Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's

The men's modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 19 August. Three venues were used: Deodoro Aquatics Centre (swimming), Deodoro Stadium (horse-riding and combined running and shooting) and Youth Arena (fencing).

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenuesDeodoro Aquatics Centre
(swimming)
Deodoro Stadium
(riding and combined)
Youth Arena (fencing)
Dates18–20 August 2016
Competitors36 from 25 nations
Winning total1479 points OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksander Lesun  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pavlo Tymoshchenko  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ismael Hernández  Mexico
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The medals were presented by Timothy Fok, IOC member, Hong Kong and Klaus Schormann, President of the UIPM.

Competition format edit

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, all held on the same day. The format was slightly different from the typical modern pentathlon, with two events combined at the end.[1]

  • Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning percentage.
  • Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time.
  • Riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
  • Combined running/shooting: A 3 km run with pistol shooting (the athlete must hit five targets in 70 seconds) every kilometre. Starts were staggered based on points from the previous three events.

Schedule edit

All times are UTC-3

Date Time Round
Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:30 Fencing (Ranking Round)
Saturday, 20 August 2016 12:00 Swimming
14:00 Fencing (Bonus Round)
15:30 Riding
18:00 Combined running/shooting

Results edit

Thirty-six athletes participated.

Key

 The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow with a diamond symbol.

Rank Athlete Country Swimming
Time (pts)
Fencing
Victories (pts)
Riding
Time (pts)
Combined
Time (pts)
Total
  Aleksander Lesun   Russia 2:05.58 (324) 28 (268) OR 71.02 (279) 11:32.35 (608) 1479 OR
  Pavlo Tymoshchenko   Ukraine 2:05.59 (324) 21 (227) 65.43 (286) 11:05.74 (635) 1472
  Ismael Hernández   Mexico 2:02.12 (334) 18 (208) 71.78 (300) 11:14.33 (626) 1468
4 Valentin Prades   France 2:04.44 (327) 21 (227) 77.92 (277) 11:04.08 (636) 1467
5 Riccardo De Luca   Italy 2:09.36 (312) 20 (222) 71.56 (300) 11:07.23 (633) 1467
6 Patrick Dogue   Germany 2:07.65 (318) 25 (240) 80.73 (288) 11:23.36 (617) 1463
7 Max Esposito   Australia 1:59.71 (341) 14 (185) 74.39 (300) 11:04.99 (636) 1462
8 Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe   Ireland 2:03.03 (331) 16 (198) 74.83 (300) 11:12.21 (628) 1457
9 David Svoboda   Czech Republic 2:05.59 (324) 21 (226) 79.48 (282) 11:20.92 (620) 1452
10 Joseph Choong   Great Britain 1:58.50 (345) 22 (224) 70.31 (293) 11:51.59 (589) 1451
11 Nathan Schrimsher   United States 2:00.87 (338) 20 (220) 79.42 (282) 11:30.76 (610) 1450
12 Ádám Marosi   Hungary 2:01.66 (335) 16 (196) 67.87 (293) 11:19.84 (621) 1445
13 Jung Jin-hwa   South Korea 2:00.82 (338) 17 (203) 78.75 (283) 11:21.80 (619) 1443
14 James Cooke   Great Britain 1:55.60 (354) OR 14 (185) 80.48 (288) 11:31.07 (609) 1436
15 Charles Fernandez   Guatemala 2:03.18 (331) 16 (214) 80.58 (271) 11:21.49 (619) 1435
16 Cao Zhongrong   China 2:00.08 (340) 17 (204) 74.31 (300) 11:51.14 (589) 1433
17 Bence Demeter   Hungary 2:03.89 (329) 19 (217) 74.62 (265) 11:21.98 (619) 1430
18 Guo Jianli   China 2:01.94 (335) 19 (214) 73.06 (286) 11:46.21 (594) 1429
19 Jun Woong-tae   South Korea 2:00.88 (338) 13 (178) 73.91 (272) 11:02.50 (638) OR 1426
20 Valentin Belaud   France 2:07.83 (317) 19 (216) 74.31 (286) 11:39.37 (601) 1420
21 Christian Zillekens   Germany 2:06.24 (322) 16 (196) 75.90 (286) 11:27.45 (613) 1417
22 Tomoya Miguchi   Japan 2:02.62 (333) 20 (220) 80.30 (281) 12:02.88 (578) 1412
23 Omar El Geziry   Egypt 2:03.62 (330) 23 (239) 75.10 (265) 12:11.94 (569) 1403
24 Pier Paolo Petroni   Italy 2:05.51 (324) 13 (179) 75.94 (293) 11:39.60 (601) 1397
25 Amro El Geziry   Egypt 1:55.80 (353) 18 (208) 77.23 (291) 12:39.19 (541) 1393
26 Andriy Fedechko   Ukraine 2:05.63 (324) 16 (198) 79.49 (275) 11:47.68 (593) 1390
27 Szymon Staśkiewicz   Poland 2:10.16 (310) 21 (227) 73.44 (258) 11:45.88 (595) 1390
28 Ruslans Nakonechnyi   Latvia 2:03.83 (329) 13 (180) 72.45 (272) 11:35.70 (605) 1386
29 Shohei Iwamoto   Japan 2:08.65 (315) 09 (154) 74.90 (300) 11:54.59 (586) 1355
30 Emmanuel Zapata   Argentina 2:06.66 (320) 11 (166) 77.50 (277) 12:03.19 (577) 1340
31 Felipe Nascimento   Brazil 2:05.39 (324) 09 (155) 75.72 (251) 12:15.59 (565) 1295
32 Jose Ricardo Figueroa   Cuba 2:15.39 (294) 09 (156) 122.31 (233) 12:49.13 (531) 1214
33 Dimitar Krastanov   Bulgaria 2:04.96 (326) 19 (215) E (0) 11:02.95 (638) 1179
34 Justinas Kinderis   Lithuania 2:06.84 (320) 18 (211) E (0) 11:27.33 (613) 1144
35 Pavel Ilyashenko   Kazakhstan 2:06.19 (322) 18 (208) E (0) 11:29.79 (611) 1141
36 Jan Kuf   Czech Republic 2:05.84 (323) 19 (215) E (0) 12:15.62 (565) 1103

Records edit

Broken Olympic records during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Total   Aleksander Lesun (RUS) 1479 pts.
Swimming   James Cooke (GBR) 1:55.60
Combined   Jun Woong-tae (KOR) 11:02.50
Running   Dimitar Krastanov (BUL) 10:20.18
Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots   Jun Woong-tae (KOR) 7.39
Shooting - 4 session of 20 shots   Nathan Schrimsher (USA) 34.08

References edit

  1. ^ "Modern Pentathlon". 2016 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.