Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Men's modern pentathlon
Games:	1912 Summer
Dates:	July 7–12, 1912
Competitors:	32
Nations:	10
Gold:	Gösta Lilliehöök
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Gösta Åsbrink
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Georg de Laval
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Next:	1920

Modern pentathlon was first contested at the Olympic Games at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.^[1] The sport was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.

A lost points system was used, in which the athlete lost the same number of points corresponding to his position in each modality. Thus, the first position resulted in 1 Lost Point, the second position 2 Lost Points, and so on. At the end, the classification was obtained by adding up the lost points, and the placements were assigned in ascending order of the number of points lost by each competitor.

Participating nations

A total of 32 athletes from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:

Results

Shooting

Event 1
Place	Athlete	Score	Shoot-off	Points
1		193		1
2		192	188	2
3		192	183	3
4		191		4
5		188		5
6		185	191	6
7		185	189	7
8		185	185	8
9		182		9
10		180		10
11		176	165	11
12		176	150	12
13		172		13
14		171		14
15		166		15
16		161		16
17		159		17
18		158		18
19		151		19
20		150		20
21		149		21
22		148		22
23		147		23
24		143		24
25		140		25
26		135		26
27		110		27
28		102		28
29		100		29
30		93		30
31		57		31
32		52		32

Swimming

Event 2
Place	Athlete	Time	Score
1		4:58.4	1
2		5:03.6	2
3		5:28.0	3
4		5:46.0	4
5		5:49.6	5
6		5:54.0	6
7		5:55.6	7
8		5:56.2	8
9		6:00.8	9
10		6:05.8	10
11		6:06.0	11
12		6:10.4	12
13		6:20.0	13
14		6:28.8	14
15		6:35.8	15
16		6:49.2	16
17		6:54.4	17
18		7:04.4	18
19		7:38.8	19
20		7:40.2	20
21		7:48.6	21
22		7:59.4	22
23		8:11.6	23
24		8:16.6	24
25		8:59.8	25
26		9:32.6	26
27		10:03.0	27
28		10:07.0	28
29		12:09.6	29
-		DNS	-
		DNS	-
		DNS	-

After 2 events
Place	Athlete			Total
1		1	4	5
1		2	3	5
3		12	1	13
3		3	10	13
5		9	8	17
6		7	13	20
6		11	9	20
8		16	6	22
8		5	17	22
10		18	5	23
11		26	2	28
		13	15	28
		14	14	28
		21	7	28
15		6	24	30
16		4	28	32
17		10	23	33
18		23	11	34
19		19	16	35
20		17	19	36
20		24	12	36
22		15	27	42
23		20	25	45
24		28	18	46
25		27	21	48
26		31	20	51
26		29	22	51
28		25	29	54
29		32	26	58
—		8	-	DNF-1
		22	-	DNF-1
		30	-	DNF-1

Fencing

Event 3
Place	Athlete	Wins	Touches	Score
1		24	-	1
2		23	25	2
3		21	21	3
4		20	26	4
5		17	12	5
6		17	18	6
7		17	19	7
8		16	13	8
9		16	16	9
10		15	12	10
11		15	16	11
12		14	17	12
13		13	10	13
14		13	15	14
15		12	8	15
16		12	10	16
17		12	15	17
18		11	4	18
19		8	-	19
20		7	7	20
21		7	11	21
22		7	13	22
23		6	8	23
24		6	10	24
25		5	7	25
26		4	7	26
27		3	-	27
—		DNS		-
		DNS		-
		Elim.		-
		Elim.		-
		Elim.		-

After 3 events
Place	Athlete				Total
1		2	3	10	15
2		3	10	5	18
3		1	4	15	20
4		12	1	9	22
5		11	9	3	23
6		18	5	1	24
7		7	13	11	31
8		21	7	4	32
9		26	2	6	34
10		5	17	13	35
11		9	8	21	38
12		4	28	7	39
12		16	6	17	39
14		14	14	16	44
14		15	27	2	44
16		13	15	18	46
17		19	16	14	49
18		10	23	20	53
19		28	18	8	54
20		24	12	19	55
21		27	21	12	60
22		23	11	27	61
22		17	19	25	61
24		31	20	23	74
25		29	22	26	77
26		25	29	24	78
27		32	26	22	80
—		20	25	-	DNF-2
		6	24	-	DNF-2
		8	-	-	DNF-1
		22	-	-	DNF-1
		30	-	-	DNF-1

Equestrian

Event 4
Place	Athlete	Penalties	Time	Score
1		0	9:04.2	1
2		0	9:36.2	2
3		0	9:39.4	3
4		0	9:45.5	4
5		0	10:34.2	5
6		0	10:42.0	6
7		0	11:12.4	7
8		0	11:14.5	8
9		0	11:21.0	9
10		0	11:26.0	10
11		0	11:43.9	11
12		0	12:01.6	12
13		0	12:03.4	13
14		0	12:33.0	14
15		2	11:00.0	15
16		2	11:11.8	16
17		2	13:15.0	17
18		5	10:00.4	18
19		7	9:44.0	19
20		7	13:26.0	20
22		14	10:49.5	21
22		38	13:44.6	22
23		81	15:46.6	23
—		DNF		-
		DQ		-
		DQ		-
		DQ		-
		Elim.		-
		Elim.		-
		Elim.		-
		Elim.		-
		Elim.		-

After 4 events
Place	Athlete					Total
1		2	3	10	3	18
2		3	10	5	4	22
3		18	5	1	1	25
4		1	4	15	7	27
5		11	9	3	8	31
6		20	7	4	6	37
7		12	1	9	23	45
8		26	2	6	12	46
8		14	14	16	2	46
10		16	6	17	11	50
11		5	17	13	17	52
12		15	27	2	10	54
13		4	28	7	18	57
13		9	8	21	19	57
15		10	23	20	5	58
16		19	16	14	14	63
17		13	15	18	20	66
18		24	12	19	15	70
19		23	11	27	13	74
20		28	18	8	22	76
21		17	19	25	16	77
22		31	20	23	9	83
23		32	26	22	21	101
—		7	13	11	-	DNF-3
		25	29	24	-	DNF-3
		27	21	12	-	DNF-3
		29	22	26	-	DNF-3
		20	25	-	-	DNF-2
		6	24	-	-	DNF-2
		8	-	-	-	DNF-1
		22	-	-	-	DNF-1
		30	-	-	-	DNF-1

Athletics

Event 5
Place	Athlete	Time	Score
1		19:00.9	1
2		19:04.0	2
3		20:01.3	3
4		20:16.7	4
5		20:32.9	5
6		20:36.0	6
7		20:48.4	7
8		21:19.8	8
9		21:21.9	9
10		21:41.6	10
11		21:45.1	11
12		21:56.2	12
13		22:08.3	13
14		22:34.0	14
15		22:57.8	15
16		23:16.1	16
17		23:28.6	17
18		24:06.2	18
19		24:17.4	19
20		24:19.6	20
21		24:37.5	21
22		26:08.6	22
—		DNF	-
		Elim.	-
		Elim.	-
		Elim.	-
		Elim.	-
		Elim.	-
		Elim.	-
		Elim.	-
		Elim.	-
		Elim.	-

Final standings
Place	Athlete						Total
		3	10	5	4	5	27
		1	4	15	7	1	28
		2	3	10	3	12	30
4		18	5	1	1	10	35
5		20	7	4	6	3	40
6		11	9	3	8	11	42
7		14	14	16	2	9	55
8		26	2	6	12	14	60
9		12	1	9	23	18	63
		16	6	17	11	13	63
		9	8	21	19	6	63
12		13	15	18	20	2	68
13		19	16	14	14	8	71
14		5	17	13	17	20	72
15		15	27	2	10	19	73
15		10	23	20	5	15	73
17		24	12	19	15	4	74
18		4	28	7	18	21	78
19		28	18	8	22	7	83
20		23	11	27	13	16	90
21		17	19	25	16	17	94
22		32	26	22	21	22	123
—		31	20	23	9	-	DNF-4
		7	13	11	-	-	DNF-3
		25	29	24	-	-	DNF-3
		27	21	12	-	-	DNF-3
		29	22	26	-	-	DNF-3
		20	25	-	-	-	DNF-2
		6	24	-	-	-	DNF-2
		8	-	-	-	-	DNF-1
		22	-	-	-	-	DNF-1
		30	-	-	-	-	DNF-1

External links

Book: Bergvall, Erik (ed.) . Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). . 1913 . The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 . Wahlström & Widstrand . Stockholm.
Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 17 January 2007 . pl.
Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2006-12-05 .

Notes and References

Web site: Modern pentathlon: 1912 Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200419215207/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/MOP/ . dead . 2020-04-19 . 2012-06-24 . sports-reference.com.