The modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:
Equestrian, held on July 18 at Bromont. Fencing, held on July 19 at Université de Montréal. Shooting, held on July 20 at L'Acadie. Swimming, held on July 21 at Olympic Pool. Cross-country, held on July 22 at Olympic Stadium and Maisonneuve Park.
Results
RankNationAthlete Rid.Fen.Sho.Swi.Run. ScoreTeam Score Adrian Parker 1100 752 868 1240 1378 5338 15559Danny Nightingale 1012 814 934 1172 1309 5241Jim Fox 1100 690 846 1080 1264 4980 Jan Bartu 1100 969 1044 1184 1162 5459 15451Bohumil Starnovský 1068 876 868 1144 1144 5100Jiri Adam 794 938 1088 1072 1000 4892 Tamas Kancsal 866 990 956 1164 1219 5195 15395Tibor Maracsko 972 845 890 1204 1228 5139Szvetiszlav Sasics 934 938 912 1160 1117 50614Janusz Pyciak-Peciak 1066 969 1044 1164 1318 5561 15343Zbigniew Pacelt 1100 535 890 1308 1138 4971Krzysztof Trybusiewicz 1004 628 978 1072 1129 48115John Fitzgerald 1036 969 1000 1232 1066 5303 15285Michael Burley 1068 752 692 1212 1327 5051Robert Nieman 1036 814 604 1324 1153 49316 Daniele Masala 1090 907 1066 1244 1201 5508 15031Pier Paolo Cristofori 1100 721 780 1128 1207 4936Mario Medda 1004 628 824 1056 1075 45877 Risto Hurme 1100 907 868 1088 1246 5209 15000Jussi Pelli 1004 752 956 1020 1192 4924Heikki Hulkkonen 690 938 978 1120 1141 48678 Hans Lager 1100 721 758 1244 1225 5048 14946Bengt Lager 1068 721 802 1120 1252 4963Gunnar Jacobson 1100 876 780 1104 1075 49359 Alain Cortes 1036 814 956 1108 1249 516314834Claude Guiguet 1100 721 1000 924 1123 4868Michel Gueguen 1100 690 714 1104 1195 480310Velko Bratanov 1064 876 1000 980 1147 5067 14824Stoyan Zlatev 1036 814 1000 1140 1048 5038Nikolai Nikolov 956 659 934 1068 1102 471911Walter Esser 1100 783 978 1112 1120 509314429Gerhard Werner 972 690 824 1196 1129 4811Wolfgang Köpcke 940 566 824 1084 1111 452512Shoji Uchida 1068 814 692 1084 12704928 14234Akira Kubo 1036 814 802 904 1126 4682Hiroyuki Kawazoe 1068 721 956 840 1039 462413John Hawes 1068 845 230 1272 1108 4523 12772George Skene 1100 504 274 1176 1102 4156Jack Alexander 478 442 692 1268 1213 4093
The were forced to scratch from the competition after team member Boris Onischenko was ejected from the competition during the fencing event after it was discovered he had wired his épée with a concealed push button circuit breaker that enabled him to register a hit at any time.
The other Soviet team members, Pavel Lednev and Boris Mosolov, were allowed to continue individually, but since three athletes are required to compete in a team event, it was ruled their results would receive no score in the team competition.
References
External links Official Olympic Report