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The modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition.[1] 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:
Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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Dates | August 27–31, 1972 |
Competitors | 59 from 20 nations |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual |
András Balczó Hungary |
Boris Onishchenko Soviet Union |
Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
Team |
Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Vladimir Shmelyov |
Hungary (HUN) András Balczó Zsigmond Villányi Pál Bakó |
Finland (FIN) Risto Hurme Veikko Salminen Martti Ketelä |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
A total of 59 athletes from 20 nations competed at the Munich Games:[1]
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