Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Dates November 23–28
Competitors 40 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Lars Hall  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Olavi Mannonen  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Väinö Korhonen  Finland

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)1001
 Sweden (SWE)1001
3 Finland (FIN)0123
4 United States (USA)0101
Totals (4 nations)2226


Participating nations

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

Results

Individual

1Lars Hall Sweden
2Ole Mannonen Finland
3Wäinö Korhonen Finland
4Igor Novikov Soviet Union
5George Lambert United States
6Gábor Benedek Hungary
7Bill Andre United States
8Aleksandr Tarasov Soviet Union
9Ivan Deriuhin Soviet Union
10János Bódy Hungary
11Luis Ribera Argentina
12José Pérez Mexico
13Jack Daniels United States
14Cornel Vena Romania
15Adriano Facchini Italy
16Berndt Katter Finland
17Bertil Haase Sweden
18Gerardo Cortes, Sr. Chile
19Neville Sayers Australia
20Dumitru Țintea Romania
21Antal Moldrich Hungary
22Antonio Almada Mexico
23Vladimír Černý Czechoslovakia
24Nilo Floody Chile
25Donald Cobley Great Britain
26Okkie van Greunen South Africa
27Salvio Lemos Brazil
28Thomas Hudson Great Britain
29David Romero Mexico
30Victor Teodorescu Romania
31Wenceslau Malta Brazil
32Sven Coomer Australia
33Jean-Claude Hamel France
34George Norman Great Britain
35George Nicoll Australia
36Harry Schmidt South Africa
ACNilo da Silva Brazil
ACBjörn Thofelt Sweden
ACHéctor Carmona Chile
ACMarthinus du Plessis South Africa

Team

1 Soviet Union
2 United States
3 Finland
4 Hungary
5 Mexico
6 Romania
7 Great Britain
8 Australia
AC Brazil
AC Chile
AC South Africa
AC Sweden

References

  1. 1 2 "Modern pentathlon: 1956 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.


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