Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Modern pentathlon, Mexico 1968.png
Venue
DatesOctober 13–17, 1968
Competitors48 from 18 nations
  1964
1972  

The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. [1] As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual
details
Björn Ferm
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
András Balczó
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Pavel Lednyov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Team
details
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
András Balczó
István Móna
Ferenc Török
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Boris Onishchenko
Pavel Lednyov
Stasys Šaparnis
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Raoul Gueguen
Lucien Guiguet
Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1102
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1001
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0112
4Flag of France.svg  France 0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Participating nations

A total of 48 athletes from 18 nations competed at the Mexico Games: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Modern pentathlon: 1968 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-08-13.