)	2439 Rad Leovic AUS (2014)	2872 Ted Rowan CZE (2018)
M90	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	560 Frank Cox NZL (2002)	2369 Ralph Maxwell USA (2011)
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	Oceania Champs	World

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	Oceania Champs
W35	2038* P Workman	no record	3205 Helena Dinnissen (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	2255 Joeline Jones (2021)	3205 Helena Dinnissen (2023)	3031 Eileen Hindle AUS (1984) Needs Updating - Old Javelin
W40	1644 Heidi-Jane Humphries (2023)	1826 Julia Lile (2012)	2629 Joeline Jones (2021)	2421 Joeline Jones (2022)	2629 Joeline Jones (2022)	3153 Lee-Anne Grosvenor AUS (2014)
W45	2434 Petra Stoeveken (2015)	1171 Delwyn Smith (2015)	1003 Philippa Main (2010)	2779 Carolyn Wells (2019)	2799 Carolyn Wills (2018)	3564* Chris Battersby AUS (1990) Needs Updating - Old Javelin
W50	2660 Petra Stoeveken (2016)	2309 Dale McMillan (2018)	2441 Claire Giles (2010)	2876 Lyn Osmers (2014)	2876 Lyn Osmers (2014)	3479 Gianna Mogentale AUS (2014)
W55	2745 Veronica Gould (2008)	2918 Dale McMillan(2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	2854 Claire Giles (2013)	2878+ Claire Giles (2013)	2939 Claire Giles (2012)	3202 Vicki Townsend AUS (2019)
W60	no record	2086 Nancy Bowmar (2014)	2830 Claire Giles (2016)	2700 Tui Ashe (2015)	2940 Claire Giles (2017)	2867 Claire Giles (2018)
W65	no record	2502 Nancy Bowmar (2016)	1886 Carey Dickason (2020)	2630 Nancy Bowmar (2017)	2630 Nancy Bowmar (2017)	3808 Carol Davis AUS (2019)
W70	no record	2659 Tui Ashe (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	2764 Lois Anderson (2017)	2761 Tui Ashe (2022)	2764 Lois Anderson (2018)	no record
W75	3074 Judy Hammond (2012)	3074 Judy Hammond (2012)	no record	2624 Judy Hammond (2015)	3069 Judy Hammond (2012)	2878 Ruth Johnson NZL (2019)
W80	3104 Judy Hammond (2017)	3104 Judy Hammond (2017)	no record	2609 Clasina Van der Veeken (2012)	3104 Judy Hammond (2017)	3036 Judy Hammond NZL (2018)
W85	no record	no record	no record	2580 Clasina Van der Veeken (2018)	2740 Clasina Van der Veeken (2018)	no record
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	Oceania Champs

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.