MODERN PENTATHLON 1912-2012

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1912 Stockholm: Gosta Lilliehook (SWE) takes the first Olympic title

1920 Antwerp: Sweden's winning pentathletes. Champion, Gustav Dyrssen is second from right

1924 Paris: Great Britain's team

1928 Amsterdam: Queen Wilhelmina watches the running event

1932 Los Angeles: Johan Oxenstierna (SWE) celebrates victory

1936 Berlin: Handrick (GER) Olympic Champion. First non-Swedish winner.

1948 London: Olympic medallists: Grut (SWE), Moore (USA), Gardin (SWE)

1952 Helsinki: First team competition won by Hungary over Sweden and Finland

1956 Melbourne: Lars Hall (SWE) wins second consecutive gold medal

1960 Rome: Ferenc Nemeth (HUN) wins gold in his only major international competition

1964 Tokyo: Ferenc Torok (HUN) wins. He later became Vice -President of the UIPM

1968 Mexico City: Bjorn Ferm (SWE) beats the favourite Andras Balczo (HUN) by just 11 points

1972 Munich: Balczo (HUN) is Olympic Champion at last

1976 Montreal: A shock team gold medal for Great Britain

1980 Moscow: Anatoli Starostin (URS) is, at 20, the youngest ever winner

1984 Los Angeles: Daniele Masala (ITA) takes the gold

1988 Seoul: Hungary win team and Janos Martinek (HUN) individual gold

1992 Barcelona: Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek (POL) wins individual and team gold

1996 Atlanta: Alex Parygin (KAZ) wins the first Olympic One Day Event as Zenovka (RUS) stumbles in the final stages

2000 Sydney: Dimitri Svatkovsky (RUS) wins gold

2000 Sydney: Steph Cook (GBR) wins the first ever Women's Olympic title

2004 Athens: Andrei Moiseev (RUS) wins

2004 Athens: Szusza Voros (HUN) wins gold

2008 Beijing: Moiseev (RUS) is only the second man in history to retain his Olympic title

2008 Beijing: Lena Schoneborn (GER) wins from Fell (GBR) and Tereshuk (UKR)

2012 London:David Svoboda (CZE) Men's Olympic Champion

2012 London: Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) Women's Olympic Champion

2016: Australia's first champion: Chloe Esposito

2016: Alex Lesun (RUS) Olympic Champion

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Photo Galleries

A sample of photos from the gallery of Modern Pentathlon.

1912 Mas Latrie (FRA) vs Patton (USA)

1928 Sven Thofelt (SWE)

1936 Leonard (USA) Handrick (GER) Abba (ITA)

1948 Gardin, Grut, Wehlin (SWE)

1960 McArthur (USA)

1964 Deriyugin (URS))

1965 Phelps (GBR)

1968 Great Britain and Hungary

1976 Great Britain

1976 Peciak (POL)

1980 Starostin (URS)

2008 Moiseev (RUS)

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