List of Olympic champions in modern pentathlon

The list of Olympic champions in the modern pentathlon shows all the winners as well as the second and third placed in the competitions in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics , broken down according to the individual competitions. In the further part, all Olympic medal winners are listed who have won at least one gold medal and one other medal. The national ranking forms the end.

Competitions

In the modern pentathlon there have been the following competitions at the Olympic Games:

• Individual men since 1912 in 24 competitions
• Team men from 1952 to 1992 with 11 competitions
• Individual women since 2000 with 5 competitions

Note

The winter pentathlon , which was held only once at the 1948 Winter Olympics as a kind of winter equivalent to the modern pentathlon, is not listed.

Single men

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1912	Gösta Lilliehöök	Gösta Åsbrink	Georg de Laval
1920	Gustaf Dyrssen	Erik de Laval	Gosta Runö
1924	Bo Lindman	Gustaf Dyrssen	Bertil Uggla
1928	Sven Thofelt	Bo Lindman	Helmuth Kahl
1932	Johan Oxenstierna	Bo Lindman	Richard Mayo
1936	Gotthard Handrick	Charles Leonard	Silvano Abbà
1948	William Grut	George Moore	Gosta Gärdin
1952	Lars Hall	Gábor Benedek	István Szondy
1956	Lars Hall	Olavi Mannonen	Väinö Korhonen
1960	Ferenc Németh	Imre Nagy	Robert Beck
1964	Ferenc Török	Igor Novikov	Albert Mokeev
1968	Bjorn Ferm	András Balczó	Pavel Lednyov
1972	András Balczó	Borys Onyshchenko	Pavel Lednyov
1976	Janusz Pyciak-Peciak	Pavel Lednyov	Jan Bártů
1980	Anatoly Starostin	Tamás Szombathelyi	Pavel Lednyov
1984	Daniele Masala	Svante Rasmuson	Carlo Massullo
1988	János Martinek	Carlo Massullo	Vakhtang Iagorashvili
1992	Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek	Attila Mizsér	Eduard Senowka
1996	Alexander Parygin	Eduard Senowka	János Martinek
2000	Dmitri Swatkowski	Gábor Balogh	Pawal Douhal
2004	Andrei Moiseyev	Andrejus Zadneprovskis	Libor Capalini
2008	Andrei Moiseyev	Edvinas Krungolcas	Andrejus Zadneprovskis
2012	David Svoboda	Cao Zhongrong	Ádám Marosi
2016	Alexander Lessun	Pavlo Tymoschenko	Ismael Hernández Uscanga

Team men

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1952	Hungary Gábor Benedek Aladár Kovácsi István Szondy	Sweden Claes Egnell Lars Hall Torsten Lindqvist	Finland Olavi Mannonen Olavi Rokka Lauri Vilkko
1956	Soviet Union Iwan Derjuhin Igor Novikow Alexander Tarasow	United States William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert	Finland Berndt Katter Väinö Korhonen Olavi Mannonen
1960	Hungary András Balczó Imre Nagy Ferenc Németh	Soviet Union Igor Novikow Nikolai Tatarinow Hanno Selg	United States Robert Beck Jack Daniels George Lambert
1964	Soviet Union Viktor Mineev Albert Mokeiev Igor Novikov	United States David Kirkwood James Moore Paul Pesthy	Hungary Imre Nagy Ferenc Török Ottó Török
1968	Hungary András Balczó István Móna Ferenc Török	Soviet Union Pavel Lednjow Borys Onyshchenko Stasys Šaparnis	France Jean-Pierre Giudicelli Raoul Gueguen Lucien Guiguet
1972	Soviet Union Borys Onyshchenko Pavel Lednjow Vladimir Schmeljow	Hungary Pál Bakó András Balczó Zsigmond Villányi	Finland Risto Hurme Martti Ketelä Veikko salt mines
1976	United Kingdom Jeremy Fox Danny Nightingale Adrian Parker	Czechoslovakia Jan Bártů Jiří Adam Bohumil Starnovský	Hungary Tamás Kancsal Tibor Maracskó Szvetiszláv Sasics
1980	Soviet Union Pavel Lednjow Yevgeny Lipejew Anatoly Starostin	Hungary László Horváth Tibor Maracskó Tamás Szombathelyi	Sweden George Horvath Lennart Pettersson Svante Rasmuson
1984	Italy Pierpaolo Cristofori Daniele Masala Carlo Massullo	United States Dean Glenesk Greg Losey Michael Storm	France Didier Boubé Joël Bouzou Paul Four
1988	Hungary László Fábián János Martinek Attila Mizsér	Italy Daniele Masala Carlo Massullo Gianluca Tiberti	United Kingdom Graham Brookhouse Dominic Mahony Richard Phelps
1992	Poland Maciej Czyżowicz Dariusz Goździak Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek	United team Anatoly Starostin Dmitri Swatkowski Eduard Senowka	Italy Roberto Bomprezzi Carlo Massullo Gianluca Tiberti

Single women

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2000	Stephanie Cook	Emily deRiel	Kate Allenby
2004	Zsuzsanna Vörös	Jeļena Rubļevska	Georgina Harland
2008	Lena Schöneborn	Heather fur	Nastassja Samusevich
2012	Laura Asadauskaitė	Samantha Murray	Yane Marques
2016	Chloe Esposito	Élodie Clouvel	Oktawia Nowacka

The most successful participants

• Place: The ranking is determined by the number of gold medals in individual and team competitions. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
• Country: the country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
• From , To: the year in which the athlete won the first or last Olympic medal.
• Gold , silver , bronze , total: number of medals won.

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	András Balczó	Hungary	1960	1972	3	2	-	5
2	Pavel Lednyov	Soviet Union	1968	1980	2	2	3	7th
3	Igor Novikov	Soviet Union	1956	1964	2	2	-	4th
4th	Lars Hall	Sweden	1952	1956	2	1	-	3
4th	Daniele Masala	Italy	1984	1988	2	1	-	3
6th	János Martinek	Hungary	1988	1988	2	-	1	3
6th	Anatoly Starostin	United team	1980	1992	2	-	1	3
6th	Ferenc Török	Hungary	1964	1968	2	-	1	3
9	Andrei Moiseyev	Russia	2004	2008	2	-	-	2
9	Ferenc Németh	Hungary	1960	1960	2	-	-	2
9	Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek	Poland	1992	1992	2	-	-	2
12	Bo Lindman	Sweden	1924	1932	1	2	-	3
13	Carlo Massullo	Italy	1984	1992	1	1	2	4th
14th	Imre Nagy	Hungary	1960	1964	1	1	1	3
15th	Gábor Benedek	Hungary	1952	1952	1	1	-	2
15th	Gustaf Dyrssen	Sweden	1920	1924	1	1	-	2
15th	Attila Mizsér	Hungary	1988	1992	1	1	-	2
15th	Dmitri Swatkowski	Russia	2000	2004	1	1	-	2
19th	Albert Mokeev	Soviet Union	1964	1964	1	-	1	2
19th	István Szondy	Hungary	1952	1952	1	-	1	2

Nations ratings

Status: up to and including 2016

total

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	9	8th	5	22nd
2	Sweden	9	7th	5	21st
3	Soviet Union	5	5	5	15th
4th	Russia	4th	1	-	5
5	Poland	3	-	1	4th
6th	Italy	2	2	3	7th
6th	United Kingdom	2	2	3	7th
8th	Germany	2	-	1	3
9	Lithuania	1	2	1	4th
10	Czech Republic	1	-	1	2
11	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
11	Australia	1	-	-	1
13	United States	-	6th	3	9
14th	Finland	-	1	4th	5
15th	France	-	1	2	3
16	Czechoslovakia	-	1	1	2
16	United team	-	1	1	2
18th	Latvia	-	1	-	1
18th	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
18th	People's Republic of China	-	1	-	1
21st	Belarus	-	-	2	1
22nd	Brazil	-	-	1	1
22nd	Mexico	-	-	1	1

Men

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Sweden	9	7th	5	21st
2	Hungary	8th	8th	5	21st
3	Soviet Union	5	5	5	15th
4th	Russia	4th	1	-	5
5	Poland	3	-	-	3
6th	Italy	2	2	3	7th
7th	United Kingdom	1	-	1	2
7th	Germany	1	-	1	2
7th	Czech Republic	1	-	1	1
10	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
11	United States	-	5	3	8th
12	Lithuania	-	2	1	3
13	Finland	-	1	4th	5
14th	Czechoslovakia	-	1	1	2
14th	United team	-	1	1	2
16	People's Republic of China	-	1	-	1
16	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
18th	France	-	-	2	2
19th	Belarus	-	-	1	1
19th	Mexico	-	-	1	1

Women

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United Kingdom	1	2	2	5
2	Lithuania	1	-	-	1
2	Germany	1	-	-	1
2	Hungary	1	-	-	1
2	Australia	1	-	-	1
6th	United States	-	1	-	1
6th	Latvia	-	1	-	1
6th	France	-	1	-	1
9	Brazil	-	-	1	1
9	Poland	-	-	1	1
9	Belarus	-	-	1	1

Web links

• IOC athlete database

This version was added to the selection of informative lists and portals on November 11, 2008 .