# List of Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon.

## Current program
### Men's individual

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Gösta Lilliehöök Sweden | Gösta Åsbrink Sweden | Georg de Laval Sweden |
| 1920 Antwerp details | Gustaf Dyrssen Sweden | Erik de Laval Sweden | Gösta Runö Sweden |
| 1924 Paris details | Bo Lindman Sweden | Gustaf Dyrssen Sweden | Bertil Uggla Sweden |
| 1928 Amsterdam details | Sven Thofelt Sweden | Bo Lindman Sweden | Helmut Kahl Germany |
| 1932 Los Angeles details | Johan Oxenstierna Sweden | Bo Lindman Sweden | Richard Mayo United States |
| 1936 Berlin details | Gotthard Handrick Germany | Charles Leonard United States | Silvano Abbà Italy |
| 1948 London details | William Grut Sweden | George Moore United States | Gösta Gärdin Sweden |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Lars Hall Sweden | Gábor Benedek Hungary | István Szondy Hungary |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Lars Hall Sweden | Olavi Mannonen Finland | Wäinö Korhonen Finland |
| 1960 Rome details | Ferenc Németh Hungary | Imre Nagy Hungary | Robert Beck United States |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Ferenc Török Hungary | Igor Novikov Soviet Union | Albert Mokeyev Soviet Union |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Björn Ferm Sweden | András Balczó Hungary | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
| 1972 Munich details | András Balczó Hungary | Boris Onishchenko Soviet Union | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal details | Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Poland | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union | Jan Bártů Czechoslovakia |
| 1980 Moscow details | Anatoli Starostin Soviet Union | Tamás Szombathelyi Hungary | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Daniele Masala Italy | Svante Rasmuson Sweden | Carlo Massullo Italy |
| 1988 Seoul details | János Martinek Hungary | Carlo Massullo Italy | Vakhtang Iagorashvili Soviet Union |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek Poland | Attila Mizsér Hungary | Eduard Zenovka Unified Team |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Alexander Parygin Kazakhstan | Eduard Zenovka Russia | János Martinek Hungary |
| 2000 Sydney details | Dmitri Svatkovskiy Russia | Gábor Balogh Hungary | Pavel Dovgal Belarus |
| 2004 Athens details | Andrey Moiseyev Russia | Andrejus Zadneprovskis Lithuania | Libor Capalini Czech Republic |
| 2008 Beijing details | Andrey Moiseyev Russia | Edvinas Krungolcas Lithuania | Andrejus Zadneprovskis Lithuania |
| 2012 London details | David Svoboda Czech Republic | Cao Zhongrong China | Ádám Marosi Hungary |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Aleksander Lesun Russia | Pavlo Tymoshchenko Ukraine | Ismael Hernandez Mexico |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Joe Choong Great Britain | Ahmed El-Gendy Egypt | Jun Woong-Tae South Korea |
| 2024 Paris details | Ahmed El-Gendy Egypt | Taishu Sato Japan | Giorgio Malan Italy |

### Women's individual

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2000 Sydney details | Stephanie Cook Great Britain | Emily deRiel United States | Kate Allenby Great Britain |
| 2004 Athens details | Zsuzsanna Vörös Hungary | Jeļena Rubļevska Latvia | Georgina Harland Great Britain |
| 2008 Beijing details | Lena Schöneborn Germany | Heather Fell Great Britain | Anastasiya Samusevich Belarus |
| 2012 London details | Laura Asadauskaitė Lithuania | Samantha Murray Great Britain | Yane Marques Brazil |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Chloe Esposito Australia | Élodie Clouvel France | Oktawia Nowacka Poland |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Kate French Great Britain | Laura Asadauskaitė Lithuania | Sarolta Kovács Hungary |
| 2024 Paris details | Michelle Gulyás Hungary | Élodie Clouvel France | Seong Seung-min South Korea |

## Discontinued event
### Men's team

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Hungary (HUN) Gábor Benedek Aladár Kovácsi István Szondy | Sweden (SWE) Lars Hall Thorsten Lindqvist Claes Egnell | Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Aleksandr Tarasov Ivan Deryugin | United States (USA) George Lambert William Andre Jack Daniels | Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Wäinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |
| 1960 Rome details | Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Németh Imre Nagy András Balczó | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Nikolay Tatarinov Hanno Selg | United States (USA) Robert Beck George Lambert Jack Daniels |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Albert Mokeyev Viktor Mineyev | United States (USA) James Moore David Kirkwood Paul Pesthy | Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Török Imre Nagy Ottó Török |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Hungary (HUN) András Balczó István Móna Ferenc Török | Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Stasys Šaparnis | France (FRA) Raoul Gueguen Lucien Guiguet Jean-Pierre Giudicelli |
| 1972 Munich details | Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Vladimir Shmelyov | Hungary (HUN) András Balczó Zsigmond Villányi Pál Bakó | Finland (FIN) Risto Hurme Veikko Salminen Martti Ketelä |
| 1976 Montreal details | Great Britain (GBR) Jim Fox Danny Nightingale Adrian Parker | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jan Bártů Bohumil Starnovský Jiří Adam | Hungary (HUN) Tamás Kancsal Tibor Maracskó Szvetiszláv Sasics |
| 1980 Moscow details | Soviet Union (URS) Anatoli Starostin Pavel Lednyov Yevgeny Lipeyev | Hungary (HUN) Tamás Szombathelyi Tibor Maracskó László Horváth | Sweden (SWE) Svante Rasmuson Lennart Pettersson George Horvath |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Italy (ITA) Daniele Masala Pier Paolo Cristofori Carlo Massullo | United States (USA) Michael Storm Robert Gregory Losey Dean Glenesk | France (FRA) Paul Four Didier Boube Joël Bouzou |
| 1988 Seoul details | Hungary (HUN) János Martinek Attila Mizsér László Fábián | Italy (ITA) Carlo Massullo Daniele Masala Gianluca Tiberti | Great Britain (GBR) Richard Phelps Dominic Mahony Graham Brookhouse |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Poland (POL) Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek Dariusz Goździak Maciej Czyżowicz | Unified Team (EUN) Anatoli Starostin Dmitri Svatkovskiy Eduard Zenovka | Italy (ITA) Gianluca Tiberti Carlo Massullo Roberto Bomprezzi |

## Athletes

The following table shows the most successful athletes in Olympic modern pentathlon by medals won:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | András Balczó (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Pavel Lednyov (URS) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Igor Novikov (URS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Daniele Masala (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Lars Hall (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Anatoli Starostin (URS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | János Martinek (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ferenc Török (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Ferenc Németh (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Andrey Moiseyev (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |