The boy's 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...

competitions at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

2010 Summer Youth Olympics

The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...

in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 were held on August 22, at the Singapore Sports School

Singapore Sports School

The Singapore Sports School is a specialized independent school in Singapore. It was initiated by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports , and caters to sporting teenagers who have talent in sports....

.

Only the fencing, swimming, shooting and running portions were done at the Youth Olympics. The results of each of the four segments of the modern pentathlon were converted into points scores based on a par value of 1000 points per event. Competitors doing better than par would receive more points. At the end of the first two segments, the points would be calculated and the pentathletes would be handicapped for the final segment based on their scores such that a simultaneous finish in that segment would result in identical overall scores.

The first segment was one touch épée, the second was 200 metre freestyle swimming

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

and the final segment was combined running and shooting where athletes ran a total of 3000 metres and shot using the laser pistol.

Medalists

Results

Rank	Athlete	Fencing		Swimming		Running and Shooting		Total
		Wins-Loss	Points	Time	Points	Time	Points
		12-11	840	2:03.04	1324	10:44.35	2424	4588
		17-6	1040	2:06.40	1284	11:29.42	2244	4568
		16-7	1000	2:13.28	1204	11:04.05	2344	4548
4		10-13	760	2:02.24	1336	10:41.15	2436	4532
5		14-9	920	2:17.41	1152	10:51.00	2396	4468
6		12-11	840	2:07.32	1276	11:03.82	2348	4464
7		15-8	960	2:13.07	1204	11:34.22	2224	4388
8		13-10	880	2:14.00	1192	11:17.52	2292	4364
9		11-12	800	2:09.68	1244	11:11.74	2316	4360
10		12-11	840	2:07.39	1272	11:32.30	2232	4344
11		12-11	840	2:01.49	1344	11:52.80	2152	4336
12		12-11	840	2:08.19	1264	11:38.74	2208	4312
13		12-11	840	2:08.19	1264	12:02.95	2112	4215
14		17-6	1040	2:10.42	1236	12:47.47	1932	4208
15		8-15	668	2:13.8	1196	11:15.01	2300	4164
16		7-16	640	2:09.99	1244	11:28.57	2248	4132
17		7-16	640	2:09.97	1244	11:34.93	2224	4108
18		11-12	800	2:17.65	1152	11:56.20	2136	4088
19		12-11	840	2:18.43	1140	12:27.13	2012	3992
20		9-14	720	2:18.09	1144	12:10.35	2080	3944
21		10-13	740	2:15.99	1172	12:24.00	2024	3936
22		8-15	680	2:07.36	1272	12:47.65	1932	3884
23		6-17	600	2:12.40	1212	12:24.60	2024	3836
24		5-16	560	2:21.65	1104	12:24.70	2024	3688