Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon

at the Games of the XVII Olympiad

Dates| August 26–31, 1960
Competitors| 60 from 23 nations
Medalists
| |  |  Ferenc Németh|  Hungary

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|  |  Imre Nagy|  Hungary
|  |  Robert Beck|  United States

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At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.[1]

## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual
details | Ferenc Németh
Hungary | Imre Nagy
Hungary | Robert Beck
United States
Team
details |  Hungary (HUN)
Imre Nagy
András Balczó
Ferenc Németh |  Soviet Union (URS)
Nikolai Tatarinov
Hanno Selg
Igor Novikov |  United States (USA)
Robert Beck
Jack Daniels
George Lambert

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Hungary (HUN)| 2| 1| 0| 3
2|  Soviet Union (URS)| 0| 1| 0| 1
3|  United States (USA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (3 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

## Participating nations

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A total of 60 athletes from 23 nations competed at the Rome Games:[1]

* Argentina (3)
* Australia (3)
* Austria (3)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (3)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* United Team of Germany (3)
* Great Britain (3)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (2)
* Mexico (3)
* Morocco (2)
* Poland (3)
* South Africa (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (3)
* Tunisia (3)
* United States (3)

## Results

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### Individual

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1 | Ferenc Németh |  Hungary

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2 | Imre Nagy |  Hungary
3 | Bob Beck |  United States
4 | András Balczó |  Hungary
5 | Igor Novikov |  Soviet Union
6 | Nikolay Tatarinov |  Soviet Union
7 | Stanisław Przybylski |  Poland
8 | Jack Daniels |  United States
9 | Kurt Lindeman |  Finland
10 | Hanno Selg |  Soviet Union
11 | Patrick Harvey |  Great Britain
12 | Berndt Katter |  Finland
13 | Luis Ribera |  Argentina
14 | Kazimierz Paszkiewicz |  Poland
15 | Per-Erik Ritzén |  Sweden
16 | Eero Lohi |  Finland
17 | Antonio Almada |  Mexico
18 | George Lambert |  United States
19 | Erhard Minder |  Switzerland
20 | Kazimierz Mazur |  Poland
21 | Sture Ericson |  Sweden
22 | Sergio Escobedo |  Mexico
23 | Adriano Facchini |  Italy
24 | Donald Cobley |  Great Britain
25 | Peter Lichtner-Hoyer |  Austria
26 | Peter Little |  Great Britain
27 | Justo Botelho |  Brazil
28 | Wolfgang Gödicke |  United Team of Germany
29 | Gaetano Scala |  Italy
30 | Björn Thofelt |  Sweden
31 | Neville Sayers |  Australia
32 | Wenceslau Malta |  Brazil
33 | Werner Vetterli |  Switzerland
34 | Hugh Doherty |  Australia
35 | Kazuhiro Tanaka |  Japan
36 | Carlos Stricker |  Argentina
37 | Udo Birnbaum |  Austria
38 | Shigeaki Uchino |  Japan
39 | Frank Battig |  Austria
40 | Raúl Bauza |  Argentina
41 | Giulio Giunta |  Italy
42 | André Bernard |  France
43 | José Pérez |  Mexico
44 | Joaquín Villalba |  Spain
45 | Christian Beauvalet |  France
46 | Peter Macken |  Australia
47 | Benny Schmidt |  Denmark
48 | Dieter Krickow |  United Team of Germany
49 | Rolf Weber |  Switzerland
50 | José Wilson |  Brazil
51 | Fernando Irayzoz |  Spain
53 | Étienne Jalenques |  France
54 | Arsène Pint |  Belgium
55 | Ralf Berckhan |  United Team of Germany
56 | Lakdar Bouzid |  Tunisia
57 | Habib Ben Azzabi |  Tunisia
58 | Ahmed Ennachi |  Tunisia
AC | Mohamed Ben Checkroun |  Morocco
AC | Naji El-Mekki |  Morocco

### Team

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1 |  Hungary

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2 |  Soviet Union
3 |  United States
4 |  Finland
5 |  Poland
6 |  Sweden
7 |  Great Britain
8 |  Mexico
9 |  Italy
10 |  Argentina
11 |  Switzerland
12 |  Austria
13 |  Brazil
14 |  Australia
15 |  France
16 |  United Team of Germany
17 |  Tunisia

## Tunisian athletes

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The modern pentathletes from Tunisia were notable for their poor performances and attempts at cheating. In the swimming portion, one competitor, Ahmed Ennachi, nearly drowned. In the shooting portion, an athlete was ejected for firing too closely to the judges, and in the equestrian portion, all three athletes fell off their horses. In the fencing portion, the Tunisians attempted to pass off their strongest fencer as each of the three athletes, using his mask to conceal his identity. The ruse failed and the Tunisians were disqualified from the fencing portion. Altogether in the team competition, Tunisia received 5,126 points, which was around 5,000 points below the next team and almost 10,000 behind the winners.[2][3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Modern pentathlon: 1960 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
2. ^ Fuchs, J. (2021). Total Olympics: Every Obscure, Hilarious, Dramatic, and Inspiring Tale Worth Knowing. Workman Publishing Company. p. 120\. ISBN 978-1-5235-0838-9. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
3. ^ "Blast from the past: Modern Pentathlon misery for Tunisian trio". Olympics.com. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2024-08-01.

## External links

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* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.

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