1972 Summer Olympics / Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon in the XX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Munich
Competition venue	see schedule
Nations	20th
Athletes	59 (59 men)
date	27.-31. August 1972
decisions	2
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At the XX. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , two modern pentathlon competitions were held. 59 athletes from 20 countries took part.

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	1	1	1	3
2	Hungary	1	1	-	2
3	Finland	-	-	1	1

Time schedule

date	sport	Competition venue
August 27	Cross-country ride	Riem riding arena
August 28th	Epee fencing	Fechthalle II, exhibition grounds
29th August	Pistol shooting	Hochbrück shooting range , Garching
August 30th	300 m freestyle swimming	Olympic swimming pool
August 31	4000 m cross-country run	Olympic Park

Results

singles

space	country	athlete						total
1	HUN	András Balczó	1060	1057	0956	1060	1279	5,412
2	URS	Borys Onyshchenko	0945	1076	1066	1128	1120	5,335
3	URS	Pavel Lednyov	1060	1019	1022	1092	1135	5,328
4th	GBR	Jeremy Fox	1100	1019	0868	1024	1300	5,311
5	URS	Vladimir Schmelev	0920	0962	1022	1176	1222	5,302
6th	SWE	Bjorn Ferm	1100	0943	0978	1112	1150	5,283
7th	FRG	Heiner Thade	1065	0962	0956	1012	1150	5,145
8th	FIN	Risto Hurme	0950	0981	1044	1068	1051	5,094
9	United States	Charles Richards	1060	0753	0956	1260	1045	5,074
10	FRA	Michel Gueguen	1100	0848	0846	1152	1126	5,072
18th	AUT	Wolfgang Leu	1085	0848	0934	1012	0973	4,852
20th	FRG	Walter Esser	1000	0829	0824	1080	1093	4,826
27	FRG	Get Roessler	0945	0696	0846	1140	1051	4,678
28	SUI	Urs Hügi	1075	0962	0846	0952	0826	4,661
35	AUT	Peter Zobl-Wessely	0880	0791	0846	0908	1120	4,545
44	AUT	Bruno Jerebicnik	0835	0848	0824	0908	1000	4,415
45	SUI	Hans Müller	0965	0696	0846	0948	0937	4,392
51	SUI	Beat Ganz	1030	0639	0670	0888	1096	4,323

Date: August 27th to 31st, 1972
59 participants from 20 countries

team

space	country	athlete	total
1	URS	Pavel Lednjow (5329) Borys Onyshchenko (5339) Vladimir Shmelev (5300)	15,968
2	HUN	Pál Bakó (4907) András Balczó (5395) Zsigmond Villányi (5046)	15,348
3	FIN	Risto Hurme (5093) Martti Ketelä (4839) Veikko Salt Mines (4880)	14,812
4th	United States	John Fitzgerald (5062) Charles Richards (5061) Scott Taylor (4679)	14,802
5	SWE	Björn Ferm (5280) Bo Jansson (4751) Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall (4677)	14,708
6th	FRG	Walter Esser (4837) Hole Rößler (4682) Heiner Thade (5163)	14,682
7th	FRA	Jean-Pierre Giudicelli (4849) Michel Gueguen (5064) Raoul Gueguen (4646)	14,559
8th	POLE	Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (4832) Stanislaw Skwira (4495) Ryszard Wach (4958)	14,285
9	GBR	Jeremy Fox (5292) Barry Lillywhite (4538) Robert Phelps (4427)	14,257
10	ITA	Nicolo Deligia (4492) Mario Medda (4850) Giovanni Perugini (4571)	13,913
11	AUT	Bruno Jerebicnik (4467) Wolfgang Leu (4844) Peter Zobl-Wessely (4554)	13,865
12	ROME	Marian Cosmescu (4492) Albert Covacs (4379) Dumitru Spîrlea (4784)	13,655
13	JPN	Akira Kubo (4374) Yuso Makihira (4590) Masaru Sakano (4605)	13,569
14th	THE	René Heitmann (4172) Klaus Petersen (4499) Jørn Steffensen (4876)	13,547
15th	SUI	Beat Ganz (4324) Urs Hügi (4639) Hans Müller (4396)	13,359
16	BUL	Welko Bratanow (4321) Angel Pepeliankow (3975) Georgi Stojanow (4661)	12,957
17th	MEX	Juan José Castilla (4033) Eduardo Olivera (4432) Gilberto Toledano (4436)	12,901
18th	NED	Jan Bekkenk (4414) Henk Krediet (3799) Rob Vonk (4127)	12,340
19th	CAN	Kenneth Maaten (3983) Scott Scheuermann (4062) George Skene (3290)	11,335

Date: August 27 to 31, 1972
57 participants from 19 countries, all teams in the ranking

Web links

• Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1972 Summer Games (PDF, 29.4 MB)