2025-03 EC Apeldoorn - Women's Pentathlon
Saga Vanninen (FIN) won the women's pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn on 6 March 2025 with 4922 points, 79 above the personal best she set in Tallinn in February. Six of the thirteen finishers scored above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saga Vanninen (FIN) | 4922 | +79 | |
| 2 | Sofie Dokter (NED) | 4826 | -96 | +223 |
| 3 | Kate O'Connor (IRL) | 4781 | -141 | +98 |
| 4 | Jade O'Dowda (GBR) | 4751 | -171 | +489 |
| 5 | Paulina Ligarska (POL) | 4569 | -353 | -46 |
| 6 | Sveva Gerevini (ITA) | 4487 | -435 | -72 |
| 7 | Sandrina Sprengel (GER) | 4455 | -467 | +0 |
| 8 | Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (LTU) | 4413 | -509 | +131 |
| 9 | Emma Oosterwegel (NED) | 4400 | -522 | +94 |
| 10 | Célia Perron (FRA) | 4362 | -560 | -109 |
| 11 | Lovisa Karlsson (SWE) | 4357 | -565 | -8 |
| 12 | Yuliya Loban (UKR) | 4277 | -645 | -260 |
| 13 | Marijke Esselink (NED) | 4181 | -741 | -296 |
| DNF | Verena Mayr (AUT) |
The shot put decided the lead. Jade O'Dowda (GBR) had taken it with 1.87 in the high jump for 1067 points and stood 2128 with 29 on Sofie Dokter (NED). Vanninen threw 15.56 for 898 points, O'Dowda 13.46 for 758, and Vanninen moved to 2975 with 72 in hand. She led after every remaining event, by 62 after the long jump and 96 at the finish.
Vanninen improved on her PB series in each of the first four events and never by much: 29 in the hurdles, 25 in the high jump, 19 in the shot and 13 in a 6.52 long jump for 1014 points. She was 86 above the series going into the 800m and the run cost 7. Her 4922 was 79 above the series and a personal best on the 4843 from Tallinn.
Dokter was second after the high jump and the long jump. She was 64 above her own PB series after the shot, with 46 of it from 13.86 for 785 points. The long jump was where her competition happened: 6.61 for 1043 points, 141 more than the 6.17 in her PB series, which took her to 205 above it. The 800m added 18, and her 4826 was 223 above the series and a personal best on the 4603 she scored in Apeldoorn in February 2023.
Kate O'Connor (IRL) was eighth after the hurdles and third after the high jump, 39 above her PB series, and stayed within that band through the shot and long jump. The 800m settled third: 2.11.42 for 944 points, 31 above her series mark and the fastest closing run in the top five. She finished 98 above the series, a personal best on the 4683 she scored in Tallinn in February.
O'Dowda finished 30 behind O'Connor in fourth, and the 800m produced it: she went into the last event 34 ahead and O'Connor ran 944 points to her 880. O'Dowda's own 489 above her PB series was the largest gain in the field, and it came from all four of the events before the run: 64 in the hurdles, 139 in the high jump, 60 in the shot and 229 in a 6.43 long jump against a 5.69 series mark.
Verena Mayr (AUT), the third-ranked entrant on 4637 from Glasgow in March 2019, was thirteenth on 3401 after the long jump and 270 under her own PB series, and did not start the 800m.
Six women finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: O'Dowda by 489, Dokter by 223, Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (LTU) by 131 in eighth, O'Connor by 98, Emma Oosterwegel (NED) by 94 in ninth and Vanninen by 79. Sandrina Sprengel (GER), seventh, finished exactly level with hers on 4455. Marijke Esselink (NED), thirteenth, was 296 under.
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