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Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
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 →

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Lars Hall
 Sweden 		Olavi Mannonen
 Finland 		Väinö Korhonen
 Finland
Team  Soviet Union (URS)
Igor Novikov
Ivan Deryugin
Aleksandr Tarasov 		 United States (USA)
William Andre
Jack Daniels
George Lambert 		 Finland (FIN)
Olavi Mannonen
Väinö Korhonen
Berndt Katter

Medal table

1  Soviet Union (URS) 1 0 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 1 0 0 1
3  Finland (FIN) 0 1 2 3
4  United States (USA) 0 1 0 1

Participating nations

A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Modern pentathlon: 1956 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
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