Modern Pentathlon At The Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. History Development as an Olympic sport Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and was first contested in 1912. Coubertin was inspired by the pentathlon event in Ancient Olympic Games, which was modeled after the skills of the ideal soldier at the time. Modern pentathlon was also influenced by the tradition of civilian and military multi-sport events in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. It combined events that were considered to be of upper-class origin like épée fencing, pistol shooting and riding with more popular ones like running and swimming. The five events making up modern pentathlon are (as of 2021): * épée fencing *200 metre freestyle swimming *show jumping with an unfamiliar horse *3 km cross country running *pistol shooting (as laser pistol shooting in an combined event with running) After more than half a century of rel ...
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Modern Pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the ancient Olympics. The modern pentathlon was first held in 1912, and its rules have changed several times over the years. The latest structure, as of the 2020 Olympics, consists of three separate events for fencing, swimming, and equestrian, which determine each athlete's starting time in the final event. The last event, called the laser-run, alternates four legs of laser pistol shooting followed by an 800 m run (for 3200 m in total). The sport has been a feature of the Summer Olympic Games since 1912, despite several attempts to remove it. A world championships for modern pentathlon has been held annually since 1949. The governing body, Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), administers the international sport in more t ...
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The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ...
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Modern Pentathlon At The 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested. Medal summary Medal table Participating nations A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External links * 1956 Summer Olympics events 1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

Modern Pentathlon At The 1952 Summer Olympics
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, two events in modern pentathlon were contested. For the first time, a team event was part of the Olympic program. Medalists Medal table Participating nations A total of 51 athletes from 19 nations competed at the Helsinki Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External links * 1952 Summer Olympics events 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

Modern Pentathlon At The 1948 Summer Olympics
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, a single modern pentathlon event was contested. The event was held at the Aldershot Lido outdoor pool in Hampshire. Competition format The modern pentathlon consisted of five events. The competition used a point-for-place system, with the lowest total across the five events winning.Official Report, p. 416. * Riding: a show jumping competition. Riders started with 100 points and could lose points either through obstacle faults or going over the 10-minute time limit. Negative scores were possible. Ties were broken by the specific time taken, with the quicker rider winning. * Fencing: a round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on number of bouts won. * Shooting: a rapid fire pistol competition, with 20 shots (each scoring up to 10 points) per competitor. * Swimming: a 300 m freestyle swimming competition. * Running: a 4 km race. Participating nations 45 athletes from 16 nations competed at the London Games: * * ...
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Modern Pentathlon At The 1936 Summer Olympics
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a single modern pentathlon event was contested. Medalists Participating nations A total of 42 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Berlin Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Results The method of scoring was point-for-place. First place received one point, second place received two, and so on. The athlete with the fewest points won the event. Riding Fencing Each athlete participated in a round-robin épée tournament. Each match lasted one minute, and the first athlete to score a hit won. Shooting Each athlete shot 20 shots with a rapid-fire pistol. Swimming Each athlete raced in a 300-meter freestyle event. Running Each athlete ran a 4000-meter race. Final Standings References External links * {{Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics events 1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Domini ...
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Modern Pentathlon At The 1932 Summer Olympics
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a modern pentathlon event was contested. Participating nations A total of 25 athletes from 10 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games: * * * * * * * * * * Events Individual competition References {{DEFAULTSORT:Modern Pentathlon At The 1932 Summer Olympics 1932 Summer Olympics events 1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

Modern Pentathlon At The 1928 Summer Olympics
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, a single modern pentathlon event was contested. Participating nations A total of 37 pentathletes (all men) from 14 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Results Source: Official results References External links * {{Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics 1928 Summer Olympics events 1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

Modern Pentathlon At The 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, a single modern pentathlon event was contested. It was the third appearance of the sport; for the third straight time, Sweden swept the medals. Participating nations A total of 38 pentathletes from 11 nations competed at the Paris Games: * * * * * * * * * * * Results Shooting Swimming Fencing Equestrian Athletics References External links * * * {{Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics 1924 Summer Olympics events 1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

Modern Pentathlon At The 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, a single modern pentathlon event was contested. As in 1912, Swedish athletes won all three medals. Participating nations A total of 23 athletes from 8 nations competed at the Antwerp Games: * * * * * * * * Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Modern Pentathlon At The 1920 Summer Olympics 1920 Summer Olympics events 1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

Modern Pentathlon At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon was first contested at the Olympic Games at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The sport was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. Participating nations A total of 32 athletes from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games: * * * * * * * * * * * Results Shooting Swimming Fencing Equestrian Athletics References External links * * * {{Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics 1912 Summer Olympics events 1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the ''Tokyo 2020'' branding for marketing purpose.Multiple sources: * * * It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and so far only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. The Games were the mos ...
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