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

1912

1912 Stockholm: Lilliehook (SWE) gold

1912 Stockholm: Gosta Asbrink (SWE) silver

1912 Stockholm: Georg de Laval (SWE) bronze

1912 Stockholm: Ake Gronhagen (SWE) 4th

1912 Stockholm: Mas Latrie (FRA) vs Patton (USA)

1912 Stockholm: Wersall (SWE) vs Asbrink (SWE)

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