Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

The men's individual modern pentathlon event was a multi-sport combined event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was the 12th consecutive Games at which the event was held after being introduced in 1912. The competition involved riding, fencing, shooting, swimming, and running. The scores from the individual competition were also used for the team competition.

Men's individual modern pentathlon at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Campo Militar 1 Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez Vicente Suárez Shooting Range
Dates	October 13–17
Competitors	48 from 18 nations
Medalists
Björn Ferm  Sweden András Balczó  Hungary Pavel Lednev  Soviet Union
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The event resulted in the first Olympic competitor being disqualified for doping. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was disqualified for alcohol use after drinking beer before the shooting phase.^[1]

Results

Rank	Pentathlete	Nation						Total
	Björn Ferm	Sweden	1100	885	934	1075	970	4964
	András Balczó	Hungary	1010	931	934	1054	1024	4953
	Pavel Lednev	Soviet Union	1070	839	934	1060	892	4795
4	Karl-Heinz Kutschke	East Germany	1070	632	846	1126	1090	4764
5	Boris Onishenko	Soviet Union	995	885	912	1054	910	4756
6	Raoul Gueguen	France	1040	954	912	1000	850	4756
7	Istvan Mona	Hungary	1010	1046	868	943	847	4714
8	Jim Fox	Great Britain	1010	862	890	1006	895	4663
9	Stasis Shaparnis	Soviet Union	1070	793	802	1027	964	4656
10	Mario Medda	Italy	1010	977	758	949	937	4631
11	James Moore	United States	1040	793	912	931	937	4613
12	Ferenc Török	Hungary	920	1046	912	880	793	4551
13	Jørn Steffensen	Denmark	1040	862	934	811	898	4545
14	Yuso Makihira	Japan	1040	816	802	898	973	4529
15	Jörg Tscherner	East Germany	1050	793	846	1060	766	4515
16	Hans Jacobson	Sweden	1025	977	846	946	718	4512
17	Elmar Frings	West Germany	1070	839	846	955	796	4506
18	Seppo Aho	Finland	1100	885	692	940	880	4497
19	Eduardo Olivera Lastra	Mexico	1070	770	868	997	760	4474
20	Martti Ketela	Finland	1010	770	846	964	856	4446
21	Lucien Guiguet	France	1035	655	824	958	934	4406
22	Robert Beck	United States	1010	885	912	925	655	4387
23	Wolf-Dieter Sonnleitner	Austria	1010	701	912	916	832	4371
24	Giancarlo Morresi	Italy	790	793	1022	1051	703	4359
25	David Bárcena Ríos	Mexico	1010	517	890	982	952	4351
26	Alex Tschui	Switzerland	1100	770	1022	679	766	4337
27	Katsuaki Tashiro	Japan	1100	678	934	931	676	4319
28	Siegfried Springer	Austria	1030	816	846	883	718	4293
29	Maurice Lough	United States	980	655	846	988	820	4289
30	Barry Lillywhite	Great Britain	985	816	802	982	700	4285
31	Peter Macken	Australia	935	655	802	910	982	4284
32	Heiner Thade	West Germany	910	908	956	877	613	4264
33	Antone Paniowsky	Bulgaria	950	724	978	892	703	4247
34	Jorma Hotanen	Finland	780	839	846	895	871	4231
35	Toshio Fukui	Japan	840	896	692	967	802	4197
36	Konstantine Sardjev	Bulgaria	1100	655	868	757	811	4191
37	Jean-Pierre Giudicelli	France	780	494	890	973	925	4062
38	Robert Phelps	Great Britain	795	632	978	964	562	3931
39	Duncan Page	Australia	1035	563	846	880	580	3904
40	Wolfgang Lüderitz	East Germany	365	724	934	907	913	3843
41	Pavel Kupka	Czechoslovakia	865	839	670	943	502	3819
42	Donald McMikin	Australia	545	678	1022	835	679	3759
43	Nicolo Deligia	Italy	460	678	780	889	850	3657
44	Eduardo Tovar Flores	Mexico	805	540	648	889	730	3612
45	Ivan Apostolov	Bulgaria	720	609	538	880	715	3462
46	Hans Todt	West Germany	0	678	736	865	730	3009
47	Wolfgang Leu	Austria	980	747	670	ELI	ELI	2397
–	Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall	Sweden	1010	908	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ

Hans Todt drew a stubborn horse for the riding element, which balked three times at an obstacle, resulting in Todt scoring 0 points. Todt, disconsolate at seeing his years of training gone to waste because of bad luck, attacked the horse and had to be pulled away by his teammates.^[2]

References

1. "Modern Pentathlon History". insidethegames.
2. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 340. ISBN 0140066322.