1956 Summer Olympics / Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the XVI. Summer Olympics |
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venue | Melbourne |
Competition venue | see schedule |
Nations | 16 |
Athletes | 40 (40 men) |
date | 23-28 November 1956 |
decisions | 2 |
← Helsinki 1952 |
At the XVI. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , two modern pentathlon competitions were held.
For the first time, the points in Olympic competitions were no longer determined by adding up the number of places, but by means of a point evaluation introduced two years earlier. This was based on a guideline value of 1000 points in each individual discipline, but preferred strong runners.
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | Sweden | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Soviet Union | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
3 | Finland | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
4th | United States | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Time schedule
date | sport | Competition venue |
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November 23 | Cross-country ride | Oaklands Hunt Club, Greenvale |
November 24th | Epee fencing | Royal Exhibition Building |
November 26th | Pistol shooting | Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown |
November 27th | 300 m freestyle swimming | Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Center |
November 28th | 4000 m cross-country run | Oaklands Hunt Club, Greenvale |
Results
singles
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | SWE | Lars Hall | 4833.0 |
2 | FIN | Olavi Mannonen | 4774.5 |
3 | FIN | Väinö Korhonen | 4750.0 |
4th | URS | Igor Novikov | 4714.5 |
5 | United States | George Lambert | 4693.0 |
6th | HUN | Gábor Benedek | 4650.0 |
7th | United States | William Andre | 4629.5 |
8th | URS | Alexander Tarasov | 4479.0 |
9 | URS | Ivan Derjuhin | 4452.0 |
10 | HUN | János Bódy | 4375.5 |
Date: November 23-28, 1956
40 participants from 16 countries, 36 of them in the ranking
team
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS | Ivan Derjuhin , Igor Novikow , Alexander Tarasow | 13,690.5 |
2 | United States | William Andre , Jack Daniels , George Lambert | 13,482.0 |
3 | FIN | Berndt Katter , Väinö Korhonen , Olavi Mannonen | 13,185.5 |
4th | HUN | Gábor Benedek , János Bódy , Antal Moldrich | 12,554.5 |
5 | MEX | Antonio Almada , José Pérez , David Romero | 10,981.0 |
6th | ROME | Victor Teodorescu , Dumitru Țintea , Cornel Vena | 10,613.0 |
7th | GBR | Donald Cobley , Thomas Hudson , George Norman | 9,226.0 |
8th | OUT | Sven Coomer , George Nicoll , Neville Sayers | 8,825.0 |
Date: November 23-28, 1956
36 participants from 12 countries, eight teams in the ranking
Web links
- Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1956 Summer Games (PDF, 32.5 MB)