The men's modern pentathlon multi-sport event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 26–31.

Format

Riding: The riding event was held on August 26 at Passo Corese. It was contested as an equestrian cross-country steeplechase. Competitors are paired with horses in a random draw 20 minutes before the event.

Fencing: The fencing event was held on August 27 at the Palazzo dei Congressi. It was contested as a single touch épée round-robin tournament.

Shooting: The shooting event was held on August 28 at Umberto I Shooting Range. It was contested as 20 shot 10 metre air pistol.

Swimming: The swimming event was held on August 30 at the Swimming Stadium. It was contested as a 300 metre freestyle swim.

Running: The running event was held on August 31 at the Acqua Santa Golf Club Course. It was contested as a 4000 metre cross-country race.

Results

Final standings

Rank Name Nationality Total Notes Ferenc Németh 1,009 977 880 990 1,168 5,024 Imre Nagy 1,048 1,000 840 935 1,165 4,988 Bob Beck 1,039 977 940 1,010 1,015 4,981 4 András Balczó 1,037 885 760 1,075 1,216 4,973 5 Igor Novikov 982 839 860 1,035 1,246 4,962 6 Nikolay Tatarinov 1,138 747 820 885 1,168 4,758 7 Stanisław Przybylski 1,111 747 860 815 1,198 4,731 8 Jack Daniels 1,024 793 900 1,015 985 4,717 9 Kurt Lindeman 1,027 839 900 830 1,117 4,713 10 Hanno Selg 967 839 780 925 1,177 4,688 11 Patrick Harvey 1,057 655 920 900 1,147 4,679 12 Berndt Katter 866 931 900 970 961 4,628 13 Luis Ribera 1,153 770 880 955 865 4,623 14 Kazimierz Paszkiewicz 1,075 563 840 1,010 1,108 4,596 15 Per-Erik Ritzén 1,117 724 840 825 1,084 4,590 16 Eero Lohi 1,036 770 780 905 1,093 4,584 17 Antonio Almada 1,129 931 840 975 691 4,566 18 George Lambert 1,165 678 740 975 982 4,540 19 Erhard Minder 1,141 793 820 740 1,033 4,527 20 Kazimierz Mazur 1,129 586 960 710 1,126 4,511 21 Sture Ericson 937 885 640 890 1,114 4,466 22 Sergio Escobedo 1,237 793 1,000 690 742 4,462 23 Adriano Facchini 1,096 632 780 955 949 4,412 24 Donald Cobley 1,036 655 720 865 1,096 4,372 25 Peter Lichtner-Hoyer 1,123 655 800 750 1,015 4,343 26 Peter Little 967 632 760 905 1,030 4,294 27 Justo Botelho 718 724 840 940 1,048 4,270 28 Wolfgang Gödicke 588 747 860 950 1,117 4,262 29 Gaetano Scala 940 839 800 865 817 4,261 30 Björn Thofelt 1,024 793 880 870 643 4,210 31 Neville Sayers 1,024 632 820 615 1,114 4,205 32 Wenceslau Malta 1,066 586 860 750 919 4,181 33 Werner Vetterli 896 609 840 910 853 4,108 34 Hugh Doherty 958 517 840 875 907 4,097 35 Kazuhiro Tanaka 922 517 840 890 916 4,085 36 Carlos Stricker 1,081 448 700 925 817 4,021 37 Udo Birnbaum 1,010 793 640 730 832 4,005 38 Shigeaki Uchino 571 517 860 845 1,195 3,988 39 Frank Battig 949 747 680 700 829 3,905 40 Raúl Bauza 1,135 724 360 960 709 3,888 41 Giulio Giunta 662 632 540 965 1,084 3,883 42 André Bernard 877 517 800 800 886 3,880 43 José Pérez 1,027 517 700 960 670 3,874 44 Joaquín Villalba 943 494 880 850 700 3,867 45 Christian Beauvalet 1,135 724 540 665 799 3,863 46 Peter Macken 976 517 440 855 1,048 3,836 47 Benny Schmidt 994 747 580 540 949 3,810 48 Dietrich Krickow 706 701 620 855 898 3,780 49 Rolf Weber 941 609 620 625 952 3,747 50 José Wilson 433 448 800 920 919 3,520 51 Fernando Irayzoz 1,031 425 680 670 580 3,386 52 Okkie van Greunen 755 310 680 810 823 3,378 53 Étienne Jalenques 968 632 580 725 432 3,337 54 Arsène Pint 1,129 425 300 565 823 3,242 55 Ralf Berckhan 979 471 0 905 706 3,061 56 Lakdar Bouzid 0 218 620 680 838 2,356 57 Habib Ben Azzabi DQ 356 340 450 532 1,678 58 Ahmed Ennachi DQ 287 380 130 388 1,185 59 Mohamed Ben Checkroun 671 - - - - - DNF 60 Naji El-Mekki DNF - - - - - DNF

Key: DNF = did not finish

References 1960 Summer Olympics results: men's modern pentathlon, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-08-22.