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Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Dates August 27 - 31
Competitors 59 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) András Balczó  Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Boris Onischenko  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pavel Lednev  Soviet Union
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1976 →
1st, gold medalist(s) András Balczó  Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Boris Onischenko  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pavel Lednev  Soviet Union

The modern pentathlon at the 1972 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 59 athletes from 20 nations competed at the Munich Games:


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