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Modern Pentathlon At The 1968 Summer Olympics
The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): ''Individual competition'' and ''Team competition''. 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: *''Equestrian'', held on October 13 *''Fencing'', held on October 14 *''Shooting'', held on October 15 *''Swimming'', held on October 16 *''Cross-country'', held on October 17 Medal summary Medal table Participating nations A total of 48 athletes from 18 nations competed at the Mexico Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Modern Pentathlon At The 1968 Summer Olympics Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campo Militar 1
Campo Militar 1 ( en, Military Camp 1) is a military installation located between Conscripto and Zapadores Avenue and the Belt Freeway in Mexico City. For the 1968 Summer Olympics, it hosted the riding and running portions of the 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 anci ... competition. References1968 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. p. 79. Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathlon venues Military installations of Mexico {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Móna
István Móna (17 September 1940 – 28 July 2010) was a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He was born in Nyíregyháza. Olympics Móna won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ... with the Hungarian team."1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Modern Pentathlon" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 September 2008) References 1940 b ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Pentathlon At The 1968 Summer Olympics
The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): ''Individual competition'' and ''Team competition''. 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: *''Equestrian'', held on October 13 *''Fencing'', held on October 14 *''Shooting'', held on October 15 *''Swimming'', held on October 16 *''Cross-country'', held on October 17 Medal summary Medal table Participating nations A total of 48 athletes from 18 nations competed at the Mexico Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Modern Pentathlon At The 1968 Summer Olympics Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Giudicelli
Jean-Pierre Giudicelli (born 20 February 1943) is a French former modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... In 1968, he won a bronze medal in the team event. References 1943 births Living people French male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for France Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{France-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Guiguet
Lucien Guiguet (born 26 September 1942) is a French former modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ... winning a bronze medal in the team event. References 1942 births Living people French male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for France Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{France-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul Gueguen
Raoul Gueguen (born 20 June 1947) is a French former modern pentathlete who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... In 1968, he won a bronze medal in the team event. References 1947 births Living people French male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for France Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Finistère {{France-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stasys Šaparnis
Stasys Šaparnis (born 2 October 1939) is a former Lithuanian modern pentathlete and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ... in Mexico City, where he won a silver medal in the team competition, and placed ninth in the individual competition. References 1939 births Living people Lithuanian male modern pentathletes Soviet male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for the Soviet Union Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Sportspeople from Panevėžys Lithuanian male water polo players Soviet male water polo players Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Onishchenko
Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko (Russian and uk, Борис Григорьевич Онищенко, links=no, ; also transliterated as Onyshchenko, Onishenko, Onischenko; born 19 September 1937) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet gold medal team in the 1972 Olympics. From 1967 to 1974, he competed in six World Modern Pentathlon Championships, winning gold five times as an individual or as part of the Soviet squad. He is best known for his disqualification from the 1976 Summer Olympics and subsequent lifetime ban for cheating by means of an illegally modified épée. Life and career Onishchenko was born in 1937 in a village of Khorol Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian S.S.R. He was a strong swimmer early on and taught at the Dynamo Sports Club. His first world competition was at the 1967 World Modern Pentathlon Championships where he competed with Stasys Šaparnis and Edvard Sdobniko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Török
Ferenc Török (born 3 August 1935) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete 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 anc ... and Olympic champion. Olympics Ferenc Török received an individual gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a bronze medal with the Hungarian team."1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Modern Pentathlon" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 16, 2008) He received a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the Hungarian team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Lednyov
Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov (russian: Павел Серафимович Леднёв; 25 March 1943, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – 23 November 2010, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven Olympic medals in modern pentathlon, more than any other player to date. He won four individual World Championships, and two gold medals as a member of the Soviet team. Career Lednyov competed in 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, and won a total of two gold medals, two silver medals, and three bronze medals. Lednyov became Soviet champion in 1968 and qualified for the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. At his first Olympic games, he won an individual bronze medal, and a silver medal with the Soviet team, which consisted of Lednyov, Boris Onishchenko, and Stasys Šaparnis. In Munich in 1972, he won a silver medal in the individual competition, behind András Balczó András Balczó (born 16 August 1938) is a retired Hungarian mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Montes De Oca Fencing Hall
The Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall is an indoor sports venue located in the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City area of Mexico City. It hosted the fencing competitions and the fencing part of the modern pentathlon competition of the 1968 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Fencing Hall was built between November 13, 1967, and September, 1968, in the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City. The 310-by-210-foot rectangular structure is covered by a convex roof of corrugated asbestos supported by steel cables. The ground floor had 15 fencing strips—each of which was provided with a two-sided scoreboard, a judges' podium and a control table—and 37 cubicles for competitors. On the south side were facilities for the press, dressing rooms, etc. The north side housed offices, a lounge, a warm-up area and additional dressing rooms and service areas. On the upper floor were grandstands with a seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Balczó
András Balczó (born 16 August 1938) is a retired Hungarian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the individual and team events and won three gold and two silver medal; he missed only one medal, finishing fourth individually in 1960. Balczó was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year 1966, 1969 and 1972, while the pentathlon team was several times chosen as the Hungarian Team of the Year. He was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR in 1972, along with eight other athletes from outside USSR. He is considered one of the most successful athletes in the history of modern pentathlon. 12 May 2010 His wife |