# Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team

The men's team modern pentathlon event was a multi-sport combined event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was the 5th consecutive Games at which the team event was held after being introduced in 1952. The competition involved riding, fencing, shooting, swimming, and running. The scores from the individual competition were used for the team score; there was no separate competition.
The event resulted in the first Olympic competitor being disqualified for doping. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was disqualified for alcohol use after drinking beer before the shooting phase.

## Results

| Rank | Nation | Pentathlete | | | | | | Total | Team score |
| | Hungary | András Balczó | 1010 | 1000 | 934 | 1054 | 1024 | 5022 | 14325 |
| | Hungary | István Móna | 1010 | 1078 | 868 | 943 | 847 | 4746 | 14325 |
| | Hungary | Ferenc Török | 920 | 1052 | 912 | 880 | 793 | 4557 | 14325 |
| | Soviet Union | Boris Onishchenko | 995 | 948 | 912 | 1054 | 910 | 4819 | 14248 |
| | Soviet Union | Pavel Lednyov | 1070 | 844 | 934 | 1060 | 892 | 4800 | 14248 |
| | Soviet Union | Stasys Šaparnis | 1070 | 766 | 802 | 1027 | 964 | 4629 | 14248 |
| | France | Raoul Gueguen | 1040 | 974 | 912 | 1000 | 850 | 4776 | 13289 |
| | France | Lucien Guiguet | 1035 | 688 | 824 | 958 | 934 | 4439 | 13289 |
| | France | Jean-Pierre Giudicelli | 780 | 506 | 890 | 973 | 925 | 4074 | 13289 |
| 4 | United States | James Moore | 1040 | 766 | 912 | 931 | 937 | 4586 | 13280 |
| 4 | United States | Robert Beck | 1010 | 896 | 912 | 925 | 655 | 4398 | 13280 |
| 4 | United States | Maurice Lough | 980 | 662 | 846 | 988 | 820 | 4296 | 13280 |
| 5 | Finland | Martti Ketela | 1010 | 896 | 846 | 964 | 856 | 4572 | 13238 |
| 5 | Finland | Seppo Aho | 1100 | 922 | 692 | 940 | 880 | 4534 | 13238 |
| 5 | Finland | Jorma Hotanen | 780 | 740 | 846 | 895 | 871 | 4132 | 13238 |
| 6 | East Germany | Karl-Heinz Kutschke | 1070 | 610 | 846 | 1126 | 1090 | 4742 | 13167 |
| 6 | East Germany | Jörg Tscherner | 1050 | 792 | 846 | 1060 | 766 | 4514 | 13167 |
| 6 | East Germany | Wolfgang Luderitz | 365 | 792 | 934 | 907 | 913 | 3911 | 13167 |
| 7 | Japan | Yuso Makihira | 1040 | 818 | 802 | 898 | 973 | 4531 | 13083 |
| 7 | Japan | Katsuaki Tashiro | 1100 | 714 | 934 | 931 | 676 | 4355 | 13083 |
| 7 | Japan | Toshio Fukui | 840 | 896 | 692 | 967 | 802 | 4197 | 13083 |
| 8 | Great Britain | Jeremy Fox | 1010 | 844 | 890 | 1006 | 895 | 4645 | 12893 |
| 8 | Great Britain | Barry Lillywhite | 985 | 792 | 802 | 982 | 700 | 4261 | 12893 |
| 8 | Great Britain | Robert Phelps | 795 | 688 | 978 | 964 | 562 | 3987 | 12893 |
| 9 | Italy | Mario Medda | 1010 | 948 | 758 | 949 | 937 | 4602 | 12601 |
| 9 | Italy | Giancarlo Morresi | 790 | 766 | 1022 | 1051 | 703 | 4332 | 12601 |
| 9 | Italy | Nicolo Deligia | 460 | 688 | 780 | 889 | 850 | 3667 | 12601 |
| 10 | Mexico | Eduardo Olivera | 1070 | 766 | 868 | 997 | 769 | 4470 | 12414 |
| 10 | Mexico | David Bárcena | 1010 | 506 | 890 | 982 | 952 | 4340 | 12414 |
| 10 | Mexico | Eduard Tovar | 805 | 532 | 648 | 889 | 730 | 3604 | 12414 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | Antone Paniowsky | 950 | 740 | 978 | 892 | 703 | 4263 | 11976 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | Konstantine Sardjev | 1100 | 662 | 868 | 757 | 811 | 4198 | 11976 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | Ivan Apostolov | 720 | 662 | 538 | 880 | 715 | 3515 | 11976 |
| 12 | Australia | Peter Macken | 935 | 636 | 802 | 910 | 982 | 4265 | 11959 |
| 12 | Australia | Duncan Page | 1035 | 558 | 846 | 880 | 580 | 3899 | 11959 |
| 12 | Australia | Donald McMikin | 545 | 714 | 1022 | 835 | 679 | 3795 | 11959 |
| 13 | West Germany | Elmar Frings | 1070 | 818 | 846 | 955 | 796 | 4485 | 11834 |
| 13 | West Germany | Heiner Thade | 910 | 948 | 956 | 877 | 613 | 4304 | 11834 |
| 13 | West Germany | Hans Todt | ELI | 714 | 736 | 865 | 730 | 3045 | 11834 |
| – | Austria | Wolf-Dieter Sonnleitner | 1010 | 688 | 912 | 916 | 832 | 4442 | DNF |
| – | Austria | Siegfried Springer | 1030 | 870 | 846 | 883 | 718 | 4347 | DNF |
| – | Austria | Wolfgang Leu | 980 | 766 | 670 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| – | Sweden | Björn Ferm | 1100 | 896 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| – | Sweden | Hans Jacobson | 1025 | 1000 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| – | Sweden | Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall | 1010 | 922 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |