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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1964 ->

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

## Medal summary[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

### Individual[edit]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Modern pentathlon: 1960 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-07-22.

## External links[edit]

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

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