List of Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon

Last updated February 28, 2025

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon.

Current program

Men's individual

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1912 Stockholm details	Gösta Lilliehöök Sweden	Gösta Åsbrink Sweden	Georg de Laval Sweden
1920 Antwerp details	Gustaf Dyrssen Sweden	Erik de Laval Sweden	Gösta Runö Sweden
1924 Paris details	Bo Lindman Sweden	Gustaf Dyrssen Sweden	Bertil Uggla Sweden
1928 Amsterdam details	Sven Thofelt Sweden	Bo Lindman Sweden	Helmut Kahl Germany
1932 Los Angeles details	Johan Oxenstierna Sweden	Bo Lindman Sweden	Richard Mayo United States
1936 Berlin details	Gotthard Handrick Germany	Charles Leonard United States	Silvano Abbà Italy
1948 London details	William Grut Sweden	George Moore United States	Gösta Gärdin Sweden
1952 Helsinki details	Lars Hall Sweden	Gábor Benedek Hungary	István Szondy Hungary
1956 Melbourne details	Lars Hall Sweden	Olavi Mannonen Finland	Wäinö Korhonen Finland
1960 Rome details	Ferenc Németh Hungary	Imre Nagy Hungary	Robert Beck United States
1964 Tokyo details	Ferenc Török Hungary	Igor Novikov Soviet Union	Albert Mokeyev Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City details	Björn Ferm Sweden	András Balczó Hungary	Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union
1972 Munich details	András Balczó Hungary	Boris Onishchenko Soviet Union	Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union
1976 Montreal details	Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Poland	Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union	Jan Bártů Czechoslovakia
1980 Moscow details	Anatoli Starostin Soviet Union	Tamás Szombathelyi Hungary	Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Daniele Masala Italy	Svante Rasmuson Sweden	Carlo Massullo Italy
1988 Seoul details	János Martinek Hungary	Carlo Massullo Italy	Vakhtang Iagorashvili Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona details	Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek Poland	Attila Mizsér Hungary	Eduard Zenovka Unified Team
1996 Atlanta details	Alexander Parygin Kazakhstan	Eduard Zenovka Russia	János Martinek Hungary
2000 Sydney details	Dmitri Svatkovskiy Russia	Gábor Balogh Hungary	Pavel Dovgal Belarus
2004 Athens details	Andrey Moiseyev Russia	Andrejus Zadneprovskis Lithuania	Libor Capalini Czech Republic
2008 Beijing details	Andrey Moiseyev Russia	Edvinas Krungolcas Lithuania	Andrejus Zadneprovskis Lithuania
2012 London details	David Svoboda Czech Republic	Cao Zhongrong China	Ádám Marosi Hungary
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Aleksander Lesun Russia	Pavlo Tymoshchenko Ukraine	Ismael Hernandez Mexico
2020 Tokyo details	Joe Choong Great Britain	Ahmed El-Gendy Egypt	Jun Woong-Tae South Korea
2024 Paris details	Ahmed El-Gendy Egypt ^[1]	Taishu Sato Japan ^[1]	Giorgio Malan Italy ^[1]

Women's individual

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Stephanie Cook Great Britain	Emily deRiel United States	Kate Allenby Great Britain
2004 Athens details	Zsuzsanna Vörös Hungary	Jeļena Rubļevska Latvia	Georgina Harland Great Britain
2008 Beijing details	Lena Schöneborn Germany	Heather Fell Great Britain	Anastasiya Samusevich Belarus
2012 London details	Laura Asadauskaitė Lithuania	Samantha Murray Great Britain	Yane Marques Brazil
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Chloe Esposito Australia	Élodie Clouvel France	Oktawia Nowacka Poland
2020 Tokyo details	Kate French Great Britain ^[2]	Laura Asadauskaitė Lithuania ^[2]	Sarolta Kovács Hungary ^[2]
2024 Paris details	Michelle Gulyás Hungary ^[3]	Élodie Clouvel France ^[3]	Seong Seung-min South Korea ^[3]

Discontinued event

Men's team

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1952 Helsinki details	Hungary (HUN) Gábor Benedek Aladár Kovácsi István Szondy	Sweden (SWE) Lars Hall Thorsten Lindqvist Claes Egnell	Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka
1956 Melbourne details	Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Aleksandr Tarasov Ivan Deryugin	United States (USA) George Lambert William Andre Jack Daniels	Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Wäinö Korhonen Berndt Katter
1960 Rome details	Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Németh Imre Nagy András Balczó	Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Nikolay Tatarinov Hanno Selg	United States (USA) Robert Beck George Lambert Jack Daniels
1964 Tokyo details	Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Albert Mokeyev Viktor Mineyev	United States (USA) James Moore David Kirkwood Paul Pesthy	Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Török Imre Nagy Ottó Török
1968 Mexico City details	Hungary (HUN) András Balczó István Móna Ferenc Török	Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Stasys Šaparnis	France (FRA) Raoul Gueguen Lucien Guiguet Jean-Pierre Giudicelli
1972 Munich details	Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Vladimir Shmelyov	Hungary (HUN) András Balczó Zsigmond Villányi Pál Bakó	Finland (FIN) Risto Hurme Veikko Salminen Martti Ketelä
1976 Montreal details	Great Britain (GBR) Jim Fox Danny Nightingale Adrian Parker	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jan Bártů Bohumil Starnovský Jiří Adam	Hungary (HUN) Tamás Kancsal Tibor Maracskó Szvetiszláv Sasics
1980 Moscow details	Soviet Union (URS) Anatoli Starostin Pavel Lednyov Yevgeny Lipeyev	Hungary (HUN) Tamás Szombathelyi Tibor Maracskó László Horváth	Sweden (SWE) Svante Rasmuson Lennart Pettersson George Horvath
1984 Los Angeles details	Italy (ITA) Daniele Masala Pier Paolo Cristofori Carlo Massullo	United States (USA) Michael Storm Robert Gregory Losey Dean Glenesk	France (FRA) Paul Four Didier Boube Joël Bouzou
1988 Seoul details	Hungary (HUN) János Martinek Attila Mizsér László Fábián	Italy (ITA) Carlo Massullo Daniele Masala Gianluca Tiberti	Great Britain (GBR) Richard Phelps Dominic Mahony Graham Brookhouse
1992 Barcelona details	Poland (POL) Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek Dariusz Goździak Maciej Czyżowicz	Unified Team (EUN) Anatoli Starostin Dmitri Svatkovskiy Eduard Zenovka	Italy (ITA) Gianluca Tiberti Carlo Massullo Roberto Bomprezzi

Athletes

The following table shows the most successful athletes in Olympic modern pentathlon by medals won:


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	András Balczó (HUN)	3	2	0	5
2	Pavel Lednyov (URS)	2	2	3	7
3	Igor Novikov (URS)	2	2	0	4
4	Daniele Masala (ITA)	2	1	0	3
	Lars Hall (SWE)	2	1	0	3
	Anatoli Starostin (URS)	2	1	0	3
7	János Martinek (HUN)	2	0	1	3
7	Ferenc Török (HUN)	2	0	1	3
9	Ferenc Németh (HUN)	2	0	0	2
	Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek (POL)	2	0	0	2
	Andrey Moiseyev (RUS)	2	0	0	2

References

1 2 3 "Paris 2024 Men's Individual Results – Olympic modern-pentathlon". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
1 2 3 "Tokyo 2020 Women's Individual Results – Olympic modern-pentathlon". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
1 2 3 "Paris 2024 Women's Individual Results – Olympic modern-pentathlon". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.

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[2024_men's-1] 1 2 3 "Paris 2024 Men's Individual Results – Olympic modern-pentathlon". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.

[2020_women's-2] 1 2 3 "Tokyo 2020 Women's Individual Results – Olympic modern-pentathlon". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.

[2024_women's-3] 1 2 3 "Paris 2024 Women's Individual Results – Olympic modern-pentathlon". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 February 2025.

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