Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team

The team modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics was one of two events (both for men), along with the individual 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:

  • Equestrian, held on August 27
  • Fencing, held on August 28
  • Shooting, held on August 29
  • Swimming, held on August 30
  • Cross-country, held on August 31
Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
DatesAugust 27–31
Competitors57 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
← 1968
1976 →

Results

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Rank Nation Pentathlete           Total Team score
    Soviet Union Boris Onischenko 945 1080 1066 1128 1120 5339 15968
Pavel Lednev 1060 1020 1022 1092 1135 5329
Vladimir Shmelev 920 960 1022 1176 1222 5300
    Hungary András Balczó 1060 1040 956 1060 1279 5395 15348
Zsigmond Villányi 975 980 868 1100 1123 5046
Pál Bakó 940 800 868 1120 1135 4907
    Finland Risto Hurme 950 980 1044 1068 1051 5093 14812
Veikko Salminen 1015 800 714 1216 1135 4880
Martti Ketelä 1045 800 912 1016 1066 4839
4   United States Charles Richards 1060 740 956 1260 1045 5061 14802
John Fitzgerald 1090 840 868 1204 1060 5062
Scott Taylor 965 700 626 1100 1288 4679
5   Sweden Björn Ferm 1100 940 978 1112 1150 5280 14708
Bo Jansson 1005 860 780 1076 1030 4751
Hans-Gunnar Liljenvall 1020 840 670 1048 1099 4677
6   West Germany Heiner Thade 1065 980 956 1012 1150 5163 14682
Walter Esser 1000 840 824 1080 1093 4837
Hole Rößler 945 700 846 1140 1051 4682
7   France Michel Gueguen 1100 840 846 1152 1126 5064 14559
Jean-Pierre Giudicelli 960 700 868 1084 1237 4849
Raoul Gueguen 930 780 824 1016 1096 4646
8   Poland Ryszard Wach 1100 700 956 1076 1126 4958 14785
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak 1070 920 560 1060 1222 4832
Stanislaw Skwira 785 800 846 1160 904 4495
9   Great Britain Jeremy Robert Fox 1100 1000 868 1024 1300 5292 14257
Barry Lillywhite 1070 840 582 1052 994 4538
Robert Lawson Phelps 955 700 736 1000 1036 4427
10   Italy Mario Medda 895 740 1088 1040 1087 4850 13913
Giovanni Perugini 1065 800 736 1024 946 4571
Nicolo Deligia 1055 720 736 912 1069 4492
11   Austria Wolfgang Leu 1085 840 934 1012 973 4844 13865
Peter Zobl-Wessely 880 800 846 908 1120 4554
Bruno Jerebicnik 835 900 824 908 1000 4467
12   Romania Dumitru Spirlea 975 840 1022 932 1015 4784 13655
Marian Cosmescu 1045 660 824 996 967 4492
Albert Covacs 815 580 714 1204 1066 4379
13   Japan Masaru Sakano 1050 560 846 972 1177 4605 13569
Yuso Makihira 1005 760 736 876 1213 4590
Akira Kubo 860 680 912 880 1042 4374
14   Denmark Jørn Steffensen 1005 780 934 1028 1129 4876 13547
Klaus Petersen 990 760 692 1108 949 4499
Heitmann René 910 640 626 1008 988 4172
15   Switzerland Urs Hugi 1075 940 846 952 826 4639 13359
Hans Müller 965 700 846 948 937 4396
Beat Ganz 1030 640 670 888 1096 4324
16   Bulgaria Georgi Stoyanov 1100 700 890 944 1027 4661 12957
Velko Bratanov 785 640 956 916 1024 4321
Angel Pepeliankov 1060 700 0 1080 1135 3975
17   Mexico Gilberto Toledano Sanchez 1090 780 670 908 988 4436 12901
Eduardo Olivera Lastra 960 740 868 1020 844 4432
Juan José Castilla Ramos 935 620 714 752 1012 4033
18   Netherlands Jan Bekkenk 930 700 692 1008 1084 4414 12340
Rob Vonk 870 480 692 1208 877 4127
Henk Krediet 985 880 802 0 1132 3799
19   Canada Scott Scheuermann 1005 420 824 1044 769 4062 11335
Kenneth Maaten 880 540 780 792 991 3983
George Skene 0 480 714 1108 988 3290

References

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  1. ^ "Modern pentathlon: 1972 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
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