| 2024 World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Zhengzhou, China |
| Dates | 9–16 June |
The 2024 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held from 9 to 16 June 2024 in Zhengzhou, China. [1]
Top 3 finishers in men's and women's pentathlon events qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics. [2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Egypt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Csaba Bőhm Hungary | 1551 | Balázs Szép Hungary | 1524 | Jun Woong-tae South Korea | 1513 |
| Team | Hungary Csaba Bőhm Bence Demeter Balázs Szép | 4544 | South Korea Jun Woong-tae Kim Soeng-jin Seo Chang-wan | 4415 | Czech Republic Marek Grycz Matěj Lukeš Martin Vlach | 3738 |
| Relay | South Korea Jun Woong-tae Seo Chang-wan | 1466 | Ukraine Maksym Aharushev Oleksandr Tovkai | 1442 | France Léo Bories Ugo Fleurot | 1427 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Seong Seung-min South Korea | 1434 | Blanka Guzi Hungary | 1433 | Rita Erdős Hungary | 1418 |
| Team | Hungary Blanka Bauer Rita Erdős Blanka Guzi | 4229 | South Korea Jang Ha-eun Kim Sun-woo Seong Seung-min | 4182 | Mexico Mariana Arceo Catherine Oliver Tamara Vega | 3766 |
| Relay | South Korea Kim Sun-woo Seong Seung-min | 1321 | Egypt Amira Kandil Haydy Morsy | 1282 | Guatemala Sofía Cabrera Sophia Hernández | 1271 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relay | South Korea Seo Chang-wan Kim Sun-woo | 1116 | Egypt Mohamed El-Gendy Malak Ismail | 1110 | Lithuania Titas Puronas Elzbieta Adomaitytė | 1105 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual [3] | Luo Shuai China | 09:57.91 | Lorenzo Macías Mexico | 10:18.97 | Liu Zhenfeng China | 10:21.53 |
| Men's team | China Luo Shuai Liu Zhenfeng Fan Daqian | 30:43.78 | France Mohamed-Kamis Mtir Florian Gerbe Dany Boussada | 32:46.60 |  Kuwait Ahmed Al-Ameer Naser Al-Azemi Abdallah Meshref | 46:36.40 |
| Women's individual [4] | Wu Xiyao China | 11:45.46 | Ma Yujuan China | 11:56.47 | Sun Wanting China | 12:02.67 |
| Women's team | China Wu Xiyao Ma Yujuan Sun Wanting | 35:44.60 |  Philippines Juliana Sevilla Shyra Aranzado Princess Arbilon | 37:54.54 | China Wu Haoran Zhang Ting Zhang Jing | 37:31.80 |
| Mixed relay [5] | China Wu Xiyao Liu Zhenfeng | 12:36.20 | Mexico Lorenzo Macías Mariana Arceo | 12:37.07 | Philippines Shyra Aranzado Samuel German | 12:38.17 |
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