2015 European Modern Pentathlon Championships

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2015 European Modern Pentathlon Championships
Venue University of Bath
Location Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bath, United Kingdom
Dates17–23 August
Sofia 2016  

The 2015 European Modern Pentathlon Championships was held in Bath, Great Britain from 17 to 23 August 2015. [1]

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The event was a direct qualification event for the 2016 Summer Olympics, with the eight highest finishers in the men's and women's individual events gaining quota places for their National Olympic Committee at the 2016 Games.

Medal summary

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual Flag of Ireland.svg Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe Flag of France.svg Valentin Prades Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo De Luca
TeamFlag of France.svg  France
Valentin Belaud
Christopher Patte
Valentin Prades
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Ilia Frolov
Aleksander Lesun
Egor Puchkarevskiy
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Jan Kuf
Ondřej Polívka
David Svoboda
RelayFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Andriy Fedechko
Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bence Harangozó
István Málits
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tullio De Santis
Valerio Grasselli

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual Flag of Lithuania.svg Laura Asadauskaitė Flag of France.svg Élodie Clouvel Flag of Germany.svg Lena Schöneborn
TeamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Freyja Atkinson
Kate French
Samantha Murray
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Janine Kohlmann
Annika Schleu
Lena Schöneborn
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Claudia Cesarini
Alice Sotero
Gloria Tocchi
RelayFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Annika Schleu
Lena Schöneborn
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Svetlana Lebedeva
Ekaterina Khuraskina
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Lina Batulevičiūtė
Emilija Serapinaitė

Mixed events

EventGoldSilverBronze
RelayFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Camilla Lontano
Valerio Grasselli
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Katsiaryna Arol
Ilya Palazkov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Donata Rimshayte
Aleksandr Kukarin

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France 1203
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1113
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1034
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1012
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain *1001
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1001
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1001
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0213
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0101
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0101
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0011
Totals (11 nations)77721

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References

  1. "University of Bath to host 2015 Modern Pentathlon European Championships". teambath.com. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2020.