Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Musashino Forest Sports Plaza
Ajinomoto Stadium
Dates 6–8 August 2020
No. of events 2
Competitors 72 from 0 nations

The modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will take place from 6 to 8 August 2020 at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza and Ajinomoto Stadium.

Thirty-six athletes will compete each in the men's and women's events.

Format

Modern pentathlon contained five events; pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200.0 metres (656.2 ft) freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3.200 kilometres (1.988 mi) cross-country run.[1]

Qualification

Thirty-six athletes per gender must qualify for the Games, with only a maximum of two each per NOC. Qualification methods are similarly applied to both men's and women's events.

Host nation Japan has been guaranteed one quota place automatically, while two invitational positions are distributed by the UIPM once the rest of the qualifiers are announced and thereby decided.

One place will be handily awarded to the winner of the 2015 UIPM World Cup final. Twenty places are determined by the continental championships: one each from Africa and Oceania, five from Asia, eight from Europe, and five from the Americas with a maximum of one quota per NOC (two each from NORCECA and South America, and top one from the 2019 Pan American Games).

Three places have been reserved to the highest-ranked athletes at each of the 2019 and 2020 UIPM World Championships. The remaining six will be awarded based on the pentathlon's world rankings, unless a reallocation of unused berths have been invoked before the deadline.

Men's

Individual athletes may qualify in any of the following methods, ensuring that an NOC may enter up to a maximum of two in each event. If more than two athletes are eligible to compete, a non-selected quota has been redistributed.

Event Date Venue Places Qualified athletes
Host nation — — 1  TBD (JPN)
2019 UIPM World Cup Final June 2019 Japan Tokyo[2] 1
Asian/Oceania Championships 2019 5
1
2019 Pan American Games July 27–30, 2019 Peru Lima 2
2
1
European Championships August 6-11, 2019 United Kingdom Bath 8
African Championships 1
2019 UIPM World Championships September 3-9, 2019 Hungary Budapest 3
2020 UIPM World Championships 2020 Lithuania Vilnius 3
Pentathlon World Ranking June 1, 2020 — 6
Tripartite Invitation — — 2
Total36

Women's

Individual athletes may qualify in any of the following methods, ensuring that an NOC may enter up to a maximum of two in each event. If more than two athletes are eligible to compete, a non-selected quota has been redistributed.

Event Date Venue Places Qualified athletes
Host nation — — 1  TBD (JPN)
2019 UIPM World Cup Final June 2019 Japan Tokyo[2] 1
Asian/Oceania Championships 2019 5
1
2019 Pan American Games July 27–30, 2019 Peru Lima 2
2
1
European Championships August 6-11, 2019 United Kingdom Bath 8
African Championships 1
2019 UIPM World Championships September 3-9, 2019 Hungary Budapest 3
2020 UIPM World Championships 2020 Lithuania Vilnius 3
Pentathlon World Ranking June 1, 2020 — 6
Tripartite Invitation — — 2
Total36

Participating

Participating nations

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Women's

See also

References

  1. ↑ Branch, John (26 November 2008). "Modern Pentathlon Gets a Little Less Penta". New York Times. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 Tokyo to Host 2019 UPIPM World Cup Final
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