Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the men's individual modern pentathlon event was contested. It was the eighth appearance of the event, which had been featured at every Summer Olympics since 1912. The individual scores were also used for the men's team event.

Competition format The modern pentathlon consisted of five events. The competition used a point-for-place system, with the lowest total across the five events winning.Official Report, pp. 505–08.

Riding: a show jumping competition. The course was 5000 m long, with a time limit of 10 minutes, 32 seconds. Riders started with 100 points and could lose points either through obstacle faults or going over the time limit. Negative scores were possible. Ties were broken by the specific time taken, with the quicker rider winning. Fencing: a round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on number of bouts won, with double-touches used as a tie-breaker. Shooting: a rapid fire pistol competition, with 20 shots (each scoring up to 10 points) per competitor. Swimming: a 300 m freestyle swimming competition. Running: a 4 km race.

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Riding Fencing Shooting Swimming Running Total Time faults faults Score Place Wins Double touches Place Hits Score Place Time Place Time Place 9.03.0 0 0 100 1 28 8 7 20 182 15 4.05.4 1 15.08.4 8 32 9.47.6 0 0 100 8 30 8 2 20 185 9 4.39.7 18 14.40.9 2 39 9.24.9 0 0 100 3 30 4 4 20 183 12 4.19.9 5 15.44.9 17 41 4 10.41.0 4.5 0 95.5 24 25 8 13 20 187 4 4.16.9 4 15.11.6 10 55 5 9.24.0 0 0 100 2 19 3 37 20 184 10 4.29.0 9 14.44.7 4 62 6 9.51.3 0 0 100 9 28 5 11 20 186 6 4.36.9 17 15.53.5 19 62 7 10.08.1 0 0 100 11 18 10 38 20 196 1 4.27.6 8 14.45.9 5 63 8 10.09.8 0 0 100 12 23 6 23 20 175 29 4.13.6 3 14.20.4 1 68 9 9.30.8 0 0 100 4 29 4 6 18 165 42 4.25.5 7 15.42.0 16 75 10 10.39.8 4 0 96 23 22 9 24 20 187 5 4.11.5 2 16.02.5 26 80 11 10.18.6 0 0 100 14 30 7 3 20 183 13 4.54.3 23 16.04.9 29 82 12 10.01.1 0 0 100 10 28 5 10 20 179 25 5.01.4 27 15.54.2 21 93 13 9.54.2 0 8 92 26 24 10 19 20 181 19 4.31.8 11 15.53.8 20 95 14 9.34.3 0 0 100 6 25 2 17 20 185 8 5.10.9 34 16.19.1 30 95 15 9.44.0 0 0 100 7 25 5 14 20 180 23 4.36.4 16 16.30.4 36 96 16 9.33.5 0 0 100 5 20 6 31 19 176 33 4.32.6 13 15.49.7 18 100 17 10.37.4 3 0 97 20 28 6 9 20 181 17 5.10.0 33 16.03.0 27 106 18 10.11.6 0 3 97 18 22 3 27 20 180 24 4.33.5 14 15.59.7 24 107 19 11.52.6 40.5 0 59.5 37 28 7 8 20 181 16 5.27.7 38 15.14.4 11 110 20 10.18.6 0 0 100 14 25 5 15 20 184 11 5.29.0 39 16.19.3 31 110 21 10.59.0 13.5 3 83.5 30 34 2 1 19 165 39 4.44.2 21 15.54.5 22 113 22 11.44.4 36.5 0 63.5 35 23 7 22 20 188 3 4.58.1 25 16.26.9 35 120 23 10.13.5 0 3 97 19 21 9 28 19 173 34 5.04.6 29 15.15.4 13 123 24 9.32.6 0 3 97 17 20 2 33 20 186 7 5.35.7 41 16.01.2 25 123 25 10.14.2 0 0 100 13 16 6 45 20 180 21 4.31.0 10 16.25.2 34 123 26 10.32.6 0.5 3 96.5 22 16 8 44 20 190 2 5.51.4 43 15.35.8 15 126 27 10.39.5 4 3 93 25 25 9 12 20 176 28 5.34.2 40 15.59.4 23 128 28 11.27.2 28 9 63 36 20 11 30 13 121 50 4.23.7 6 15.06.3 7 129 29 12.38.3 63.5 8 28.5 44 25 0 18 20 173 30 4.35.6 15 16.03.7 28 135 30 10.54.7 11.5 0 88.5 27 17 6 42 20 181 18 5.22.9 37 15.15.3 12 136 31 10.19.5 0 0 100 16 19 6 36 20 181 20 4.52.7 22 17.21.8 43 137 32 12.15.1 52 3 45 41 29 6 5 20 179 26 5.07.4 31 17.25.4 45 148 33 11.07.5 18 0 82 32 18 5 40 20 180 22 4.41.5 20 16.53.4 37 151 34 10.56.6 12.5 9 78.5 33 18 8 39 20 182 14 5.02.5 28 16.59.7 38 152 35 Interrupted 49 21 4 29 19 181 32 5.36.9 42 15.04.1 6 158 36 12.03.7 46 11 43 42 15 9 46 18 159 44 4.32.2 12 15.31.4 14 158 37 10.35.3 2 50 48 40 13 8 50 19 171 36 5.08.5 32 14.41.9 3 161 38 11.18.0 23 0 77 34 19 8 34 19 167 37 4.39.9 19 17.00.7 39 163 39 14.30.8 119.5 170 -189.5 47 24 5 21 20 177 27 5.22.3 36 16.21.3 33 164 40 13.33.9 91 20 -11 46 19 7 35 19 164 40 6.11.0 46 15.09.7 9 176 41 10.59.1 14 3 83 31 25 3 16 19 173 35 7.07.7 48 18.04.5 49 179 42 10.55.7 12 0 88 28 17 9 41 19 166 38 4.57.9 24 18.26.2 50 181 43 11.49.7 39 8 53 39 22 3 25 18 136 47 5.18.8 35 17.10.8 41 187 44 10.58.3 13.5 3 83.5 29 16 10 43 15 142 49 5.06.7 30 17.15.7 42 193 45 12.39.0 63.5 14 22.5 45 24 8 20 18 145 46 5.55.5 44 17.09.5 40 195 46 10.37.7 3 0 97 21 14 8 48 20 170 31 7.26.2 49 18.04.2 48 197 47 11.57.2 43 3 54 38 14 4 49 18 158 45 5.00.4 26 17.22.6 44 202 48 15.13.1 141 206 -247 48 22 3 26 18 160 43 6.16.3 47 17.46.8 46 210 49 12.10.1 49.5 15 35.5 43 9 7 51 19 164 41 6.04.7 45 16.20.8 32 212 50 Interrupted 49 20 9 32 17 135 48 * 50 17.59.3 47 226 – 10.44.7 6.5 49 15 9 47 Did not finish

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