Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's

Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Oaklands Hunt Club Swimming/Diving Stadium Williamstown
Dates	November 23–28
Competitors	40 from 16 nations
Medalists
Lars Hall  Sweden Olavi Mannonen  Finland Väinö Korhonen  Finland
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Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Events
Individual	men
Team	men
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the men's individual modern pentathlon event was contested.^[1] It was the ninth appearance of the event, which had been featured at every Summer Olympics since 1912. The individual scores were also used for the men's team event.

Competition format[]

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 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[]

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

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