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Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

The men's modern pentathlon multi-sport event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 26–31.

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 26–31
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ferenc Németh
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Imre Nagy
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bob Beck
 United States
← 1956
1964 →

Format edit

Riding: The riding event was held on August 26 at Passo Corese. It was contested as an equestrian cross-country steeplechase. Competitors are paired with horses in a random draw 20 minutes before the event.

Fencing: The fencing event was held on August 27 at the Palazzo dei Congressi. It was contested as a single touch épée round-robin tournament.

Shooting: The shooting event was held on August 28 at Umberto I Shooting Range. It was contested as 20 shot 10 metre air pistol.

Swimming: The swimming event was held on August 30 at the Swimming Stadium. It was contested as a 300 metre freestyle swim.

Running: The running event was held on August 31 at the Acqua Santa Golf Club Course. It was contested as a 4000 metre cross-country race.

Results edit

Final standings edit

Rank Name Nationality           Total Notes
  Ferenc Németh   Hungary 1,009 977 880 990 1,168 5,024
  Imre Nagy   Hungary 1,048 1,000 840 935 1,165 4,988
  Bob Beck   United States 1,039 977 940 1,010 1,015 4,981
4 András Balczó   Hungary 1,037 885 760 1,075 1,216 4,973
5 Igor Novikov   Soviet Union 982 839 860 1,035 1,246 4,962
6 Nikolay Tatarinov   Soviet Union 1,138 747 820 885 1,168 4,758
7 Stanisław Przybylski   Poland 1,111 747 860 815 1,198 4,731
8 Jack Daniels   United States 1,024 793 900 1,015 985 4,717
9 Kurt Lindeman   Finland 1,027 839 900 830 1,117 4,713
10 Hanno Selg   Soviet Union 967 839 780 925 1,177 4,688
11 Patrick Harvey   Great Britain 1,057 655 920 900 1,147 4,679
12 Berndt Katter   Finland 866 931 900 970 961 4,628
13 Luis Ribera   Argentina 1,153 770 880 955 865 4,623
14 Kazimierz Paszkiewicz   Poland 1,075 563 840 1,010 1,108 4,596
15 Per-Erik Ritzén   Sweden 1,117 724 840 825 1,084 4,590
16 Eero Lohi   Finland 1,036 770 780 905 1,093 4,584
17 Antonio Almada   Mexico 1,129 931 840 975 691 4,566
18 George Lambert   United States 1,165 678 740 975 982 4,540
19 Erhard Minder   Switzerland 1,141 793 820 740 1,033 4,527
20 Kazimierz Mazur   Poland 1,129 586 960 710 1,126 4,511
21 Sture Ericson   Sweden 937 885 640 890 1,114 4,466
22 Sergio Escobedo   Mexico 1,237 793 1,000 690 742 4,462
23 Adriano Facchini   Italy 1,096 632 780 955 949 4,412
24 Donald Cobley   Great Britain 1,036 655 720 865 1,096 4,372
25 Peter Lichtner-Hoyer   Austria 1,123 655 800 750 1,015 4,343
26 Peter Little   Great Britain 967 632 760 905 1,030 4,294
27 Justo Botelho   Brazil 718 724 840 940 1,048 4,270
28 Wolfgang Gödicke   United Team of Germany 588 747 860 950 1,117 4,262
29 Gaetano Scala   Italy 940 839 800 865 817 4,261
30 Björn Thofelt   Sweden 1,024 793 880 870 643 4,210
31 Neville Sayers   Australia 1,024 632 820 615 1,114 4,205
32 Wenceslau Malta   Brazil 1,066 586 860 750 919 4,181
33 Werner Vetterli   Switzerland 896 609 840 910 853 4,108
34 Hugh Doherty   Australia 958 517 840 875 907 4,097
35 Kazuhiro Tanaka   Japan 922 517 840 890 916 4,085
36 Carlos Stricker   Argentina 1,081 448 700 925 817 4,021
37 Udo Birnbaum   Austria 1,010 793 640 730 832 4,005
38 Shigeaki Uchino   Japan 571 517 860 845 1,195 3,988
39 Frank Battig   Austria 949 747 680 700 829 3,905
40 Raúl Bauza   Argentina 1,135 724 360 960 709 3,888
41 Giulio Giunta   Italy 662 632 540 965 1,084 3,883
42 André Bernard   France 877 517 800 800 886 3,880
43 José Pérez   Mexico 1,027 517 700 960 670 3,874
44 Joaquín Villalba   Spain 943 494 880 850 700 3,867
45 Christian Beauvalet   France 1,135 724 540 665 799 3,863
46 Peter Macken   Australia 976 517 440 855 1,048 3,836
47 Benny Schmidt   Denmark 994 747 580 540 949 3,810
48 Dietrich Krickow   United Team of Germany 706 701 620 855 898 3,780
49 Rolf Weber   Switzerland 941 609 620 625 952 3,747
50 José Wilson   Brazil 433 448 800 920 919 3,520
51 Fernando Irayzoz   Spain 1,031 425 680 670 580 3,386
52 Okkie van Greunen   South Africa 755 310 680 810 823 3,378
53 Étienne Jalenques   France 968 632 580 725 432 3,337
54 Arsène Pint   Belgium 1,129 425 300 565 823 3,242
55 Ralf Berckhan   United Team of Germany 979 471 0 905 706 3,061
56 Lakdar Bouzid   Tunisia 0 218 620 680 838 2,356
57 Habib Ben Azzabi   Tunisia DQ 356 340 450 532 1,678
58 Ahmed Ennachi   Tunisia DQ 287 380 130 388 1,185
59 Mohamed Ben Checkroun   Morocco 671 - - - - - DNF
60 Naji El-Mekki   Morocco DNF - - - - - DNF

Key: DNF = did not finish

References edit

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