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Past Olympic Modern Pentathlon Medalists

By Christine Luff, About.com

Updated August 29, 2008

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The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medalists in the Modern Pentathlon from the Summer Olympic games.

1912
GOLD: Gösta Lillienhöök (SWE)
SILVER: Gösta Äsbrink (SWE)
BRONZE:Georg de Lavel (SWE)

1920
GOLD: Gustaf Dyrssen (SWE)
SILVER:Erik de Lavel (SWE)
BRONZE:Gösta Runö (SWE)

1924
GOLD: Bo Lindman (SWE)
SILVER:Gustaf Dyrssen (SWE)
BRONZE: Bertil Uggla (SWE)

1928
GOLD:Sven Thofelt (SWE)
SILVER:Bo Lindman (SWE)
BRONZE: Helmuth Kahl (GER)

1932
GOLD: Johan Oxenstierna (SWE)
SILVER:Bo Lindman (SWE)
BRONZE: Richard Mayo (USA)

1936
GOLD: Gotthard Handrik (GER)
SILVER:Charles Leonard (USA)
BRONZE:Silvano Abba (ITA)

1948
GOLD: Wille Grut (SWE)
SILVER:James Moore (USA)
BRONZE: Gösta Gärdin (SWE)

1952
GOLD: Lars Hall (SWE)
SILVER:Gábor Benedek (HUN)
BRONZE:István Szondy (HUN)

1956
GOLD: Lars Hall (SWE)
SILVER: Olavi Mannonen (FIN)
BRONZE: Wäinö Korhonen (FIN)

1960
GOLD: Ferenc Németh (HUN)
SILVER: Imre Nagy (HUN)
BRONZE: Robert Beck (USA)

1964
GOLD: Ferenc Török (HUN)
SILVER: Igor Novikov (URS)
BRONZE: Albert Mokeev (URS)

1968
GOLD: Björn Ferm (SWE)
SILVER: András Balczó (HUN)
BRONZE:Pavel Lednev (URS)

1972
GOLD: András Balczó (HUN)
SILVER: Boris Onischenko (URS)
BRONZE:Pavel Lednev (URS)

1976
GOLD: Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (POL)
SILVER: Pavel Lednev (URS)
BRONZE:Ján Bartu (TCH)

1980
GOLD: Anatoly Starostin (URS)
SILVER: Tamás Szombathelyi (HUN)
BRONZE:Pavel Lednev (URS)

1984
GOLD: Daniele Masala (ITA)
SILVER: Svante Rasmusson (SWE)
BRONZE:Carlo Massulo (ITA)

1988
GOLD: János Martinek (HUN)
SILVER: Carlo Massulo (ITA)
BRONZE:Vahtang Yagorashvili (URS)

1992
GOLD: Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek (POL)
SILVER: Attila Mizsér (HUN)
BRONZE:Edward Zenovka (CIS)

1996
GOLD: Parygin Alexander (KAZ)
SILVER: Edward Zenovka (RUS)
BRONZE:Martinek Janos (HUN)

2000
Men:
GOLD: Dmitry Svatkovsky (RUS)
SILVER:Gabor Balogh (HUN)
BRONZE:Pavel Dovgal (BLR)

Women:
GOLD: Stephanie Cook (GBR)
SILVER:Emily deRiel (USA)
BRONZE:Kate Allenby (GBR)

2004
Men:
GOLD:Andrey Moiseev (RUS)
SILVER:Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
BRONZE:Libor Capalini (CZE)

Women:
GOLD: Zsuzsanna Voros (HUN)
SILVER:Jelena Rublevska (LAT)
BRONZE:Georgina Harland (GBR)

2008
Men:
GOLD: Andrei Moiseyev (RUS)
SILVER: Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
BRONZE: Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)

Women:
GOLD: Lena Schonenborn (GER)
SILVER: Heather Fell (GBR)
BRONZE: Victoria Tereshuk (UKR)

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