# Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's

The men's modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 19 August. Three venues were used: Deodoro Aquatics Centre (swimming), Deodoro Stadium (horse-riding and combined running and shooting) and Youth Arena (fencing).
The medals were presented by Timothy Fok, IOC member, Hong Kong and Klaus Schormann, President of the UIPM.

## Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, all held on the same day. The format was slightly different from the typical modern pentathlon, with two events combined at the end.
* Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning percentage.
* Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time.
* Riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
* Combined running/shooting: A 3 km run with pistol shooting (the athlete must hit five targets in 70 seconds) every kilometre. Starts were staggered based on points from the previous three events.

## Schedule

All times are UTC-3
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 14:30 | Fencing (Ranking Round) |
| Saturday, 20 August 2016 | 12:00 | Swimming |
| Saturday, 20 August 2016 | 14:00 | Fencing (Bonus Round) |
| Saturday, 20 August 2016 | 15:30 | Riding |
| Saturday, 20 August 2016 | 18:00 | Combined running/shooting |

## Results

Thirty-six athletes participated.

### Key

♦ The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow with a diamond symbol.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Swimming Time (pts) | Fencing Victories (pts) | Riding Time (pts) | Combined Time (pts) | Total |
| | Aleksander Lesun | Russia | 2:05.58 (324) | 28 (268)$^♦$ OR | 71.02 (279) | 11:32.35 (608) | 1479 OR |
| | Pavlo Tymoshchenko | Ukraine | 2:05.59 (324) | 21 (227) | 65.43 (286) | 11:05.74 (635) | 1472 |
| | Ismael Hernández | Mexico | 2:02.12 (334) | 18 (208) | 71.78 (300) | 11:14.33 (626) | 1468 |
| 4 | Valentin Prades | France | 2:04.44 (327) | 21 (227) | 77.92 (277) | 11:04.08 (636) | 1467 |
| 5 | Riccardo De Luca | Italy | 2:09.36 (312) | 20 (222) | 71.56 (300) | 11:07.23 (633) | 1467 |
| 6 | Patrick Dogue | Germany | 2:07.65 (318) | 25 (240) | 80.73 (288) | 11:23.36 (617) | 1463 |
| 7 | Max Esposito | Australia | 1:59.71 (341) | 14 (185) | 74.39 (300) | 11:04.99 (636) | 1462 |
| 8 | Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe | Ireland | 2:03.03 (331) | 16 (198) | 74.83 (300) | 11:12.21 (628) | 1457 |
| 9 | David Svoboda | Czech Republic | 2:05.59 (324) | 21 (226) | 79.48 (282) | 11:20.92 (620) | 1452 |
| 10 | Joseph Choong | Great Britain | 1:58.50 (345) | 22 (224) | 70.31 (293) | 11:51.59 (589) | 1451 |
| 11 | Nathan Schrimsher | United States | 2:00.87 (338) | 20 (220) | 79.42 (282) | 11:30.76 (610) | 1450 |
| 12 | Ádám Marosi | Hungary | 2:01.66 (335) | 16 (196) | 67.87 (293) | 11:19.84 (621) | 1445 |
| 13 | Jung Jin-hwa | South Korea | 2:00.82 (338) | 17 (203) | 78.75 (283) | 11:21.80 (619) | 1443 |
| 14 | James Cooke | Great Britain | 1:55.60 (354)$^♦$ OR | 14 (185) | 80.48 (288) | 11:31.07 (609) | 1436 |
| 15 | Charles Fernandez | Guatemala | 2:03.18 (331) | 16 (214) | 80.58 (271) | 11:21.49 (619) | 1435 |
| 16 | Cao Zhongrong | China | 2:00.08 (340) | 17 (204) | 74.31 (300) | 11:51.14 (589) | 1433 |
| 17 | Bence Demeter | Hungary | 2:03.89 (329) | 19 (217) | 74.62 (265) | 11:21.98 (619) | 1430 |
| 18 | Guo Jianli | China | 2:01.94 (335) | 19 (214) | 73.06 (286) | 11:46.21 (594) | 1429 |
| 19 | Jun Woong-tae | South Korea | 2:00.88 (338) | 13 (178) | 73.91 (272) | 11:02.50 (638) $^♦$ OR | 1426 |
| 20 | Valentin Belaud | France | 2:07.83 (317) | 19 (216) | 74.31 (286) | 11:39.37 (601) | 1420 |
| 21 | Christian Zillekens | Germany | 2:06.24 (322) | 16 (196) | 75.90 (286) | 11:27.45 (613) | 1417 |
| 22 | Tomoya Miguchi | Japan | 2:02.62 (333) | 20 (220) | 80.30 (281) | 12:02.88 (578) | 1412 |
| 23 | Omar El Geziry | Egypt | 2:03.62 (330) | 23 (239) | 75.10 (265) | 12:11.94 (569) | 1403 |
| 24 | Pier Paolo Petroni | Italy | 2:05.51 (324) | 13 (179) | 75.94 (293) | 11:39.60 (601) | 1397 |
| 25 | Amro El Geziry | Egypt | 1:55.80 (353) | 18 (208) | 77.23 (291) | 12:39.19 (541) | 1393 |
| 26 | Andriy Fedechko | Ukraine | 2:05.63 (324) | 16 (198) | 79.49 (275) | 11:47.68 (593) | 1390 |
| 27 | Szymon Staśkiewicz | Poland | 2:10.16 (310) | 21 (227) | 73.44 (258) | 11:45.88 (595) | 1390 |
| 28 | Ruslans Nakonechnyi | Latvia | 2:03.83 (329) | 13 (180) | 72.45 (272) | 11:35.70 (605) | 1386 |
| 29 | Shohei Iwamoto | Japan | 2:08.65 (315) | 09 (154) | 74.90 (300) $^♦$ | 11:54.59 (586) | 1355 |
| 30 | Emmanuel Zapata | Argentina | 2:06.66 (320) | 11 (166) | 77.50 (277) | 12:03.19 (577) | 1340 |
| 31 | Felipe Nascimento | Brazil | 2:05.39 (324) | 09 (155) | 75.72 (251) | 12:15.59 (565) | 1295 |
| 32 | Jose Ricardo Figueroa | Cuba | 2:15.39 (294) | 09 (156) | 122.31 (233) | 12:49.13 (531) | 1214 |
| 33 | Dimitar Krastanov | Bulgaria | 2:04.96 (326) | 19 (215) | E (0) | 11:02.95 (638) | 1179 |
| 34 | Justinas Kinderis | Lithuania | 2:06.84 (320) | 18 (211) | E (0) | 11:27.33 (613) | 1144 |
| 35 | Pavel Ilyashenko | Kazakhstan | 2:06.19 (322) | 18 (208) | E (0) | 11:29.79 (611) | 1141 |
| 36 | Jan Kuf | Czech Republic | 2:05.84 (323) | 19 (215) | E (0) | 12:15.62 (565) | 1103 |

## Records

Broken Olympic records during the 2016 Summer Olympics :
| Total | Aleksander Lesun (RUS) | 1479 pts. |
| Swimming | James Cooke (GBR) | 1:55.60 |
| Combined | Jun Woong-tae (KOR) | 11:02.50 |
| Running | Dimitar Krastanov (BUL) | 10:20.18 |
| Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots | Jun Woong-tae (KOR) | 7.39 |
| Shooting - 4 session of 20 shots | Nathan Schrimsher (USA) | 34.08 |