The individual competition was a

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 ...

event held as part of the

Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1964 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 in ...

programme. One segment of the pentathlon was held each day, from 11 October to 15 October 1964.

Medalists

Results

Equestrian

Fencing

Ferenc Török was the most successful fencer, with a record of 27-9 propelling him to the 1000 points awarded to the best record. Other fencers lost 36 points from that 1000 for each loss beyond 9.

Shooting

Swimming

Running

Sources

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