Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's explained

Event:	Men's modern pentathlon
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Green Convention Center (shooting and fencing) Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming) Olympic Sports Center Stadium (riding and running)
Date:	21 August
Competitors:	36
Nations:	22
Gold:	Andrey Moiseev
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Edvinas Krungolcas
Silvernoc:	LTU
Bronze:	Andrejus Zadneprovskis
Bronzenoc:	LTU
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	5632
Longnames:	true
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The men's modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held on Thursday, August 21. Three venues were used: Olympic Green Convention Center (shooting and fencing), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming), and the Olympic Sports Center Stadium (horse-riding and running).

The Russians and Lithuanians continued to dominate the men's competition for the third consecutive time. Russia's Andrey Moiseev won the gold medal, and successfully defended his Olympic title, with score of 5,632 points. Moiseev also became the second modern pentathlete to win two individual gold medals since Lars Hall of Sweden in 1952 and in 1956. Meanwhile, Lithuania's Edvinas Krungolcas and Andrejus Zadneprovskis anchored the two-medal sweep in the podium, taking the silver and bronze, respectively.

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.^[1]

Shooting: A 4.5 mm air pistol shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target.
Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning percentage.
Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time.
Horse-riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
Running: A 3 km run. Starts are staggered (based on points from first four events), so that the first to cross the finish line wins.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 21 August 2008	08:30	Shooting
	10:00	Fencing
	14:30	Swimming
	17:00	Riding
	20:00	Running

Results

width=30	Rank	width=200	Athlete	width=200	Country	width=90	Shooting Score (pts)	width=90	Fencing Victories (pts)	width=100	Swimming Time (pts)	width=100	Equestrian Time (pts)	width=100	Running Time (pts)	Total
			186 (1168)	26 (1024)	2:02.55 (1332)		(1048)	5632
			185 (1156)	21 (904)	2:07.63 (1272)		(1072)	5548
			182 (1120)	15 (760)	2:02.27 (1336)		(1140)	5524
			189 (1204)	26 (1024)	2:07.46 (1272)		10:04.40 (984)	5516
			183 (1132)	18 (832)	2:06.84 (1280)		(1108)	5480
			188 (1192)	16 (784)	2:08.37 (1260)		(1052)	5460
			185 (1156)	22 (908)	2:09.20 (1252)		(1072)	5436
			171 (988)	20 (880)	2:10.60 (1236)		(1156)	5420
			184 (1144)	20 (880)	2:04.37 (1308)		10:01.57 (996)	5416
10			177 (1060)	18 (832)	2:02.87 (1328)		(1156)	5412
11			184 (1144)	15 (760)	2:10.46 (1236)		(1124)	5352
12			186 (1168)	11 (664)	2:03.03 (1324)		(1076)	5348
13			185 (1156)	14 (736)	2:03.52 (1320)		(1044)	5344
14			183 (1132)	16 (784)	2:15.10 (1180)		(1168)	5320
15			184 (1144)	18 (832)	2:16.38 (1164)		(1124)	5292
16			172 (1000)	20 (880)	2:00.84 (1352)		(1164)	5288
17			182 (1120)	18 (832)	2:11.70 (1220)		(1136)	5280
18			178 (1072)	14 (736)	2:08.99 (1256)		(1104)	5272
19			187 (1180)	16 (784)	2:05.17 (1300)		(1108)	5268
20			178 (1072)	18 (832)	2:04.01 (1312)		(1224)	5212
21			176 (1048)	18 (832)	2:09.14 (1252)		(1180)	5204
22			165 (916)	14 (736)	2:02.80 (1328)		(1132)	5172
23			176 (1048)	10 (640)	2:04.52 (1308)		(1116)	5172
24			171 (988)	15 (760)	2:11.54 (1224)		(1104)	5168
25			160 (856)	14 (736)	1:55.96 (1412)		10:00.90 (1000)	5064
26			179 (1084)	19 (856)	2:07.32 (1276)		10:15.01 (940)	5008
27			178 (1072)	12 (688)	2:15.26 (1180)		(1124)	4968
28			181 (1108)	15 (760)	2:05.28 (1300)		(1260)	4968
29			191 (1228)	24 (976)	2:05.40 (1296)		(1144)	4828
30			160 (856)	21 (904)	2:01.53 (1344)		(1008)	4824
31			181 (1108)	12 (688)	2:10.74 (1232)		10:46.70 (776)	4784
32			174 (1024)	15 (760)	1:55.86 (1412)		(1008)	4688
33			176 (1048)	19 (856)	2:09.18 (1252)		(1076)	4316
34			168 (952)	19 (856)	2:04.23 (1312)		10:04.15 (984)	4264
35			178 (1072)	17 (808)	2:05.62 (1296)		(1076)	4252
36			183 (1132)	17 (808)	2:07.02 (1276)		10:05.80 (980)	4196

Notes and References

Web site: Modern Pentathlon – Inside This Sport. NBC Olympics. 14 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161222/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/modernpentathlon/insidethissport/index.html. 14 July 2011.