# Pentathlon moderno ai Giochi della XVI Olimpiade - Gara individuale

* Pentathlon moderno a Melbourne 1956
* Individuale A squadre
La competizione individuale del pentathlon moderno ai giochi della XVI Olimpiade si svolte dal 23 al 28 novembre 1956 in varie sedi.

## Programma

| Data | Prova | Note | Sede |
| 23 novembre 1956 | Equitazione | 5000 metri cross-country | Oaklands Hunt Club, Greenvale |
| 24 novembre 1956 | Scherma | Torneo di spada a girone unico. | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
| 26 novembre 1956 | Tiro | 20 Colpi a sagome mobili. | Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown |
| 27 novembre 1956 | Nuoto | 300 metri stile libero | Stadio del nuoto, Melbourne |
| 28 novembre 1956 | Corsa | 4000 metri cross country | Oaklands Hunt Club, Greenvale |

## Risultati

Per ogni prova gli atleti ottenevano un punteggio secondo una tabella. L'atleta che terminava le 5 prove con il maggior punteggio risultava vincitore.

### Prova di equitazione

| Pos. | Atleta | Nazione | Tempo | Punti Tempo | Penalità | Totale |
| 1 | George Lambert | Stati Uniti | 09'32" | 1070,0 | 0 | 1070,0 |
| 2 | Jack Daniels | Stati Uniti | 09'35" | 1062,5 | 0 | 1062,5 |
| 3 | Luis Ribera | Argentina | 09'39" | 1052,5 | 0 | 1052,5 |
| 4 | Lars Hall | Svezia | 09'46" | 1035,0 | 0 | 1035,0 |
| 5 | Olavi Mannonen | Finlandia | 10'01" | 997,5 | 0 | 997,5 |
| 6 | José Pérez | Messico | 10'25" | 937,5 | 0 | 937,5 |
| 7 | Neville Sayers | Australia | 10'30" | 925,0 | 0 | 925,0 |
| 8 | William Andre | Stati Uniti | 09'57" | 1007,5 | 120,0 | 887,5 |
| 9 | Wäinö Korhonen | Finlandia | 09'58" | 1005,0 | 120,0 | 885,0 |
| 10 | Gerardo Cortes | Cile | 10'47" | 882,5 | 0 | 882,5 |
| 11 | Gábor Benedek | Ungheria | 10'56" | 860,0 | 0 | 860,0 |
| 12 | Ivan Derjugin | Unione Sovietica | 11'02" | 845,0 | 0 | 845,0 |
| 13 | Aleksandr Tarasov | Unione Sovietica | 10'44" | 890,0 | 80,0 | 810,0 |
| 14 | Igor' Novikov | Unione Sovietica | 10'55" | 862,5 | 60,0 | 802,5 |
| 15 | János Bódy | Ungheria | 10'43" | 892,5 | 120,0 | 772,5 |
| 16 | Dumitru Ţintea | Romania | 11'29" | 777,5 | 60,0 | 717,5 |
| 17 | Adriano Facchini | Italia | 11'41" | 747,5 | 80,0 | 667,5 |
| 18 | Berndt Katter | Finlandia | 10'52" | 870,0 | 240,0 | 630,0 |
| 19 | Nilo Floody | Cile | 10'54" | 865,0 | 280,0 | 585,0 |
| 20 | Bertil Haase | Svezia | 12'18" | 655,0 | 140,0 | 515,0 |
| 21 | Salvio Lemos | Brasile | 13'38" | 455,0 | 0 | 455,0 |
| 22 | Cornel Vena | Romania | 13'11" | 522,5 | 80,0 | 442,5 |
| 23 | Antonio Almada | Messico | 13'30" | 475,0 | 80,0 | 395,0 |
| 24 | David Romero | Messico | 12'29" | 627,5 | 260,0 | 367,5 |
| 25 | Donald Cobley | Gran Bretagna | 12'02" | 695,0 | 380,0 | 315,0 |
| 26 | Jean-Claude Hamel | Francia | 14'49" | 277,5 | 80,0 | 197,5 |
| 27 | Okkie van Greunen | Sudafrica | 14'10" | 375,0 | 180,0 | 195,0 |
| 28 | Sven Coomer | Australia | 15'46" | 135,0 | 0 | 135,0 |
| 29 | Vladimír Černý | Cecoslovacchia | 14'27" | 332,5 | 200,0 | 132,5 |
| 30 | Antal Moldrich | Ungheria | 14'10" | 375,0 | 280,0 | 95,0 |
| 31 | Thomas Hudson | Gran Bretagna | 15'04" | 240,0 | 220,0 | 20,0 |
| 32 | Nilo da Silva | Brasile | 14'49" | 277,5 | 260,0 | 17,5 |
| 34 | Björn Thofelt | Svezia | 18'40" | 0 | 140,0 | 0 |
| 33 | George Nicoll | Australia | 21'39" | 0 | 320,0 | 0 |
| 36 | George Norman | Gran Bretagna | 17'16" | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Harry Cecil Schmidt | Sudafrica | 16'04" | 90,0 | 140,0 | 0 |
| 35 | Victor Teodorescu | Romania | 18'10" | 0 | 180,0 | 0 |
| 38 | Wenceslau Malta | Brasile | 14'31" | 322,5 | 860,0 | 0 |
| 35 | Héctor Carmona | Cile | Rit. | Rit. | Rit. | Rit. |
| 36 | Marthinus du Plessis | Sudafrica | Rit. | Rit. | Rit. | Rit. |

### Prova di scherma

| Pos. | Atleta | Nazione | Vittorie | Punti |
| 1 | Cornel Vena | Romania | 29 | 1111,0 |
| 2 | Wäinö Korhonen | Finlandia | 25 | 963,0 |
| 3 | Antal Moldrich | Ungheria | 24 | 926,0 |
| 4 | Lars Hall | Svezia | 23 | 889,0 |
| 4 | Gábor Benedek | Ungheria | 23 | 889,0 |
| 4 | William Andre | Stati Uniti | 23 | 889,0 |
| 4 | János Bódy | Ungheria | 23 | 889,0 |
| 8 | Olavi Mannonen | Finlandia | 21 | 815,0 |
| 8 | Igor' Novikov | Unione Sovietica | 21 | 815,0 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Tarasov | Unione Sovietica | 20 | 778,0 |
| 11 | Victor Teodorescu | Romania | 19 | 741,0 |
| 11 | Wenceslau Malta | Brasile | 19 | 741,0 |
| 13T | José Pérez | Messico | 18 | 704,0 |
| 13T | Antonio Almada | Messico | 18 | 704,0 |
| 13T | Nilo Floody | Cile | 18 | 704,0 |
| 13T | Okkie van Greunen | Sudafrica | 18 | 704,0 |
| 17 | George Lambert | Stati Uniti | 17 | 667,0 |
| 17 | Luis Ribera | Argentina | 17 | 667,0 |
| 17 | Adriano Facchini | Italia | 17 | 667,0 |
| 17 | Bertil Haase | Svezia | 17 | 667,0 |
| 17 | Dumitru Ţintea | Romania | 17 | 667,0 |
| 17 | Jean-Claude Hamel | Francia | 17 | 667,0 |
| 17 | George Norman | Gran Bretagna | 17 | 667,0 |
| 24 | Thomas Hudson | Gran Bretagna | 16 | 630,0 |
| 25 | Berndt Katter | Finlandia | 15 | 593,0 |
| 26 | Ivan Derjugin | Unione Sovietica | 14 | 556,0 |
| 26 | Gerardo Cortes | Cile | 14 | 556,0 |
| 26 | Vladimír Černý | Cecoslovacchia | 14 | 556,0 |
| 26 | Salvio Lemos | Brasile | 14 | 556,0 |
| 26 | David Romero | Messico | 14 | 556,0 |
| 31 | George Nicoll | Australia | 13 | 519,0 |
| 32 | Donald Cobley | Gran Bretagna | 12 | 482,0 |
| 32 | Sven Coomer | Australia | 12 | 482,0 |
| 34 | Harry Cecil Schmidt | Sudafrica | 11 | 445,0 |
| 35 | Neville Sayers | Australia | 10 | 408,0 |
| 36 | Jack Daniels | Stati Uniti | 9 | 371,0 |

### Prova di tiro

| Pos. | Atleta | Nazione | Punti tiro | Punti |
| 1 | Antonio Almada | Messico | 193 | 960,0 |
| 2 | Igor' Novikov | Unione Sovietica | 191 | 920,0 |
| 2 | Gábor Benedek | Ungheria | 191 | 920,0 |
| 4 | George Lambert | Stati Uniti | 190 | 900,0 |
| 5 | Olavi Mannonen | Finlandia | 189 | 880,0 |
| 5 | Wäinö Korhonen | Finlandia | 189 | 880,0 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Tarasov | Unione Sovietica | 189 | 880,0 |
| 8 | William Andre | Stati Uniti | 188 | 860,0 |
| 8 | Vladimír Černý | Cecoslovacchia | 188 | 860,0 |
| 10 | János Bódy | Ungheria | 186 | 820,0 |
| 10 | Adriano Facchini | Italia | 186 | 820,0 |
| 10 | Neville Sayers | Australia | 186 | 820,0 |
| 13 | José Pérez | Messico | 185 | 800,0 |
| 13 | Jack Daniels | Stati Uniti | 185 | 800,0 |
| 13 | David Romero | Messico | 185 | 800,0 |
| 16 | Ivan Derjugin | Unione Sovietica | 184 | 780,0 |
| 16 | Dumitru Ţintea | Romania | 184 | 780,0 |
| 16 | Okkie van Greunen | Sudafrica | 184 | 780,0 |
| 19 | Berndt Katter | Finlandia | 183 | 760,0 |
| 19 | Nilo Floody | Cile | 183 | 760,0 |
| 19 | Salvio Lemos | Brasile | 183 | 760,0 |
| 19 | Wenceslau Malta | Brasile | 183 | 760,0 |
| 23 | Cornel Vena | Romania | 182 | 740,0 |
| 24 | Lars Hall | Svezia | 181 | 720,0 |
| 24 | Antal Moldrich | Ungheria | 181 | 720,0 |
| 24 | Sven Coomer | Australia | 181 | 720,0 |
| 27 | Bertil Haase | Svezia | 180 | 700,0 |
| 28 | Victor Teodorescu | Romania | 177 | 640,0 |
| 29 | Luis Ribera | Argentina | 176 | 620,0 |
| 29 | Gerardo Cortes | Cile | 176 | 620,0 |
| 31 | Donald Cobley | Gran Bretagna | 173 | 560,0 |
| 32 | George Nicoll | Australia | 170 | 500,0 |
| 33 | Jean-Claude Hamel | Francia | 169 | 480,0 |
| 34 | Thomas Hudson | Gran Bretagna | 167 | 440,0 |
| 35 | George Norman | Gran Bretagna | 162 | 340,0 |
| 36 | Harry Cecil Schmidt | Sudafrica | 142 | 0,0 |

### Prova di nuoto

| Pos. | Atleta | Nazione | Tempo | Punti |
| 1 | Ivan Derjugin | Unione Sovietica | 3'46"7 | 1070,0 |
| 2 | Lars Hall | Svezia | 3'54"2 | 1030,0 |
| 3 | Sven Coomer | Australia | 3'57"4 | 1015,0 |
| 4 | Antal Moldrich | Ungheria | 3'58"3 | 1010,0 |
| 5 | Thomas Hudson | Gran Bretagna | 4'02"0 | 990,0 |
| 6 | Igor' Novikov | Unione Sovietica | 4'03"6 | 985,0 |
| 7 | George Lambert | Stati Uniti | 4'05"8 | 975,0 |
| 8 | Vladimír Černý | Cecoslovacchia | 4'08"9 | 960,0 |
| 9 | Adriano Facchini | Italia | 4'10"3 | 950,0 |
| 10 | José Pérez | Messico | 4'12"4 | 940,0 |
| 11 | Antonio Almada | Messico | 4'13"2 | 935,0 |
| 12 | Jack Daniels | Stati Uniti | 4'13"3 | 935,0 |
| 13 | Luis Ribera | Argentina | 4'14"1 | 930,0 |
| 14 | Berndt Katter | Finlandia | 4'14"5 | 930,0 |
| 15 | Olavi Mannonen | Finlandia | 4'16"4 | 920,0 |
| 16 | Wäinö Korhonen | Finlandia | 4'19"5 | 905,0 |
| 17 | William Andre | Stati Uniti | 4'26"2 | 870,0 |
| 18 | Gábor Benedek | Ungheria | 4'29"8 | 855,0 |
| 19 | Jean-Claude Hamel | Francia | 4'30"0 | 850,0 |
| 20 | Bertil Haase | Svezia | 4'34"7 | 830,0 |
| 21 | Aleksandr Tarasov | Unione Sovietica | 4'35"0 | 825,0 |
| 22 | Dumitru Ţintea | Romania | 4'37"0 | 815,0 |
| 23 | Donald Cobley | Gran Bretagna | 4'38"3 | 810,0 |
| 24 | János Bódy | Ungheria | 4'41"3 | 795,0 |
| 25 | Salvio Lemos | Brasile | 4'43"1 | 785,0 |
| 26 | Okkie van Greunen | Sudafrica | 4'44"1 | 780,0 |
| 27 | David Romero | Messico | 4'47"1 | 765,0 |
| 28 | George Norman | Gran Bretagna | 4'48"1 | 760,0 |
| 29 | Wenceslau Malta | Brasile | 4'49"8 | 755,0 |
| 30 | Cornel Vena | Romania | 4'50"9 | 750,0 |
| 31 | Gerardo Cortes | Cile | 4'52"3 | 740,0 |
| 32 | George Nicoll | Australia | 5'07"7 | 665,0 |
| 33 | Nilo Floody | Cile | 5'08"5 | 660,0 |
| 34 | Victor Teodorescu | Romania | 5'14"5 | 630,0 |
| 35 | Neville Sayers | Australia | 5'32"0 | 540,0 |
| 36 | Harry Cecil Schmidt | Sudafrica | 5'48"9 | 460,0 |

### Prova di corsa

| Pos. | Atleta | Nazione | Tempo | Punti |
| 1 | Donald Cobley | Gran Bretagna | 13'35"5 | 1255,0 |
| 2 | Bertil Haase | Svezia | 13'48"5 | 1216,0 |
| 3 | Ivan Derjugin | Unione Sovietica | 13'53"8 | 1201,0 |
| 4 | Igor' Novikov | Unione Sovietica | 13'56"3 | 1192,0 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Tarasov | Unione Sovietica | 13'58"1 | 1186,0 |
| 6 | Thomas Hudson | Gran Bretagna | 14'00"2 | 1180,0 |
| 7 | Olavi Mannonen | Finlandia | 14'06"9 | 1162,0 |
| 8 | Lars Hall | Svezia | 14'07"4 | 1159,0 |
| 9 | Victor Teodorescu | Romania | 14'08"1 | 1156,0 |
| 10 | Gábor Benedek | Ungheria | 14'18"4 | 1126,0 |
| 11 | William Andre | Stati Uniti | 14'19"2 | 1123,0 |
| 12 | Wäinö Korhonen | Finlandia | 14'21"0 | 1117,0 |
| 13 | Berndt Katter | Finlandia | 14'23"3 | 1111,0 |
| 14 | János Bódy | Ungheria | 14'27"8 | 1099,0 |
| 15 | George Lambert | Stati Uniti | 14'33"2 | 1081,0 |
| 16 | Gerardo Cortes | Cile | 14'43"8 | 1051,0 |
| 17 | Cornel Vena | Romania | 14'50"3 | 1030,0 |
| 18 | Neville Sayers | Australia | 14'52"9 | 1024,0 |
| 19 | Vladimír Černý | Cecoslovacchia | 14'56"7 | 1012,0 |
| 20 | George Norman | Gran Bretagna | 15'06"7 | 982,0 |
| 21 | Luis Ribera | Argentina | 15'07"0 | 979,0 |
| 22 | Okkie van Greunen | Sudafrica | 15'19"7 | 943,0 |
| 23 | Adriano Facchini | Italia | 15'23"8 | 931,0 |
| 24 | Antal Moldrich | Ungheria | 15'28"6 | 916,0 |
| 25 | Jack Daniels | Stati Uniti | 15'30"4 | 910,0 |
| 26 | Wenceslau Malta | Brasile | 15'41"8 | 877,0 |
| 27 | Nilo Floody | Cile | 16'09"9 | 793,0 |
| 28 | Sven Coomer | Australia | 16'23"2 | 751,0 |
| 29 | David Romero | Messico | 16'27"6 | 739,0 |
| 30 | Salvio Lemos | Brasile | 16'30"4 | 730,0 |
| 31 | Dumitru Ţintea | Romania | 16'34"6 | 718,0 |
| 32 | José Pérez | Messico | 16'36"0 | 712,0 |
| 33 | Jean-Claude Hamel | Francia | 16'43"1 | 691,0 |
| 34 | Harry Cecil Schmidt | Sudafrica | 16'53"3 | 661,0 |
| 35 | Antonio Almada | Messico | 17'06"4 | 622,0 |
| 36 | George Nicoll | Australia | 17'58"1 | 466,0 |

## Classifica Finale

| Pos. | Atleta | Nazione | | | | | | Totale |
| | Lars Hall | Svezia | 1035,0 | 889,0 | 720,0 | 1030,0 | 1159,0 | 4833,0 |
| | Olavi Mannonen | Finlandia | 997,5 | 815,0 | 880,0 | 920,0 | 1162,0 | 4774,5 |
| | Wäinö Korhonen | Finlandia | 885,0 | 963,0 | 880,0 | 905,0 | 1117,0 | 4750,0 |
| 4 | Igor' Novikov | Unione Sovietica | 802,5 | 815,0 | 920,0 | 985,0 | 1192,0 | 4714,5 |
| 5 | George Lambert | Stati Uniti | 1070,0 | 667,0 | 900,0 | 975,0 | 1081,0 | 4693,0 |
| 6 | Gábor Benedek | Ungheria | 860,0 | 889,0 | 920,0 | 855,0 | 1126,0 | 4650,0 |
| 7 | William Andre | Stati Uniti | 887,5 | 889,0 | 860,0 | 870,0 | 1123,0 | 4629,5 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Tarasov | Unione Sovietica | 810,0 | 778,0 | 880,0 | 825,0 | 1186,0 | 4479,0 |
| 9 | Ivan Derjugin | Unione Sovietica | 845,0 | 556,0 | 780,0 | 1070,0 | 1201,0 | 4452,0 |
| 10 | János Bódy | Ungheria | 772,5 | 889,0 | 820,0 | 795,0 | 1099,0 | 4375,5 |
| 11 | Luis Ribera | Argentina | 1052,5 | 667,0 | 620,0 | 930,0 | 979,0 | 4248,5 |
| 12 | José Pérez | Messico | 937,5 | 704,0 | 800,0 | 940,0 | 712,0 | 4093,5 |
| 13 | Jack Daniels | Stati Uniti | 1062,5 | 371,0 | 800,0 | 935,0 | 910,0 | 4078,5 |
| 14 | Cornel Vena | Romania | 442,5 | 1111,0 | 740,0 | 750,0 | 1030,0 | 4073,5 |
| 15 | Adriano Facchini | Italia | 667,5 | 667,0 | 820,0 | 950,0 | 931,0 | 4035,5 |
| 16 | Berndt Katter | Finlandia | 630,0 | 593,0 | 760 | 930,0 | 1111,0 | 4024,0 |
| 17 | Bertil Haase | Svezia | 515,0 | 667,0 | 700,0 | 830,0 | 1216,0 | 3928,0 |
| 18 | Gerardo Cortes | Cile | 882,5 | 556,0 | 620,0 | 740,0 | 1051,0 | 3849,5 |
| 19 | Neville Sayers | Australia | 925,0 | 408,0 | 820,0 | 540,0 | 1024,0 | 3717,0 |
| 20 | Dumitru Ţintea | Romania | 717,5 | 667,0 | 780,0 | 815,0 | 718,0 | 3697,5 |
| 21 | Antal Moldrich | Ungheria | 95,0 | 926,0 | 720,0 | 1010,0 | 916,0 | 3667,0 |
| 22 | Antonio Almada | Messico | 395,0 | 704,0 | 960,0 | 935,0 | 622,0 | 3616,0 |
| 23 | Vladimír Černý | Cecoslovacchia | 132,5 | 556,0 | 860,0 | 960,0 | 1012,0 | 3520,5 |
| 24 | Nilo Floody | Cile | 585,0 | 704,0 | 760,0 | 660,0 | 793,0 | 3502,0 |
| 25 | Donald Cobley | Gran Bretagna | 315,0 | 482,0 | 560,0 | 810,0 | 1255,0 | 3422,0 |
| 26 | Okkie van Greunen | Sudafrica | 195,0 | 704,0 | 780,0 | 780,0 | 943,0 | 3402,0 |
| 27 | Salvio Lemos | Brasile | 455,0 | 556,0 | 760,0 | 785,0 | 730,0 | 3286,0 |
| 28 | Thomas Hudson | Gran Bretagna | 20,0 | 630,0 | 440,0 | 990,0 | 1180,0 | 3260,0 |
| 29 | David Romero | Messico | 367,5 | 556,0 | 800,0 | 765,0 | 739,0 | 3227,5 |
| 30 | Victor Teodorescu | Romania | 0,0 | 741,0 | 640 | 630,0 | 1156,0 | 3167,0 |
| 31 | Wenceslau Malta | Brasile | 0,0 | 741,0 | 760,0 | 755,0 | 877,0 | 3133,0 |
| 32 | Sven Coomer | Australia | 135,0 | 482,0 | 720,0 | 1015,0 | 751,0 | 3103,0 |
| 33 | Jean-Claude Hamel | Francia | 197,5 | 667,0 | 480,0 | 850,0 | 691,0 | 2885,5 |
| 34 | George Norman | Gran Bretagna | 0,0 | 667,0 | 340,0 | 760,0 | 982,0 | 2749,0 |
| 35 | George Nicoll | Australia | 0,0 | 519,0 | 500,0 | 665,0 | 466,0 | 2150,0 |
| 36 | Harry Cecil Schmidt | Sudafrica | 0,0 | 445,0 | 0,0 | 460,0 | 661,0 | 1566,0 |
| - | Nilo da Silva | Brasile | 17,5 | Rit. | | | | |
| - | Björn Thofelt | Svezia | 0,0 | Rit. | | | | |
| - | Héctor Carmona | Cile | Rit. | | | | | |
| - | Marthinus du Plessis | Sudafrica | Rit. | | | | | |