Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Summary

The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition.[1] As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:

  • Equestrian, held on October 13
  • Fencing, held on October 14
  • Shooting, held on October 15
  • Swimming, held on October 16
  • Cross-country, held on October 17
Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue
DatesOctober 13–17, 1968
Competitors48 from 18 nations
← 1964
1972 →

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
details
Björn Ferm
  Sweden
András Balczó
  Hungary
Pavel Lednyov
  Soviet Union
Team
details
  Hungary (HUN)
András Balczó
István Móna
Ferenc Török
  Soviet Union (URS)
Boris Onishchenko
Pavel Lednyov
Stasys Šaparnis
  France (FRA)
Raoul Gueguen
Lucien Guiguet
Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hungary1102
2  Sweden1001
3  Soviet Union0112
4  France0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Participating nations edit

A total of 48 athletes from 18 nations competed at the Mexico Games:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Modern pentathlon: 1968 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

External links edit

  • Official Olympic Report