Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Campo Militar 1 Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez Vicente Suárez Shooting Range
Dates	October 13–17, 1968
Competitors	48 from 18 nations
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Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition.^[1] As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:

• Equestrian, held on October 13
• Fencing, held on October 14
• Shooting, held on October 15
• Swimming, held on October 16
• Cross-country, held on October 17

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual details	Björn Ferm  Sweden	András Balczó  Hungary	Pavel Lednyov  Soviet Union
Team details	Hungary (HUN) András Balczó István Móna Ferenc Török	Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Stasys Šaparnis	France (FRA) Raoul Gueguen Lucien Guiguet Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	1	1	0	2
2	Sweden	1	0	0	1
3	Soviet Union	0	1	1	2
4	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

A total of 48 athletes from 18 nations competed at the Mexico Games:^[1]

• Official Olympic Report