| Event: | Men's individual modern pentathlon |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Dates: | August 27–31 |
| Competitors: | 59 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Gold: | András Balczó |
| Goldnoc: | HUN |
| Silver: | Boris Onischenko |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Pavel Lednev |
| Bronzenoc: | URS |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
The individual modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics was one of two modern pentathlon events (both for men), along with the 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:
| Rank | Pentathlete | Nation | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left data-sort-value="Balczó, András" | 1060 | 1057 | 956 | 1060 | 1279 | 5412 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Onischenko, Boris" | 945 | 1076 | 1066 | 1128 | 1120 | 5335 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Lednev, Pavel" | 1060 | 1019 | 1022 | 1092 | 1135 | 5328 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Fox, Jeremy Robert" | 1100 | 1019 | 868 | 1024 | 1300 | 5311 | |||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Shmelyov, Vladimir" | 920 | 962 | 1022 | 1176 | 1222 | 5302 | |||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Ferm, Björn" | 1100 | 943 | 978 | 1112 | 1150 | 5283 | |||
| 7 | align=left data-sort-value="Thade, Heiner" | 1065 | 962 | 956 | 1012 | 1150 | 5145 | |||
| 8 | align=left data-sort-value="Hurme, Risto" | 950 | 981 | 1044 | 1068 | 1051 | 5094 | |||
| 9 | align=left data-sort-value="Richards, Charles" | 1060 | 753 | 956 | 1260 | 1045 | 5074 | |||
| 10 | align=left data-sort-value="Gueguen, Michel" | 1100 | 848 | 846 | 1152 | 1126 | 5072 | |||
| 11 | align=left data-sort-value="Fitzgerald, John" | 1090 | 848 | 868 | 1204 | 1060 | 5070 | |||
| 12 | align=left data-sort-value="Villányi, Zsigmond" | 975 | 981 | 868 | 1100 | 1123 | 5047 | |||
| 13 | align=left data-sort-value="Wach, Ryszard" | 1100 | 715 | 956 | 1076 | 1126 | 4973 | |||
| 14 | align=left data-sort-value="Steffensen, Jørn" | 1005 | 791 | 934 | 1028 | 1129 | 4887 | |||
| 15 | align=left data-sort-value="Bakó, Pál" | 940 | 772 | 912 | 1120 | 1135 | 4879 | |||
| 16 | align=left data-sort-value="Medda, Mario" | 895 | 753 | 1088 | 1040 | 1087 | 4863 | |||
| 17 | align=left data-sort-value="Salminen, Veikko" | 1015 | 772 | 714 | 1216 | 1135 | 4852 | |||
| 18 | align=left data-sort-value="Leu, Wolfgang" | 1085 | 848 | 934 | 1012 | 973 | 4852 | |||
| 19 | align=left data-sort-value="Ketelä, Martti" | 1045 | 810 | 912 | 1016 | 1066 | 4849 | |||
| 20 | align=left data-sort-value="Esser, Walter" | 1000 | 829 | 824 | 1080 | 1093 | 4826 | |||
| 21 | align=left data-sort-value="Pyciak-Peciak, Janusz" | 1070 | 905 | 560 | 1060 | 1222 | 4817 | |||
| 22 | align=left data-sort-value="Giudicelli, Jean-Pierre" | 960 | 658 | 868 | 1084 | 1237 | 4807 | |||
| 23 | align=left data-sort-value="Spirlea, Dumitru" | 975 | 810 | 1022 | 932 | 1015 | 4754 | |||
| 24 | align=left data-sort-value="Jansson, Bo" | 1005 | 848 | 780 | 1076 | 1030 | 4739 | |||
| 25 | align=left data-sort-value="Liljenwall, Hans-Gunnar" | 1020 | 867 | 670 | 1048 | 1099 | 4704 | |||
| 26 | align=left data-sort-value="Stoyanov, Georgi" | 1100 | 734 | 890 | 944 | 1027 | 4695 | |||
| 27 | align=left data-sort-value="Rößler, Hole" | 945 | 696 | 846 | 1140 | 1051 | 4678 | |||
| 28 | align=left data-sort-value="Hugi, Urs" | 1075 | 962 | 846 | 952 | 826 | 4661 | |||
| 29 | align=left data-sort-value="Taylor, Scott" | 965 | 677 | 626 | 1100 | 1288 | 4656 | |||
| 30 | align=left data-sort-value="Gueguen, Raoul" | 930 | 772 | 824 | 1016 | 1096 | 4638 | |||
| 31 | align=left data-sort-value="Sakano, Masaru" | 1050 | 582 | 846 | 972 | 1177 | 4627 | |||
| 32 | align=left data-sort-value="Barrie, Robert Gordon" | 1030 | 544 | 912 | 1132 | 982 | 4600 | |||
| 33 | align=left data-sort-value="Makihira, Yuso" | 1005 | 753 | 736 | 876 | 1213 | 4583 | |||
| 34 | align=left data-sort-value="Perugini, Giovanni" | 1065 | 810 | 736 | 1024 | 946 | 4581 | |||
| 35 | align=left data-sort-value="Zobl-Wessely, Peter" | 880 | 791 | 846 | 908 | 1120 | 4545 | |||
| 36 | align=left data-sort-value="Lillywhite, Barry" | 1070 | 829 | 582 | 1052 | 994 | 4527 | |||
| 37 | align=left data-sort-value="Petersen, Klaus" | 990 | 753 | 692 | 1108 | 949 | 4492 | |||
| 38 | align=left data-sort-value="Cosmescu, Marian" | 1045 | 658 | 824 | 996 | 967 | 4490 | |||
| 39 | align=left data-sort-value="Deligia, Nicolo" | 1055 | 715 | 736 | 912 | 1069 | 4487 | |||
| 40 | align=left data-sort-value="Skwira, Stanislaw" | 785 | 791 | 846 | 1160 | 904 | 4486 | |||
| 41 | align=left data-sort-value="Macken, Peter Neville" | 770 | 677 | 956 | 896 | 1150 | 4449 | |||
| 42 | align=left data-sort-value="Toledano Sanchez, Gilberto" | 1090 | 772 | 670 | 908 | 988 | 4428 | |||
| 43 | align=left data-sort-value="Olivera Lastra, Eduarde" | 960 | 734 | 868 | 1020 | 844 | 4426 | |||
| 44 | align=left data-sort-value="Jerebicnik, Bruno" | 835 | 848 | 824 | 908 | 1000 | 4415 | |||
| 45 | align=left data-sort-value="Müler, Hans" | 965 | 696 | 846 | 948 | 937 | 4392 | |||
| 46 | align=left data-sort-value="Bekkenk, Jan" | 930 | 677 | 692 | 1008 | 1084 | 4391 | |||
| 47 | align=left data-sort-value="Phelps, Robert Lawson" | 955 | 658 | 736 | 1000 | 1036 | 4385 | |||
| 48 | align=left data-sort-value="Covacs, Albert" | 815 | 582 | 714 | 1204 | 1066 | 4381 | |||
| 49 | align=left data-sort-value="Kubo, Akira" | 860 | 677 | 912 | 880 | 1042 | 4371 | |||
| 50 | align=left data-sort-value="Bratanov, Velko" | 785 | 658 | 956 | 916 | 1024 | 4339 | |||
| 51 | align=left data-sort-value="Ganz, Beat" | 1030 | 639 | 670 | 888 | 1096 | 4323 | |||
| 52 | align=left data-sort-value="Heitmann, René" | 910 | 658 | 626 | 1008 | 988 | 4190 | |||
| 53 | align=left data-sort-value="Vonk, Rob" | 870 | 506 | 692 | 1208 | 877 | 4153 | |||
| 54 | align=left data-sort-value="Scheuermann, Scott" | 1005 | 430 | 824 | 1044 | 769 | 4072 | |||
| 55 | align=left data-sort-value="Castilla Ramos, Juan José" | 935 | 601 | 714 | 752 | 1012 | 4014 | |||
| 56 | align=left data-sort-value="Maaten, Kenneth" | 880 | 544 | 780 | 792 | 991 | 3987 | |||
| 57 | align=left data-sort-value="Pepeliankov, Angel" | 1060 | 696 | 0 | 1080 | 1135 | 3971 | |||
| 58 | align=left data-sort-value="Krediet, Henk" | 985 | 867 | 802 | 0 | 1132 | 3786 | |||
| 59 | align=left data-sort-value="Skene, George" | George Skene | 0 | 487 | 714 | 1108 | 988 | 3297 |