The modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon

The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre at the Goudi Olympic Complex

Goudi Olympic Complex

Goudi Olympic Complex is a sports complex in Athens, Greece. It held two of the sports venues used during the 2004 Summer Olympics.- Post-Olympics Development :...

 as single day events for men and women on August 26 and August 27, respectively.

The five segments of the event were sport shooting

Shooting sports

A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

, fencing, swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, equestrianism

Equestrianism

Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...

, and cross-country running. They were held in that order, with each segment awarding points to competitors based on their performance in the segment. The points from each of the events were summed to give a final ranking; in addition, the running segment at the end of the day used a staggered start designed so that the order in which runners finished would be the same as their ranking by total points.

Qualification

Qualification for the modern pentathlon event was run by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM). 32 men and 32 women qualified, with a limit of 2 competitors per gender for each National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...

. As a minimum, men were required to have earned 5,100 points either on the 1 June 2004 UIPM ranking list or at a continental qualifying competition. Women needed 4,800 points. The pentathlete must have also earned one of 30 qualifying places at a tournament or one of 2 invitational places.

Qualification tournaments were:

• 2002 World Cup Final - first place
• 2003 World Championships - top three places
• 2003 World Cup Final - top two places
• 2003-04 Continental championships:
  • Africa - first place
  • Asia - top two places
  • Oceania - first place
  • North America - first place
  • South America - first place
  • Europe - top three places
• 2004 World Championships - top nine places
• 2004 World Cups - top two places in each of the three competitions

In addition, the host nation was guaranteed at least one competitor in each gender if none qualified as above, and the Tripartite Commission allocated one invitational place. If more than one of the qualification places was won by a single competitor or more than two were won by a single NOC, the field was brought up to 32 competitors by selecting the highest-rated pentathlete on the UIPM ranking list of 1 June 2004.

Medal summary

Men's
Women's

Medal table

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Men's results

The men's competition was contested on 26 August.

Rank	Name	Nation	Shooting	Fencing	Swimming	Riding	Running	Total	Time Difference
1st	Andrey Moiseev Andrey Moiseev Andrey Sergeyevich Moiseyev is a Russian pentathlete, who won the gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. His 2004 score of 5480 is broken down as follows:* Shooting — 1036* Fencing — 1000...		1036	1000	1376	1032	1036	5480
2nd	Andrejus Zadneprovskis Andrejus Zadneprovskis Andrejus Zadneprovskis is a Lithuanian modern pentathlete who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece as well as bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Zadneprovskis won the Gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in the year of 2000 and 2004...		1000	916	1308	1088	1116	5428	+ 00:13
3rd	Libor Capalini Libor Capalini Libor Capalini is a modern pentathlete from the Czech Republic who won the bronze medal in the Modern Pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.- References :...		1084	776	1336	1116	1080	5392	+ 00:22
4th	Deniss Cerkovskis Deniss Cerkovskis Deniss Cerkovskis is a male Latvian modern pentathlete who competed in the:* 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney ;* 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens ;* 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .-References:...		1096	916	1252	1004	1088	5356	+ 00:31
5th	Dzmitry Meliakh		1168	692	1332	1144	1004	5340	+ 00:35
6th	Michal Michalik		1108	888	1260	1144	932	5332	+ 00:37
7th	Eric Walther		952	832	1336	1116	1084	5320	+ 00:40
8th	Gábor Balogh Gábor Balogh Gábor Balogh is a former Hungarian modern pentathlete who won silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....		1036	804	1240	1172	1044	5296	+ 00:46
9th	Vakhtang Iagorashvili Vakhtang Iagorashvili Vakhtang Iagorashvili, also known as Vaho, was the winner of the Bronze medal in the Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics representing the USSR. He represented Georgia in the Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer...		988	916	1252	1172	948	5276	+ 00:51
10th	Rustem Sabirkhuzin		1156	888	1216	908	1084	5252	+ 00:57
11th	Sergio Salazar		1000	832	1276	1088	1004	5200	+ 01:10
12th	Manuel Pradillo Ortega		1072	804	1276	1032	1012	5196	+ 01:11
13th	Chad Senior Chad Senior Chad Senior is an American Olympic modern pentathlete.Senior grew up in Fort Myers, Florida, and graduated from North Fort Myers High School. He excelled in academics and athletics, and at an early age expressed a desire to compete in the Olympics...		1036	720	1332	1004	1100	5192	+ 01:12
14th	Niklaus Bruenisholz		1096	776	1252	1004	1056	5184	+ 01:14
15th	Sebastien Deleigne		1096	804	1216	1004	1060	5180	+ 01:15
16th	Qian Zhenhua Qian Zhenhua Qian Zhenhua is a male Chinese modern pentathlete who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics and also in the 2008 Summer Olympics.In 2000, he finished 24th in the men's competition....		1156	720	1260	1144	892	5172	+ 01:17
17th	Steffen Gebhardt		1132	748	1208	1088	968	5144	+ 01:24
18th	Akos Kallai		1084	888	1188	1004	968	5132	+ 01:27
19th	Andrea Valentini		964	916	1140	1068	996	5084	+ 01:39
20th	Raouf Abdel		1024	748	1216	1060	1036	5084	+ 01:39
21st	Lee Choon-Hwan		1036	720	1216	1116	980	5068	+ 01:43
22nd	Pavel Uvarov		1108	664	1204	1060	980	5016	+ 01:56
23rd	Erik Johansson		892	720	1280	1116	968	4976	+ 02:06
24th	Han Do-Ryung		1132	804	1244	808	948	4936	+ 02:16
25th	Raphael Astier		892	776	1280	996	988	4932	+ 02:17
26th	Enrico Dell'Amore		1084	888	1164	760	1020	4916	+ 02:21
27th	Alexander Parygin Alexander Parygin Alexander Parygin is a Kazakhstani modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he received a gold medal in modern pentathlon....		964	748	1192	1004	996	4904	+ 02:24
28th	Vasileios Floros		1024	664	1308	1100	752	4848	+ 02:38
29th	Daniel Santos		892	776	1164	1116	784	4732	+ 03:07
30th	Andrzej Stefanek		1000	832	1272	584	988	4676	+ 03:21
31st	Edvinas Krungolcas Edvinas Krungolcas Edvinas Krungolcas is a Lithuanian modern pentathlete who won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-References:* . ESPN....		988	832	1276	1088	236	4420	+ 04:25
32nd	Marcin Horbacz		1108	888	1308	112	972	4388	+ 04:33

Women's results

The women's competition was contested on 27 August.

Position	Name	Nation	Shooting	Fencing	Swimming	Riding	Running	Total	Time Difference
1st	Zsuzsanna Vörös Zsuzsanna Vörös Zsuzsanna Vörös is a retired Hungarian modern pentathlete who won gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...		1120	916	1296	1124	992	5448
2nd	Jeļena Rubļevska Jelena Rublevska Jeļena Rubļevska is a Latvian modern pentathlete who won silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Her score of 5380 is broken down as follows:* Shooting—988* Fencing—1028* Swimming—1160* Riding—1116...		988	1028	1160	1116	1088	5380	+ 00:17
3rd	Georgina Harland Georgina Harland Georgina Harland is a modern pentathlete from Great Britain, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.Her score of 5344 is broken down as follows:* Shooting—808* Fencing—832...		808	832	1308	1144	1252	5344	+ 00:26
4th	Claudia Corsini		964	972	1236	1116	1036	5324	+ 00:31
5th	Kim Raisner		1072	832	1264	1116	1028	5312	+ 00:34
6th	Sylwia Czwojdzinska		1084	860	1224	1116	992	5276	+ 00:43
7th	Viktoriya Tereshchuk		1060	692	1244	1116	1144	5256	+ 00:48
8th	Kate Allenby Kate Allenby Kate Allenby is a British modern pentathlete who competed in two Summer Olympics .She was born in London.Allenby won a bronze medal in 2000 at Sydney...		964	972	1272	1004	1024	5236	+ 00:53
9th	Tatsiana Mazurkevich		1144	748	1152	1120	1056	5220	+ 00:57
10th	Paulina Boenisz		1096	748	1152	1120	1056	5184	+ 01:06
11th	Amelie Caze		976	860	1308	1076	924	5144	+ 01:16
12th	Csilla Furi		820	804	1296	1172	1052	5144	+ 01:16
13th	Monica Pinette		1072	944	1092	1032	960	5100	+ 01:27
14th	Lada Jiyenbalanova		832	860	1260	1144	980	5076	+ 01:33
15th	Mary Beth Iagorashvili		760	832	1252	1144	1064	5052	+ 01:39
16th	Katalin Beat Partits		1048	860	1204	1032	884	5028	+ 01:45
17th	Olesya Velichko		1048	776	1064	1060	1068	5016	+ 01:48
18th	Anita Allen Anita Allen Anita Allen is a United States Army medical service officer who competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in the modern pentathlon, where she finished 18th of 32 competitors. A 2000 graduate of West Point, Allen finished first in the riding portion of the event. She was a standout cross country runner...		952	720	1108	1172	1044	4996	+ 01:53
19th	Blandine Lacheze		1081	748	1168	1116	872	4988	+ 01:55
20th	Eszter Hortobagyi		964	692	1128	1144	1036	4964	+ 02:01
21st	Galina Bashlakova		808	776	1168	1172	1020	4944	+ 02:06
22nd	Kara Grant		964	832	960	1096	1076	4928	+ 02:10
23rd	Liudmila Sirotkina		952	776	1160	1144	896	4928	+ 02:10
24th	Dong Lean Dong Lean Dong Le'an is a female Chinese modern pentathlete who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She finished 24th in the women's competition.-External links:*...		1204	748	1220	900	848	4920	+ 02:12
25th	Samantha Harvey Samantha Harvey Samantha Harvey is an author. She completed the Bath Spa Creative Writing MA course with distinction in 2005, and has also completed postgraduate courses in philosophy...		1072	860	1152	976	828	4888	+ 02:20
26th	Alexandra Kalinovska		904	888	1120	948	1024	4884	+ 02:21
27th	Tatiana Muratova		1024	804	1240	820	992	4880	+ 02:22
28th	Aya Medany Aya Medany Aya Medany is a Egyptain modern pentathlete she was the first Egyptian pentathlete who is qualified for the Olympics and she is the youngest contestant in the history of the game, who reaches the Olympics.And she also gathered between the Youth, Junior's World CHAMPIONSHIP in the year 2006.-Career...		1108	720	1224	976	824	4852	+ 02:29
29th	Liang Caixia Liang Caixia Liang Caixia is a female Chinese modern pentathlete who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She finished 29th in the women's competition.-External links:*...		832	720	1232	960	908	4652	+ 03:19
30th	Lyudmila Shumilova		976	568	1156	1032	908	4640	+ 03:22
31st	María Isabel de Sanz-Agero		868	664	1120	1028	748	4428	+ 04:15
32nd	Federica Foghetti		940	804	1172	308	1004	4388	+ 05:05