Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Men's modern pentathlon
Games:	1928 Summer
Dates:	July 31  - August 4, 1928
Competitors:	37
Nations:	14
Gold:	Sven Thofelt
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Bo Lindman
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Helmut Kahl
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, a single modern pentathlon event was contested.^[1]

The 1928 modern pentathlon was notable in the sport's Olympic history as it marked the first time in four editions of the competition that a non-Swedish competitor won a medal. Sweden had recorded a podium sweep in 1912, 1920, and 1924.

Participating nations

A total of 37 pentathletes (all men) from 14 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:

Results

Source: Official results^[2]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	width=90	Shooting rank	width=100	Swimming rank	width=90	Fencing rank	width=100	Running rank	width=100	Equestrian rank	Total
	Sven Thofelt		6	2	4	21	14	47
	Bo Lindman		15	5	22	3	5	50
	Helmuth Kahl		10	9	2	19	12	52
4	Ingvar Berg		3	11	36	7	1	58
5	Heinz Hax		1	15	21	20	2	59
6	David Turquand-Young		24	7	15	9	10	65
7T	Christiaan Tonnet		8	24	27	4	6	69
7T	Hermann Hölter		16	8	11	13	21	69
9	Willem van Rhijn		11	10	5	17	28	71
10	Helge Jensen		4	20	1	29	19	73
11	Eugenio Pagnini		9	1	29	6	29	74
12	Zenon Małłysko		18	19	9	18	13	77
13	Lauri Kettunen		20	22	18	10	11	81
14	Otto Olsen		2	37	6	11	26	82
15T	Aubrey Newman		30	4	10	8	31	83
15T	Henrik Avellan		31	17	16	15	4	83
15T	Luigi Petrillo		13	6	33	16	15	83
18	Carlo Simonetti		19	16	14	32	3	84
19	Richard Mayo		12	23	3	11	37	86
20	Peter Hains		7	26	25	22	7	87
21T	Tauno Lampola		35	3	31	2	18	89
21T	Alfred Goodwin		5	32	23	14	25	99
23	Tivadar Filótás		22	28	8	33	16	107
24T	Tjeerd Pasma		32	13	34	5	24	108
24T	Lance East		17	29	24	30	8	108
26	Stefan Szelestowski		26	12	35	1	36	110
27	Édouard Écuyer de le Court		27	14	12	25	33	111
28	Charles-Jean LeVavasseur		14	21	17	26	35	113
29	Paul Coche		23	33	7	35	21	119
30	Rudolf Růžička		21	25	19	28	34	127
31	Sebastião Herédia		36	18	20	27	32	133
32	Charles Vannerom		25	27	26	34	23	135
33	André Crémon		33	35	32	24	17	141
34	Franciszek Koprowski		28	34	30	23	27	142
35T	Josef Schejbal		34	36	13	31	30	144
35T	Charles Cumont		29	31	28	36	20	144
37	Kamil Gampe		37	30	37	37	9	150

External links

• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2006-12-05 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Modern pentathlon: 1928 Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053407/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/MOP/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-17 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: 1928 Summer Olympics official report.