Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Modern pentathlon
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Sports Centre Stadium Ying Tung Natatorium Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates:	21–22 August 2008
Prev:	2004
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Modern pentathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium (running, equestrian), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming), and the Olympic Green Convention Center (fencing, shooting). Modern pentathlon contained five events; pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run.

Andrey Moiseev, representing Russia, became the second modern pentathlete to successfully defend an Olympic title in the men's event, while Lena Schöneborn of Germany won the women's.

Medal summary

Men's
Women's

The original bronze medalist, Victoria Tereshchuk of Ukraine was disqualified for doping violations.

Qualified athletes

Men

An NOC may enter up to 2 athletes in each event. The places in each event will be allocated as follows:

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Athletes
	February 22–25, 2007		1	Amro El Geziry
2007 Asian Championship	May 8–14, 2007		5	Nam Dong-Hun Lee Chun-Heon Cao Zhongrong Qian Zhenhua Yoshihiro Murakami
2007 Oceanian Championship	May 8–14, 2007		1	Alex Parygin^
2007 European Championship	June 6–13, 2007		8	Viktor Horváth Marcin Horbacz Andrey Moiseev Gábor Balogh Ilia Frolov Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy David Svoboda Dzmitry Meliakh
	July 21–22, 2007		4***	Eli Bremer Yaniel Velazquez Joshua Riker-Fox Christian Bustos
2007 World Championships	Aug 16-21, 2007		3	Viktor Horváth* Ilia Frolov* Róbert Németh**
2007 World Cup Final	September 15–16, 2007		1	Edvinas Krungolcas
	May 27 - Jun 1, 2008		3	Ilia Frolov* David Svoboda* Yahor Lapo
Pentathlon World Ranking	June 1, 2008	-	7	Jean Maxence Berrou Andrejus Zadneprovskis Steffen Gebhardt Eric Walther Nicola Benedetti Michal Michalik Deniss Čerkovskis
Host Nation (CHN)	-	-	1****	-
Invitation Places	-	-	2****	-
re-allocation of unused places*****	-	-	+	Oscar Soto Bartosz Majewski Jaime Lopez Pavlo Tymoshchenko Allan Casey Sam Sacksen Andrea Valentini John Zakrzewski Nick Woodbridge
TOTAL			36

Note: Athletes marked with an asterisk (*) have qualified before, countries with two asterisks (**) already filled their quota of two athletes. The free places cannot be filled by the next competitors from the respective competition, but they will be filled by the world standings at the end of the qualification period. (marked also with one or two asterisks)

• • • Top finisher from NORCECA, top finisher from South America, and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan-America.

• • • • Unused quotas

• • • • • If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria, the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking

^ Qualification revoked.^[1]

Women

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Athletes
	February 22–25, 2007		1	Aya Medany
2007 Asian Championship	May 8–14, 2007		5	Lada Jienbalanova Xiu Xiu Chen Qian Galina Dolgushina Yun Cho-Rong
2007 Oceanian Championship	May 8–14, 2007		1	Angela Darby
2007 European Championship	June 6–13, 2007		8	Evdokia Gretchichnikova Heather Fell Sara Bertoli Lena Schoneborn Zsuzsanna Vörös Katy Livingston Claudia Corsini Sylwia Czwojdzinska
	July 21–22, 2007		4***	Yane Marques Monica Pinette Rita Sanz-Agero Marlene Sanchez
2007 World Championships	Aug 16-21, 2007		3	Amélie Caze Lena Schoneborn* Laura Asadauskaitė
2007 World Cup Final	September 15–16, 2007		1	Aya Medany*
	May 27 - Jun 1, 2008		3	Amélie Caze* Aya Medany* Katy Livingston*
Pentathlon World Ranking	June 1, 2008	-	7	Anastasia Samusevich Anna Arkhipenka Paulina Boenisz Jeļena Rubļevska Lucie Grolichova Kara Grant Sheila Taormina
Host Nation (CHN)	-	-	1****	-
Invitation Places	-	-	2****	-
re-allocation of unused places*****	-	-	+	Victoria Tereshchuk Tatiana Mouratova Leila Gyenesei Margaux Isaksen Donata Rimsaite Belinda Schreiber Omnia Fakhry Eva Trautmann
TOTAL			36

Note: See above, at the male section.

Event schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, August 21, 2008	8:30–9:10	Men's shooting
	10:00–13:15	Men's fencing
	14:30–15:10	Men's swimming
	17:00–19:00	Men's riding
	20:00–20:30	style=background:lemonchiffon	Men's running
Friday, August 22, 2008	8:30–9:10	Women's shooting
	10:00–13:15	Women's fencing
	14:30–15:10	Women's swimming
	17:00–19:00	Women's riding
	20:00–20:30	style=background:lemonchiffon	Women's running

External links

• Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne
• List of qualified athletes for the 2008 Olympic Games on the UIPM site.
• Modern Pentathlon – Official Results Book

Notes and References

1. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/wires/07/01/2080.ap.as.spt.oly.pen.australia.parygin.1st.ld.writethru.0372/ "Parygin dropped from Australian Olympic team after British appeal"