Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team
Men's team modern pentathlon at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Hämeenlinna | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 21–25 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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Individual | men |
Team | men |
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the men's team modern pentathlon event was contested.[1] It was the first appearance of the event. The team event used (modified) scores from the individual event.
Competition format
The modern pentathlon consisted of five events. The competition used a point-for-place system, with the lowest total across the five events winning.[2] For the team competition, placing points in each of the five segments were adjusted to only account for full teams that finished that particular event. That is, when calculating placing points, individuals from countries that did not send full teams (1 each from Australia, Belgium, and South Africa) were ignored entirely. Places for members of the team from Germany (which had one individual not finish the shooting, swimming, and running events) were counted for the riding and fencing events but ignored for the shooting, swimming, and running events.
- Riding: a show jumping competition. The course was 5000 m long, with a time limit of 10 minutes, 32 seconds. Riders started with 100 points and could lose points either through obstacle faults or going over the time limit. Negative scores were possible. Ties were broken by the specific time taken, with the quicker rider winning.
- Fencing: a round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on number of bouts won, with double-touches used as a tie-breaker.
- Shooting: a rapid fire pistol competition, with 20 shots (each scoring up to 10 points) per competitor.
- Swimming: a 300 m freestyle swimming competition.
- Running: a 4 km race.
Results
Rank | Nation | Athletes | Riding | Fencing | Shooting | Swimming | Running | Total | ||||||
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Orig. Place | Adj. Place | Orig. Place | Adj. Place | Orig. Place | Adj. Place | Orig. Place | Adj. Place | Orig. Place | Adj. Place | Orig. Points | Adj. Points | |||
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Gábor Benedek | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 37 |
István Szondy | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 41 | 40 | ||
Aladár Kovácsi | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 93 | 89 | ||
Total | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 46 | 40 | 38 | 173 | 166 | ||
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Lars Hall | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 32 |
Thorsten Lindqvist | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 75 | 72 | ||
Claes Egnell | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 28 | 82 | 78 | ||
Total | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 70 | 68 | 31 | 29 | 53 | 51 | 189 | 182 | ||
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Ole Mannonen | 2 | 2 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 60 |
Lauri Vilkko | 11 | 11 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 61 | ||
Olavi Rokka | 26 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 95 | 92 | ||
Total | 39 | 38 | 94 | 90 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 220 | 213 | ||
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Frederick Denman | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 62 | 59 |
Thad McArthur | 12 | 12 | 23 | 22 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 65 | ||
Guy Troy | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 95 | 91 | ||
Total | 27 | 27 | 51 | 50 | 43 | 41 | 54 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 225 | 215 | ||
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Igor Novikov | 24 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 54 |
Pavel Rakityansky | 19 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 123 | 117 | ||
Aleksandr Dekhayev | 36 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 50 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 129 | 122 | ||
Total | 79 | 76 | 71 | 69 | 88 | 81 | 39 | 37 | 30 | 30 | 307 | 293 | ||
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Eduardo de Medeiros | 23 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 80 | 77 |
Aloysio Borges | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 113 | 107 | ||
Eric Marques | 44 | 43 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 27 | 135 | 129 | ||
Total | 97 | 94 | 43 | 42 | 74 | 70 | 38 | 34 | 76 | 73 | 328 | 313 | ||
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Nilo Floody | 20 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 106 | 101 |
Hernán Fuentes | 35 | 34 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 35 | 33 | 120 | 114 | ||
Luis Carmona | 25 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 26 | 40 | 37 | 23 | 22 | 128 | 121 | ||
Total | 80 | 77 | 43 | 42 | 48 | 46[3] | 98 | 90 | 85 | 81 | 354 | 336 | ||
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Luis Ribera | 5 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 100 | 94 |
Carlos Velázquez | 17 | 16 | 33 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 123 | 116 | ||
Jorge Cáceres | 33 | 32 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 26 | 38 | 36 | 152 | 145 | ||
Total | 55 | 53 | 103 | 98 | 54 | 52 | 82 | 75 | 81 | 77 | 375 | 355 | ||
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Werner Vetterli | 18 | 17 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 107 | 101 |
Werner Schmid | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 110 | 105 | ||
Erhard Minder | 49 | 47 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 42 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 158 | 150 | ||
Total | 81 | 77 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 64 | 95 | 87 | 61 | 59 | 375 | 356 | ||
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Leon Lumsdaine | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 36 | 34 | 96 | 91 |
John Hewitt | 27 | 26 | 42 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 136 | 130 | ||
Jervis Percy | 40 | 39 | 50 | 47 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 161 | 152 | ||
Total | 74 | 72 | 106 | 101 | 77 | 74 | 85 | 77 | 51 | 49 | 393 | 373 | ||
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Alfonso Marotta | 16 | 15 | 36 | 34 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 43 | 40 | 137 | 129 |
Duilio Brignetti | 32 | 31 | 40 | 38 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 37 | 35 | 151 | 143 | ||
Giulio Palmonella | 47 | 45 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 25 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 164 | 155 | ||
Total | 95 | 91 | 97 | 92 | 69 | 66 | 78 | 71 | 113 | 107 | 452 | 427 | ||
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André Lacroix | 37 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 110 | 106 |
Bertrand de Montaudoin | 46 | 44 | 35 | 33 | 40 | 38 | 46 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 176 | 166 | ||
Christian Palant | 28 | 27 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 50 | 45 | 181 | 169 | ||
Total | 111 | 107 | 84 | 80 | 94 | 90 | 108 | 99 | 70 | 65 | 467 | 441 | ||
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Alberto Ortíz | 22 | 21 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 14 | 126 | 119 |
Lem Martínez | 39 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 47 | 43 | 35 | 32 | 41 | 38 | 187 | 175 | ||
Américo González | 43 | 42 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 39 | 45 | 41 | 32 | 31 | 212 | 201 | ||
Total | 104 | 101 | 120 | 114 | 90 | 84 | 123 | 113 | 88 | 83 | 525 | 495 | ||
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José Pérez | 34 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 39 | 37 | 163 | 154 |
Antonio Almada | 29 | 28 | 43 | 41 | 49 | 44 | 30 | 28 | 42 | 39 | 193 | 180 | ||
David Romero | 38 | 37 | 49 | 46 | 45 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 44 | 41 | 202 | 190 | ||
Total | 101 | 98 | 126 | 119 | 131 | 121 | 75 | 69 | 125 | 117 | 558 | 524 | ||
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Ricardo Durão | 31 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 35 | 33 | 48 | 44 | 49 | 44 | 179 | 167 |
José Pereira | 21 | 20 | 48 | 45 | 31 | 29 | 49 | 45 | 48 | 43 | 197 | 182 | ||
António Janet | 48 | 46 | 26 | 25 | 43 | 41 | 47 | 43 | 46 | 42 | 210 | 197 | ||
Total | 100 | 96 | 90 | 86 | 109 | 103 | 144 | 132 | 143 | 129 | 586 | 546 | ||
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Berthold Slupik | 41 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 26 | – | 31 | – | 45 | – | 148 | – |
Dietloff Kapp | 42 | 41 | 46 | 43 | 44 | – | 12 | – | 14 | – | 158 | – | ||
Adolf Harder | 49 | 47 | 47 | 44 | Did not finish | |||||||||
Total | 132 | 128 | 98 | 92 | Did not finish |
References
- "Modern pentathlon at 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Team". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- Official Report, pp. 505–08.
- The Official Report gives a score of 42 for Chile's shooting, rather than the 46 which would be expected under the scoring system. However, Chile's total score of 336 in the Official Report is consistent with a score of 46 in shooting.