Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
DatesJuly 31 August 4, 1928
Competitors37 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Thofelt  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bo Lindman  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Helmut Kahl  Germany

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, a single modern pentathlon event was contested.[1]

The 1928 modern pentathlon was notable in the sport's Olympic history as it marked the first time in four editions of the competition that a non-Swedish competitor won a medal. Swedish athletes had taken all three medals in 1912, 1920, and 1924.

Participating nations

A total of 37 pentathletes (all men) from 14 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:[1]

Results

Source: Official results[2]

Rank Competitor Nation Shooting
rank
Swimming
rank
Fencing
rank
Running
rank
Equestrian
rank
Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Sven Thofelt Sweden624211447
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Bo Lindman Sweden155223550
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Helmuth Kahl Germany1092191252
4Ingvar Berg Sweden311367158
5Heinz Hax Germany1152120259
6David Turquand-Young Great Britain2471591065
7TChristiaan Tonnet Netherlands824274669
7THermann Hölter Germany16811132169
9Willem van Rhijn Netherlands11105172871
10Helge Jensen Denmark4201291973
11Eugenio Pagnini Italy912962974
12Zenon Małłysko Poland18199181377
13Lauri Kettunen Finland202218101181
14Otto Olsen Denmark2376112682
15TAubrey Newman United States3041083183
15THenrik Avellan Finland31171615483
15TLuigi Petrillo Italy13633161583
18Carlo Simonetti Italy19161432384
19Richard Mayo United States12233113786
20Peter Hains United States7262522787
21TTauno Lampola Finland3533121889
21TAlfred Goodwin Great Britain53223142599
23Tivadar Filótás Hungary222883316107
24TTjeerd Pasma Netherlands321334524108
24TLance East Great Britain172924308108
26Stefan Szelestowski Poland261235136110
27Édouard Écuyer de le Court Belgium2714122533111
28Charles-Jean LeVavasseur France1421172635113
29Paul Coche France233373521119
30Rudolf Růžička Czechoslovakia2125192834127
31Sebastião Herédia Portugal3618202732133
32Charles Vannerom Belgium2527263423135
33André Crémon France3335322417141
34Franciszek Koprowski Poland2834302327142
35TJosef Schejbal Czechoslovakia3436133130144
35TCharles Cumont Belgium2931283620144
37Kamil Gampe Czechoslovakia373037379150

References

  1. "Modern pentathlon: 1928 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
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