Modern pentathlon was first contested at the Olympic Games at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[1] The sport was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
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Dates | July 7–12, 1912 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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A lost points system was used, in which the athlete lost the same number of points corresponding to his position in each modality. Thus, the first position resulted in 1 Lost Point, the second position 2 Lost Points, and so on. At the end, the classification was obtained by adding up the lost points, and the placements were assigned in ascending order of the number of points lost by each competitor.
Participating nations
editA total of 32 athletes from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:
Austria (1)
Denmark (4)
Finland (4)
France (1)
Germany (1)
Great Britain (1)
Netherlands (1)
Norway (1)
Russian Empire (5)
Sweden (12)
United States (1)
Results
editShooting
editSwimming
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Equestrian
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Athletics
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References
edit- ^ "Modern pentathlon: 1912 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
External links
edit- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
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has generic name (help) - Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 17 January 2007.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.