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The men's pentathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event was held. [1] Twenty-six athletes from 11 nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. [2]
Modern pentathlon was first contested at the Olympic Games at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. [1] The sport was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. A lost points system was used, in which the athlete lost the same number of points corresponding to his position in each modality.
The event was first held in 1912, inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the ancient Olympics, and designed to model skills needed by a soldier of that time. It has been a continuous part of the Summer Olympics since 1912, and a world championship has been held annually since 1949.
Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict ...
The 1912 Summer Olympics saw the introduction of two new types of the pentathlon. The first was the classic pentathlon , an athletics competition which was a variation on the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, comprising the long jump , javelin throw , 200 metres , discus throw , and a 1500 metres race.
Modern pentathlon was competed for at the 1912 Games, marking its first appearance in the Olympics. [90] It was for these games that the five events of shooting, swimming, equestrian, fencing and cross country running were decided to make up the pentathlon. [ 91 ]
The decathlon, which had been held in 1904 but not in 1908, returned to the programme. Steeplechasing was eliminated, while racewalking was cut from 2 events to 1 with the 10 kilometre replacing the 10 mile and the 3500 metre eliminated. The pentathlon was introduced (as well as the separate sport modern pentathlon). The 1908 experiments of the ...
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon. Current program. Men's individual. Games Gold Silver Bronze 1912 Stockholm details: Gösta ...