| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 24–27, 1920 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, a single modern pentathlon event was contested. [1] As in 1912, Swedish athletes won all three medals.
A total of 23 athletes from 8 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:
Denmark (4)
Finland (2)
France (4)
Great Britain (4)
Italy (1)
Norway (2)
Sweden (4)
United States (2)| Rank | Athlete | Riding | Fencing | Shooting | Swimming | Running | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustaf Dyrssen (SWE) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 2 | Erik de Laval (SWE) | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | ||
| 3 | Gösta Runö (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 27 | ||
| 4 | Bengt Uggla (SWE) | 13 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 46 | ||
| 5 | Marius Christensen (DEN) | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 47 | ||
| 6 | Harold Rayner (USA) | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 48 | ||
| 7 | Emil Alfons Hagelberg (FIN) | 10 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 51 | ||
| 8 | Robert Sears (USA) | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 51 | ||
| 9 | Ejner Augsburg (DEN) | 14 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 57 | ||
| 10 | Georges Brulé (FRA) | 11 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 57 | ||
| 11 | Edward Clarke (GBR) | 17 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 60 | ||
| 12 | Harry Bjørnholm (DEN) | 8 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 61 | ||
| 13 | Arne Tellefsen (NOR) | 2 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 62 | ||
| 14 | Olliver Smith (NOR) | 8 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 65 | ||
| 15 | John Boustead (GBR) | 15 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 66 | ||
| 16 | André Foucher (FRA) | 19 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 67 | ||
| 17 | Thomas Wand-Tetley (GBR) | 22 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 69 | ||
| 18 | Guillaume Candelon (FRA) | 18 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 71 | ||
| 19 | Jean Mondielli (FRA) | 20 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 72 | ||
| 20 | Johan Skjoldager (DEN) | 7 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 77 | ||
| 21 | Edward Gedge (GBR) | 16 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 78 | ||
| 22 | Adriano Lanza (ITA) | 21 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 91 | ||
| — | Kalle Kainuvaara (FIN) | DNF |
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