Technical Details
Disciplines
Qualification tournaments take place during the course of the pre-Olympic year. Through competitions such as continental and world championships, 32 men and 32 women qualify. The finals resulting from these qualification contests take place during the Olympic Games.
Men and women athletes compete in all five sports within a single day. The addition of each individual score gained by the athlete in each one of these sports determines his or her final standing. The winner is the one with the highest overall score.
The disciplines of the Modern pentathlon in the finals, as well as at the Olympic Games, are held in the following order: shooting, fencing, swimming, riding and cross-country running. In the qualifying and semi-final rounds the order of the competition events may vary, except for cross-country running which is always held last.
Current Olympic Programme
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Men
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Women
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Individual competition
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Individual competition
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