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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.[1]
Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Dates | 23–28 November 1956 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Medal summary
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual |
Lars Hall |
Olavi Mannonen |
Väinö Korhonen |
Team |
Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov |
William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert |
Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Participating nations
editA 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)
References
edit- ^ a b "Modern pentathlon: 1956 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
External links
edit- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 December 2006.