Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
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| Dates | November 23 - 28 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.[1]
Contents
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual | Lars Hall Sweden |
Olavi Mannonen Finland |
Väinö Korhonen Finland |
| Team |  Soviet Union (URS)Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov |
 United States (USA)William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert |
 Finland (FIN)Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | United States (USA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
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Results
Individual
Team
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
| 2 |  United States |
| 3 | Finland |
| 4 |  Hungary |
| 5 |  Mexico |
| 6 |  Romania |
| 7 |  Great Britain |
| 8 |  Australia |
| AC |  Brazil |
| AC |  Chile |
| AC | 23x15px South Africa |
| AC | Sweden |
References
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