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

The men's individual modern pentathlon event was a multi-sport combined event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was the 12th consecutive Games at which the event was held after being introduced in 1912. The competition involved riding, fencing, shooting, swimming, and running. The scores from the individual competition were also used for the team competition.

Men's individual modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue
DatesOctober 13–17
Competitors48 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Björn Ferm  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) András Balczó  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pavel Lednev  Soviet Union
← 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 Pentathlete Nation           Total
  Björn Ferm   Sweden 1100 885 934 1075 970 4964
  András Balczó   Hungary 1010 931 934 1054 1024 4953
  Pavel Lednev   Soviet Union 1070 839 934 1060 892 4795
4 Karl-Heinz Kutschke   East Germany 1070 632 846 1126 1090 4764
5 Boris Onishenko   Soviet Union 995 885 912 1054 910 4756
6 Raoul Gueguen   France 1040 954 912 1000 850 4756
7 Istvan Mona   Hungary 1010 1046 868 943 847 4714
8 Jim Fox   Great Britain 1010 862 890 1006 895 4663
9 Stasis Shaparnis   Soviet Union 1070 793 802 1027 964 4656
10 Mario Medda   Italy 1010 977 758 949 937 4631
11 James Moore   United States 1040 793 912 931 937 4613
12 Ferenc Török   Hungary 920 1046 912 880 793 4551
13 Jørn Steffensen   Denmark 1040 862 934 811 898 4545
14 Yuso Makihira   Japan 1040 816 802 898 973 4529
15 Jörg Tscherner   East Germany 1050 793 846 1060 766 4515
16 Hans Jacobson   Sweden 1025 977 846 946 718 4512
17 Elmar Frings   West Germany 1070 839 846 955 796 4506
18 Seppo Aho   Finland 1100 885 692 940 880 4497
19 Eduardo Olivera Lastra   Mexico 1070 770 868 997 760 4474
20 Martti Ketela   Finland 1010 770 846 964 856 4446
21 Lucien Guiguet   France 1035 655 824 958 934 4406
22 Robert Beck   United States 1010 885 912 925 655 4387
23 Wolf-Dieter Sonnleitner   Austria 1010 701 912 916 832 4371
24 Giancarlo Morresi   Italy 790 793 1022 1051 703 4359
25 David Bárcena Ríos   Mexico 1010 517 890 982 952 4351
26 Alex Tschui   Switzerland 1100 770 1022 679 766 4337
27 Katsuaki Tashiro   Japan 1100 678 934 931 676 4319
28 Siegfried Springer   Austria 1030 816 846 883 718 4293
29 Maurice Lough   United States 980 655 846 988 820 4289
30 Barry Lillywhite   Great Britain 985 816 802 982 700 4285
31 Peter Macken   Australia 935 655 802 910 982 4284
32 Heiner Thade   West Germany 910 908 956 877 613 4264
33 Antone Paniowsky   Bulgaria 950 724 978 892 703 4247
34 Jorma Hotanen   Finland 780 839 846 895 871 4231
35 Toshio Fukui   Japan 840 896 692 967 802 4197
36 Konstantine Sardjev   Bulgaria 1100 655 868 757 811 4191
37 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli   France 780 494 890 973 925 4062
38 Robert Phelps   Great Britain 795 632 978 964 562 3931
39 Duncan Page   Australia 1035 563 846 880 580 3904
40 Wolfgang Lüderitz   East Germany 365 724 934 907 913 3843
41 Pavel Kupka   Czechoslovakia 865 839 670 943 502 3819
42 Donald McMikin   Australia 545 678 1022 835 679 3759
43 Nicolo Deligia   Italy 460 678 780 889 850 3657
44 Eduardo Tovar Flores   Mexico 805 540 648 889 730 3612
45 Ivan Apostolov   Bulgaria 720 609 538 880 715 3462
46 Hans Todt   West Germany 0 678 736 865 730 3009
47 Wolfgang Leu   Austria 980 747 670 ELI ELI 2397
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall   Sweden 1010 908 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ

Hans Todt drew a stubborn horse for the riding element, which balked three times at an obstacle, resulting in Todt scoring 0 points. Todt, disconsolate at seeing his years of training gone to waste because of bad luck, attacked the horse and had to be pulled away by his teammates.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Modern Pentathlon History". insidethegames.
  2. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 340. ISBN 0140066322.