Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| Dates | November 23 - 28 | |||||||||
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| Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | |||||||||
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.[1]
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual |  Lars HallSweden (SWE) |
 Olavi MannonenFinland (FIN) |
Väinö Korhonen Finland (FIN) |
| Team | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
Medal table
| 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 |
Participating nations
A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
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Results
Individual
Team
| 1 | Soviet Union |
| 2 | United States |
| 3 | Finland |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mexico |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania |
| 7 |  Great Britain |
| 8 |  Australia |
| AC | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil |
| AC |  Chile |
| AC | .svg.png){kind=small} South Africa |
| AC | Sweden |
References
- 1 2 "Modern pentathlon: 1956 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
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