Andrey Moiseev, representing Russia, became the second modern pentathlete to successfully defend an Olympic title in the men's event, while Lena Schöneborn of Germany won the women's.
Note: Athletes marked with an asterisk (*) have qualified before, countries with two asterisks (**) already filled their quota of two athletes. The free places cannot be filled by the next competitors from the respective competition, but they will be filled by the world standings at the end of the qualification period. (marked also with one or two asterisks)
*** Top finisher from NORCECA, top finisher from South America, and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan-America.
**** Unused quotas
***** If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria, the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking
^"Parygin dropped from Australian Olympic team after British appeal", Associated Press, July 1, 2008
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Modern pentathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium running equestrian Ying Tung Natatorium swimming and the Olympic Green Convention Center fencing shooting Modern pentathlon contained five events pistol shooting epee fencing 200 m freestyle swimming show jumping and a 3 km cross country run Modern pentathlonat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueOlympic Sports Centre StadiumYing Tung NatatoriumOlympic Green Convention CenterDates21 22 August 2008 20042012 Andrey Moiseev representing Russia became the second modern pentathlete to successfully defend an Olympic title in the men s event while Lena Schoneborn of Germany won the women s Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Qualified athletes 2 1 Men 2 2 Women 3 Event schedule 4 References 5 External linksMedal summary editEvent Gold Silver BronzeMen sdetails Andrey Moiseev nbsp Russia Edvinas Krungolcas nbsp Lithuania Andrejus Zadneprovskis nbsp LithuaniaWomen sdetails a Lena Schoneborn nbsp Germany Heather Fell nbsp Great Britain Anastasiya Samusevich nbsp Belarusa The original bronze medalist Victoria Tereshchuk of Ukraine was disqualified for doping violations Qualified athletes editMen edit An NOC may enter up to 2 athletes in each event The places in each event will be allocated as follows Event Date Location Vacancies Athletes2007 African Championship February 22 25 2007 nbsp Cairo 1 nbsp Amro El Geziry2007 Asian Championship May 8 14 2007 nbsp Tokyo 5 nbsp Nam Dong Hun nbsp Lee Chun Heon nbsp Cao Zhongrong nbsp Qian Zhenhua nbsp Yoshihiro Murakami2007 Oceanian Championship May 8 14 2007 nbsp Tokyo 1 nbsp Alex Parygin 2007 European Championship June 6 13 2007 nbsp Riga 8 nbsp Viktor Horvath nbsp Marcin Horbacz nbsp Andrey Moiseev nbsp Gabor Balogh nbsp Ilia Frolov nbsp Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy nbsp David Svoboda nbsp Dzmitry Meliakh2007 Pan American Games July 21 22 2007 nbsp Rio de Janeiro 4 nbsp Eli Bremer nbsp Yaniel Velazquez nbsp Joshua Riker Fox nbsp Christian Bustos2007 World Championships Aug 16 21 2007 nbsp Berlin 3 nbsp Viktor Horvath nbsp Ilia Frolov nbsp Robert Nemeth 2007 World Cup Final September 15 16 2007 nbsp Beijing 1 nbsp Edvinas Krungolcas2008 World Championship May 27 Jun 1 2008 nbsp Budapest 3 nbsp Ilia Frolov nbsp David Svoboda nbsp Yahor LapoPentathlon World Ranking June 1 2008 7 nbsp Jean Maxence Berrou nbsp Andrejus Zadneprovskis nbsp Steffen Gebhardt nbsp Eric Walther nbsp Nicola Benedetti nbsp Michal Michalik nbsp Deniss CerkovskisHost Nation CHN 1 Invitation Places 2 re allocation of unused places nbsp Oscar Soto nbsp Bartosz Majewski nbsp Jaime Lopez nbsp Pavlo Tymoshchenko nbsp Allan Casey nbsp Sam Sacksen nbsp Andrea Valentini nbsp John Zakrzewski nbsp Nick WoodbridgeTOTAL 36Note Athletes marked with an asterisk have qualified before countries with two asterisks already filled their quota of two athletes The free places cannot be filled by the next competitors from the respective competition but they will be filled by the world standings at the end of the qualification period marked also with one or two asterisks Top finisher from NORCECA top finisher from South America and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan America Unused quotas If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking Qualification revoked 1 Women edit Event Date Location Vacancies Athletes2007 African Championship February 22 25 2007 nbsp Cairo 1 nbsp Aya Medany2007 Asian Championship May 8 14 2007 nbsp Tokyo 5 nbsp Lada Jienbalanova nbsp Xiu Xiu nbsp Chen Qian nbsp Galina Dolgushina nbsp Yun Cho Rong2007 Oceanian Championship May 8 14 2007 nbsp Tokyo 1 nbsp Angela Darby2007 European Championship June 6 13 2007 nbsp Riga 8 nbsp Evdokia Gretchichnikova nbsp Heather Fell nbsp Sara Bertoli nbsp Lena Schoneborn nbsp Zsuzsanna Voros nbsp Katy Livingston nbsp Claudia Corsini nbsp Sylwia Czwojdzinska2007 Pan American Games July 21 22 2007 nbsp Rio de Janeiro 4 nbsp Yane Marques nbsp Monica Pinette nbsp Rita Sanz Agero nbsp Marlene Sanchez2007 World Championships Aug 16 21 2007 nbsp Berlin 3 nbsp Amelie Caze nbsp Lena Schoneborn nbsp Laura Asadauskaite2007 World Cup Final September 15 16 2007 nbsp Beijing 1 nbsp Aya Medany 2008 World Championship May 27 Jun 1 2008 nbsp Budapest 3 nbsp Amelie Caze nbsp Aya Medany nbsp Katy Livingston Pentathlon World Ranking June 1 2008 7 nbsp Anastasia Samusevich nbsp Anna Arkhipenka nbsp Paulina Boenisz nbsp Jelena Rublevska nbsp Lucie Grolichova nbsp Kara Grant nbsp Sheila TaorminaHost Nation CHN 1 Invitation Places 2 re allocation of unused places nbsp Victoria Tereshchuk nbsp Tatiana Mouratova nbsp Leila Gyenesei nbsp Margaux Isaksen nbsp Donata Rimsaite nbsp Belinda Schreiber nbsp Omnia Fakhry nbsp Eva TrautmannTOTAL 36Note See above at the male section Event schedule editAll times are China Standard Time UTC 8 Date Time EventThursday August 21 2008 8 30 9 10 Men s shooting10 00 13 15 Men s fencing14 30 15 10 Men s swimming17 00 19 00 Men s riding20 00 20 30 Men s runningFriday August 22 2008 8 30 9 10 Women s shooting10 00 13 15 Women s fencing14 30 15 10 Women s swimming17 00 19 00 Women s riding20 00 20 30 Women s running nbsp Shooting nbsp Fencing nbsp Swimming nbsp Equestrian and runningReferences edit Parygin dropped from Australian Olympic team after British appeal Associated Press July 1 2008External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne List of qualified athletes for the 2008 Olympic Games on the UIPM site Modern Pentathlon Official Results Book Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1121310048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
