Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium (running, equestrian), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming), and the Olympic Green Convention Center (fencing, shooting). Modern pentathlon contained five events; pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run.

Modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Sports Centre Stadium
Ying Tung Natatorium
Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates21–22 August
Modern pentathlon at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Events
menwomen

Andrey Moiseev, representing Russia, became the second modern pentathlete to successfully defend an Olympic title in the men's event, while Lena Schöneborn of Germany won the women's.

Medal summary
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
 Andrey Moiseev
 Russia		 Edvinas Krungolcas
 Lithuania		 Andrejus Zadneprovskis
 Lithuania
Women's
[a]		 Lena Schöneborn
 Germany		 Heather Fell
 Great Britain		 Anastasiya Samusevich
 Belarus

a The original bronze medalist, Victoria Tereshchuk of Ukraine was disqualified for doping violations.

Qualified athletes

Men

An NOC may enter up to 2 athletes in each event. The places in each event will be allocated as follows:

EventDateLocationVacanciesAthletes
2007 African ChampionshipFebruary 22–25, 2007 Cairo1 Amro El Geziry
2007 Asian ChampionshipMay 8–14, 2007 Tokyo5 Nam Dong-Hun
Lee Chun-Heon
Cao Zhongrong
Qian Zhenhua
Yoshihiro Murakami
2007 Oceanian ChampionshipMay 8–14, 2007 Tokyo1 Alex Parygin^
2007 European ChampionshipJune 6–13, 2007 Riga8 Viktor Horváth
Marcin Horbacz
Andrey Moiseev
Gábor Balogh
Ilia Frolov
Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy
David Svoboda
Dzmitry Meliakh
2007 Pan-American GamesJuly 21–22, 2007 Rio de Janeiro4*** Eli Bremer
Yaniel Velazquez
Joshua Riker-Fox
Christian Bustos
2007 World ChampionshipsAug 16-21, 2007 Berlin3 Viktor Horváth*
Ilia Frolov*
Róbert Németh**
2007 World Cup FinalSeptember 15–16, 2007 Beijing1 Edvinas Krungolcas
2008 World ChampionshipMay 27 - Jun 1, 2008 Budapest3 Ilia Frolov*
David Svoboda*
Yahor Lapo
Pentathlon World RankingJune 1, 2008-7 Jean Maxence Berrou
Andrejus Zadneprovskis
Steffen Gebhardt
Eric Walther
Nicola Benedetti
Michal Michalik
Deniss Čerkovskis
Host Nation (CHN)--1****-
Invitation Places--2****-
re-allocation of unused places*****--+ Oscar Soto
Bartosz Majewski
Jaime Lopez
Pavlo Tymoshchenko
Samuel Weale
Sam Sacksen
Andrea Valentini
John Zakrzewski
Nick Woodbridge
TOTAL36

Note: Athletes marked with an asterisk (*) have qualified before, countries with two asterisks (**) already filled their quota of two athletes. The free places cannot be filled by the next competitors from the respective competition, but they will be filled by the world standings at the end of the qualification period. (marked also with one or two asterisks)

*** Top finisher from NORCECA, top finisher from South America, and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan-America.

**** Unused quotas

***** If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria, the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking

^ Qualification revoked.[1]

Women
EventDateLocationVacanciesAthletes
2007 African ChampionshipFebruary 22–25, 2007 Cairo1 Aya Medany
2007 Asian ChampionshipMay 8–14, 2007 Tokyo5 Lada Jienbalanova
Xiu Xiu
Chen Qian
Galina Dolgushina
Yun Cho-Rong
2007 Oceanian ChampionshipMay 8–14, 2007 Tokyo1 Angela Darby
2007 European ChampionshipJune 6–13, 2007 Riga8 Evdokia Gretchichnikova
Heather Fell
Sara Bertoli
Lena Schoneborn
Zsuzsanna Vörös
Katy Livingston
Claudia Corsini
Sylwia Czwojdzinska
2007 Pan-American GamesJuly 21–22, 2007 Rio de Janeiro4*** Yane Marques
Monica Pinette
Rita Sanz-Agero
Marlene Sanchez
2007 World ChampionshipsAug 16-21, 2007 Berlin3 Amélie Caze
Lena Schoneborn*
Laura Asadauskaitė
2007 World Cup FinalSeptember 15–16, 2007 Beijing1 Aya Medany*
2008 World ChampionshipMay 27 - Jun 1, 2008 Budapest3 Amélie Caze*
Aya Medany*
Katy Livingston*
Pentathlon World RankingJune 1, 2008-7 Anastasia Samusevich
Anna Arkhipenka
Paulina Boenisz
Jeļena Rubļevska
Lucie Grolichova
Kara Grant
Sheila Taormina
Host Nation (CHN)--1****-
Invitation Places--2****-
re-allocation of unused places*****--+ Victoria Tereshchuk
Tatiana Mouratova
Leila Gyenesei
Margaux Isaksen
Donata Rimsaite
Belinda Schreiber
Omnia Fakhry
Eva Trautmann
TOTAL36

Note: See above, at the male section.

Event schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeEvent
Thursday, August 21, 20088:30–9:10Men's shooting
10:00–13:15Men's fencing
14:30–15:10Men's swimming
17:00–19:00Men's riding
20:00–20:30Men's running
Friday, August 22, 20088:30–9:10Women's shooting
10:00–13:15Women's fencing
14:30–15:10Women's swimming
17:00–19:00Women's riding
20:00–20:30Women's running
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  • Fencing
  • Swimming
  • Equestrian and running
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References
  1. "Parygin dropped from Australian Olympic team after British appeal", Associated Press, July 1, 2008
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