Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Men's modern pentathlon
Games:	1956 Summer
Dates:	23–28 November 1956
Competitors:	40
Nations:	16
Gold:	Lars Hall
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Olavi Mannonen
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Väinö Korhonen
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1952
Next:	1960

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.^[1]

Medal summary

Individual
Team	Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov	William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert	Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter

Participating nations

A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Modern pentathlon: 1956 Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/MOP/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-07-19 . sports-reference.com.