Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Quick Facts Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad, Dates ...
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Dates | 23–28 November 1956 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.[1]
More information Event, Gold ...
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual details |
Lars Hall Sweden |
Olavi Mannonen Finland |
Väinö Korhonen Finland |
Team details |
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 |
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More information Rank, Nation ...
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
- Argentina (1)
- Australia (3)
- Brazil (3)
- Chile (3)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Finland (3)
- France (1)
- Great Britain (3)
- Hungary (3)
- Italy (1)
- Mexico (3)
- Romania (3)
- South Africa (3)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Sweden (3)
- United States (3)
- "Modern pentathlon: 1956 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
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