# 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.
Returning silver medalist Brianne Theisen-Eaton came in with high expectations. She started the 60m hurdles with the fastest time of the day. Her high jump was the second best putting her firmly in the lead. In the shot put, Theisen-Eaton's 13.70 put her in the middle of the field, but paled in comparison to Alina Fyodorova's 15.44 personal best. And Anastasiya Mokhnyuk's 15.01 pushed both Ukrainian women ahead. In the Long Jump, extended her lead with a 6.66 personal best, while Fyodorova maintained second place. Going into the final event, the 800 metres, the medalists were apparently settled, Theisen-Eaton over a hundred points ahead of 4th place Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas but 36 points behind Fodorova and 140 points behind Mokhnyuk. Theisen-Eaton's faster 800 expected to overtake Fodorova for silver. In the race, Barbara Nwaba charged out to the lead with Theisen-Eaton marking her through 30 and 33 second laps. Even with the fast first half of the race, by the end of the third lap the lead pair had not dropped the pack enough to change the outcome. But Theisen-Eaton launched into a sprint that ultimately beat Nwaba to the finish line, a personal best 2:09.99 worth 965 points. Nwaba's 2:10.07 gave her enough of a gap on Zsivoczky-Farkas to get 4th place by 5 points. Further behind were Fodorova and even further to Mokhnyuk. Not only had Theisen-Eaton advanced to silver, she gained enough to get gold.
Less than a month after the event, Mokhnyuk tested positive for meldonium. The IAAF officially disqualified her in January 2019 and awarded the bronze medal Barbara Nwaba. Meldonium was only added to the list of prohibited substances on January 1, 2016. WADA is investigating whether a plethora of positive test results from early 2016 could be the residual result of usage prior to the ban.

## Results
### 60 metres hurdles

The 60 metres hurdles were started at 11:15.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Points | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Brianne Theisen-Eaton | Canada | 8.04 | 1120 | PB |
| 2 | 2 | Anastasiya Mokhnyuk | Ukraine | 8.11 | 1104 | PB |
| 3 | 1 | Alina Fyodorova | Ukraine | 8.27 | 1068 | PB |
| 4 | 2 | Kendell Williams | United States | 8.31 | 1059 | |
| 5 | 2 | Kateřina Cachová | Czech Republic | 8.34 | 1052 | |
| 6 | 1 | Barbara Nwaba | United States | 8.43 | 1032 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | Makeba Alcide | Saint Lucia | 8.47 | 1024 | |
| 8 | 1 | Celina Leffler | Germany | 8.49 | 1019 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | Hungary | 8.56 | 1004 | |
| 10 | 1 | Georgia Ellenwood | Canada | 8.64 | 987 | |
| 11 | 1 | Morgan Lake | Great Britain | 8.70 | 974 | |
| 12 | 2 | Salcia Slack | Jamaica | 8.72 | 969 | |

### High jump

The high jump was started at 12:15.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.64 | 1.67 | 1.70 | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.79 | 1.82 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.91 | Result | Points | Notes | Total |
| 1 | Morgan Lake | Great Britain | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.88 | 1080 | | 2054 |
| 2 | Alina Fyodorova | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.85 | 1041 | SB | 2109 |
| 3 | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | Hungary | – | – | o | xo | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | 1.85 | 1041 | SB | 2045 |
| 4 | Brianne Theisen-Eaton | Canada | – | – | – | – | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 1.85 | 1041 | SB | 2161 |
| 5 | Anastasiya Mokhnyuk | Ukraine | – | – | – | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.85 | 1041 | PB | 2145 |
| 6 | Kendell Williams | United States | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 1.85 | 1041 | | 2100 |
| 7 | Barbara Nwaba | United States | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.82 | 1003 | | 2035 |
| 8 | Kateřina Cachová | Czech Republic | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.79 | 966 | | 2018 |
| 9 | Georgia Ellenwood | Canada | – | – | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.79 | 966 | | 1953 |
| 10 | Makeba Alcide | Saint Lucia | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.76 | 928 | | 1952 |
| 11 | Celina Leffler | Germany | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.70 | 855 | SB | 1874 |
| | Salcia Slack | Jamaica | xxx | | | | | | | | | | NM | 0 | | 969 |

### Shot put

The shot put was started at 14:25.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Total |
| 1 | Alina Fyodorova | Ukraine | 15.05 | 15.44 | 15.41 | 15.44 | 890 | | 2999 |
| 2 | Anastasiya Mokhnyuk | Ukraine | 14.35 | 14.11 | 15.01 | 15.01 | 862 | PB | 3007 |
| 3 | Barbara Nwaba | United States | 15.00 | – | – | 15.00 | 861 | PB | 2896 |
| 4 | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | Hungary | 13.88 | 14.54 | 13.92 | 14.54 | 830 | PB | 2875 |
| 5 | Brianne Theisen-Eaton | Canada | 13.44 | 13.60 | 13.70 | 13.70 | 774 | SB | 2935 |
| 6 | Morgan Lake | Great Britain | 13.18 | 13.61 | 13.01 | 13.61 | 768 | SB | 2822 |
| 7 | Makeba Alcide | Saint Lucia | 13.46 | 13.20 | x | 13.46 | 758 | NR | 2710 |
| 8 | Kendell Williams | United States | 13.45 | x | 13.09 | 13.45 | 757 | | 2857 |
| 9 | Salcia Slack | Jamaica | 13.14 | 13.24 | x | 13.24 | 743 | | 1712 |
| 10 | Celina Leffler | Germany | 12.58 | 12.74 | 13.17 | 13.17 | 739 | | 2613 |
| 11 | Georgia Ellenwood | Canada | 12.54 | 12.30 | 12.26 | 12.54 | 697 | | 2650 |
| 12 | Kateřina Cachová | Czech Republic | 11.13 | 12.26 | 11.76 | 12.26 | 678 | SB | 2696 |

### Long jump

The long jump was started at 17:15.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Total |
| 1 | Anastasiya Mokhnyuk | Ukraine | 6.37 | 6.66 | 6.37 | 6.66 | 1059 | PB | 4066 |
| 2 | Brianne Theisen-Eaton | Canada | 6.37 | 6.42 | x | 6.42 | 981 | SB | 3916 |
| 3 | Alina Fyodorova | Ukraine | 6.33 | 6.31 | – | 6.33 | 953 | SB | 3952 |
| 4 | Kendell Williams | United States | x | 6.30 | 6.10 | 6.30 | 943 | | 3800 |
| 5 | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | Hungary | 6.28 | x | x | 6.28 | 937 | SB | 3812 |
| 6 | Kateřina Cachová | Czech Republic | x | 5.91 | 6.11 | 6.11 | 883 | | 3579 |
| 7 | Morgan Lake | Great Britain | 6.03 | 5.88 | 5.95 | 6.03 | 859 | SB | 3681 |
| 8 | Georgia Ellenwood | Canada | 5.72 | 5.67 | 6.01 | 6.01 | 853 | | 3503 |
| 9 | Salcia Slack | Jamaica | x | 5.93 | x | 5.93 | 828 | | 2540 |
| 10 | Makeba Alcide | Saint Lucia | 5.58 | 5.86 | 5.89 | 5.89 | 816 | | 3526 |
| 11 | Barbara Nwaba | United States | 5.84 | x | 5.76 | 5.84 | 801 | SB | 3697 |
| 12 | Celina Leffler | Germany | 5.64 | 5.83 | 5.75 | 5.83 | 798 | | 3411 |

### 800 metres

The 800 metres were started at 20:10.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Brianne Theisen-Eaton | Canada | 2:09.99 | 965 | SB |
| 2 | Barbara Nwaba | United States | 2:10.07 | 964 | SB |
| 3 | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | Hungary | 2:18.48 | 844 | SB |
| 4 | Makeba Alcide | Saint Lucia | 2:18.65 | 842 | SB |
| 5 | Salcia Slack | Jamaica | 2:19.00 | 837 | |
| 6 | Kateřina Cachová | Czech Republic | 2:19.97 | 824 | |
| 7 | Georgia Ellenwood | Canada | 2:20.18 | 821 | |
| 8 | Morgan Lake | Great Britain | 2:20.40 | 818 | |
| 9 | Alina Fyodorova | Ukraine | 2:20.42 | 818 | |
| 10 | Kendell Williams | United States | 2:22.82 | 786 | |
| 11 | Anastasiya Mokhnyuk | Ukraine | 2:23.19 | 781 | |
| 12 | Celina Leffler | Germany | 2:24.01 | 770 | |

### Final standing

After all events.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 60m H | HJ | SP | LJ | 800m | Points | Notes |
| | Brianne Theisen-Eaton | Canada | 8.04 | 1.85 | 13.70 | 6.42 | 2:09.99 | 4881 | WL |
| | Alina Fyodorova | Ukraine | 8.27 | 1.85 | 15.44 | 6.33 | 2:20.42 | 4770 | PB |
| | Barbara Nwaba | United States | 8.43 | 1.82 | 15.00 | 5.84 | 2:10.07 | 4661 | PB |
| 4 | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | Hungary | 8.56 | 1.85 | 14.54 | 6.28 | 2:18.48 | 4656 | SB |
| 5 | Kendell Williams | United States | 8.31 | 1.85 | 13.45 | 6.30 | 2:22.82 | 4586 | |
| 6 | Morgan Lake | Great Britain | 8.70 | 1.88 | 13.61 | 6.03 | 2:20.40 | 4499 | |
| 7 | Kateřina Cachová | Czech Republic | 8.34 | 1.79 | 12.26 | 6.11 | 2:19.97 | 4403 | |
| 8 | Makeba Alcide | Saint Lucia | 8.47 | 1.76 | 13.46 | 5.89 | 2:18.65 | 4368 | |
| 9 | Georgia Ellenwood | Canada | 8.64 | 1.79 | 12.54 | 6.01 | 2:20.18 | 4324 | |
| 10 | Celina Leffler | Germany | 8.49 | 1.70 | 13.17 | 5.83 | 2:24.01 | 4181 | |
| 11 | Salcia Slack | Jamaica | 8.72 | NM | 13.24 | 5.93 | 2:19.00 | 3377 | |
| DQ | Anastasiya Mokhnyuk | Ukraine | 8.11 | 1.85 | 15.01 | 6.66 | 2:23.19 | 4847 | PB |