The men's pentathlon event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 3 September 1959.[1][2][3] It was the only time men contested the pentathlon at the Universiade with it being replaced with the decathlon from the next edition.
Results edit
The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | LJ | JT | 200m | DT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Vasili Kuznetsov |  Soviet Union |
7.18 | 72.70 | 22.2 | 49.50 | 4:59.5 | 4006 | WB[4] |
 |
Hermann Salomon |  West Germany |
6.18 | 74.45 | 23.9 | 43.07 | 4:30.4 | 3530 | [4] |
 |
Miloš Vojtek |  Czechoslovakia |
6.47 | 66.63 | 24.0 | 37.46 | 4:47.2 | 3048 | [4] |
| 4 | Victor Cinca |  Romania |
6.83 | 50.60 | 23.0 | 32.67 | 4:33.5 | 2935 | |
| 5 | Herbert Stichnote | West Germany |
6.03 | 43.31 | 24.0 | 31.08 | 3:57.9 | 2880 | |
| 6 | Carlo Stanga |  Switzerland |
7.02 | 39.15 | 23.1 | 30.44 | 4:25.4 | 2808 | |
| 7 | Franco Radman |  Italy |
6.61 | 52.74 | 23.7 | 33.55 | 4:51.1 | 2685 | |
| 8 | Franz Thomet | Switzerland |
6.31 | 46.39 | 23.4 | 32.91 | 4:35.6 | 2669 | |
| Luciano Paccagnella | Italy |
DNF |
References edit
- ^ "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 7. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Results at Tilastopaja
- ^ "Les jeux mondiaux universitaires à Turin" (in French). Le Nouvelliste (Valais). 4 September 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p109)