2024-02 NC-FIN Naisten 5-ottelu
Jessica Rautelin won the women's pentathlon at the Finnish national championships on 17 February 2024 with 4008 points, 78 under the personal best she set in Jyväskylä in February 2021. She took the lead in the last event. Nine of the fifteen finishers scored above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Rautelin (EsboIF) | 4008 | -78 | |
| 2 | Emmi Valtonen (TurunUL) | 3897 | -111 | +19 |
| 3 | Vilma Väliharju (TampPy) | 3886 | -122 | +43 |
| 4 | Neea Käyhkö (SavonlRi) | 3873 | -135 | -347 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Fogde (MalaxIF) | 3542 | -466 | +128 |
| 6 | Ronja Koivisto (TampPy) | 3542 | -466 | +151 |
| 7 | Laura Lepistö (PorinYU) | 3535 | -473 | +99 |
| 8 | Emmi Hietanen (HämeenlTa) | 3379 | -629 | +9 |
| 9 | Ida Ounaslehto (EsboIF) | 3370 | -638 | +128 |
| 10 | Eveliina Lehtola (OulunPy) | 3345 | -663 | +83 |
| 11 | Vanessa Lindberg (RiihimKisko) | 3297 | -711 | +331 |
| 12 | Minttu Mattinen (LappUM) | 3189 | -819 | -461 |
| 13 | Aada Haavisto (TurunUL) | 2908 | -1100 | -33 |
| 14 | Venla Ruotanen (TampPy) | 2800 | -1208 | |
| 15 | Jutta Heino (KarkkilanPo) | 2660 | -1348 | -150 |
The 800m decided it. Emmi Valtonen had led the shot and the long jump and went to the line on 3201 with 46 on Rautelin. Rautelin ran 2.17.82 for 853 points, Valtonen 2.29.77 for 696, and the title came by 111.
Rautelin was 124 under her own PB series after two events, having lost 65 in the hurdles and 59 in the high jump, and she was second after the shot and the long jump with both marks 12 above her series. The 800m returned 22 more, and she finished 78 under the series.
Valtonen took the opening hurdles with 8.59 for 997 points, 17 above her PB series, and added 24 in the high jump. She led after three of the five events and was 26 above the series going into the 800m. That run cost 7. Her 3897 finished 19 above the series and is a personal best on the 3878 she scored in Tampere in January.
Vilma Väliharju was 132 under her PB series after the long jump, having lost 51 in the shot at 9.96 for 527 points and 42 in the long jump. The 800m turned it: 2.16.57 for 871 points, 175 more than the 800m in her PB series had been worth and the largest single gain in the field. It took her from fourth to third and to 43 above the series, a personal best on the 3843 she scored in Tampere in March 2022.
Neea Käyhkö came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 4220 from Helsinki in February 2023, and finished 13 behind Väliharju in fourth. She had been 105 ahead after the long jump; Väliharju's 871 points against her 753 in the 800m took the place. Käyhkö's own competition ran 347 under her PB series, with 125 lost in the high jump and 162 in the long jump at 5.69 against a 6.22 series mark.
Nine women beat their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Vanessa Lindberg made the largest gain, 331 for eleventh. Ronja Koivisto took 151 for sixth, Elizabeth Fogde and Ida Ounaslehto 128 each in fifth and ninth, Laura Lepistö 99 for seventh, Eveliina Lehtola 83 for tenth, Väliharju 43, Valtonen 19 and Emmi Hietanen 9 for eighth. Minttu Mattinen, the fifth-ranked entrant, finished twelfth and 461 under her series.
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