Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team explained

Event:Men's team modern pentathlon
Games:1968 Summer
Dates:October 13–17
Competitors:45
Nations:15
Goldnoc:HUN
Silvernoc:URS
Bronzenoc:FRA
Prev:1964
Next:1972

The men's team modern pentathlon event was a multi-sport combined event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was the 5th consecutive Games at which the team event was held after being introduced in 1952. The competition involved riding, fencing, shooting, swimming, and running. The scores from the individual competition were used for the team score; there was no separate competition.

The event resulted in the first Olympic competitor being disqualified for doping. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was disqualified for alcohol use after drinking beer before the shooting phase.[1]

Results

RankNationPentathleteTotalTeam score
1010 1000 934 1054 1024 502214325
1010 1078 868 943 847 4746
920 1052 912 880 7934557
995 948 912 1054 910 481914248
1070 844 934 1060 892 4800
1070 766 802 1027 964 4629
1040 974 912 1000 850477613289
1035 688 824 958 9344439
780 506 890 973 9254074
4 1040 766 912 931 937458613280
1010 896 912 925 6554398
980 662 846 988 8204296
5 1010 896 846 964 856457213238
1100 922 692 940 8804534
780 740 846 895 8714132
6 Karl-Heinz Kutschke 1070 610 846 1126 1090 474213167
Jörg Tscherner 1050 792 846 1060 766 4514
Wolfgang Luderitz 365 792 934 907 913 3911
7 Yuso Makihira 1040 818 802 898 973453113083
Katsuaki Tashiro 1100 714 934 931 6764355
Toshio Fukui 840 896 692 967 802 4197
8 Jeremy Fox 1010 844 890 1006 8954645 12893
Barry Lillywhite 985 792 802 982 7004261
Robert Phelps 795 688 978 964 562 3987
9 Mario Medda 1010 948 758 949 937 460212601
Giancarlo Morresi 790 766 1022 1051 703 4332
Nicolo Deligia 460 688 780 889 850 3667
10Eduardo Olivera 1070 766 868 997 769447012414
David Bárcena 1010 506 890 982 9524340
Eduard Tovar 805 532 648 889 730 3604
11Antone Paniowsky 950 740 978 892 703 426311976
Konstantine Sardjev 1100 662 868 757 8114198
Ivan Apostolov 720 662 538 880 715 3515
12 Peter Macken 935 636 802 910 9824265 11959
Duncan Page 1035 558 846 880 5803899
Donald McMikin 545 714 1022 835 6793795
13 Elmar Frings 1070 818 846 955 796 448511834
Heiner Thade 910 948 956 877 613 4304
Hans Todt ELI 714 736 865 730 3045
Wolf-Dieter Sonnleitner 1010 688 912 916 8324442
Siegfried Springer 1030 870 846 883 7184347
Wolfgang Leu 980 766 670
1100 896
1025 1000
1010 922

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Modern Pentathlon History . insidethegames.