The men's modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held on Thursday, August 21. Three venues were used: Olympic Green Convention Center (shooting and fencing), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming), and the Olympic Sports Center Stadium (horse-riding and running).
The Russians and Lithuanians continued to dominate the men's competition for the third consecutive time. Russia's Andrey Moiseev won the gold medal, and successfully defended his Olympic title, with score of 5,632 points. Moiseev also became the second modern pentathlete to win two individual gold medals since Lars Hall of Sweden in 1952 and in 1956. Meanwhile, Lithuania's Edvinas Krungolcas and Andrejus Zadneprovskis anchored the two-medal sweep in the podium, taking the silver and bronze, respectively.
Competition format The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.
Shooting: A 4.5 mm air pistol shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target. Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning percentage. Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time. Horse-riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit. Running: A 3 km run. Starts are staggered (based on points from first four events), so that the first to cross the finish line wins.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundThursday, 21 August 2008 08:30 Shooting 10:00 Fencing 14:30 Swimming 17:00 Riding 20:00 Running
Results
RankAthlete Country ShootingScore (pts)Fencing Victories (pts)Swimming Time (pts)Equestrian Time (pts)Running Time (pts) Total Andrey Moiseev 186 (1168) 26 (1024) 2:02.55 (1332) (1048) 5632 Edvinas Krungolcas 185 (1156) 21 (904) 2:07.63 (1272) (1072) 5548 Andrejus Zadneprovskis 182 (1120) 15 (760) 2:02.27 (1336) (1140) 5524 Qian Zhenhua 189 (1204) 26 (1024) 2:07.46 (1272) 10:04.40 (984) 5516 Steffen Gebhardt 183 (1132) 18 (832) 2:06.84 (1280) (1108) 5480 Michal Michalík 188 (1192) 16 (784) 2:08.37 (1260) (1052) 5460 Pavlo Tymoshchenko 185 (1156) 22 (908) 2:09.20 (1252) (1072) 5436 Óscar Soto 171 (988) 20 (880) 2:10.60 (1236) (1156) 5420 Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy 184 (1144) 20 (880) 2:04.37 (1308) 10:01.57 (996) 541610 Samuel Weale 177 (1060) 18 (832) 2:02.87 (1328) (1156) 541211 Deniss Čerkovskis 184 (1144) 15 (760) 2:10.46 (1236) (1124) 535212 Dzmitry Meliakh 186 (1168) 11 (664) 2:03.03 (1324) (1076) 534813 Marcin Horbacz 185 (1156) 14 (736) 2:03.52 (1320) (1044) 534414 Nicola Benedetti 183 (1132) 16 (784) 2:15.10 (1180) (1168) 532015 Yaniel Velazquez 184 (1144) 18 (832) 2:16.38 (1164) (1124) 529216 Eric Walther 172 (1000) 20 (880) 2:00.84 (1352) (1164) 528817 Andrea Valentini 182 (1120) 18 (832) 2:11.70 (1220) (1136) 528018 Sam Sacksen 178 (1072) 14 (736) 2:08.99 (1256) (1104) 527219 Viktor Horváth 187 (1180) 16 (784) 2:05.17 (1300) (1108) 526820 Ilia Frolov 178 (1072) 18 (832) 2:04.01 (1312) (1224) 521221 Bartosz Majewski 176 (1048) 18 (832) 2:09.14 (1252) (1180) 520422 Eli Bremer 165 (916) 14 (736) 2:02.80 (1328) (1132) 517223 Jean Maxence Berrou 176 (1048) 10 (640) 2:04.52 (1308) (1116) 517224 Joshua Riker-Fox 171 (988) 15 (760) 2:11.54 (1224) (1104) 516825 Nick Woodbridge 160 (856) 14 (736) 1:55.96 (1412) 10:00.90 (1000) 506426 Gábor Balogh 179 (1084) 19 (856) 2:07.32 (1276) 10:15.01 (940) 500827 Cristián Bustos 178 (1072) 12 (688) 2:15.26 (1180) (1124) 496828 Nam Dong-Hong 181 (1108) 15 (760) 2:05.28 (1300) (1260) 496829 David Svoboda 191 (1228) 24 (976) 2:05.40 (1296) (1144) 482830 Cao Zhongrong 160 (856) 21 (904) 2:01.53 (1344) (1008) 482431 Yoshihiro Murakami 181 (1108) 12 (688) 2:10.74 (1232) 10:46.70 (776) 478432 Amro El-Geziry 174 (1024) 15 (760) 1:55.86 (1412) (1008) 468833 Lee Choon-Huan 176 (1048) 19 (856) 2:09.18 (1252) (1076) 431634 John Zakrzewski 168 (952) 19 (856) 2:04.23 (1312) 10:04.15 (984) 426435 Yahor Lapo 178 (1072) 17 (808) 2:05.62 (1296) (1076) 425236 Jaime Lopez 183 (1132) 17 (808) 2:07.02 (1276) 10:05.80 (980) 4196
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