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The UIPM Laser Run World Championships is the premier laser run world championship competition organised by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM). The competition has been held annually since 2015, with cancellations in 2020 due to COVID-19 [1]
| Year | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 September |  Perpignan, France |
| 2016 | 1 September |  Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2017 | 13 October |  Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2018 | 29 September |  Dublin, Ireland |
| 2019 | 2 September |  Budapest, Hungary |
| 2020 | cancelled: Xiamen [2] cancelled: Weiden [2] |  China  Germany |
| 2021 | 8 June |  Cairo, Egypt |
| 2022 | 22 September | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2023 | 19 August |  Bath, United Kingdom [3] [4] |
| 2024 | 6 June | Zhengzhou, China |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Alexandre Henrard (FRA) | Christopher Patte (FRA) | Valentin Belaud (FRA) |
| 2016 |  Ondřej Polívka (CZE) | Pieter Oosthuizen (RSA) | Tiago Sousa (POR) |
| 2017 | Pieter Oosthuizen (RSA) |  Alexandre Dallenbach (SUI) |  Khuanchai Khosinklang (THA) |
| 2018 | Bence Kardos (HUN) | Tom O'Brien (IRL) | David Kindl (CZE) |
| 2019 | Richárd Bereczki (HUN) |  Joan Gispert (ESP) | Tamás Fröhlich (HUN) |
| 2021 |  Amro El Geziry (USA) | Abdelrahman Hussein (EGY) | Ahmed Elsawy (EGY) |
| 2022 |  Łukasz Gutkowski (POL) |  Titas Puronas (LTU) | Paulius Vagnorius (LTU) |
| 2023 | Pau Salomó (ESP) | Alexandre Dallenbach (SUI) | Luo Shuai (CHN) |
| 2024 | Luo Shuai (CHN) |  Lorenzo Macías (MEX) | Liu Zhenfeng (CHN) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | France (FRA) | Spain (ESP) | France-2 (FRA) |
| 2016 | Portugal (POR) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2017 | South Africa (RSA) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2018 | France (FRA) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2019 | Hungary (HUN) | Thailand (THA) | Portugal (POR) |
| 2021 | Egypt (EGY) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2022 | Lithuania (LTU) | France (FRA) | Portugal (POR) |
| 2023 | China (CHN) | France (FRA) |  Kuwait (KUW) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  Anastasiya Prokopenko (BLR) |  Eevi Bengs (FIN) |  Donna Vakalis (CAN) |
| 2016 | Barbora Kodedová (CZE) |  Nina Waldner (AUT) | Cogan Juliette (FRA) |
| 2017 | Eevi Bengs (FIN) | Suzie Cave (GBR) | Menard Charlotte (FRA) |
| 2018 | Jessica Varley (GBR) | Kate Coleman-Lenehan (IRL) | Barbora Rajnoch (CZE) |
| 2019 | Kamilla Réti (HUN) | Sarolta Simon (HUN) |  Pinelopi Nika (GRE) |
| 2021 | Claire Green (USA) | Phaelon French (USA) | Pinelopi Nika (GRE) |
| 2022 | Pinelopi Nika (GRE) | Aranka Chalupníková (CZE) | Wiktoria Wierzba (POL) |
| 2023 | Elzbieta Adomaitytė (LTU) | Devan Wiebe (CAN) | Alexandra Bousfield (GBR) |
| 2024 | Wu Xiyao (CHN) | Ma Yujuan (CHN) | Sun Wanting (CHN) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | South Africa (RSA) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2018 | Ireland (IRL) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2019 | Hungary (HUN) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2021 | Greece (GRE) | Egypt (EGY) | not awarded |
| 2022 | France (FRA) | Portugal (POR) | Portugal-2 (POR) |
| 2023 | Lithuania | France | Kuwait |
| 2024 | China (CHN) |  Philippines (PHI) | China-2 (CHN) |
The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event was first held in 1912, inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the ancient Olympics, and designed to model skills needed by a soldier of that time. As well as being an Olympic event, a world championships has been held annually since 1949.
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente (five) and -athlon (competition). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games. Five events were contested over one day for the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, starting with the long jump, javelin throwing, and discus throwing, followed by the stadion and wrestling. Pentathletes were considered to be among the most skilled athletes, and their training was often part of military service—each of the five events in the pentathlon was thought to be useful in war or battle.
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne, commonly known by the acronym UIPM, has been the international governing body of modern pentathlon since its foundation in London in 1948. Its headquarters are in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, and it has 115 national federation members. Modern pentathlon was introduced at the fifth Olympiad in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912, comprising the contemporary sports of pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse riding and running, which embraced the spirit of its ancient counterpart.
The 2011 World Modern Penthathlon Championship was held in Moscow, Russia from September 8 to September 14, 2011. The event was supposed to take place in Cairo but because of the 2011 Egyptian revolution it was moved to avoid any further political instability. The event includes pistol shooting, fencing, 200m swimming, show jumping and a 3 km run. For the first time laser pistols were used.
The modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 11 to 12 August 2012. The men's and women's events each involved 36 athletes. The venues for the events were the Copper Box (fencing), the Aquatics Centre (swimming), and Greenwich Park.
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The modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place in 2021 at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza and Ajinomoto Stadium.
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