1952 Summer Olympics / Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon in the XV. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Hämeenlinna
Competition venue	see schedule
Nations	19th
Athletes	51 (51 men)
date	21-25 July 1952
decisions	2
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At the XV. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , two modern pentathlon competitions were held. For the first time ever, the results of the individual competition were added to a team result and counted as a second discipline.

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Hungary	1	1	1	3
2	Sweden	1	1	-	2
3	Finland	-	-	1	1

Time schedule

date	sport	Competition venue
21 July	Cross-country ride	Ahvenisto, Hämeenlinna
22nd of July	Epee fencing	Ahvenisto Administration Building, Hämeenlinna
July 23	Pistol shooting	Ahvenisto, Hämeenlinna
24th July	300 m freestyle swimming	Ahvenisto swimming pool, Hämeenlinna
July 25th	4000 m cross-country run	Ahvenisto, Hämeenlinna

Participating Nations

A total of 51 athletes from 19 countries took part in the competitions.

Argentina (3)  Australia (1)  Belgium (1)  Brazil (3)  Chile (3)

Finland (3)  France (3)  Federal Republic of Germany (3)  Great Britain (3)  Hungary (3)

Italy (3)  Mexico (3)  Portugal (3)  South Africa (1)  Soviet Union (3)

Sweden (3)  Switzerland (3)  United States (3)  Uruguay (3)

Results

singles

space	country	athlete						total
1	SWE	Lars Hall	01 0(9: 03.0 min)	07 (28 pts.)	15 (182 rings)	01 (4: 05.4 min)	08 (15: 08.4 min)	032
2	HUN	Gábor Benedek	08 0(9: 47.6 min)	02 (30 pts.)	09 (185 rings)	16 (4: 39.7 min)	02 (14: 40.9 min)	037
3	HUN	István Szondy	03 0(9: 24.9 min)	04 (30 pts.)	12 (183 rings)	05 (4: 19.9 min)	16 (15: 44.5 min)	040
4th	URS	Igor Novikov	24 (10: 41.0 min)	13 (25 pts.)	04 (187 rings)	04 (4: 16.9 min)	10 (15: 11.6 min)	055
5	FIN	Olavi Mannonen	02 0(9: 24.0 min)	37 (19 pts.)	10 (184 rings)	09 (4: 29.0 min)	04 (14: 44.7 min)	062
6th	United States	Frederick Denman	09 0(9: 51.3 min)	11 (28 pts.)	06 (186 rings)	17 (4: 36.9 min)	19 (15: 53.5 min)	062
7th	FIN	Lauri Vilkko	11 (10: 08.1 min)	38 (18 pts.)	01 (196 rings)	08 (4: 27.6 min)	05 (14: 45.9 min)	063
8th	United States	William McArthur	12 (10: 09.8 min)	23 (23 pts.)	29 (175 rings)	03 (4: 13.6 min)	01 (14: 20.4 min)	068
9	SWE	Torsten Lindqvist	04 0(9: 30.8 min)	06 (29 pts.)	42 (165 rings)	07 (4: 25.5 min)	16 (15: 42.0 min)	075
10	BRA	Eduardo de Medeiros	23 (10: 39.8 min)	24 (22 pts.)	05 (187 rings)	02 (4: 11.5 min)	26 (16: 02.5 min)	080
18th	SUI	Werner Vetterli	18 (10: 11.6 min)	27 (22 pts.)	24 (180 rings)	14 (4: 33.5 min)	24 (15: 59.7 min)	107
20th	SUI	Werner Schmid	14 (10: 18.6 min)	15 (21 pts.)	11 (184 rings)	39 (5: 29.0 min)	31 (16: 19.3 min)	110
32	GER	Berthold Slupik	41 (12: 15.1 min)	05 (29 pts.)	26 (179 rings)	31 (5: 07.4 min)	45 (17: 25.4 min)	148
35	SUI	Erhard Minder	49 ( DNF )	29 (21 pts.)	32 (181 rings)	42 (5: 36.9 min)	06 (15: 04.1 min)	158
36	GER	Dietloff Kapp	42 (12: 03.7 min)	46 (15 pts.)	44 (159 rings)	12 (4: 32.2 min)	14 (15: 31.4 min)	158
	GER	Adolf Harder	49 ( DSQ )	47 (15 pts.)	-	-	-	-

Date: July 21-25, 1952
51 participants from 19 countries

team

space	country	athlete						Points single total	Points Team total
1	HUN	Gábor Benedek	08th	02	09	16	02	037	166
		Aladár Kovácsi	10	10	24	25th	20th	089
		István Szondy	03	04th	12	05	16	040
2	SWE	Claes Egnell	13	03	13	21st	28	078	182
		Lars Hall	01	07th	15th	01	08th	032
		Torsten Lindqvist	04th	06th	40	07th	15th	072
3	FIN	Olavi Mannonen	02	35	10	09	04th	060	213
		Olavi Rokka	25th	19th	19th	10	19th	092
		Lauri Vilkko	11	36	01	08th	05	061
4th	United States	Frederick Denman	09	11	06th	15th	18th	059	215
		Thad McArthur	12	22nd	27	03	01	065
		Guy Troy	06th	17th	08th	31	29	091
5	URS	Alexander Dechayev	35	29	45	06th	07th	122	293
		Igor Novikov	23	13	04th	04th	10	054
		Pavel Rakitjansky	18th	27	32	27	13	117
6th	BRA	Aloysio Borges	29	01	37	19th	21st	107	313
		Eduardo de Medeiros	22nd	23	05	02	25th	077
		Eric Marques	43	18th	28	13	27	129
7th	CHI	Luis Carmona	24	12	26th	37	22nd	121	336
		Nilo Floody	19th	09	17th	30th	26th	101
		Hernán Fuentes	34	21st	03	23	33	114
8th	ARG	Jorge Cáceres	32	37	14th	26th	36	145	355
		Luis Ribera	05	30th	31	11	17th	094
		Carlos Velázquez	16	31	07th	38	24	116
9	SUI	Erhard Minder	47	28	30th	39	06th	150	357
		Werner Schmid	14th	15th	11	36	30th	106
		Werner Vetterli	17th	26th	23	12	23	101
10	GBR	John Hewitt	26th	40	18th	34	12	130	373
		Leon Lumsdaine	07th	14th	22nd	14th	34	091
		Jervis Percy	39	47	34	29	03	152
11	ITA	Duilio Brignetti	31	38	21st	18th	35	143	427
		Alfonso Marotta	15th	34	20th	20th	40	129
		Giulio Palmonella	45	20th	25th	33	32	155
12	FRA	Bertrand de Montaudoüin	44	33	38	42	09	166	441
		André Lacroix	36	08th	16	35	11	106
		Christian Palant	27	39	36	22nd	45	169
13	URU	Américo González	42	48	39	41	31	201	495
		Lem Martínez	38	24	43	32	38	175
		Alberto Ortíz	21st	42	02	40	14th	119
14th	MEX	Antonio Almada	28	41	44	28	39	180	524
		José Perez	33	32	35	17th	37	154
		David Romero	37	46	42	24	41	190
15th	POR	Ricardo Durão	30th	16	33	44	44	167	546
		Antonio Jonet	46	25th	41	43	42	197
		José Pereira	20th	45	29	45	43	182
	GER	Adolf Harder	48	44	-	-	-	-	DNF
		Dietloff Kapp	41	43	-	-	-	-
		Berthold Slupik	40	05	-	-	-	DNF

Date: July 21-25, 1952
48 participants from 16 countries

Web links

• Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1952 Summer Games (PDF, 29.7 MB)