| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Only an individual competition was held; the team event was removed by the International Olympic Committee after the previous games. The competition was significantly changed compared to 1992, with athletes now competing over a single day instead of 4–6 days to generate more fan interest. [1]
| Pos [2] | Athlete | NOC | Rid. | Fen. | Sho. | Swi. | Run. | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Parygin |  KAZ | 1072 | 970 | 1196 | 1040 | 1273 | 5551 | ||
| 2 | Eduard Zenovka |  RUS | 1084 | 820 | 1268 | 1016 | 1342 | 5530 | ||
| 3 | János Martinek |  HUN | 1000 | 910 | 1248 | 1100 | 1243 | 5501 | ||
| 4 | Dmitri Svatkovskiy | RUS | 1012 | 880 | 1248 | 1010 | 1339 | 5489 | ||
| 5 | Igor Warabida |  POL | 1072 | 790 | 1208 | 1100 | 1282 | 5452 | ||
| 6 | Ákos Hanzély | HUN | 1084 | 940 | 1236 | 947 | 1228 | 5435 | ||
| 7 | Imre Tiidemann |  EST | 1144 | 820 | 1212 | 950 | 1288 | 5414 | ||
| 8 | Cesare Toraldo |  ITA | 1108 | 880 | 1296 | 1040 | 1078 | 5402 | ||
| 9 | Sergio Salazar |  MEX | 976 | 880 | 1272 | 992 | 1267 | 5387 | ||
| 10 | Per-Olov Danielsson |  SWE | 1048 | 850 | 1236 | 1037 | 1204 | 5375 | ||
| 11 | Kim Mi-seop |  KOR | 976 | 910 | 1312 | 1010 | 1159 | 5367 | ||
| 12 | Christophe Ruer |  FRA | 1060 | 790 | 1304 | 965 | 1244 | 5363 | ||
| 13 | Andrejus Zadneprovskis |  LTU | 892 | 840 | 1276 | 1070 | 1285 | 5363 | ||
| 14 | Adrian Toader |  ROM | 1132 | 700 | 1304 | 950 | 1249 | 5335 | ||
| 15 | Claud Cloete |  RSA | 1132 | 780 | 1152 | 1070 | 1174 | 5308 | ||
| 16 | Michael Gostigian |  USA | 976 | 790 | 1304 | 1043 | 1192 | 5305 | ||
| 17 | Fabio Nebuloni | ITA | 1096 | 820 | 1164 | 1010 | 1195 | 5285 | ||
| 18 | Richard Phelps |  GBR | 928 | 760 | 1280 | 1100 | 1186 | 5254 | ||
| 19 | Manuel Barroso |  POR | 988 | 670 | 1248 | 1070 | 1270 | 5246 | ||
| 20 | Vakhtang Iagorashvili |  GEO | 952 | 940 | 1312 | 890 | 1132 | 5226 | ||
| 21 | Péter Sárfalvi | HUN | 1036 | 820 | 1288 | 938 | 1114 | 5196 | ||
| 22 | Vjacheslavs Duhanovs |  LAT | 1012 | 790 | 1248 | 950 | 1186 | 5186 | ||
| 23 | Horacio de la Vega | MEX | 1060 | 700 | 1292 | 920 | 1210 | 5182 | ||
| 24 | Heorhiy Chymerys |  UKR | 1012 | 970 | 1276 | 890 | 1006 | 5154 | ||
| 25 | Alessandro Conforto | ITA | 1120 | 880 | 1136 | 884 | 1108 | 5128 | ||
| 26 | Sebastien Deleigne | FRA | 1072 | 730 | 1196 | 926 | 1147 | 5071 | ||
| 27 | Maciej Czyżowicz | POL | 1048 | 700 | 1260 | 905 | 1108 | 5021 | ||
| 28 | Grigory Bremel | RUS | 940 | 850 | 1140 | 950 | 928 | 4808 | ||
| 29 | Philipp Waeffler |  SUI | 1156 | 570 | 1200 | 860 | 988 | 4774 | ||
| 30 | Igor Feldman |  KGZ | 976 | 640 | 1080 | 890 | 961 | 4547 | ||
| 31 | Dmitry Tyurin | KAZ | 1048 | 640 | 1232 | ELI | 958 | 3878 | ||
| 32 | Alexander Johnson |  AUS | 1144 | 640 | 1300 | 613 | DNS | 3697 |
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