Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Dates | August 26–31, 1960 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 60 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, two events in modern pentathlon were contested. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Ferenc Németh Hungary | Imre Nagy Hungary | Robert Beck United States |
Team | Hungary (HUN) Imre Nagy András Balczó Ferenc Németh | Soviet Union (URS) Nikolai Tatarinov Hanno Selg Igor Novikov | United States (USA) Robert Beck Jack Daniels George Lambert |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
A total of 60 athletes from 23 nations competed at the Rome Games: [1]
1 | Hungary |
2 | Soviet Union |
3 | United States |
4 | Finland |
5 | Poland |
6 | Sweden |
7 | Great Britain |
8 | Mexico |
9 | Italy |
10 | Argentina |
11 | Switzerland |
12 | Austria |
13 | Brazil |
14 | Australia |
15 | France |
16 | United Team of Germany |
17 | Tunisia |
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