Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueCopper Box (fencing)
Aquatics Centre (swimming)
Greenwich Park (riding and combined)
Date11 August
Competitors36 from 22 nations
Winning score5928 OR
Medalists
 David Svoboda  Czech Republic
 Cao Zhongrong  China
 Ádám Marosi  Hungary
Modern pentathlon at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Events
men  women

The men's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held on 11 August. Three venues were used: the Copper Box (fencing), Aquatics Centre (swimming) and Greenwich Park (horse-riding and combined running and shooting).[1]

David Svoboda from the Czech Republic won the gold medal with an Olympic record-breaking score of 5,926 points. Cao Zhongrong, 2010 Asian Games gold medalist, won China's first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon, taking the silver. Meanwhile, Hungary's Ádám Marosi claimed the bronze medal. For the first time in the post-Soviet era, Russia missed out of the medal podium in the men's event, as current world champion Aleksander Lesun and defending champion Andrey Moiseev finished fourth and seventh place, respectively.

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day. The format was slightly different from the typical modern pentathlon, with two events combined at the end.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 11 August 2012 08:45 Fencing
13:20 Swimming
15:20 Riding
19:00 Combined running/shooting

Results

Thirty-six athletes participated.[3]

Rank Athlete Fencing
Victories (pts)		 Swimming
Time (pts)		 Riding
Time (pts)		 Combined
Time (pts)		 Total[4]
1st, gold medalist(s)  David Svoboda (CZE) 26 (1024) 2:04.84 (1304) 77.28 (1132) 10:33.02 (2468) 5928 (OR)
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Cao Zhongrong (CHN) 25 (1000) 1:58.93 (1376) 74.62 (1080) 10:38.02 (2448) 5904
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Ádám Marosi (HUN) 20 (880) 2:02.08 (1336) 75.94 (1200) 10:45.72 (2420) 5836
4  Aleksander Lesun (RUS) 25 (1000) 2:04.29 (1312) 77.61 (1112) 11:05.83 (2340) 5764
5  Steffen Gebhardt (GER) 20 (880) 2:07.08 (1276) 72.11 (1160) 10:37.16 (2452) 5756
6  Thomas Daniel (AUT) 17 (808) 2:09.23 (1252) 73.56 (1180) 10:24.02 (2504) 5744
7  Andrey Moiseev (RUS) 22 (928) 2:02.71 (1328) 70.65 (1140) 11:05.28 (2340) 5736
8  Justinas Kinderis (LTU) 15 (760) 2:04.35 (1308) 72.78 (1140) 10:19.34 (2524) 5732
9  Riccardo De Luca (ITA) 16 (784) 2:08.29 (1264) 72.09 (1200) 10:32.34 (2472) 5720
10  Nicholas Woodbridge (GBR) 17 (808) 1:57.32 (1396) 81.22 (1156) 11:01.66 (2356) 5716
11  Jung Jin-Hwa (KOR) 16 (784) 2:00.25 (1360) 70.01 (1160) 10:57.17 (2372) 5676
12  Róbert Kasza (HUN) 20 (880) 2:01.59 (1344) 74.57 (1200) 11:27.85 (2252) 5676
13  Samuel Weale (GBR) 17 (808) 2:03.40 (1320) 76.68 (1176) 11:00.00 (2360) 5664
14  Óscar Soto (MEX) 16 (784) 2:10.98 (1232) 76.38 (1176) 10:34.42 (2464) 5656
15  Ondřej Polívka (CZE) 12 (688) 2:02.71 (1328) 76.14 (1136) 10:25.99 (2500) 5652
16  Stanislau Zhurauliou (BLR) 20 (880) 2:06.80 (1280) 70.07 (1120) 10:58.10 (2368) 5648
17  Christopher Patte (FRA) 16 (784) 2:05.99 (1292) 76.38 (1116) 10:43.96 (2428) 5620
18  Esteban Bustos (CHI) 15 (760) 2:10.52 (1236) 68.58 (1160) 10:38.72 (2448) 5604
19  Deniss Čerkovskis (LAT) 23 (952) 2:10.78 (1232) 91.78 (976) 10:46.88 (2416) 5576
20  Nicola Benedetti (ITA) 17 (808) 2:18.47 (1140) 84.16 (1084) 10:16.92 (2536) 5568
21  Rustem Sabizkhuzin (KAZ) 19 (856) 2:13.21 (1204) 72.42 (1100) 10:49.57 (2404) 5564
22  Shinichi Tomii (JPN) 18 (832) 2:01.19 (1348) 88.57 (1088) 11:19.13 (2284) 5552
23  Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) 13 (712) 2:08.15 (1264) 69.63 (1140) 10:48.37 (2408) 5524
24  Szymon Staśkiewicz (POL) 14 (736) 2:11.54 (1224) 75.21 (1180) 10:56.31 (2376) 5516
25  Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe (IRL) 14 (736) 2:02.44 (1332) 85.13 (1120) 11:08.69 (2328) 5516
26  Stefan Köllner (GER) 16 (784) 2:11.71 (1220) 70.47 (1120) 10:59.16 (2364) 5488
27  Edward Fernon (AUS) 14 (736) 2:13.10 (1204) 87.40 (1152) 10:48.19 (2408) 5480
28  Yasser Hefny (EGY) 17 (808) 2:05.90 (1292) 80.39 (1080) 11:25.53 (2260) 5440
29  Pavel Iliashenko (KAZ) 15 (760) 2:06.62 (1244) 96.94 (1036) 10:49.80 (2404) 5432
30  Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR) 17 (808) 2:03.67 (1316) 78.50 (1028) 11:33.18 (2228) 5380
31  Andrei Gheorghe (GUA) 15 (760) 2:13.89 (1196) 77.04 (1112) 11:15.58 (2300) 5368
32  Dennis Bowsher (USA) 12 (688) 2:05.15 (1300) 81.36 (1076) 10:25.09 (2260) 5324
33  Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 18 (832) 1:55.70 (1412) 111.42 (856) 11:42.44 (2192) 5292
34  Hwang Woo-Jin (KOR) 14 (736) 2:01.14 (1348) 146.83 (736) 12:08.88 (2088) 4908
35  Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 17 (808) 2:04.83 (1304) DNF (580) 11:18.80 (2288) 4740
36  Wang Guan (CHN) 12 (688) 2:12.13 (1216) DNS (0) DNS (0) 1904

Records

For the first time in Olympic history, the men's modern pentathlon has broken multiple Olympic records in the every sporting discipline, with the exception of horse-riding.[5]

Broken Olympic records during the 2012 Summer Olympics
Total  David Svoboda (CZE) 5928
Fencing  David Svoboda (CZE) =26V–9D
Swimming  Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:55.70
Running  Nicola Benedetti (ITA) 9:23.63 (WR)
Combined  Nicola Benedetti (ITA) 10:16.92
Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots  Ondřej Polívka (CZE) 9.3
Shooting - 3 session of 15 shots  Ondřej Polívka (CZE) 33.6

References

  1. ↑ Modern Pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. ↑ Format Competition – Men's
  3. ↑ Start list
  4. ↑ http://www.london2012.com/modern-pentathlon/event/men/phase=mpm001d00/index.html
  5. ↑ "Men's Modern Pentathlon – Records". London 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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