Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's

The men's individual modern pentathlon was an event contested at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1] It was the ninth appearance of the individual modern pentathlon, which had been featured at every Summer Olympics since 1912. The individual scores were also used for the men's team event.

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue
DatesNovember 23–28
Competitors40 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lars Hall  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olavi Mannonen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Väinö Korhonen  Finland
← 1952
1960 →

Competition format

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The modern pentathlon consisted of five events. The competition dropped the point-for-place system used in previous Games. The 1956 competition introduced a scoring system in which each of the results of each event was converted to a score, with a par value of 1,000 in each event, and higher scores were desirable.[2]

  • Riding: a show jumping competition. The course was 5000 m long, with a time limit of 10 minutes. Riders started with 1000 points; gaining or losing 2.5 points for every second under or over the time limit. They could also lose points through obstacle faults. Negative scores were not possible; the lowest score was 0.
  • Fencing: a round-robin, one-touch épée competition. The par score of 1000 points was awarded for 26 victories (winning 75% of the fencer's 35 matches, as 36 competitors remained in the event at this stage). Each victory above or below that number adjusted the score by 37 points.
  • Shooting: a rapid fire pistol competition, with 20 shots (each scoring up to 10 points) per competitor. A target score of 195 would give 1000 points; every target point above or below that resulted in a 20-point adjustment.
  • Swimming: a 300 m freestyle swimming competition. The par time was 4 minutes, with every second above or below adjusting the score by 5 points.
  • Running: a 4 km race. The par time was 15 minutes, with every second above or below adjusting the score by 3 points.

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Riding Fencing Shooting Swimming Running Total
Time TS F Pts Pl Wins Pts Pl Score Pts Pl Time Pts Pl Time Pts Pl
  Lars Hall   Sweden 9:46 1035.0 0 1035.0 4 23 889 4 181 720 24 3:54.2 1030 2 14:07.4 1159 8 4833.0
  Ole Mannonen   Finland 10:01 997.5 0 997.5 5 21 815 8 189 880 5 4:16.4 920 15 14:06.9 1162 7 4774.5
  Wäinö Korhonen   Finland 9:58 1005.0 120 885.0 9 25 963 2 189 880 5 4:19.5 905 16 14:21.0 1117 12 4750.0
4 Igor Novikov   Soviet Union 10:55 862.5 60 802.5 14 21 815 8 191 920 2 4:03.6 985 6 13:56.3 1192 4 4714.5
5 George Lambert   United States 9:32 1070.0 0 1070.0 1 17 667 17 190 900 4 4:05.8 975 7 14:33.2 1081 15 4693.0
6 Gábor Benedek   Hungary 10:56 860.0 0 860.0 11 23 889 4 191 920 2 4:29.8 855 18 14:18.4 1126 10 4650.0
7 William Andre   United States 9:57 1007.5 120 887.5 8 23 889 4 188 860 8 4:26.2 870 17 14:19.2 1123 11 4629.5
8 Aleksandr Tarasov   Soviet Union 10:44 890.0 80 810.0 13 20 778 10 189 880 5 4:35.0 825 21 13:58.1 1186 5 4479.0
9 Ivan Deriuhin   Soviet Union 11:02 845.0 0 845.0 12 14 556 26 184 780 16 3:46.7 1070 1 13:53.8 1201 3 4452.0
10 János Bódy   Hungary 10:43 892.5 120 772.5 15 23 889 4 186 820 10 4:41.3 795 24 14:27.8 1099 14 4375.5
11 Luis Ribera   Argentina 9:39 1052.5 0 1052.5 3 17 667 17 176 620 29 4:14.1 930 13 15:07.0 979 21 4248.5
12 José Pérez   Mexico 10:25 937.5 0 937.5 6 18 704 13 185 800 13 4:12.4 940 10 16:36.0 712 32 4093.5
13 Jack Daniels   United States 9:35 1062.5 0 1062.5 2 9 371 36 185 800 13 4:13.3 935 11 15:30.4 910 25 4078.5
14 Cornel Vena   Romania 13:11 522.5 80 442.5 22 29 1111 1 182 740 23 4:50.9 750 30 14:50.3 1030 17 4072.5
15 Adriano Facchini   Italy 11:41 747.5 80 667.5 17 17 667 17 186 820 10 4:10.3 950 9 15:23.8 931 23 4035.5
16 Berndt Katter   Finland 10:52 870.0 240 630.0 18 15 593 25 183 760 19 4:14.5 930 13 14:23.3 1111 13 4024.0
17 Bertil Haase   Sweden 12:18 655.0 140 515.0 20 17 667 17 180 700 27 4:34.7 830 20 13:48.5 1216 2 3928.0
18 Gerardo Cortes, Sr.   Chile 10:47 882.5 0 882.5 10 14 556 26 176 620 29 4:52.3 740 31 14:43.8 1051 16 3849.5
19 Neville Sayers   Australia 10:30 925.0 0 925.0 7 10 408 35 186 820 10 5:32.0 540 35 14:52.9 1024 18 3717.0
20 Dumitru Țintea   Romania 11:29 777.5 60 717.5 16 17 667 17 184 780 16 4:37.0 815 22 16:34.6 718 31 3697.5
21 Antal Moldrich   Hungary 14:10 375.0 280 95.0 30 24 926 3 181 720 24 3:58.3 1010 4 15:28.6 916 24 3667.0
22 Antonio Almada   Mexico 13:30 475.0 80 395.0 23 18 704 13 193 960 1 4:13.2 935 11 17:06.4 622 35 3616.0
23 Vladimír Černý   Czechoslovakia 14:27 332.5 200 132.5 29 14 556 26 188 860 8 4:08.9 960 8 14:56.7 1012 19 3520.5
24 Nilo Floody   Chile 10:54 865.0 280 585.0 19 18 704 13 183 760 19 5:08.5 660 33 16:09.9 793 27 3502.0
25 Donald Cobley   Great Britain 12:02 695.0 380 315.0 25 12 482 32 173 560 31 4:38.3 810 23 13:35.5 1255 1 3422.0
26 Okkie van Greunen   South Africa 14:10 375.0 180 195.0 27 18 704 13 184 780 16 4:44.1 780 26 15:19.7 943 22 3402.0
27 Salvio Lemos   Brazil 13:38 455.0 0 455.0 21 14 556 26 183 760 19 4:43.1 785 25 16:30.4 730 30 3286.0
28 Thomas Hudson   Great Britain 15:04 240.0 220 20.0 31 16 630 24 167 440 34 4:02.0 990 5 14:00.2 1180 6 3260.0
29 David Romero   Mexico 12:29 627.5 260 367.5 24 14 556 26 185 800 13 4:47.1 765 27 16:27.6 739 29 3227.5
30 Victor Teodorescu   Romania 18:10 0.0 180 0.0 33 19 741 11 177 640 28 5:14.5 630 34 14:08.1 1156 9 3167.0
31 Wenceslau Malta   Brazil 14:31 322.5 860 0.0 33 19 741 11 183 760 19 4:49.8 755 29 15:41.8 877 26 3133.0
32 Sven Coomer   Australia 15:46 135.0 0 135.0 28 12 482 32 181 720 24 3:57.4 1015 3 16:23.2 751 28 3103.0
33 Jean-Claude Hamel   France 14:49 277.5 80 197.5 26 17 667 17 169 480 33 4:30.0 850 19 16:43.1 691 33 2885.5
34 George Norman   Great Britain 17:16 0.0 0 0.0 33 17 667 17 162 340 35 4:48.1 760 28 15:06.7 982 20 2749.0
35 George Nicoll   Australia 21:39 0.0 320 0.0 33 13 519 31 170 500 32 5:07.7 665 32 17:58.1 466 36 2150.0
36 Harry Schmidt   South Africa 16:04 90.0 140 0.0 33 11 445 34 142 0 36 5:48.9 460 36 16:53.3 661 34 1566.0
Nilo da Silva   Brazil 14:49 277.5 260 17.5 32 Did not finish 17.5
Björn Thofelt   Sweden 18:40 0.0 140 0.0 33 Did not finish 0.0
Héctor Carmona   Chile Abandoned Did not finish 0.0
Marthinus du Plessis   South Africa Abandoned Did not finish 0.0

References

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  1. ^ "Modern pentathlon at 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 513.