| 2021 World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Cairo, Egypt |
| Dates | 8–14 June |
The 2021 World Modern Pentathlon Championships was held from 8 to 14 June 2021 in Cairo, Egypt. [1] [2]
Originally championships were meant to be held in Minsk, Belarus, but due instability in Belarus championships been moved to Egypt. [3]
* Host nation (Egypt)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 |  Belarus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | RMPF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Egypt* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Ádám Marosi Hungary | 1435 | Alexander Lifanov RMPF | 1426 | Ahmed Elgendy Egypt | 1417 |
| Team | Hungary Ádám Marosi Richárd Bereczki Bence Demeter | 4185 | Germany Fabian Liebig Marvin Faly Dogue Patrick Dogue | 4183 | Egypt Eslam Hamad Ahmed Hamed Ahmed Elgendy | 4171 |
| Relay | RMPF Alexander Lifanov Maxim Kuznetsov | 1491 | South Korea Jung Jin-hwa Jun Woong-tae | 1486 | China Han Jiahao Zhang Linbin | 1482 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Anastasiya Prokopenko Belarus | 1353 | Élodie Clouvel France | 1341 | Michelle Gulyás Hungary | 1339 |
| Team | Germany Annika Schleu Rebecca Langrehr Janine Kohlmann | 3960 | Hungary Blanka Guzi Tamara Alekszejev Michelle Gulyás | 3907 | Belarus Anastasiya Prokopenko Iryna Prasiantsova Volha Silkina | 3898 |
| Relay | Belarus Iryna Prasiantsova Volha Silkina | 1395 | RMPF Gulnaz Gubaydullina Uliana Batashova | 1383 | Hungary Rita Erdős Sarolta Simon | 1343 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relay | South Korea Seo Chang-wan Kim Se-hee | 1432 | Belarus Ilya Palazkov Anastasiya Prokopenko | 1422 | Germany Patrick Dogue Rebecca Langrehr | 1415 |
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