Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's individual Men's modern pentathlonat the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium Dates August 26–31
The men's modern pentathlon multi-sport event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 26–31.
Riding : The riding event was held on August 26 at Passo Corese . It was contested as an equestrian cross-country steeplechase . Competitors are paired with horses in a random draw 20 minutes before the event.
Fencing : The fencing event was held on August 27 at the Palazzo dei Congressi . It was contested as a single touch épée round-robin tournament.
Shooting : The shooting event was held on August 28 at Umberto I Shooting Range . It was contested as 20 shot 10 metre air pistol .
Swimming : The swimming event was held on August 30 at the Swimming Stadium . It was contested as a 300 metre freestyle swim.
Running : The running event was held on August 31 at the Acqua Santa Golf Club Course . It was contested as a 4000 metre cross-country race.
Results
Final standings
Rank
Name
Nationality
Total
Notes
Ferenc Németh
Hungary
1,009
977
880
990
1,168
5,024
Imre Nagy
Hungary
1,048
1,000
840
935
1,165
4,988
Bob Beck
United States
1,039
977
940
1,010
1,015
4,981
4
András Balczó
Hungary
1,037
885
760
1,075
1,216
4,973
5
Igor Novikov
Soviet Union
982
839
860
1,035
1,246
4,962
6
Nikolay Tatarinov
Soviet Union
1,138
747
820
885
1,168
4,758
7
Stanisław Przybylski
Poland
1,111
747
860
815
1,198
4,731
8
Jack Daniels
United States
1,024
793
900
1,015
985
4,717
9
Kurt Lindeman
Finland
1,027
839
900
830
1,117
4,713
10
Hanno Selg
Soviet Union
967
839
780
925
1,177
4,688
11
Patrick Harvey
Great Britain
1,057
655
920
900
1,147
4,679
12
Berndt Katter
Finland
866
931
900
970
961
4,628
13
Luis Ribera
Argentina
1,153
770
880
955
865
4,623
14
Kazimierz Paszkiewicz
Poland
1,075
563
840
1,010
1,108
4,596
15
Per-Erik Ritzén
Sweden
1,117
724
840
825
1,084
4,590
16
Eero Lohi
Finland
1,036
770
780
905
1,093
4,584
17
Antonio Almada
Mexico
1,129
931
840
975
691
4,566
18
George Lambert
United States
1,165
678
740
975
982
4,540
19
Erhard Minder
Switzerland
1,141
793
820
740
1,033
4,527
20
Kazimierz Mazur
Poland
1,129
586
960
710
1,126
4,511
21
Sture Ericson
Sweden
937
885
640
890
1,114
4,466
22
Sergio Escobedo
Mexico
1,237
793
1,000
690
742
4,462
23
Adriano Facchini
Italy
1,096
632
780
955
949
4,412
24
Donald Cobley
Great Britain
1,036
655
720
865
1,096
4,372
25
Peter Lichtner-Hoyer
Austria
1,123
655
800
750
1,015
4,343
26
Peter Little
Great Britain
967
632
760
905
1,030
4,294
27
Justo Botelho
Brazil
718
724
840
940
1,048
4,270
28
Wolfgang Gödicke
United Team of Germany
588
747
860
950
1,117
4,262
29
Gaetano Scala
Italy
940
839
800
865
817
4,261
30
Björn Thofelt
Sweden
1,024
793
880
870
643
4,210
31
Neville Sayers
Australia
1,024
632
820
615
1,114
4,205
32
Wenceslau Malta
Brazil
1,066
586
860
750
919
4,181
33
Werner Vetterli
Switzerland
896
609
840
910
853
4,108
34
Hugh Doherty
Australia
958
517
840
875
907
4,097
35
Kazuhiro Tanaka
Japan
922
517
840
890
916
4,085
36
Carlos Stricker
Argentina
1,081
448
700
925
817
4,021
37
Udo Birnbaum
Austria
1,010
793
640
730
832
4,005
38
Shigeaki Uchino
Japan
571
517
860
845
1,195
3,988
39
Frank Battig
Austria
949
747
680
700
829
3,905
40
Raúl Bauza
Argentina
1,135
724
360
960
709
3,888
41
Giulio Giunta
Italy
662
632
540
965
1,084
3,883
42
André Bernard
France
877
517
800
800
886
3,880
43
José Pérez
Mexico
1,027
517
700
960
670
3,874
44
Joaquín Villalba
Spain
943
494
880
850
700
3,867
45
Christian Beauvalet
France
1,135
724
540
665
799
3,863
46
Peter Macken
Australia
976
517
440
855
1,048
3,836
47
Benny Schmidt
Denmark
994
747
580
540
949
3,810
48
Dietrich Krickow
United Team of Germany
706
701
620
855
898
3,780
49
Rolf Weber
Switzerland
941
609
620
625
952
3,747
50
José Wilson
Brazil
433
448
800
920
919
3,520
51
Fernando Irayzoz
Spain
1,031
425
680
670
580
3,386
52
Okkie van Greunen
South Africa
755
310
680
810
823
3,378
53
Étienne Jalenques
France
968
632
580
725
432
3,337
54
Arsène Pint
Belgium
1,129
425
300
565
823
3,242
55
Ralf Berckhan
United Team of Germany
979
471
0
905
706
3,061
56
Lakdar Bouzid
Tunisia
0
218
620
680
838
2,356
57
Habib Ben Azzabi
Tunisia
DQ
356
340
450
532
1,678
58
Ahmed Ennachi
Tunisia
DQ
287
380
130
388
1,185
59
Mohamed Ben Checkroun
Morocco
671
-
-
-
-
-
DNF
60
Naji El-Mekki
Morocco
DNF
-
-
-
-
-
DNF
Key : DNF = did not finish
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