1976 Summer Olympics / Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the XXI. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Montreal
Competition venue	see schedule
Nations	17th
Athletes	47 (47 men)
date	18.-22. July 1976
decisions	2
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At the XXI. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , two modern pentathlon competitions were held.

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Great Britain	1	-	-	1
	Poland	1	-	-	1
3	Czechoslovakia	-	1	1	2
4th	Soviet Union	-	1	-	1
5	Hungary	-	-	1	1

Time schedule

date	sport	Competition venue
July 18th	Cross-country ride	Bromont
July 19	Epee fencing	CEPSUM, University of Montreal
20th of July	Pistol shooting	Center de tir olympique, L'Acadie
21 July	300 m freestyle swimming	Swimming pool in the Olympic Park
22nd of July	4000 m cross-country run	Olympic Stadium

Results

singles

space	country	athlete	Points
1	POLE	Janusz Pyciak-Peciak	5520
2	URS	Pavel Lednyov	5485
3	TCH	Jan Bártů	5466
4th	ITA	Daniele Masala	5433
5	GBR	Adrian Parker	5433
6th	United States	John Fitzgerald	5286
7th	THE	Jørn Steffensen	5281
8th	URS	Boris Mosolov	5200
9	HUN	Tamás Kancsal	5195
10	GBR	Danny Nightingale	5187
14th	FRG	Walter Esser	5094
30th	FRG	Gerhard Werner	4857
38	SUI	Serge Bindy	4663
41	FRG	Wolfgang Koepcke	4551

Date: July 18-22, 1976
47 participants from 17 countries, 46 of them in the ranking

team

space	country	athlete	Points
1	GBR	Jeremy Fox , Danny Nightingale , Adrian Parker	15,559
2	TCH	Jiří Adam , Jan Bártů , Bohumil Starnovský	15,451
3	HUN	Tamás Kancsal , Tibor Maracskó , Szvetiszláv Sasics	15,395
4th	POLE	Zbigniew Pacelt , Janusz Pyciak-Peciak , Krzyszto Trybusiewicz	15,343
5	United States	Michael Burley , John Fitzgerald , Robert Nieman	15,285
6th	ITA	Pier Paolo Cristofori , Daniele Masala , Mario Medda	15,031
7th	FIN	Heikki Hulkkonen , Risto Hurme , Jussi Pelli	15,000
8th	SWE	Gunnar Jacobson , Bengt Lager , Hans Lager	14,946
9	FRA	Alain Cortes , Michel Gueguen , Claude Guiguet	14,834
10	BUL	Welko Bratanow , Nikolai Nikolow , Stojan Zlatew	14,824
11	FRG	Walter Esser , Wolfgang Köpcke , Gerhard Werner	14,429
12	JPN	Akira Kubo , Hiroyuki Kawazoe , Shōji Uchida	14,234
13	CAN	Jack Alexander , John Hawes , George Skene	12,772
	URS	Pavel Lednjow , Boris Mosolow , Borys Onyshchenko	DSQ

Date: July 18-22, 1976
42 participants from 14 countries, 13 teams in the ranking

The Soviet Union team was disqualified after Borys Onyshchenko was caught attempting to cheat. He had manipulated his sword in such a way that he could arbitrarily close the hit circuit with a small button on the weapon. In this way, the hit display hit without any contact.

Web links

• Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1976 Summer Games (PDF, 22.7 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Simon Burnton: 50 stunning Olympic moments No18: Boris Onischenko cheats, GB win gold. The Guardian , March 14, 2012, accessed January 12, 2019 (Japanese).