Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Men's modern pentathlon
Games:	1972 Summer
Dates:	August 27–31, 1972
Competitors:	59
Nations:	20
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The modern pentathlon at the 1972 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 August 27
• Fencing, held on August 28
• Shooting, held on August 29
• Swimming, held on August 30
• Cross-country, held on August 31

Medal summary

Individual
Team	Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Vladimir Shmelyov	András Balczó Zsigmond Villányi Pál Bakó	Risto Hurme Veikko Salminen Martti Ketelä

Participating nations

A total of 59 athletes from 20 nations competed at the Munich Games:

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Modern pentathlon: 1972 Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054231/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/MOP/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-08-19 . sports-reference.com.