Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the men's team modern pentathlon event was contested.[1] It was the first appearance of the event. The team event used (modified) scores from the individual event.

Men's team modern pentathlon at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Hämeenlinna
Dates	July 21–25
Competitors	48 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gábor Benedek István Szondy Aladár Kovácsi  Hungary Lars Hall Thorsten Lindqvist Claes Egnell  Sweden Olavi Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka  Finland

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events. The competition used a point-for-place system, with the lowest total across the five events winning.[2] For the team competition, placing points in each of the five segments were adjusted to only account for full teams that finished that particular event. That is, when calculating placing points, individuals from countries that did not send full teams (1 each from Australia, Belgium, and South Africa) were ignored entirely. Places for members of the team from Germany (which had one individual not finish the shooting, swimming, and running events) were counted for the riding and fencing events but ignored for the shooting, swimming, and running events.

• Riding: a show jumping competition. The course was 5000 m long, with a time limit of 10 minutes, 32 seconds. Riders started with 100 points and could lose points either through obstacle faults or going over the time limit. Negative scores were possible. Ties were broken by the specific time taken, with the quicker rider winning.
• Fencing: a round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on number of bouts won, with double-touches used as a tie-breaker.
• Shooting: a rapid fire pistol competition, with 20 shots (each scoring up to 10 points) per competitor.
• Swimming: a 300 m freestyle swimming competition.
• Running: a 4 km race.

Results

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Riding		Fencing		Shooting		Swimming		Running		Total
			Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Place	Adj. Place	Orig. Points	Adj. Points
	Hungary	Gábor Benedek	8	8	2	2	9	9	18	16	2	2	39	37
		István Szondy	3	3	4	4	12	12	5	5	17	16	41	40
		Aladár Kovácsi	10	10	10	10	25	24	27	25	21	20	93	89
		Total	21	21	16	16	46	45	50	46	40	38	173	166
	Sweden	Lars Hall	1	1	7	7	15	15	1	1	8	8	32	32
		Thorsten Lindqvist	4	4	6	6	42	40	7	7	16	15	75	72
		Claes Egnell	14	13	3	3	13	13	23	21	29	28	82	78
		Total	19	18	16	16	70	68	31	29	53	51	189	182
	Finland	Ole Mannonen	2	2	37	35	10	10	9	9	4	4	62	60
		Lauri Vilkko	11	11	38	36	1	1	8	8	5	5	63	61
		Olavi Rokka	26	25	19	19	19	19	11	10	20	19	95	92
		Total	39	38	94	90	30	30	28	27	29	28	220	213
4	United States	Frederick Denman	9	9	11	11	6	6	17	15	19	18	62	59
		Thad McArthur	12	12	23	22	29	27	3	3	1	1	68	65
		Guy Troy	6	6	17	17	8	8	34	31	30	29	95	91
		Total	27	27	51	50	43	41	54	49	50	48	225	215
5	Soviet Union	Igor Novikov	24	23	13	13	4	4	4	4	10	10	55	54
		Pavel Rakityansky	19	18	28	27	34	32	29	27	13	13	123	117
		Aleksandr Dekhayev	36	35	30	29	50	45	6	6	7	7	129	122
		Total	79	76	71	69	88	81	39	37	30	30	307	293
6	Brazil	Eduardo de Medeiros	23	22	24	23	5	5	2	2	26	25	80	77
		Aloysio Borges	30	29	1	1	39	37	21	19	22	21	113	107
		Eric Marques	44	43	18	18	30	28	15	13	28	27	135	129
		Total	97	94	43	42	74	70	38	34	76	73	328	313
7	Chile	Nilo Floody	20	19	9	9	17	17	33	30	27	26	106	101
		Hernán Fuentes	35	34	22	21	3	3	25	23	35	33	120	114
		Luis Carmona	25	24	12	12	28	26	40	37	23	22	128	121
		Total	80	77	43	42	48	46[3]	98	90	85	81	354	336
8	Argentina	Luis Ribera	5	5	31	30	33	31	13	11	18	17	100	94
		Carlos Velázquez	17	16	33	31	7	7	41	38	25	24	123	116
		Jorge Cáceres	33	32	39	37	14	14	28	26	38	36	152	145
		Total	55	53	103	98	54	52	82	75	81	77	375	355
9	Switzerland	Werner Vetterli	18	17	27	26	24	23	14	12	24	23	107	101
		Werner Schmid	14	13	15	15	11	11	39	36	31	30	110	105
		Erhard Minder	49	47	29	28	32	30	42	39	6	6	158	150
		Total	81	77	71	69	67	64	95	87	61	59	375	356
10	Great Britain	Leon Lumsdaine	7	7	14	14	23	22	16	14	36	34	96	91
		John Hewitt	27	26	42	40	18	18	37	34	12	12	136	130
		Jervis Percy	40	39	50	47	36	34	32	29	3	3	161	152
		Total	74	72	106	101	77	74	85	77	51	49	393	373
11	Italy	Alfonso Marotta	16	15	36	34	20	20	22	20	43	40	137	129
		Duilio Brignetti	32	31	40	38	22	21	20	18	37	35	151	143
		Giulio Palmonella	47	45	21	20	27	25	36	33	33	32	164	155
		Total	95	91	97	92	69	66	78	71	113	107	452	427
12	France	André Lacroix	37	36	8	8	16	16	38	35	11	11	110	106
		Bertrand de Montaudoin	46	44	35	33	40	38	46	42	9	9	176	166
		Christian Palant	28	27	41	39	38	36	24	22	50	45	181	169
		Total	111	107	84	80	94	90	108	99	70	65	467	441
13	Uruguay	Alberto Ortíz	22	21	44	42	2	2	43	40	15	14	126	119
		Lem Martínez	39	38	25	24	47	43	35	32	41	38	187	175
		Américo González	43	42	51	48	41	39	45	41	32	31	212	201
		Total	104	101	120	114	90	84	123	113	88	83	525	495
14	Mexico	José Pérez	34	33	34	32	37	35	19	17	39	37	163	154
		Antonio Almada	29	28	43	41	49	44	30	28	42	39	193	180
		David Romero	38	37	49	46	45	42	26	24	44	41	202	190
		Total	101	98	126	119	131	121	75	69	125	117	558	524
15	Portugal	Ricardo Durão	31	30	16	16	35	33	48	44	49	44	179	167
		José Pereira	21	20	48	45	31	29	49	45	48	43	197	182
		António Janet	48	46	26	25	43	41	47	43	46	42	210	197
		Total	100	96	90	86	109	103	144	132	143	129	586	546
–	Germany	Berthold Slupik	41	40	5	5	26	–	31	–	45	–	148	–
		Dietloff Kapp	42	41	46	43	44	–	12	–	14	–	158	–
		Adolf Harder	49	47	47	44	Did not finish
		Total	132	128	98	92	Did not finish

References

1. "Modern pentathlon at 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Team". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
2. Official Report, pp. 505–08.
3. The Official Report gives a score of 42 for Chile's shooting, rather than the 46 which would be expected under the scoring system. However, Chile's total score of 336 in the Official Report is consistent with a score of 46 in shooting.