Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team explained

Event:	Men's team modern pentathlon
Games:	1952 Summer
Venue:	Hämeenlinna
Dates:	July 21–25
Competitors:	48
Nations:	16
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Next:	1956

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the men's team modern pentathlon event was contested.^[1] It was the first appearance of the event. The team event used (modified) scores from the individual event.

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events. The competition used a point-for-place system, with the lowest total across the five events winning.^[2] For the team competition, placing points in each of the five segments were adjusted to only account for full teams that finished that particular event. That is, when calculating placing points, individuals from countries that did not send full teams (1 each from Australia, Belgium, and South Africa) were ignored entirely. Places for members of the team from Germany (which had one individual not finish the shooting, swimming, and running events) were counted for the riding and fencing events but ignored for the shooting, swimming, and running events.

Riding: a show jumping competition. The course was 5000 m long, with a time limit of 10 minutes, 32 seconds. Riders started with 100 points and could lose points either through obstacle faults or going over the time limit. Negative scores were possible. Ties were broken by the specific time taken, with the quicker rider winning.
Fencing: a round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on number of bouts won, with double-touches used as a tie-breaker.
Shooting: a rapid fire pistol competition, with 20 shots (each scoring up to 10 points) per competitor.
Swimming: a 300 m freestyle swimming competition.
Running: a 4 km race.

Results

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Riding		Fencing		Shooting		Swimming		Running		Total
Rank	Nation	Athletes	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Points	Adj. Points
			8	8	2	2	9	9	18	16	2	2	39	37
		3	3	4	4	12	12	5	5	17	16	41	40
		10	10	10	10	25	24	27	25	21	20	93	89
	Total	21	21	16	16	46	45	50	46	40	38	173	166
			1	1	7	7	15	15	1	1	8	8	32	32
		4	4	6	6	42	40	7	7	16	15	75	72
		14	13	3	3	13	13	23	21	29	28	82	78
	Total	19	18	16	16	70	68	31	29	53	51	189	182
			2	2	37	35	10	10	9	9	4	4	62	60
		11	11	38	36	1	1	8	8	5	5	63	61
		26	25	19	19	19	19	11	10	20	19	95	92
	Total	39	38	94	90	30	30	28	27	29	28	220	213
4			9	9	11	11	6	6	17	15	19	18	62	59
		12	12	23	22	29	27	3	3	1	1	68	65
		6	6	17	17	8	8	34	31	30	29	95	91
	Total	27	27	51	50	43	41	54	49	50	48	225	215
5			24	23	13	13	4	4	4	4	10	10	55	54
		19	18	28	27	34	32	29	27	13	13	123	117
		36	35	30	29	50	45	6	6	7	7	129	122
	Total	79	76	71	69	88	81	39	37	30	30	307	293
6			23	22	24	23	5	5	2	2	26	25	80	77
		30	29	1	1	39	37	21	19	22	21	113	107
		44	43	18	18	30	28	15	13	28	27	135	129
	Total	97	94	43	42	74	70	38	34	76	73	328	313
7			20	19	9	9	17	17	33	30	27	26	106	101
		35	34	22	21	3	3	25	23	35	33	120	114
		25	24	12	12	28	26	40	37	23	22	128	121
	Total	80	77	43	42	48	46^[3]	98	90	85	81	354	336
8			5	5	31	30	33	31	13	11	18	17	100	94
		17	16	33	31	7	7	41	38	25	24	123	116
		33	32	39	37	14	14	28	26	38	36	152	145
	Total	55	53	103	98	54	52	82	75	81	77	375	355
9			18	17	27	26	24	23	14	12	24	23	107	101
		14	13	15	15	11	11	39	36	31	30	110	105
		49	47	29	28	32	30	42	39	6	6	158	150
	Total	81	77	71	69	67	64	95	87	61	59	375	356
10			7	7	14	14	23	22	16	14	36	34	96	91
		27	26	42	40	18	18	37	34	12	12	136	130
		40	39	50	47	36	34	32	29	3	3	161	152
	Total	74	72	106	101	77	74	85	77	51	49	393	373
11			16	15	36	34	20	20	22	20	43	40	137	129
		32	31	40	38	22	21	20	18	37	35	151	143
		47	45	21	20	27	25	36	33	33	32	164	155
	Total	95	91	97	92	69	66	78	71	113	107	452	427
12			37	36	8	8	16	16	38	35	11	11	110	106
		46	44	35	33	40	38	46	42	9	9	176	166
		28	27	41	39	38	36	24	22	50	45	181	169
	Total	111	107	84	80	94	90	108	99	70	65	467	441
13			22	21	44	42	2	2	43	40	15	14	126	119
		39	38	25	24	47	43	35	32	41	38	187	175
		43	42	51	48	41	39	45	41	32	31	212	201
	Total	104	101	120	114	90	84	123	113	88	83	525	495
14			34	33	34	32	37	35	19	17	39	37	163	154
		29	28	43	41	49	44	30	28	42	39	193	180
		38	37	49	46	45	42	26	24	44	41	202	190
	Total	101	98	126	119	131	121	75	69	125	117	558	524
15			31	30	16	16	35	33	48	44	49	44	179	167
		21	20	48	45	31	29	49	45	48	43	197	182
		48	46	26	25	43	41	47	43	46	42	210	197
	Total	100	96	90	86	109	103	144	132	143	129	586	546
–			41	40	5	5	26	–	31	–	45	–	148	–
		42	41	46	43	44	–	12	–	14	–	158	–
		49	47	47	44	Did not finish
	Total	132	128	98	92	Did not finish

Notes and References

Web site: Modern pentathlon at 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181154/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/MOP/mens-team.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2019-11-06 . sports-reference.com.
Official Report, pp. 505–08.
The Official Report gives a score of 42 for Chile's shooting, rather than the 46 which would be expected under the scoring system. However, Chile's total score of 336 in the Official Report is consistent with a score of 46 in shooting.