Modern Pentathlon — Individual, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 793
Total countries 61

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1912 Individual, Men Olympic 32 10
1920 Individual, Men Olympic 23 8
1924 Individual, Men Olympic 38 11
1928 Individual, Men Olympic 37 14
1932 Individual, Men Olympic 25 10
1936 Individual, Men Olympic 42 16
1948 Individual, Men Olympic 45 16
1952 Individual, Men Olympic 51 19
1956 Individual, Men Olympic 40 16
1960 Individual, Men Olympic 60 23
1964 Individual, Men Olympic 37 15
1968 Individual, Men Olympic 48 18
1972 Individual, Men Olympic 59 20
1976 Individual, Men Olympic 47 17
1980 Individual, Men Olympic 43 17
1984 Individual, Men Olympic 53 18
1988 Individual, Men Olympic 65 26
1992 Individual, Men Olympic 66 30
1996 Individual, Men Olympic 32 22
2000 Individual, Men Olympic 24 19
2004 Individual, Men Olympic 32 21
2008 Individual, Men Olympic 36 22
2012 Individual, Men Olympic 36 24
2016 Individual, Men Olympic 36 25
2020 Individual, Men Olympic 36 26
2024 Individual, Men Olympic 36 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Gösta LilliehöökSWE Gösta ÅsbrinkSWE Georg de LavalSWE
1920 Gustaf DyrssenSWE Erik de LavalSWE Gösta RunöSWE
1924 Bo LindmanSWE Gustaf DyrssenSWE Bertil UgglaSWE
1928 Sven ThofeltSWE Bo LindmanSWE Helmut KahlGER
1932 Johan, Greve OxenstiernaSWE Bo LindmanSWE Richard MayoUSA
1936 Gotthard HandrickGER Charles LeonardUSA Silvano AbbàITA
1948 Wille GrutSWE George MooreUSA Gösta GärdinSWE
1952 Lars HallSWE Gábor BenedekHUN István SzondyHUN
1956 Lars HallSWE Ole MannonenFIN Wäinö KorhonenFIN
1960 Ferenc NémethHUN Imre NagyHUN Bob BeckUSA
1964 Ferenc TörökHUN Igor NovikovURS Albert MokeyevURS
1968 Björn FermSWE András BalczóHUN Pavel LednyovURS
1972 András BalczóHUN Boris OnishchenkoURS Pavel LednyovURS
1976 Janusz Pyciak-PeciakPOL Pavel LednyovURS Jan BártůTCH
1980 Anatoly StarostinURS Tamás SzombathelyiHUN Pavel LednyovURS
1984 Daniele MasalaITA Svante RasmusonSWE Carlo MassulloITA
1988 János MartinekHUN Carlo MassulloITA Vakho IagorashviliURS
1992 Arkadiusz SkrzypaszekPOL Attila MizsérHUN Eduard ZenovkaEUN
1996 Aleksandr ParyginKAZ Eduard ZenovkaRUS János MartinekHUN
2000 Dmitry SvatkovskyRUS Gábor BaloghHUN Paval DouhalBLR
2004 Andrey MoiseyevRUS Andrejus ZadneprovskisLTU Libor CapaliniCZE
2008 Andrey MoiseyevRUS Edvinas KrungolcasLTU Andrejus ZadneprovskisLTU
2012 David SvobodaCZE Cao ZhongrongCHN Ádám MarosiHUN
2016 Aleksandr LesunRUS Pavlo TymoshchenkoUKR Ismael HernándezMEX
2020 Joe ChoongGBR Ahmed El-GendyEGY Jeon Ung-TaeKOR
2024 Ahmed El-GendyEGY Taishu SatoJPN Giorgio MalanITA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sweden SWE 9 6 4 19
Hungary HUN 4 6 3 13
Russian Federation RUS 4 1 0 5
Poland POL 2 0 0 2
Soviet Union URS 1 3 5 9
Italy ITA 1 1 3 5
Egypt EGY 1 1 0 2
Czechia CZE 1 0 1 2
Germany GER 1 0 1 2
Great Britain GBR 1 0 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 1 0 0 1
United States USA 0 2 2 4
Lithuania LTU 0 2 1 3
Finland FIN 0 1 1 2
Japan JPN 0 1 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
Mexico MEX 0 0 1 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 0 1 1
Unified Team EUN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Lars Hall SWE 2 0 0 2
Andrey Moiseyev RUS 2 0 0 2
Bo Lindman SWE 1 2 0 3
András Balczó HUN 1 1 0 2
Gustaf Dyrssen SWE 1 1 0 2
Ahmed El-Gendy EGY 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Enrique Wirth 11 See all
1956 Summer Olympics Luis Riera 11
Australia AUS 1964 Summer Olympics Peter Macken 4 See all
Austria AUT 2012 Summer Olympics Thomas Daniel 6 See all
Bahrain BRN 1984 Summer Olympics Saleh Sultan Farhan Faraj 25 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Paval Douhal 3 Bronze See all
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Léopold Buffin de Chosal 17 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Édouard Écuyer de le Court 17
Brazil BRA 1952 Summer Olympics Eduardo Leal Medeiros 10 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1976 Summer Olympics Stoyan Zlatev 21 See all
Canada CAN 2008 Summer Olympics Joshua Riker-Fox 24 See all
Chile CHI 1948 Summer Olympics Nilo Floody 9 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1988 Summer Olympics Li King-Ho 43 See all
Cuba CUB 2008 Summer Olympics Yaniel Velázquez 15 See all
Czechia CZE 2012 Summer Olympics David Svoboda 1 Gold See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1976 Summer Olympics Jan Bártů 3 Bronze See all
Denmark DEN 1920 Summer Olympics Marius Christensen 5 See all
East Germany GDR 1968 Summer Olympics Karl-Heinz Kutschke 4 See all
Ecuador ECU 2024 Summer Olympics Andrés Torres 33 See all
Egypt EGY 2024 Summer Olympics Ahmed El-Gendy 1 Gold See all
Estonia EST 1996 Summer Olympics Imre Tiidemann 7 See all
Finland FIN 1956 Summer Olympics Ole Mannonen 2 Silver See all
France FRA 1924 Summer Olympics Ivan Duranthon 4 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Sébastien Deleigne 4
2016 Summer Olympics Valentin Prades 4
Georgia GEO 1996 Summer Olympics Vakho Iagorashvili 20 See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Gotthard Handrick 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 2020 Summer Olympics Joe Choong 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Vasileios Floros 28 See all
Guatemala GUA 2016 Summer Olympics Charles Fernández 15 See all
Hungary HUN 1960 Summer Olympics Ferenc Németh 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Ferenc Török 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics András Balczó 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics János Martinek 1 Gold
Ireland IRL 2016 Summer Olympics Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe 8 See all
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Daniele Masala 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 2024 Summer Olympics Taishu Sato 2 Silver See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Parygin 1 Gold See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2004 Summer Olympics Pavel Uvarov 22 See all
Latvia LAT 2004 Summer Olympics Deniss Čerkovskis 4 See all
Lithuania LTU 2004 Summer Olympics Andrejus Zadneprovskis 2 Silver See all
2008 Summer Olympics Edvinas Krungolcas 2 Silver
Mexico MEX 2016 Summer Olympics Ismael Hernández 3 Bronze See all
Morocco MAR 1960 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ben Checkroun DNF See all
1960 Summer Olympics Naji El-Mekki DNF
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Christiaan Tonnet =7 See all
New Zealand NZL 1980 Summer Olympics Brian Newth 40 See all
Norway NOR 1912 Summer Olympics Carl Paaske 13 See all
1920 Summer Olympics Arne Tellefsen 13
People's Republic of China CHN 2012 Summer Olympics Cao Zhongrong 2 Silver See all
Peru PER 1992 Summer Olympics Luis Alberto Urteaga 65 See all
Poland POL 1976 Summer Olympics Janusz Pyciak-Peciak 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek 1 Gold
Portugal POR 1996 Summer Olympics Manuel Barroso 19 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Lifanov 10 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2020 Summer Olympics Jeon Ung-Tae 3 Bronze See all
Romania ROU 1992 Summer Olympics Marian Gheorghe 7 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Dmitry Svatkovsky 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Andrey Moiseyev 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Andrey Moiseyev 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Lesun 1 Gold
South Africa RSA 1996 Summer Olympics Claud Cloete 15 See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Anatoly Starostin 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1984 Summer Olympics Jorge Quesada 8 See all
Sweden SWE 1912 Summer Olympics Gösta Lilliehöök 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Gustaf Dyrssen 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Bo Lindman 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Sven Thofelt 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Johan, Greve Oxenstierna 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Wille Grut 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Lars Hall 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Lars Hall 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Björn Ferm 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1948 Summer Olympics Bruno Riem 6 See all
Thailand THA 2024 Summer Olympics Phurit Yohuang 34 See all
Tunisia TUN 1960 Summer Olympics Lakdar Bouzid 56 See all
Türkiye TUR 2024 Summer Olympics Buğra Ünal 25 See all
Ukraine UKR 2016 Summer Olympics Pavlo Tymoshchenko 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Eduard Zenovka 3 Bronze See all
United States USA 1936 Summer Olympics Charles Leonard 2 Silver See all
1948 Summer Olympics George Moore 2 Silver
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Alberto Ortiz 26 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Alberto Ortiz 26
Uzbekistan UZB 2020 Summer Olympics Alexander Savkin 32 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Heiner Thade 7 See all