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Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the V Olympiad
DatesJuly 7–12, 1912
Competitors32 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) James Thorpe   United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gösta Åsbrink   Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georg de Laval   Sweden
1920 →

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.

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

A total of 32 athletes from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:

Results

Shooting

Event 1
Place Athlete Score Shoot-off Points
1   Gösta Åsbrink ( SWE) 193 1
2   Georg de Laval ( SWE) 192 188 2
3   Gösta Lilliehöök ( SWE) 192 183 3
4   Hugh Durant ( GBR) 191 4
5   Patrik de Laval ( SWE) 188 5
6   Boris Nepokupnoy ( RUS) 185 191 6
7   Erik de Laval ( SWE) 185 189 7
8   Eric Carlberg ( SWE) 185 185 8
9   Erik Wersäll ( SWE) 182 9
10   Nils Häggström ( SWE) 180 10
11   Oskar Wilkman ( RUS) 176 165 11
12   James Stranne ( SWE) 176 150 12
13   Ralph Clilverd ( GBR) 172 13
14   Bror Mannström ( SWE) 171 14
15   Douglas Godfree ( GBR) 166 15
16   Jean de Mas Latrie ( FRA) 161 16
17   Weli Hohenthal ( RUS) 159 17
18   Åke Grönhagen ( SWE) 158 18
19   Carl Aejemelaeus ( RUS) 151 19
20   George S. Patton ( USA) 150 20
21   Jetze Doorman ( NED) 149 21
22   Gustaf Lewenhaupt ( SWE) 148 22
23   Carl Paaske ( NOR) 147 23
24   Arno Almqvist ( RUS) 143 24
25   Vilhelm Laybourn ( DEN) 140 25
26   Edmond Bernhardt ( AUT) 135 26
27   Henrik Norby ( NOR) 110 27
28   Carl Pauen ( GER) 102 28
29   Georges Brulé ( FRA) 100 29
30   Theodor Zeilau ( DEN) 93 30
31   Johannes Ussing ( DEN) 57 31
32   Kai Jølver ( DEN) 52 32

Swimming

Fencing

Equestrian

Athletics

References

  1. ^ "Modern pentathlon: 1912 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

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