# Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

The modern pentathlon at the 1976 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:
* Equestrian, held on July 18 at Bromont.
* Fencing, held on July 19 at Université de Montréal.
* Shooting, held on July 20 at L'Acadie.
* Swimming, held on July 21 at Olympic Pool.
* Cross-country, held on July 22 at Olympic Stadium and Maisonneuve Park.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Rid. | Fen. | Sho. | Swi. | Run. | Score |
| | Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (POL) | 1066 | 928 | 1044 | 1164 | 1318 | 5520 |
| | Pavel Lednev (URS) | 1032 | 1096 | 1022 | 1092 | 1243 | 5485 |
| | Jan Bartu (TCH) | 1100 | 976 | 1044 | 1184 | 1162 | 5466 |
| 4 | Daniele Masala (ITA) | 1090 | 832 | 1066 | 1244 | 1201 | 5433 |
| 5 | Adrian Parker (GBR) | 1100 | 712 | 868 | 1240 | 1378 | 5298 |
| 6 | John Fitzgerald (USA) | 1036 | 952 | 1000 | 1232 | 1066 | 5286 |
| 7 | Jørn Steffensen (DEN) | 1100 | 856 | 1044 | 1068 | 1213 | 5281 |
| 8 | Boris Mosolov (URS) | 1036 | 856 | 934 | 1212 | 1162 | 5200 |
| 9 | Tamas Kancsal (HUN) | 866 | 990 | 956 | 1164 | 1219 | 5195 |
| 10 | Danny Nightingale (GBR) | 1012 | 760 | 934 | 1172 | 1309 | 5187 |
| 11 | Risto Hurme (FIN) | 1100 | 856 | 868 | 1088 | 1246 | 5158 |
| 12 | Alain Cortes (FRA) | 1036 | 784 | 956 | 1108 | 1249 | 5133 |
| 13 | Tibor Maracsko (HUN) | 972 | 832 | 890 | 1204 | 1228 | 5126 |
| 14 | Walter Esser (FRG) | 1100 | 784 | 978 | 1112 | 1120 | 5094 |
| 15 | Jim Fox (GBR) | 1100 | 784 | 846 | 1080 | 1264 | 5074 |
| 16 | Michael Burley (USA) | 1068 | 760 | 692 | 1212 | 1327 | 5059 |
| 17 | Bohumil Starnovský (TCH) | 1068 | 832 | 868 | 1144 | 1144 | 5056 |
| 18 | Szvetiszlav Sasics (HUN) | 934 | 928 | 912 | 1160 | 1117 | 5051 |
| 19 | Zbigniew Pacelt (POL) | 1100 | 592 | 890 | 1308 | 1138 | 5028 |
| 20 | Hans Lager (SWE) | 1100 | 688 | 758 | 1244 | 1225 | 5015 |
| 21 | Stoyan Zlatev (BUL) | 1036 | 784 | 1000 | 1140 | 1048 | 5008 |
| 22 | Velko Bratanov (BUL) | 1064 | 808 | 1000 | 980 | 1147 | 4999 |
| 23 | Jussi Pelli (FIN) | 1004 | 760 | 956 | 1020 | 1192 | 4932 |
| 24 | Bengt Lager (SWE) | 1068 | 688 | 802 | 1120 | 1252 | 4930 |
| 25 | Pier Paolo Cristofori (ITA) | 1100 | 712 | 780 | 1128 | 1207 | 4927 |
| 26 | Robert Nieman (USA) | 1036 | 784 | 604 | 1324 | 1153 | 4901 |
| 27 | Klaus Petersen (DEN) | 1036 | 712 | 890 | 1120 | 1120 | 4878 |
| 28 | Claude Guiguet (FRA) | 1100 | 712 | 1000 | 924 | 1123 | 4859 |
| 29 | Jiri Adam (TCH) | 794 | 904 | 1088 | 1072 | 1000 | 4858 |
| 30 | Gerhard Werner (FRG) | 972 | 736 | 824 | 1196 | 1129 | 4857 |
| 31 | Shoji Uchida (JPN) | 1068 | 736 | 692 | 1084 | 1270 | 4850 |
| 32 | Gunnar Jacobson (SWE) | 1100 | 784 | 780 | 1104 | 1075 | 4843 |
| 33 | Michel Gueguen (FRA) | 1100 | 712 | 714 | 1104 | 1195 | 4825 |
| 34 | Krzyszto Trybusiewicz (POL) | 1004 | 640 | 978 | 1072 | 1129 | 4823 |
| 35 | Heikki Hulkkonen (FIN) | 690 | 880 | 978 | 1120 | 1141 | 4809 |
| 36 | Nikolai Nikolov (BUL) | 956 | 664 | 934 | 1068 | 1102 | 4724 |
| 37 | Akira Kubo (JPN) | 1036 | 832 | 802 | 904 | 1126 | 4700 |
| 38 | Serge Bindy (SUI) | 660 | 760 | 912 | 1148 | 1183 | 4663 |
| 39 | Mario Medda (ITA) | 1004 | 688 | 824 | 1056 | 1075 | 4647 |
| 40 | Hiroyuki Kawazoe (JPN) | 1068 | 688 | 956 | 840 | 1039 | 4591 |
| 41 | Wolfgang Köpcke (FRG) | 940 | 592 | 824 | 1084 | 1111 | 4551 |
| 42 | Peter Ridgway (AUS) | 1068 | 640 | 912 | 1020 | 910 | 4550 |
| 43 | John Hawes (CAN) | 1068 | 856 | 230 | 1272 | 1108 | 4534 |
| 44 | Peter Macken (AUS) | 1068 | 544 | 802 | 752 | 1186 | 4352 |
| 45 | George Skene (CAN) | 1100 | 520 | 274 | 1176 | 1102 | 4172 |
| 46 | Jack Alexander (CAN) | 478 | 472 | 692 | 1268 | 1213 | 4123 |
Boris Onischenko (URS) was ejected from the competition during the fencing event after it was discovered he had wired his epée with a concealed push button circuit breaker that enabled him to register a hit at any time. Onischenko's results were deleted from the records, and he was spirited away from the Olympic Village almost immediately, never competing in events outside the USSR again.