Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon

at the Games of the XXII Olympiad

Dates| July 20–24, 1980
Competitors| 43 from 17 nations

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Modern pentathlon at the
1980 Summer Olympics

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The modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition.[1] As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines which were held in 4 venues:

1. Equestrian held on July 20 at the Trade Unions Equestrian Centre situated in the Bitsa forest park (southern part of Moscow)
2. Fencing held on July 21 at the Sports Palace of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow)
3. Shooting held on July 22 at the Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi (north-eastern part of Moscow)
4. Swimming held on July 23 at the Swimming Pool of the Olympiski Sports Complex (central part of Moscow)
5. Cross-country held on July 24 at the Trade Unions Equestrian Centre

## Participating nations

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A total of 43 athletes from 17 nations competed at the Moscow Games:[1]

* Australia (1)
* Austria (2)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* Great Britain (3)
* Hungary (3)
* Ireland (3)
* Italy (1)
* Mexico (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (3)

## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual
details | Anatoly Starostin
Soviet Union | Tamás Szombathelyi
Hungary | Pavel Lednev
Soviet Union
Team
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Anatoly Starostin
Pavel Lednev
Yevgeny Lipeyev |  Hungary (HUN)
Tamás Szombathelyi
Tibor Maracskó
László Horváth |  Sweden (SWE)
Svante Rasmuson
Lennart Pettersson
George Horvath

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 2| 0| 1| 3
2|  Hungary (HUN)| 0| 2| 0| 2
3|  Sweden (SWE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

## References

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1. ^ a b "Modern pentathlon: 1980 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-09-07.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Report

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Events at the 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow)

* Archery
* Athletics
* Basketball
* Boxing
* Canoeing
* Cycling
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* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Field hockey
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* Gymnastics
* Handball
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* Modern pentathlon
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Volleyball
* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

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