The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the ancient Olympics. The modern pentathlon was first held in 1912, and its rules have changed several times over the years. The latest structure, as of the 2020 Olympics, consists of three separate events for fencing, swimming, and equestrian, which determine each athlete's starting time in the final event. The last event, called the laser-run, alternates four legs of laser pistol shooting followed by an 800 m run.
Modern pentathlon is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games.
Annika Schleu is a German modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal of the relay event at the 2012 World Championships and 2017 World Championships. She has competed in three Olympic Games, finishing in 26th place in 2012 and in 4th place in 2016.
Kim Jung-hwan is a South Korean right-handed sabre fencer.
Lada Vladimirovna Jienbalanova is a female modern pentathlete from Kazakhstan. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished fourteenth in the women's event with a score of 5,076 points. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jienbalanova fell off her horse during the riding segment, and decided not to run in the 3 km-cross country race, finishing only in last place.
Jung Jin-Hwa is a modern pentathlete from South Korea. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished eleventh in the men's event, tying for the best result for a South Korean with Kim Mi-Seop at Atlanta in 1996.
Katherine Elizabeth French is a British modern pentathlete who won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Gulnaz Radikovna Gubaydullina is a Russian modern pentathlete. She has qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, Gubaydullina won the gold medal in the individual competition, becoming the second Russian woman to do so.
Charles Fernandez is a Guatemalan modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's event and finished fifteenth. Fernandez won the men's modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games. He also won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships. Fernandez has competed in three World Modern Pentathlon Championships as well as multiple youth and junior world championships and a Central American and Caribbean Games.
Jun Woong-tae is a South Korean modern pentathlete.
Lee Da-bin is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. She competes for South Korea mainly in middleweight category at international competitions.
Elena Micheli is an Italian modern pentathlete.
Mariana Arceo is a Mexican modern pentathlete. She represented Mexico at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and she won the gold medal in the women's individual event.
Kang Chae-young is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She has won numerous medals in archery competitions.
Sergio Villamayor is an Argentine modern pentathlete. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. He also won the bronze medal in the men's relay event, alongside Emmanuel Zapata. He qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Adelina Ibatullina is a Russian modern pentathlete.
Joanna Muir is a British modern pentathlete, who was part of the British squad that won the team event at the 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships, and came second in the women's relay event at the 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships. She came second at the opening event of the 2021 Modern Pentathlon World Cup. Muir competed in the modern pentathlon event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.
Alexander Petrovich Lifanov is a Russian modern pentathlete. He competed in the men's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the men's event and the gold medal in the men's relay event at the 2021 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Cairo, Egypt. He won the 2021 Cup of the President of the Russian Federation.
Italy is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of St. Louis 1904 in which one Italian may have competed.
Mohanad Shaban is an Egyptian modern pentathlete. He won the 2023 Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final and qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics.
