| 2019 World Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Location |  Budapest, Hungary |
| Dates | 2–9 September |
The 2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 2 to 9 September 2019. [1]
The 59th edition of the championships, and the 23rd in which the men's and women's events have been combined, the individual competitions also operate as a direct qualification event for the Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, with three quota places available in each event [2]
* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN)* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Valentin Belaud France | 1468 | Joseph Choong Great Britain | 1453 | Jun Woong-tae South Korea | 1452 |
| Team | South Korea Jun Woong-tae Jung Jin-hwa Lee Ji-hun | 4309 | Hungary Bence Demeter Róbert Kasza Ádám Marosi | 4272 | Great Britain Joe Choong James Cooke Thomas Toolis | 4258 |
| Relay | Germany Patrick Dogue Alexander Nobis | 1506 | South Korea Jun Woong-tae Jung Jin-hwa | 1482 | Russia Danil Kalimullin Aleksander Lesun | 1475 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Volha Silkina Belarus | 1368 | Elena Micheli Italy | 1357 | Kate French Great Britain | 1357 |
| Team | Belarus Volha Silkina Anastasiya Prokopenko Iryna Prasiantsova | 4007 | Great Britain Kate French Joanna Muir Francesca Summers | 3991 | Germany Rebecca Langrehr Janine Kohlmann Annika Schleu | 3933 |
| Relay | Mexico Mariana Arceo Mayan Oliver | 1338 | Hungary Luca Barta Kamilla Réti | 1329 | South Korea Jeong Mi-na Kim Un-ju | 1326 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relay | Egypt Eslam Hamad Salma Abdelmaksoud | 1463 | France Valentin Belaud Élodie Clouvel | 1454 | Belarus Ilya Palazkov Anastasiya Prokopenko | 1448 |
The individual events at the 2019 Championships doubled as a direct Olympic Games qualifier event. The following athletes achieved qualification for the Modern pentathlon event in Tokyo 2020 by achieving a top three finish in their respective individual event:
| 2020 Summer Olympics Qualification | |
|---|---|
| Men | Women |
| Valentin Belaud (FRA) Jun Woong-tae (KOR) | Volha Silkina (BLR) Elena Micheli (ITA) |
| * Joseph Chung and Kate French, both Great Britain, achieved a top three finishing position to qualify for Tokyo 2020. In both cases, however, the athlete had already previously qualified, and so their quota is vacated, and added to the quotas to be awarded on world ranking points at the end of the qualification period. [2] | |
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