Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual explained

Event:	Men's individual modern pentathlon
Games:	1976 Summer
Dates:	July 18–22
Competitors:	47
Nations:	17
Gold:	Janusz Pyciak-Peciak
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	Pavel Lednev
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Jan Bartu
Bronzenoc:	TCH
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The modern pentathlon at the 1976 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 July 18 at Bromont.
Fencing, held on July 19 at Université de Montréal.
Shooting, held on July 20 at L'Acadie.
Swimming, held on July 21 at Olympic Pool.
Cross-country, held on July 22 at Olympic Stadium and Maisonneuve Park.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Rid.	Fen.	Sho.	Swi.	Run.	Score
		1066	928	1044	1164	1318	5520
		1032	1096	1022	1092	1243	5485
		1100	976	1044	1184	1162	5466
4		1090	832	1066	1244	1201	5433
5		1100	712	868	1240	1378	5298
6		1036	952	1000	1232	1066	5286
7		1100	856	1044	1068	1213	5281
8		1036	856	934	1212	1162	5200
9		866	990	956	1164	1219	5195
10		1012	760	934	1172	1309	5187
11		1100	856	868	1088	1246	5158
12		1036	784	956	1108	1249	5133
13		972	832	890	1204	1228	5126
14		1100	784	978	1112	1120	5094
15		1100	784	846	1080	1264	5074
16		1068	760	692	1212	1327	5059
17		1068	832	868	1144	1144	5056
18		934	928	912	1160	1117	5051
19		1100	592	890	1308	1138	5028
20		1100	688	758	1244	1225	5015
21		1036	784	1000	1140	1048	5008
22		1064	808	1000	980	1147	4999
23		1004	760	956	1020	1192	4932
24		1068	688	802	1120	1252	4930
25		1100	712	780	1128	1207	4927
26		1036	784	604	1324	1153	4901
27		1036	712	890	1120	1120	4878
28		1100	712	1000	924	1123	4859
29		794	904	1088	1072	1000	4858
30		972	736	824	1196	1129	4857
31		1068	736	692	1084	1270	4850
32		1100	784	780	1104	1075	4843
33		1100	712	714	1104	1195	4825
34		1004	640	978	1072	1129	4823
35		690	880	978	1120	1141	4809
36		956	664	934	1068	1102	4724
37		1036	832	802	904	1126	4700
38		660	760	912	1148	1183	4663
39		1004	688	824	1056	1075	4647
40		1068	688	956	840	1039	4591
41		940	592	824	1084	1111	4551
42		1068	640	912	1020	910	4550
43		1068	856	230	1272	1108	4534
44		1068	544	802	752	1186	4352
45		1100	520	274	1176	1102	4172
46		478	472	692	1268	1213	4123

was ejected from the competition during the fencing event after it was discovered he had wired his epée with a concealed push button circuit breaker that enabled him to register a hit at any time. Onischenko's results were deleted from the records, and he was spirited away from the Olympic Village almost immediately, never competing in events outside the USSR again.^[2]

External links

Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

Web site: Modern pentathlon: 1976 Olympic Results . 2012-08-24 . sports-reference.com.
Book: Wallechinsky . David . The Complete Book of the Olympics . 1984 . Penguin Books . England . 0140066322 . 345 .