The men's individual modern pentathlon event was a multi-sport combined event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was the 12th consecutive Games at which the event was held after being introduced in 1912. The competition involved riding, fencing, shooting, swimming, and running. The scores from the individual competition were also used for the team competition.
The event resulted in the first Olympic competitor being disqualified for doping. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was disqualified for alcohol use after drinking beer before the shooting phase.
Results
Rank Pentathlete Nation Total Björn Ferm 1100 885 934 1075 970 4964 András Balczó 1010 931 934 1054 1024 4953 Pavel Lednev 1070 839 934 1060 892 47954 Karl-Heinz Kutschke 1070 632 846 1126 1090 47645 Boris Onishenko 995 885 912 1054 910 47566 Raoul Gueguen 1040 954 912 1000 850 47567 Istvan Mona 1010 1046 868 943 847 47148 Jim Fox 1010 862 890 1006 895 46639 Stasis Shaparnis 1070 793 802 1027 964 465610 Mario Medda 1010 977 758 949 937 463111 James Moore 1040 793 912 931 937 461312 Ferenc Török 920 1046 912 880 793 455113 Jørn Steffensen 1040 862 934 811 898 454514 Yuso Makihira 1040 816 802 898 973 452915 Jörg Tscherner 1050 793 846 1060 766 451516 Hans Jacobson 1025 977 846 946 718 451217 Elmar Frings 1070 839 846 955 796 450618 Seppo Aho 1100 885 692 940 880 449719 Eduardo Olivera Lastra 1070 770 868 997 760 447420 Martti Ketela 1010 770 846 964 856 444621 Lucien Guiguet 1035 655 824 958 934 440622 Robert Beck 1010 885 912 925 655 438723 Wolf-Dieter Sonnleitner 1010 701 912 916 832 437124 Giancarlo Morresi 790 793 1022 1051 703 435925 David Bárcena Ríos 1010 517 890 982 952 435126 Alex Tschui 1100 770 1022 679 766 433727 Katsuaki Tashiro 1100 678 934 931 676 431928 Siegfried Springer 1030 816 846 883 718 429329 Maurice Lough 980 655 846 988 820 428930 Barry Lillywhite 985 816 802 982 700 428531 Peter Macken 935 655 802 910 982 428432 Heiner Thade 910 908 956 877 613 426433 Antone Paniowsky 950 724 978 892 703 424734 Jorma Hotanen 780 839 846 895 871 423135 Toshio Fukui 840 896 692 967 802 419736 Konstantine Sardjev 1100 655 868 757 811 419137Jean-Pierre Giudicelli 780 494 890 973 925 406238 Robert Phelps 795 632 978 964 562 393139 Duncan Page 1035 563 846 880 580 390440 Wolfgang Lüderitz 365 724 934 907 913 384341 Pavel Kupka 865 839 670 943 502 381942 Donald McMikin 545 678 1022 835 679 375943 Nicolo Deligia 460 678 780 889 850 365744 Eduardo Tovar Flores 805 540 648 889 730 361245 Ivan Apostolov 720 609 538 880 715 346246 Hans Todt 0 678 736 865 730 300947 Wolfgang Leu 980 747 670 2397 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall 1010 908
Hans Todt drew a stubborn horse for the riding element, which balked three times at an obstacle, resulting in Todt scoring 0 points. Todt, disconsolate at seeing his years of training gone to waste because of bad luck, attacked the horse and had to be pulled away by his teammates.
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