The men's
modern pentathlon at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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was held on 11 August. Three venues were used: the
Copper Box (fencing),
Aquatics Centre (swimming) and
Greenwich Park
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(horse-riding and combined running and shooting).
David Svoboda from the
Czech Republic
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won the gold medal with an Olympic record-breaking score of 5,926 points.
Cao Zhongrong
Cao Zhongrong (; born 3 November 1981 in Shanghai) is a male Chinese modern pentathlete who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He finished in 30th place in 2008, and won the silver medal
A silver medal in sports and other simi ...
, 2010 Asian Games gold medalist, won China's first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon, taking the silver. Meanwhile, Hungary's
Ádám Marosi
Ádám Marosi (born 26 July 1984) is a Hungarian Modern pentathlete.
Career
Marosi won the 2009 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in London. He also won the gold at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup 2010 held in Medway, GB. He competed in ...
claimed the bronze medal. For the first time in the post-Soviet era,
Russia
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missed out of the medal podium in the men's event, as current world champion
Aleksander Lesun
Aleksander Leonidovich Lesun (russian: Александр Леонидович Лесун; born 1 July 1988) is a Belarusian-born naturalized Russian modern pentathlete. He is a multiple-time medalist at the World and European Championships, and ...
and defending champion
Andrey Moiseev finished fourth and seventh place, respectively.
Competition format
The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day. The format was slightly different from the typical modern pentathlon, with two events combined at the end.
* Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch
épée
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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.
* Combined running/shooting: A 3 km run with pistol shooting (the athlete must hit five targets in 70 seconds) every 1 km. Starts are staggered (based on points from first three events) so that the first to cross the finish line wins.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1
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Results
Thirty-six athletes participated.
Records
For the first time in Olympic history, the men's modern pentathlon has broken multiple Olympic records in the every sporting discipline, with the exception of horse-riding.
References
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Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics