# Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's

The men's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held on 11 August. Three venues were used: the Copper Box (fencing), Aquatics Centre (swimming) and Greenwich Park (horse-riding and combined running and shooting).
David Svoboda from the Czech Republic won the gold medal with an Olympic record-breaking score of 5,926 points. Cao Zhongrong, 2010 Asian Games gold medalist, won China's first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon, taking the silver. Meanwhile, Hungary's Ádám Marosi claimed the bronze medal. For the first time in the post-Soviet era, Russia missed out of the medal podium in the men's event, as current world champion Aleksander Lesun and defending champion Andrey Moiseev finished fourth and seventh place, respectively.

## Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one 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.
* Horse-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 1 km. Starts are staggered (based on points from first three events) so that the first to cross the finish line wins.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 11 August 2012 | 08:45 | Fencing |
| Saturday, 11 August 2012 | 13:20 | Swimming |
| Saturday, 11 August 2012 | 15:20 | Riding |
| Saturday, 11 August 2012 | 19:00 | Combined running/shooting |

## Results

Thirty-six athletes participated.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Fencing Victories (pts) | Swimming Time (pts) | Riding Time (pts) | Combined Time (pts) | Total |
| | David Svoboda | Czech Republic | 26 (1024) | 2:04.84 (1304) | 77.28 (1132) | 10:33.02 (2468) | 5928 (OR) |
| | Cao Zhongrong | China | 25 (1000) | 1:58.93 (1376) | 74.62 (1080) | 10:38.02 (2448) | 5904 |
| | Ádám Marosi | Hungary | 20 (880) | 2:02.08 (1336) | 75.94 (1200) | 10:45.72 (2420) | 5836 |
| 4 | Aleksander Lesun | Russia | 25 (1000) | 2:04.29 (1312) | 77.61 (1112) | 11:05.83 (2340) | 5764 |
| 5 | Steffen Gebhardt | Germany | 20 (880) | 2:07.08 (1276) | 72.11 (1160) | 10:37.16 (2452) | 5756 |
| 6 | Thomas Daniel | Austria | 17 (808) | 2:09.23 (1252) | 73.56 (1180) | 10:24.02 (2504) | 5744 |
| 7 | Andrey Moiseev | Russia | 22 (928) | 2:02.71 (1328) | 70.65 (1140) | 11:05.28 (2340) | 5736 |
| 8 | Justinas Kinderis | Lithuania | 15 (760) | 2:04.35 (1308) | 72.78 (1140) | 10:19.34 (2524) | 5732 |
| 9 | Riccardo De Luca | Italy | 16 (784) | 2:08.29 (1264) | 72.09 (1200) | 10:32.34 (2472) | 5720 |
| 10 | Nicholas Woodbridge | Great Britain | 17 (808) | 1:57.32 (1396) | 81.22 (1156) | 11:01.66 (2356) | 5716 |
| 11 | Jung Jin-Hwa | South Korea | 16 (784) | 2:00.25 (1360) | 70.01 (1160) | 10:57.17 (2372) | 5676 |
| 12 | Róbert Kasza | Hungary | 20 (880) | 2:01.59 (1344) | 74.57 (1200) | 11:27.85 (2252) | 5676 |
| 13 | Samuel Weale | Great Britain | 17 (808) | 2:03.40 (1320) | 76.68 (1176) | 11:00.00 (2360) | 5664 |
| 14 | Óscar Soto | Mexico | 16 (784) | 2:10.98 (1232) | 76.38 (1176) | 10:34.42 (2464) | 5656 |
| 15 | Ondřej Polívka | Czech Republic | 12 (688) | 2:02.71 (1328) | 76.14 (1136) | 10:25.99 (2500) | 5652 |
| 16 | Stanislau Zhurauliou | Belarus | 20 (880) | 2:06.80 (1280) | 70.07 (1120) | 10:58.10 (2368) | 5648 |
| 17 | Christopher Patte | France | 16 (784) | 2:05.99 (1292) | 76.38 (1116) | 10:43.96 (2428) | 5620 |
| 18 | Esteban Bustos | Chile | 15 (760) | 2:10.52 (1236) | 68.58 (1160) | 10:38.72 (2448) | 5604 |
| 19 | Deniss Čerkovskis | Latvia | 23 (952) | 2:10.78 (1232) | 91.78 (976) | 10:46.88 (2416) | 5576 |
| 20 | Nicola Benedetti | Italy | 17 (808) | 2:18.47 (1140) | 84.16 (1084) | 10:16.92 (2536) | 5568 |
| 21 | Rustem Sabizkhuzin | Kazakhstan | 19 (856) | 2:13.21 (1204) | 72.42 (1100) | 10:49.57 (2404) | 5564 |
| 22 | Shinichi Tomii | Japan | 18 (832) | 2:01.19 (1348) | 88.57 (1088) | 11:19.13 (2284) | 5552 |
| 23 | Pavlo Tymoshchenko | Ukraine | 13 (712) | 2:08.15 (1264) | 69.63 (1140) | 10:48.37 (2408) | 5524 |
| 24 | Szymon Staśkiewicz | Poland | 14 (736) | 2:11.54 (1224) | 75.21 (1180) | 10:56.31 (2376) | 5516 |
| 25 | Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe | Ireland | 14 (736) | 2:02.44 (1332) | 85.13 (1120) | 11:08.69 (2328) | 5516 |
| 26 | Stefan Köllner | Germany | 16 (784) | 2:11.71 (1220) | 70.47 (1120) | 10:59.16 (2364) | 5488 |
| 27 | Edward Fernon | Australia | 14 (736) | 2:13.10 (1204) | 87.40 (1152) | 10:48.19 (2408) | 5480 |
| 28 | Yasser Hefny | Egypt | 17 (808) | 2:05.90 (1292) | 80.39 (1080) | 11:25.53 (2260) | 5440 |
| 29 | Pavel Iliashenko | Kazakhstan | 15 (760) | 2:06.62 (1244) | 96.94 (1036) | 10:49.80 (2404) | 5432 |
| 30 | Dzmitry Meliakh | Belarus | 17 (808) | 2:03.67 (1316) | 78.50 (1028) | 11:33.18 (2228) | 5380 |
| 31 | Andrei Gheorghe | Guatemala | 15 (760) | 2:13.89 (1196) | 77.04 (1112) | 11:15.58 (2300) | 5368 |
| 32 | Dennis Bowsher | United States | 12 (688) | 2:05.15 (1300) | 81.36 (1076) | 10:25.09 (2260) | 5324 |
| 33 | Amro El-Geziry | Egypt | 18 (832) | 1:55.70 (1412) | 111.42 (856) | 11:42.44 (2192) | 5292 |
| 34 | Hwang Woo-Jin | South Korea | 14 (736) | 2:01.14 (1348) | 146.83 (736) | 12:08.88 (2088) | 4908 |
| 35 | Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy | Ukraine | 17 (808) | 2:04.83 (1304) | DNF (580) | 11:18.80 (2288) | 4740 |
| 36 | Wang Guan | China | 12 (688) | 2:12.13 (1216) | DNS (0) | DNS (0) | 1904 |

## Records

For the first time in Olympic history, the men's modern pentathlon has broken multiple Olympic records in the every sporting discipline, with the exception of horse-riding.
Broken Olympic records during the 2012 Summer Olympics :
| Total | David Svoboda (CZE) | 5928 |
| Fencing | David Svoboda (CZE) | =26V–9D |
| Swimming | Amro El Geziry (EGY) | 1:55.70 |
| Running | Nicola Benedetti (ITA) | 9:23.63 (WR) |
| Combined | Nicola Benedetti (ITA) | 10:16.92 |
| Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots | Ondřej Polívka (CZE) | 9.3 |
| Shooting - 3 session of 15 shots | Ondřej Polívka (CZE) | 33.6 |