Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the men's team modern pentathlon event was contested. It was the first appearance of the event. The team event used (modified) scores from the individual 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. For the team competition, placing points in each of the five segments were adjusted to only account for full teams that finished that particular event. That is, when calculating placing points, individuals from countries that did not send full teams (1 each from Australia, Belgium, and South Africa) were ignored entirely. Places for members of the team from Germany (which had one individual not finish the shooting, swimming, and running events) were counted for the riding and fencing events but ignored for the shooting, swimming, and running events.

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 Nation Athletes Riding Fencing Shooting Swimming Running Total Orig. Place Adj. Place Orig. Place Adj. Place Orig. Place Adj. Place Orig. Place Adj. Place Orig. Place Adj. Place Orig. Points Adj. Points 8 8 2 2 9 9 18 16 2 2 39 37 3 3 4 4 12 12 5 5 17 16 41 40 10 10 10 10 25 24 27 25 21 20 93 89 Total 21 21 16 16 46 45 50 46 40 38 173 166 1 1 7 7 15 15 1 1 8 8 32 32 4 4 6 6 42 40 7 7 16 15 75 72 14 13 3 3 13 13 23 21 29 28 82 78 Total 19 18 16 16 70 68 31 29 53 51 189 182 2 2 37 35 10 10 9 9 4 4 62 60 11 11 38 36 1 1 8 8 5 5 63 61 26 25 19 19 19 19 11 10 20 19 95 92 Total 39 38 94 90 30 30 28 27 29 28 220 213 4 9 9 11 11 6 6 17 15 19 18 62 59 12 12 23 22 29 27 3 3 1 1 68 65 6 6 17 17 8 8 34 31 30 29 95 91 Total 27 27 51 50 43 41 54 49 50 48 225 215 5 24 23 13 13 4 4 4 4 10 10 55 54 19 18 28 27 34 32 29 27 13 13 123 117 36 35 30 29 50 45 6 6 7 7 129 122 Total 79 76 71 69 88 81 39 37 30 30 307 293 6 23 22 24 23 5 5 2 2 26 25 80 77 30 29 1 1 39 37 21 19 22 21 113 107 44 43 18 18 30 28 15 13 28 27 135 129 Total 97 94 43 42 74 70 38 34 76 73 328 313 7 20 19 9 9 17 17 33 30 27 26 106 101 35 34 22 21 3 3 25 23 35 33 120 114 25 24 12 12 28 26 40 37 23 22 128 121 Total 80 77 43 42 48 46The Official Report gives a score of 42 for Chile's shooting, rather than the 46 which would be expected under the scoring system. However, Chile's total score of 336 in the Official Report is consistent with a score of 46 in shooting. 98 90 85 81 354 336 8 5 5 31 30 33 31 13 11 18 17 100 94 17 16 33 31 7 7 41 38 25 24 123 116 33 32 39 37 14 14 28 26 38 36 152 145 Total 55 53 103 98 54 52 82 75 81 77 375 355 9 18 17 27 26 24 23 14 12 24 23 107 101 14 13 15 15 11 11 39 36 31 30 110 105 49 47 29 28 32 30 42 39 6 6 158 150 Total 81 77 71 69 67 64 95 87 61 59 375 356 10 7 7 14 14 23 22 16 14 36 34 96 91 27 26 42 40 18 18 37 34 12 12 136 130 40 39 50 47 36 34 32 29 3 3 161 152 Total 74 72 106 101 77 74 85 77 51 49 393 373 11 16 15 36 34 20 20 22 20 43 40 137 129 32 31 40 38 22 21 20 18 37 35 151 143 47 45 21 20 27 25 36 33 33 32 164 155 Total 95 91 97 92 69 66 78 71 113 107 452 427 12 37 36 8 8 16 16 38 35 11 11 110 106 46 44 35 33 40 38 46 42 9 9 176 166 28 27 41 39 38 36 24 22 50 45 181 169 Total 111 107 84 80 94 90 108 99 70 65 467 441 13 22 21 44 42 2 2 43 40 15 14 126 119 39 38 25 24 47 43 35 32 41 38 187 175 43 42 51 48 41 39 45 41 32 31 212 201 Total 104 101 120 114 90 84 123 113 88 83 525 495 14 34 33 34 32 37 35 19 17 39 37 163 154 29 28 43 41 49 44 30 28 42 39 193 180 38 37 49 46 45 42 26 24 44 41 202 190 Total 101 98 126 119 131 121 75 69 125 117 558 524 15 31 30 16 16 35 33 48 44 49 44 179 167 21 20 48 45 31 29 49 45 48 43 197 182 48 46 26 25 43 41 47 43 46 42 210 197 Total 100 96 90 86 109 103 144 132 143 129 586 546 – 41 40 5 5 26 – 31 – 45 – 148 – 42 41 46 43 44 – 12 – 14 – 158 – 49 47 47 44 Did not finish Total 132 128 98 92 Did not finish

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