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Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Dates October 13 - 17
Competitors 48 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Björn Ferm  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) András Balczó  Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pavel Lednev  Soviet Union
1964
1972
1st, gold medalist(s) Björn Ferm  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) András Balczó  Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pavel Lednev  Soviet Union

The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. 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:

A total of 48 athletes from 18 nations competed at the Mexico Games:


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