2009 Season's Best - Women - Riding

It's not easy to make stats about riding since it's a bit random, but let's see which pentathletes had a good ride this year.

Competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC


Best scores:
WC1 - El Midany (EGY), Eudes (FRA), Knack (GER), Rimsaite (LTU), Samusevich (BLR), Spence (GBR), Tóth (HUN) 1192; Marques (BRA), Trujillo (MEX) 1188
WC2 - Rimsaite (LTU), Chen (CHN), Darras (FRA), Kasyanava (BLR) 1180; Grolichová (CZE) 1172; Asadauskaitė (LTU) 1164
WC3 - Fell (GBR), Feshchenko (RUS), Heyler (GBR), Pinette (CAN), Rimsaite (LTU), Vörös (HUN), 1200; Guo (CHN), Kovács (HUN) 1192; Kuznetsova (RUS) 1188; Boenisz (POL), Czwojdzińska (POL), Cseh (HUN), Isaksen (USA), Livingston (GBR), Maloszyc (POL), Spence (GBR), Tóth (HUN) and Trautmann (GER) 1180
WC4 - Arnaud (FRA), Bartoli (ITA), Černá (CZE), Cesarini (ITA), Crognale (ITA), Skarzynsk (POL), Videtta (ITA) 1200; Cseh (HUN), Dianová (CZE), Eudes (FRA), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Gyenesei (HUN), Kasyanava (BLR), Mancini (ITA), Medany (EGY), Prentice (GBR), Rublevska (LAT), Tóth (HUN), Walesa (POL) 1180
WCF - Boenisz (POL), Knack (GER), Marques (BRA) 1200; Asadauskaitė (LTU), Černá (CZE), Dianová (CZE), Fell (GBR), Gyenesei (HUN), Medany (EGY), Rimsaite (LTU), Rublevska (LAT), Wojcik (POL) 1180
SWC - Czwojdzińska (POL) 1200; Kohlmann (GER) 1184; Prentice (GBR) 1172; Trautmann (GER) 1168; Asadauskaitė (LTU), Schöneborn (GER) 1164; Cseh (HUN) 1160, Knack (GER) and Wojcik (POL) 1160

Rimsaite didn't lose much points in equestrian this season, neither did her countrywoman Asadauskaitė and Cseh . Trautmann and Knack were the highlights of the German squad that had a god ride this year, just like the Czech and Polish pentathletes that had to worry about others disciplines than equestrian, where they gained a lot of points.

2009 Season's Best - Women - Fencing

Let's see which pentathletes did well this year in fencing and riding.

Competitions (only finals):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC


880 or better scores:
WC1 - Struchtkova (RUS) 1048 (27), Cazé (FRA) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 1024 (26), Medany (EGY), Samusevich (BLR) 1000 (25); Rublevska (LAT) 976 (24); Boenisz (POL) 928 (22); Spence (GBR) 904 (21); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Kasyanava (BLR) and Livingston (GBR) 880 (20)
WC2 - Cazé (FRA) 1096 (29), Medany (EGY) 1000 (25), Rublevska (LAT) 976 (24); Czwojdzińska (POL) 952 (23), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 928 (22); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Boenisz (POL), Grolichová (CZE) and Schöneborn (GER) 904 (21); Černá (CZE), Dong (CHN), Pinette (CAN) and Struchtkova (RUS) 880 (20)
WC3 - Cazé (FRA) 1072 (28); Gretchichnikova (RUS) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 952 (23); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Schöneborn (GER), Cseh (HUN) and Maloszyc (POL) 904 (21); Boenisz (POL), Helyer (GBR), Kovács (HUN), Pinette (CAN), Spence (GBR) and Vörös (HUN) 880 (20)
WC4 - Rublevska (LAT) 1024 (26); Kasyanava (BLR), Tóth (HUN) and Struchtkova (RUS) 976 (24); Grolichová (CZE), Spence (GBR) and Samusevich (BLR) 952 (23); Crognale (ITA), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Gyenesei (HUN) and Mancini (ITA) 904 (21); Medany (EGY) and Livingston (GBR) 880 (20)
WCF - Cazé (FRA) and Grolichová (CZE) 1040 (17); Marques (BRA) 1000 (16); Rimsaite (LTU), Gyenesei (HUN) and Rublevska (LAT) 960 (15); Livingston 920 (14), Spence (GBR) 908? (14?), Černá (CZE) 880 (13)
SWC - Livingston (GBR) 1096 (29), Cseh (HUN) 1024 (26), Chen (CHN) 1000 (25), Struchtkova (RUS) 952 (23), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Medany (EGY), Vörös (HUN) and Rublevska (LAT) 928 (22); Rimsaite (LIT) and spence (GBR) 904 (21); Schöneborn (GER) 880 (20)

Top 12 Fencing
1 - Livingston (GBR) 1096 (29) SWC London and Cazé (FRA) 1096 (29) WC2 Cairo
3 - Cazé (FRA) 1072 (28) WC3 Székesfehérvár
4 - Cazé (FRA) and Grolichová (CZE) 1040 (17) WCF Rio de Janeiro
6 - Cseh (HUN) 1024 (26) SWC London, Cazé (FRA) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 1024 (26) WC1 Ciudad de Mexico; Rublevska (LAT) 1024 (26) WC4 Roma
10 - Chen (CHN) 1000 (25) SWC London; Marques (BRA) 1000 (16) WCF Rio de Janeiro; Medany (EGY) 1000 (25) WC2 Cairo

Cazé had a very good year in fencing, and her success is based on good performances in swimming and fencing. She has 4 of 9 best scores this year. Then we have mostly pentathletes from Eastern Europe, Great Britain, Medany and Marques. Another highlight is Chen, whose good run in fencing helped her taking the World Championship title, where the crowd favourite Livingston had probably the most impressive record of the year.

2009 Season's Best - Women - Swimming

Let's see how the girls who swam faster this season, last year of the full swimsuit. I'd like to know what will be of Medany, who swims with the "burkini" due to her religion belief (she's Muslim), hopefully they will find a solution for this question.

Competitions (finals only):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC

Best times:
WC1 - Cazé (FRA) 1192 (2:14.19), Struchtkova (RUS) 1172 (2:15.97), Kovács (HUN) 1168 (2:16.20)
WC2 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1256 (2:08.92), Struchtkova (RUS) 1208 (2:12.73), Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.80)
WC3 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1248 (2:09.42), Kovács (HUN) 1212 (2:12.60), Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.75)
WC4 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1244 (2:09.71), Struchtkova (RUS) 1192 (2:14.21), Fell (GBR) 1168 (2:16.30)
WCF - Cazé (FRA) 1192 (2:14.00), Gyenesei (HUN) 1188 (2:14.39), Marques (BRA) 1176 (2:15.62)
SWC - Struchtkova (RUS) 1244 (2:09.76), Gyenesei (HUN) 1236 (2:10.64), Kovács (HUN) 1216 (2:12.02)

Others pentathletes that swam under 2:18 (or pretty close, in two cases under 2:18.10):
WC1 - Medany (EGY) 1156 (2:17.03)
WC2 - Granfield (GBR) 1196 (2:13.89), Medany (EGY) 2:16.00, Helyer (GBR) 1152 (2:17.75), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1148 (2:17.66), Trautmann (GER) 1148 (2:17.75)
WC3 - Vörös (HUN) 1160 (2:16.77), Livingston (GBR) 1160 (2:16.80), Isaksen (USA) 1156 (2:17.13), Dianová (CZE) 1156 (2:17.17), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1144 (2:18.01)
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 1164 (2:16.38), Livingston (GBR) 1164 (2:16.58), Walesa (POL) 1160 (2:16.79), Isaksen (USA) 1156 (2:17.17), Dianová (CZE) 1148 (2:17.77)
WCF - Medany (EGY) 1168 (2:16.27), Fell (GBR) 1164 (2:16.39), Dianová (CZE) 1152 (2:17.40)
SWC: Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.67), Livingston (GBR) 1188 (2:14.64), Dianová (CZE) 1184 (2:14.80), Trautmann (GER) 1180 (2:15.27), Fell (GBR) 1172 (2:15.93), Vörös (HUN) 1156 (2:17.23), Marques (BRA) 1152 (2:17.40), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1148 (2:17.91), Medany (EGY) 1144 (2:18.05)

Top 11 - Women - Swimming - 2009
1 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1256 (2:08.92) WC2 Cairo
2 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1248 (2:09.42) WC3 Székesfehérvár
3 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1244 (2:09.71) WC4 Roma and Struchtkova (RUS) 1244 (2:09.76) SWC London
5 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1236 (2:10.64) SWC London
6 - Kovács (HUN) 1216 (2:12.02) SWC London
7 - Kovács (HUN) 1212 (2:12.60) WC3 Székesfehérvár
8 - Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.67) SWC London, Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.75) WC3 Székesfehérvár, Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.80) WC2 Cairo, Struchtkova (RUS) 1208 (2:12.73) WC2 Cairo

Gyenesei was the fastest swimmer this season, with 4 scores in top5. Kovács also honour the Hungarian tradition in swimming and with Cazé and Struchkova make the top4 swimmers that dominated 4 of 6 in best three times (in the other 2 competitions, only the third place was a different athlete). Then we have Medany and behind her Fell, Marques, Livingston, Dianová, Trautmann, Czwojdzińska, Vörös and Isaksen being consistent and gaining important points in swimming.

2009 Season's Best - Women - Combined Event

First season of the combined event (running and shooting), we have a clear leader here and a smaller field of the top pentathletes in this event.

Competitions (finals only):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC

Top scores:
WC1 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2264 (12:54.13), Medany (EGY) 2208 (13:08.45), Boenisz (POL) 2204 (13:09.44)
WC2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2652 (11:17), Medany (EGY) 2556 (11:41), Rimsaite (LTU) 2520 (11:50)
WC3 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2512 (11:52.08), Boenisz (POL) 2348 (12:33.64), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2328 (12:38.33)
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 2432 (12:12.04), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2400 (12:20.07), Samusevich (BLR) 2360 (12:30.20)
WCF - Rimsaite (LTU) 2344 (12:34), Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2328 (12:38), Fell (GBR) 2284 (12:49)
SWC - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2584 (11:34.76), Chen (CHN) 2564 (11:39.67), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2524 (11:49.53)

Others scores under 12 minutes:
WC2 - Samusevich (BLR) 2516 (11:51), Gretchchinikova (RUS) 2484 (11:59.00)
SWC - Trautmann (GER) 2500 (11:55.32), Fell (GBR) 2496 (11:56.76), Schöneborn (GER) 2492 (11:57.18), Rimsaite (LTU) 2488 (11:58.97)

Top 10 - Women - Combined Event - 2009
1 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2652 (11:17) WC2 Cairo
2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2584 (11:34.76) SWC London
3 - Chen (CHN) 2564 (11:39.67) SWC London
4 - Medany (EGY) 2556 (11:41) WC2 Cairo
5 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2524 (11:49.53) SWC London
6 - Rimsaite (LTU) 2520 (11:50) WC2 Cairo
7 - Samusevich (BLR) 2516 (11:51) WC2 Cairo
8 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2512 (11:52.08) WC3 Székesfehérvár
9 - Trautmann (GER) 2500 (11:55.32) SWC London
10 - Fell (GBR) 2496 (11:56.76) SWC London

It seems Asadauskaitė adapted very well to the new format and took advantage of it to make an amazing season. Her name is the only one that is listed more than once in the top 10 list, with 3 records, including the top 2. From the 6 events, she had the best performance in the combined event in 4 of them, and once she was the second best of the field, that's really impressive. Medany, Gretchichnikova, Rimsaite, Boenisz, Fell and Samusevich also had a good season when it comes to the combined event. Chen's combined event in London was really impressive and third overall, enough to manage to win the title over Asaudaskaitė who had actually the best combined event run.

2009 Season's Best - Women -Total Points

Well, now let's have a look at the women's season. I apologize in advance if there are mistakes, if I missed something or if there is any typo.


Competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC

Podiums:
WC1 - Medany (EGY) 5544, Asaudaskaitė (LTU) 5436, Cazé (FRA) 5408
WC2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5840, Medany (EGY) 5816, Cazé (FRA) 5768
WC3 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5636, Cazé (FRA) 5572, Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5544
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 5656, Gyenesei (HUN) 5596, Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5544
WCF - Rimsaite (LTU) 5548, Marques (BRA) 5508, Gyenesei (HUN) 5492
SWC - Chen (CHN) 5840, Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5736, Schöneborn (GER) 5664

Others scores over 5600 points were:
WC2 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5668, Boenisz (POL) 5632
SWC - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5652, Czwojdzińska (POL) 5648, Trautmann (GER) 5632, Medany (EGY) 5624, Rimsaite (LTU) 5604

Top 10 - Women - Total Points - 2009

1 - Chen (CHN) 5840 SWC London and Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5840 WC2 Cairo
3 - Medany (EGY) 5816 WC2 Cairo
4 - Cazé (FRA) 5768 WC2 Cairo
5 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5736 SWC London
6 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5668 WC2 Cairo
7 - Schöneborn (GER) 5664 SWC London
8- Medany (EGY) 5656 WC4 Roma
9- Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5652 SWC London
10 - Czwojdzińska (POL) 5648 SWC London

London and Cairo were the toughest competitions. Russian Gretchichnikova came 4th in both competitions with over 5600 points. Chen and Asadauskaitė had the best score of 5840 points, and the pentathlete of Lithuania appears twice in the top 10, Medany from Egypt also is twice in the list. The season was dominated by Asadauskaitė, Medany and Cazé. The most important title went to Chinese Chen, though, a great performance in the strongest field.

2009 Season's Best - Men - Fencing and Riding

These are the best scores of the year for fencing and equestrian, in the following competitions:

World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Budapest, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC


Fencing - Top scores (only finals)

WC1 - Horbacz (POL) 1024 (26), Daniel (AUT) 1000 (25), Woodbridge (GBR) 952 (23)
WC2 - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1024 (26), Kinderis (LTU) and Sekretev (RUS) 952 (23), Svoboda (CZE) and Cherkovskis (LAT) 904 (21)
WC3 - Choon-Huan Lee (KOR) 952 (23), Omar El Geziry (EGY), Cherkovskis (LAT), Nofal (EGY) and Tibolya (HUN) 928 (22)
WC4 - De Lucca (ITA) 1024 (26), Marosi (HUN) 928 (22), Michalík (CZE) and Prokopenko (BLR) 904 (21)
WCF - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1056 (24), Tymoschenko (UKR) 1028 (23), Marosi (HUN) 1000 (22)
SWC - Sika (LAT) 1024 (26), Frolov (RUS) 1000 (25), Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) and Woodbridge (GBR) 952 (23)

It's interesting how in fencing the top athletes are usually contenders to the podium - like we saw in last Olympics - and is the competition that usually gives less points. The highlights are Sika and Omar El Geziry (London and Rio de Janeiro), in the strongest fields (ironically, none of them ended in top 3 in those competitions). The Egyptian was the best fencer in the year, but his strong starts were not enough to reach a podium. Marosi was pretty solid being twice in the list above, same with Cherkovskis, and Horbacz, Tymoschenko and Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy had their best results helped by a great fencing competition.

Riding - Top scores

WC1 - Majewski (POL), Daniel (AUT), Brady (USA) 1200; Horbacz (POL) 1192
WC2 - Cherkovskis (LAT), Kinderis (LTU) 1200; Krungolcas (LTU), Németh (HUN) 1192
WC3 - Zemaitis (LTU) 1180, Marosi (HUN) 1160, Cherkovskis (LAT) 1152
WC4 - Woodbridge (GBR), Dong-Soo Park (KOR), Tomii (JPN), Marosi (HUN) 1200; Lapo (BLR), Weale (GBR), Quarto (ITA) 1180
WCF - Omar El Geziry (EGY), Polívka (CZE), Daniel (AUT), Cherkovskis (LAT) 1200; Nofal (EGY), Woodbridge (GBR), Tomii (JPN), Kinderis (LTU), Romão (BRA), Amro El Geziry (EGY), Staskiewicz (POL), Lapo (BLR), Marosi (HUN) 1180
SWC - Krungolcas (LTU) 1200; Németh (HUN), Brady (USA) 1196

In equestrian I should have get the bottom scores to have an idea of how tough was each field. It seems Budapest was a tough competition, while Rio de Janeiro (where I worked) was a smooth field. The pentathletes from the Baltic countries had a good year in riding, losing few points in the competitions. Marosi had great shows in his way to several medals,

2009 Season's Best - Men - Swimming

2009 was the last year of the full length body suits - following the decision of FINA, these high-tech swimsuits won't be allowed in the next season. We may expect slower times in the next seasons, but I guess the leaders in this event will remain the same (except for up and coming pentathletes).

3 pentathletes dominated the swimming in 2009 season: Amro El Geziry (EGY), Nicolas Woodbridge (GBR) and the NB world ranking leader Ádám Marosi (HUN). Let's have a look at the best times of the year.

Competitions:

World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Budapest, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC


Top 3 by event - Swimming (only finals)

WC1 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1372 (1:59.00), Woodbridge (GBR) 1328 (2:02.84), Marosi (HUN) 1308 (2:04.46)
WC2 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1404 (1:56.51), Sung Hyun Lee (KOR) 1336 (2:02.27), Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1328 (2:02.81)
WC3 - Petroni (ITA) 1392 (1:57.40), Marosi (HUN) 1392 (1:57.64), Zadneprovskis (LTU) 1376 (1:58.87)
WC4 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1384 (1:58.29), Woodbridge (GBR) 1372 (1:59.18), Marosi (HUN) 1344 (2:01.63)
WCF - Woodbridge (GBR) 1372 (1:59.26), Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1368 (1:59.57), Tomii (JPN) 1340 (2:01.80)
SWC - Woodbridge (GBR) 1404 (1:56.40), Motsios (GRE) 1368 (1:59.61), Horbacz (POL) 1352 (2:00.95)

Others with less than 2 minutes are:
WC3 - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1372 (1:59.13), Németh 1368 (1:59.60), Tomii (JPN) 1364 (1:59.69), Weale (GBR) 1364 (1:59.91), Walther (GER) 1364 (1:59.97)

Top 10 - Swimming - 2009
1 - Woodbridge (GBR) 1:56.40 SWC London and Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:56.51 WC2 Cairo - 1404
3 - Petroni (ITA) 1:57.40 and Marosi (HUN) 1:57.64 - WC3 Budapest - 1392
5 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:58.29 - WC4 Roma - 1384
6 - Zadneprovskis (LTU) 1:58.87 - Wc3 Budapest - 1376
7 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:59.00 WC1 Mexico, Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1:59.13 WC3 Budapest, Woodbridge (GBR) 1:59.18 WC4 Roma, Woodbridge (GBR) 1:59.26 WCF Rio de Janeiro - 1372


The World Cup in Hungary had the most competitive field, with 8 pentathletes finishing under 2 minutes; the higher scores were in London and Cairo, though. Woodbridge and Amro El Geziry have 6 of the top 10 best times. Marosi kept his high level regularity in swimming as well and Omar El Geziry comes close to his brother.

2009 Season's Best - Men - Combined Event

This is the first year of combined event, let's see what happened in the season.

Competitions:

World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Budapest, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC

Top 3 by event (combined event - only finals):

WC1 - Sandoval (MEX) 2624 (11:24.47), Hernandez (MEX) 2612 (11:27.71), Soto (MEX) 2592 (11:32.10)
WC2 - Sandoval (MEX) 2856 (10:26), Polívka (CZE) 2812 (10:37), Benedetti (ITA) 2752 (10:52)
WC3 - Cherkovskis (LAT) 2656 (11:16.46), Jung-Sub Kim (KOR) 2620 (11:25.58), Mitsyk (BLR) 2584 (11:34.58)
WC4 - Benedetti (ITA) 2824 (10:34), Patte (FRA) 2764 (10:49), Daniel (AUT) 2736 (10:56)
WCF - Soto (MEX) 2680 (11:10), De Lucca (ITA) 2660 (11:15), Tibolya (HUN) 2628 (11:23)
SWC - Frolov (RUS) 2840 (10:30.82), Daniel (AUT) 2836 (10:31.88), Svoboda (CZE) 2832 (10:32.53)

Others top scores (under 10:50)
SWC - Ovcharov (RUS) 2784 (10:44.54), Brady (USA) 2768 (10:48.21), Kinderis (LTU) 2768 (10:48.79), Marosi (HUN) 2764 (10:49.07)

Season Best - Top 10 - Combined Event
1 - Sandoval (MEX) 2856 (10:26) - WC2 Cairo
2 - Frolov (RUS) 2840 (10:30.82) - SWC London
3 - Daniel (AUT) 2836 (10:31.88) - SWC London
4 - Svoboda (CZE) 2832 (10:32.53) - SWC London
5 - Benedetti (ITA) 2824 (10:34) - WC4 Roma
6 - Polívka (CZE) 2812 (10:37) - WC2 Cairo
7 - Ovcharov (RUS) 2784 (10:44.54) - SWC London
8 - Brady (USA) 2768 (10:48.21) and Kinderis (LTU) 2768 (10:48.79) - SWC London
10 - Marosi (HUN) 2764 (10:49.07) - SWC London and Patte (FRA) 2764 (10:49) - WC4 Roma

Sandoval had the best performance in the combined event (considering the events listed above). His countryman Soto and also Daniel and Benedetti are others pentathletes that are doing great in the combined event, which was introduced this year. Frolov, Svoboda, Polívka and Marosi could rely on their performance in combined event to boost or manage their positions to win important points for the rankings.

2009 Season's Best - Men - Total Points

So here we go with the best of 2009 - as for now, only for the men, women data will come later. I've collected the best scores at World Cup , Senior World Championships and European Senior Championship (the strongest continental competition), only for final rounds.

The competitions are:

World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Budapest, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
European Senior Championships - Leipzig, Germany - June 2009 - ESC


Total Points

WC1 - Horbacz (POL) 5948, Soto (MEX) 5892, Marosi (HUN) 5772
WC2 - Polívka (CZE) 6088, Krungolcas (LTU) 5976, Zemaitis (LYU) 5964
WC3 - Cherkovskis (LAT) 6000, Marosi (HUN) 5944, Krungolcas (LTU) 5888
WC4 - Frolov (RUS) and Marosi (HUN) 6060, Patte (FRA) 6008
WCF - Marosi (HUN) 6056, Tymoshchenko (UKR) 5992, Giancamilli (ITA) 5940
SWC - Marosi (HUN) 6136, Svoboda (CZE) 6116, Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 6100
ESC - Polívka (CZE) 6060, Frolov (RUS) 6036, Marosi (HUN) 6032


Other pentathletes with over 6000 points in the season:
SWC - Németh (HUN) 6076, Daniel (AUT) 6048, Kinderis (LTU) 6028, Motsios (GRE) 6020, Krungolcas (LTU) 6012
ESC - Walther (GER) 6012, Kinderis (LTU) 6004


Top 10 - 2009
1 - Marosi (HUN) 6136 (SWC London)
2 - Svoboda (CZE) 6116 (SWC London)
3 - Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 6100 (SWC London)
4 - Polívka (CZE) 6088 (WC2 Cairo)
5 - Németh (HUN) 6076 (SWC London)
6 - Polívka (CZE) 6060 (ESC Leipzig), Frolov (RUS) and Marosi (HUN) 6060 (WC4 Roma)
9- Marosi (HUN) 6056 (WCF Rio de Janeiro)
10- Daniel (AUT) 6048 (SWC London)


Marosi appears 3 times in the list, Polívka is twice in the list. Frolov, who is in the list, also has the 11th best total points. The Senior World Championships was a really tough competition, with 8 pentathletes over 6000 points, the European Championships had 5 athletes >6K and WC4 (Rome) was the only World Cup event with a podium of athletes >6K.

World and Olympic records, season best and others stats - or not

It's not easy to find data about the records (I know it might be somewhere, but my search efforts were useless until now and UIPM database needs an update - you can find at results-NB Rankings - search in display). Of course the several changes in the sport through the years (length of swimming, running and riding course, the new formats - one-day and combined event- new equipments for shooting and fencing, swimsuit, etc) make it even more difficult, with several records for the competitions (we have what we can call historical records since no longer it's made in the same way). Fencing depends too much on the field (quality of opponents) and number of duels (24, 32, 36 draw size), riding is up to 1200 points flawless riding and is also affected by the course and the luck in the draw of the horses. Even running has a "world best" instead of "record" since the track is not the same in all competitions. OK, I promise I won't say the outdoor performances are affected by the weather and altitude, oh, I've just did it, haha.

I've compiled some info about best performances, but there is still a lot to do. I'd like to have the historic records of 300m swimming and 4000m running, and also for shooting and running 3km that now were replaced by the combined event. I'm working on 2009 season best performances (only World Cup finals and World Championships) that I hope be publishing within a week, with the top5 or top10 performances of the year for fencing, swimming, riding, combined event and total points. Hey, the combined event season best list will show the world record.

Some interesting stats/facts I've collected so far (before 2009 season), mostly about the Olympic records smashed in Beijing 2008:

Shooting: David Svoboda (CZE) is the Olympic record holder (191), followed by Zenhua Qian (CHN) - 189 - Michal Michalík (CZE) - 188 - and Viktor Horváth (HUN) -187 - all this scores in Beijing 2008. The former record holders were from Belarus, Pavel Dougal (Sydney 2000) and Dmitri Meliakh (Athina 2004) - 187, equalled by Horváth. The world record belongs to Denis Turov, from Kazakhstan (195 points, Open Winter Kazakhstan Champ., February 2007). Akos Kallai (HUN) has the second best score in shooting, 194 points, followed by For the women, the world ranking belongs to Hannah Arkhipenko (BLR) with 194 (1264 points) in Senior World Championships 2008 (Budapest, May), followed byAnastasia Samusevich (BLR) and Manuela Landi (ITA) with 191 points; in Olympics, Berlinda Schreiber (SUI) was the best shooter in Beijing (188), close to Olympic record set in Athina 2004 (Lean Dong, from China, with 189).

Fencing: Beijing 2008 saw Andrei Moiseev (RUS), the gold medalist, and Zenhua Qian (CHN) both scoring 1024 points (26/35). Previously it was a record shared by Moiseev, Cornel Vena (ROU) and Olivier Clergeau (FRA) of 1000 points for a 22/31 record. Lena Schöneborn (GER), another Beijing gold medalist, set a new OR too (1072 points for 28/35). Elena Rublevska (LAT) is another good fencer, with 27/35 (Beijing) and 23/31 (Athina). The world record for women is of Brazilian Yane Marques, 24w/2d in Panamerican Games 2007 (not a much competitive field though, despite the impressive record), the UIPM database for men fencing has something wrong since more than 30 first best records are of the same competition (World Cup 3 2006 Berlin).

Swimming: Amro El Geziry (EGY) and Sheila Taormina (USA) have the best time, holding both records (World and Olympic). Taormina is a former pro swimmer who also competed in triathlon before joining the modern pentathlon circuit. Nicolas Woodbridge (GBR) and Amélie Cazé (FRA) have great times too, coming close to the leaders.

Riding: well, it's up to 1200 points, not much to tell about. Since it's also a recap of last Olympic Games, the best riders were Michal Michalík (CZE) with 1172 points and Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) with 1168 points in a hard and wet course that spoiled the chances of medal of some athletes like Svoboda. In the day after, some small changes for the women and Qian Chen (CHN), Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) and Sheila Taormina (USA) scored a perfect 1200 points.

Running: Dong-Hon Nam (KOR) set a new Olympic record of 8:55.97 in Beijing . The women's record is of Stephanie Cook (GBR) set in Sydney 2000, 1306 points that helped her to clinch the title. Anastasia Samusevich (BLR) had the best time in Beijing 2008, 10:04.46 - finished the competition in fourth place, missing a medal. World best time belongs to Pernille Svarre (DEN), with 9:36 (Malmö, 1999)