Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Hämeenlinna
Dates	July 21–25, 1952
No. of events	2
Competitors	51 from 19 nations
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, two events in modern pentathlon were contested. ^[1] For the first time, a team event was part of the Olympic program.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual details	Lars Hall   Sweden	Gábor Benedek   Hungary	István Szondy   Hungary
Team 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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary  (HUN)	1	1	1	3
2	Sweden  (SWE)	1	1	0	2
3	Finland  (FIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

A total of 51 athletes from 19 nations competed at the Helsinki Games: ^[1]

•   Argentina  (3)
•   Australia  (1)
•   Belgium  (1)
•   Brazil  (3)
•   Chile  (3)
•   Finland  (3)
•   France  (3)
•   Germany  (3)
•   Great Britain  (3)
•   Hungary  (3)
•   Italy  (3)
•   Mexico  (3)
•   Portugal  (3)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   Soviet Union  (3)
•   Sweden  (3)
•   Switzerland  (3)
•   United States  (3)
•   Uruguay  (3)

References

1. "Modern pentathlon: 1952 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-07-14.

External links

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2006-12-05.