# Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium (running, equestrian), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming), and the Olympic Green Convention Center (fencing, shooting). Modern pentathlon contained five events; pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run.
Andrey Moiseev, representing Russia, became the second modern pentathlete to successfully defend an Olympic title in the men's event, while Lena Schöneborn of Germany won the women's.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Andrey Moiseev Russia | Edvinas Krungolcas Lithuania | Andrejus Zadneprovskis Lithuania |
| Women's details | Lena Schöneborn Germany | Heather Fell Great Britain | Anastasiya Samusevich Belarus |
$^a$ The original bronze medalist, Victoria Tereshchuk of Ukraine was disqualified for doping violations.

## Qualified athletes
### Men

An NOC may enter up to 2 athletes in each event. The places in each event will be allocated as follows:
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Athletes |
| 2007 African Championship | February 22–25, 2007 | Cairo | 1 | Amro El Geziry |
| 2007 Asian Championship | May 8–14, 2007 | Tokyo | 5 | Nam Dong-Hun Lee Chun-Heon Cao Zhongrong Qian Zhenhua Yoshihiro Murakami |
| 2007 Oceanian Championship | May 8–14, 2007 | Tokyo | 1 | Alex Parygin^ |
| 2007 European Championship | June 6–13, 2007 | Riga | 8 | Viktor Horváth Marcin Horbacz Andrey Moiseev Gábor Balogh Ilia Frolov Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy David Svoboda Dzmitry Meliakh |
| 2007 Pan-American Games | July 21–22, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 4*** | Eli Bremer Yaniel Velazquez Joshua Riker-Fox Christian Bustos |
| 2007 World Championships | Aug 16-21, 2007 | Berlin | 3 | Viktor Horváth* Ilia Frolov* Róbert Németh** |
| 2007 World Cup Final | September 15–16, 2007 | Beijing | 1 | Edvinas Krungolcas |
| 2008 World Championship | May 27 - Jun 1, 2008 | Budapest | 3 | Ilia Frolov* David Svoboda* Yahor Lapo |
| Pentathlon World Ranking | June 1, 2008 | - | 7 | Jean Maxence Berrou Andrejus Zadneprovskis Steffen Gebhardt Eric Walther Nicola Benedetti Michal Michalik Deniss Čerkovskis |
| Host Nation (CHN) | - | - | 1**** | - |
| Invitation Places | - | - | 2**** | - |
| re-allocation of unused places***** | - | - | + | Oscar Soto Bartosz Majewski Jaime Lopez Pavlo Tymoshchenko Allan Casey Sam Sacksen Andrea Valentini John Zakrzewski Nick Woodbridge |
| TOTAL | | | 36 | |
Note: Athletes marked with an asterisk (*) have qualified before, countries with two asterisks (**) already filled their quota of two athletes. The free places cannot be filled by the next competitors from the respective competition, but they will be filled by the world standings at the end of the qualification period. (marked also with one or two asterisks)
*** Top finisher from NORCECA, top finisher from South America, and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan-America.
**** Unused quotas
***** If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria, the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking
^ Qualification revoked.

### Women

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Athletes |
| 2007 African Championship | February 22–25, 2007 | Cairo | 1 | Aya Medany |
| 2007 Asian Championship | May 8–14, 2007 | Tokyo | 5 | Lada Jienbalanova Xiu Xiu Chen Qian Galina Dolgushina Yun Cho-Rong |
| 2007 Oceanian Championship | May 8–14, 2007 | Tokyo | 1 | Angela Darby |
| 2007 European Championship | June 6–13, 2007 | Riga | 8 | Evdokia Gretchichnikova Heather Fell Sara Bertoli Lena Schoneborn Zsuzsanna Vörös Katy Livingston Claudia Corsini Sylwia Czwojdzinska |
| 2007 Pan-American Games | July 21–22, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 4*** | Yane Marques Monica Pinette Rita Sanz-Agero Marlene Sanchez |
| 2007 World Championships | Aug 16-21, 2007 | Berlin | 3 | Amélie Caze Lena Schoneborn* Laura Asadauskaitė |
| 2007 World Cup Final | September 15–16, 2007 | Beijing | 1 | Aya Medany* |
| 2008 World Championship | May 27 - Jun 1, 2008 | Budapest | 3 | Amélie Caze* Aya Medany* Katy Livingston* |
| Pentathlon World Ranking | June 1, 2008 | - | 7 | Anastasia Samusevich Anna Arkhipenka Paulina Boenisz Jeļena Rubļevska Lucie Grolichova Kara Grant Sheila Taormina |
| Host Nation (CHN) | - | - | 1**** | - |
| Invitation Places | - | - | 2**** | - |
| re-allocation of unused places***** | - | - | + | Victoria Tereshchuk Tatiana Mouratova Leila Gyenesei Margaux Isaksen Donata Rimsaite Belinda Schreiber Omnia Fakhry Eva Trautmann |
| TOTAL | | | 36 | |
Note: See above, at the male section.

## Event schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 8:30–9:10 | Men's shooting |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 10:00–13:15 | Men's fencing |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 14:30–15:10 | Men's swimming |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 17:00–19:00 | Men's riding |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 20:00–20:30 | Men's running |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 8:30–9:10 | Women's shooting |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 10:00–13:15 | Women's fencing |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 14:30–15:10 | Women's swimming |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 17:00–19:00 | Women's riding |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 20:00–20:30 | Women's running |
* Shooting
* Fencing
* Swimming
* Equestrian and running