Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's
| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre | |||||||||
| Date | 26 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning score | 5480 | |||||||||
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Andrey Moiseev Russia
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Andrejus Zadneprovskis Lithuania
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Libor Capalini Czech Republic
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The men's modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in Goudi Olympic Complex on 26 August. Thirty-two athletes from 20 nations participated in this event.
Although the event was considered wide open, as no other athlete dominated the sport since 2000, the Russians, Lithuanians and Czechs continued to reach the top positions in the men's competition. Russia's Andrey Moiseev won the gold medal with a score of 5,480 points. Andrejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania won the nation's first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon, taking the silver. Libor Capalini of the Czech Republic, on the other hand, claimed the bronze, winning his nation's first medal in the sport since Jan Bártů in 1976.
The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
* Did not finish the riding course because of the exceeding number of obstacle and time penalties
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