The individual modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics was one of two modern pentathlon events (both for men), along with the team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:
Equestrian, held on August 27 Fencing, held on August 28 Shooting, held on August 29 Swimming, held on August 30 Cross-country, held on August 31
Results
Rank Pentathlete Nation Total András Balczó 10601057956106012795412 Boris Onischenko 94510761066112811205335 Pavel Lednev 106010191022109211355328 4 Jeremy Robert Fox 11001019868102413005311 5 Vladimir Shmelyov 9209621022117612225302 6 Björn Ferm 1100943978111211505283 7 Heiner Thade 1065962956101211505145 8 Risto Hurme 9509811044106810515094 9 Charles Richards 1060753956126010455074 10 Michel Gueguen 1100848846115211265072 11 John Fitzgerald 1090848868120410605070 12 Zsigmond Villányi 975981868110011235047 13 Ryszard Wach 1100715956107611264973 14 Jørn Steffensen 1005791934102811294887 15 Pál Bakó 940772912112011354879 16 Mario Medda 8957531088104010874863 17 Veikko Salminen 1015772714121611354852 18 Wolfgang Leu 108584893410129734852 19 Martti Ketelä 1045810912101610664849 20 Walter Esser 1000829824108010934826 21 Janusz Pyciak-Peciak 1070905560106012224817 22 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli 960658868108412374807 23 Dumitru Spirlea 975810102293210154754 24 Bo Jansson 1005848780107610304739 25 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall 1020867670104810994704 26 Georgi Stoyanov 110073489094410274695 27 Hole Rößler 945696846114010514678 28 Urs Hugi 10759628469528264661 29 Scott Taylor 965677626110012884656 30 Raoul Gueguen 930772824101610964638 31 Masaru Sakano 105058284697211774627 32 Robert Gordon Barrie 103054491211329824600 33 Yuso Makihira 100575373687612134583 34 Giovanni Perugini 106581073610249464581 35 Peter Zobl-Wessely 88079184690811204545 36 Barry Lillywhite 107082958210529944527 37 Klaus Petersen 99075369211089494492 38 Marian Cosmescu 10456588249969674490 39 Nicolo Deligia 105571573691210694487 40 Stanislaw Skwira 78579184611609044486 41 Peter Neville Macken 77067795689611504449 42 Gilberto Toledano Sanchez 10907726709089884428 43 Eduarde Olivera Lastra 96073486810208444426 44 Bruno Jerebicnik 83584882490810004415 45 Hans Müler 9656968469489374392 46 Jan Bekkenk 930677692100810844391 47 Robert Lawson Phelps 955658736100010364385 48 Albert Covacs 815582714120410664381 49 Akira Kubo 86067791288010424371 50 Velko Bratanov 78565895691610244339 51 Beat Ganz 103063967088810964323 52 René Heitmann 91065862610089884190 53 Rob Vonk 87050669212088774153 54 Scott Scheuermann 100543082410447694072 55 Juan José Castilla Ramos 93560171475210124014 56 Kenneth Maaten 8805447807929913987 57 Angel Pepeliankov 10606960108011353971 58 Henk Krediet 985867802011323786 59 George Skene 048771411089883297
References
External links Official Olympic Report