Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team

The men's team modern pentathlon event was a multi-sport combined event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was the 5th consecutive Games at which the team event was held after being introduced in 1952. The competition involved riding, fencing, shooting, swimming, and running. The scores from the individual competition were used for the team score; there was no separate competition.

Men's team modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue
DatesOctober 13–17
Competitors45 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
← 1964
1972 →

The event resulted in the first Olympic competitor being disqualified for doping. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was disqualified for alcohol use after drinking beer before the shooting phase.[1]

Results edit

Rank Nation Pentathlete           Total Team score
    Hungary András Balczó 1010 1000 934 1054 1024 5022 14325
István Móna 1010 1078 868 943 847 4746
Ferenc Török 920 1052 912 880 793 4557
    Soviet Union Boris Onishchenko 995 948 912 1054 910 4819 14248
Pavel Lednyov 1070 844 934 1060 892 4800
Stasys Šaparnis 1070 766 802 1027 964 4629
    France Raoul Gueguen 1040 974 912 1000 850 4776 13289
Lucien Guiguet 1035 688 824 958 934 4439
Jean-Pierre Giudicelli 780 506 890 973 925 4074
4   United States James Moore 1040 766 912 931 937 4586 13280
Robert Beck 1010 896 912 925 655 4398
Maurice Lough 980 662 846 988 820 4296
5   Finland Martti Ketela 1010 896 846 964 856 4572 13238
Seppo Aho 1100 922 692 940 880 4534
Jorma Hotanen 780 740 846 895 871 4132
6   East Germany Karl-Heinz Kutschke 1070 610 846 1126 1090 4742 13167
Jörg Tscherner 1050 792 846 1060 766 4514
Wolfgang Luderitz 365 792 934 907 913 3911
7   Japan Yuso Makihira 1040 818 802 898 973 4531 13083
Katsuaki Tashiro 1100 714 934 931 676 4355
Toshio Fukui 840 896 692 967 802 4197
8   Great Britain Jeremy Fox 1010 844 890 1006 895 4645 12893
Barry Lillywhite 985 792 802 982 700 4261
Robert Phelps 795 688 978 964 562 3987
9   Italy Mario Medda 1010 948 758 949 937 4602 12601
Giancarlo Morresi 790 766 1022 1051 703 4332
Nicolo Deligia 460 688 780 889 850 3667
10   Mexico Eduardo Olivera 1070 766 868 997 769 4470 12414
David Bárcena 1010 506 890 982 952 4340
Eduard Tovar 805 532 648 889 730 3604
11   Bulgaria Antone Paniowsky 950 740 978 892 703 4263 11976
Konstantine Sardjev 1100 662 868 757 811 4198
Ivan Apostolov 720 662 538 880 715 3515
12   Australia Peter Macken 935 636 802 910 982 4265 11959
Duncan Page 1035 558 846 880 580 3899
Donald McMikin 545 714 1022 835 679 3795
13   West Germany Elmar Frings 1070 818 846 955 796 4485 11834
Heiner Thade 910 948 956 877 613 4304
Hans Todt ELI 714 736 865 730 3045
  Austria Wolf-Dieter Sonnleitner 1010 688 912 916 832 4442 DNF
Siegfried Springer 1030 870 846 883 718 4347
Wolfgang Leu 980 766 670 DNF DNF DNF
  Sweden Björn Ferm 1100 896 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ
Hans Jacobson 1025 1000 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall 1010 922 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ

References edit

  1. ^ "Modern Pentathlon History". insidethegames.