Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

The men's modern pentathlon multi-sport event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 26–31.

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 26–31
Medalists
Ferenc Németh
 Hungary
Imre Nagy
 Hungary
Bob Beck
 United States

Format

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 help 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

RankNameNationalityTotalNotes
Ferenc Németh Hungary1,0099778809901,1685,024
Imre Nagy Hungary1,0481,0008409351,1654,988
Bob Beck United States1,0399779401,0101,0154,981
4András Balczó Hungary1,0378857601,0751,2164,973
5Igor Novikov Soviet Union9828398601,0351,2464,962
6Nikolay Tatarinov Soviet Union1,1387478208851,1684,758
7Stanisław Przybylski Poland1,1117478608151,1984,731
8Jack Daniels United States1,0247939001,0159854,717
9Kurt Lindeman Finland1,0278399008301,1174,713
10Hanno Selg Soviet Union9678397809251,1774,688
11Patrick Harvey Great Britain1,0576559209001,1474,679
12Berndt Katter Finland8669319009709614,628
13Luis Ribera Argentina1,1537708809558654,623
14Kazimierz Paszkiewicz Poland1,0755638401,0101,1084,596
15Per-Erik Ritzén Sweden1,1177248408251,0844,590
16Eero Lohi Finland1,0367707809051,0934,584
17Antonio Almada Mexico1,1299318409756914,566
18George Lambert United States1,1656787409759824,540
19Erhard Minder Switzerland1,1417938207401,0334,527
20Kazimierz Mazur Poland1,1295869607101,1264,511
21Sture Ericson Sweden9378856408901,1144,466
22Sergio Escobedo Mexico1,2377931,0006907424,462
23Adriano Facchini Italy1,0966327809559494,412
24Donald Cobley Great Britain1,0366557208651,0964,372
25Peter Lichtner-Hoyer Austria1,1236558007501,0154,343
26Peter Little Great Britain9676327609051,0304,294
27Justo Botelho Brazil7187248409401,0484,270
28Wolfgang Gödicke United Team of Germany5887478609501,1174,262
29Gaetano Scala Italy9408398008658174,261
30Björn Thofelt Sweden1,0247938808706434,210
31Neville Sayers Australia1,0246328206151,1144,205
32Wenceslau Malta Brazil1,0665868607509194,181
33Werner Vetterli Switzerland8966098409108534,108
34Hugh Doherty Australia9585178408759074,097
35Kazuhiro Tanaka Japan9225178408909164,085
36Carlos Stricker Argentina1,0814487009258174,021
37Udo Birnbaum Austria1,0107936407308324,005
38Shigeaki Uchino Japan5715178608451,1953,988
39Frank Battig Austria9497476807008293,905
40Raúl Bauza Argentina1,1357243609607093,888
41Giulio Giunta Italy6626325409651,0843,883
42André Bernard France8775178008008863,880
43José Pérez Mexico1,0275177009606703,874
44Joaquín Villalba Spain9434948808507003,867
45Christian Beauvalet France1,1357245406657993,863
46Peter Macken Australia9765174408551,0483,836
47Benny Schmidt Denmark9947475805409493,810
48Dietrich Krickow United Team of Germany7067016208558983,780
49Rolf Weber Switzerland9416096206259523,747
50José Wilson Brazil4334488009209193,520
51Fernando Irayzoz Spain1,0314256806705803,386
52Okkie van Greunen South Africa7553106808108233,378
53Étienne Jalenques France9686325807254323,337
54Arsène Pint Belgium1,1294253005658233,242
55Ralf Berckhan United Team of Germany97947109057063,061
56Lakdar Bouzid Tunisia02186206808382,356
57Habib Ben Azzabi TunisiaDQ3563404505321,678
58Ahmed Ennachi TunisiaDQ2873801303881,185
59Mohamed Ben Checkroun Morocco671-----DNF
60Naji El-Mekki MoroccoDNF-----DNF

Key: DNF = did not finish

References

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