Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Men's modern pentathlon
Games:	1968 Summer
Dates:	October 13–17, 1968
Competitors:	48
Nations:	18
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition.^[1] As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:

• Equestrian, held on October 13
• Fencing, held on October 14
• Shooting, held on October 15
• Swimming, held on October 16
• Cross-country, held on October 17

Medal summary

Individual
Team	András Balczó István Móna Ferenc Török	Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Stasys Šaparnis	Raoul Gueguen Lucien Guiguet Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

Participating nations

A total of 48 athletes from 18 nations competed at the Mexico Games:

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Modern pentathlon: 1968 Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045629/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/MOP/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-08-13 . sports-reference.com.