The men's modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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was held on Thursday, August 21. Three venues were used:

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(shooting and fencing),

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(swimming), and the Olympic Sports Center Stadium (horse-riding and running). The Russians and Lithuanians continued to dominate the men's competition for the third consecutive time. Russia's Andrey Moiseev won the gold medal, and successfully defended his Olympic title, with score of 5,632 points. Moiseev also became the second modern pentathlete to win two individual gold medals since

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of Sweden in

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and in

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. Meanwhile, Lithuania's Edvinas Krungolcas and

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anchored the two-medal sweep in the podium, taking the silver and bronze, respectively.

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day. * Shooting: A 4.5 mm

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shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target. * Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch

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competition. Score was based on winning percentage. * Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time. * Horse-riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit. * Running: A 3 km run. Starts are staggered (based on points from first four events), so that the first to cross the finish line wins.

Schedule

All times are

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Results

Gallery

Image:2008 Olympic Modern pentathlon men - medal ceremony.JPG, Olympic medalists
From left: Edvinas Krungolcas, Andrey Moiseev,

Image:2008 Olympic Modern penthalton - shooting action.JPG, Shooting action Image:2008 Olympic Modern penthalton - fencing action.JPG, Fencing action Image:2008 Olympic Modern penthalton - swimming action.JPG, Swimming (heat 3) Image:2008 Olympic Modern penthalton - swimming action2.JPG, Swimming (heat 4) Image:2008 Olympic Modern penthalton - horses.JPG, Presentation of the horses

References

External links

NBC Olympics – Official Results & Schedule
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