Claim: Silvano Abba of Italy ranked with a time of 9:02.5 in the riding event of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin which was joined by 42 athletes from 16 nation.
Evidence: Silvano Abbà (3 July 1911 – 24 August 1942) was an Italian modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade), were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Games of the XI Olympiad I Call the Youth of the World!
(German: Ich rufe die Jugend der Welt!) 49 3,963 (3,632 men, 331 women)