La competizione individuale del pentathlon moderno ai giochi della XX Olimpiade si è svolta dal 27 al 31 agosto 1972 in varie sedi a Monaco di Baviera.
Programma Data Prova Note Sede27 agosto 1972Equitazione 5000 metri cross-country Centro ippico di Riem28 agosto 1972Scherma Torneo di spada a girone unico. Fairgrounds (Hall 1)29 agosto 1972Tiro 20 Colpi a sagome mobili. Poligono Schießanlage30 agosto 1972Nuoto 300 metri stile libero Olympia Schwimmhalle31 agosto 1972Corsa 4000 metri cross country Stadio olimpico
Risultati Per ogni prova gli atleti ottenevano un punteggio secondo una tabella. L'atleta che terminava le 5 prove con il maggior punteggio risultava vincitore.
Prova di equitazione + Pos.AtletaTempoPenalitàTotalePunti1 Michel Gueguen1'58"50'001'58"511002 Jeremy Fox2'04"60'002'04"611003 Georgi Stoyanov2'06"00'002'06"011004 Björn Ferm2'09"50'002'09"511005 Ryszard Wach2'09"90'002'09"911006 Gilberto Toledano2'05"60'072'12"610907 John Fitzgerald1'58"90'142'12"910908 Wolfgang Leu2'13"80'002'13"810859 Urs Hugi2'15"90'002'15"9107510 Barry Lillywhite2'09"00'072'16"0107011 Janusz Pyciak-Peciak2'16"20'002'16"2107012 Heiner Thade2'10"50'072'17"5106513 Giovanni Perugini2'10"60'072'17"6106514 Pavel Lednëv2'11"30'072'18"3106014 Charles Richards2'04"30'142'18"3106016 Angel Pepelyankov2'18"40'002'18"4106017 András Balczó2'11"90'072'18"9106018 Nicolò Deligia2'12"90'072'19"9105519 Masaru Sakano2'13"10'072'20"1105020 Marian Cosmescu2'14"10'072'21"1104521 Martti Ketelä2'07"40'142'21"4104522 Beat Ganz2'10"00'142'24"0103023 Robert Barrie2'24"10'002'24"1103024 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall2'12"40'142'26"4102025 Veikko Salminen2'13"40'142'27"4101526 Scott Scheuermann2'08"10'212'29"1100527T Jørn Steffensen2'22"30'072'29"3100527T Yuso Makihira2'22"30'072'29"3100529 Bo Herman Jansson2'23"70'062'29"7100530 Walter Esser2'16"60'142'30"6100031 Klaus Petersen2'18"30'142'32"399032 Henk Krediet2'19"40'142'33"498533 Dumitru Spîrlea2'14"10'212'35"197534 Zsigmond Villányi2'07"40'282'35"497535 Scott Taylor2'16"20'212'37"296536 Hans Müller2'37"30'002'37"396537 Eduardo Olivera2'24"30'142'38"396038 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli2'10"40'282'38"496039 Robert Phelps2'25"60'142'39"695540 Risto Hurme2'29"30'212'40"395041 Hole Rößler2'20"10'212'41"194542 Borys Onyščenko2'27"20'142'41"294543 Pál Bakó2'14"50'282'42"594044 Juan José Castilla2'22"70'212'43"793545 Raoul Gueguen2'30"20'142'44"293046 Jan Bekkenk2'16"50'282'44"593047 Vladimir Šmelëv2'18"50'282'46"592048 René Heitmann2'24"20'242'48"291049 Mario Medda2'37"50'142'51"589550 Peter Zobl-Wessely2'05"10'492'54"188051 Kenneth Maaten2'33"90'212'54"988052 Rob Vonk2'28"10'282'56"187053 Akira Kubo2'37"70'212'58"786054 Bruno Jerebicnik2'35"40'283'03"483555 Adalbert Covacs2'25"10'423'07"181556 Stanisław Skwira2'49"70'243'13"778556 Velko Bratanov2'45"70'283'13"778558 Peter Macken2'56"10'203'16"1770 - George SkeneEliminato
Prova di scherma + Pos.AtletaVittoriePunti1 Borys Onyščenko4510762 András Balczó4410573 Pavel Lednëv4210193 Jeremy Fox4210195 Risto Hurme409815 Zsigmond Villányi409817 Vladimir Šmelëv399627 Heiner Thade399627 Urs Hugi3996210 Björn Ferm3894311 Janusz Pyciak-Peciak3690512 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall3486712 Henk Krediet3486714 Michel Gueguen3384814 John Fitzgerald3384814 Wolfgang Leu3384814 Bo Herman Jansson3384814 Bruno Jerebicnik3384819 Walter Esser3282919 Barry Lillywhite3282921 Martti Ketelä3181021 Dumitru Spîrlea3181021 Giovanni Perugini3181024 Jørn Steffensen3079124 Peter Zobl-Wessely3079124 Stanisław Skwira3079127 Pál Bakó2977227 Veikko Salminen2977227 Raoul Gueguen2977227 Gilberto Toledano2977231 Charles Richards2875331 Mario Medda2875331 Yuso Makihira2875331 Klaus Petersen2875335 Georgi Stoyanov2773435 Eduardo Olivera2773437 Ryszard Wach2671537 Nicolò Deligia2671539 Hole Rößler2569639 Hans Müller2569639 Angel Pepelyankov2569642 Scott Taylor2467742 Peter Macken2467742 Jan Bekkenk2467742 Akira Kubo2467746 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli2365846 Marian Cosmescu2365846 Robert Phelps2365846 Velko Bratanov2365846 René Heitmann2365851 Beat Ganz2263952 Juan José Castilla2060153 Masaru Sakano1958253 Adalbert Covacs1958255 Robert Barrie1754455 Kenneth Maaten1754457 Rob Vonk1550658 George Skene1448759 Scott Scheuermann11430
Classifica dopo due prove + Pos.AtletaPunti1 Jeremy Fox21192 András Balczó21173 Pavel Lednëv20794 Björn Ferm20435 Urs Hugi20376 Heiner Thade20277 Borys Onyščenko20218 Janusz Pyciak-Peciak19759 Zsigmond Villányi195610 Michel Gueguen194811 John Fitzgerald193812 Wolfgang Leu193313 Risto Hurme193114 Barry Lillywhite189915 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall188716 Vladimir Šmelëv188217 Giovanni Perugini187518 Gilberto Toledano186219 Martti Ketelä185520 Bo Herman Jansson185321 Henk Krediet185222 Georgi Stoyanov183423 Walter Esser182924 Ryszard Wach181525 Charles Richards181326 Jørn Steffensen179627 Veikko Salminen178728 Dumitru Spîrlea178529 Nicolò Deligia177030 Yuso Makihira175831 Angel Pepelyankov175632 Klaus Petersen174333 Pál Bakó171234 Marian Cosmescu170335 Raoul Gueguen170236 Eduardo Olivera169437 Bruno Jerebicnik168338 Peter Zobl-Wessely167139 Beat Ganz166940 Hans Müller166141 Mario Medda164842 Scott Taylor164243 Hole Rößler164144 Masaru Sakano163245 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli161846 Robert Phelps161347 Jan Bekkenk160748 Stanisław Skwira157649 Robert Barrie157450 René Heitmann156851 Akira Kubo153752 Juan José Castilla153653 Peter Macken144754 Velko Bratanov144355 Scott Scheuermann143556 Kenneth Maaten142457 Adalbert Covacs139758 Rob Vonk137659 George Skene487
Prova di tiro + Pos.AtletaPunti TiroPunti1 Mario Medda19810882 Borys Onyščenko19710663 Risto Hurme19610444 Pavel Lednëv19510224 Vladimir Šmelëv19510224 Dumitru Spîrlea19510227 Björn Ferm1939788 András Balczó1929568 Heiner Thade1929568 Charles Richards1929568 Ryszard Wach1929568 Peter Macken1929568 Velko Bratanov19295614 Jørn Steffensen19193414 Wolfgang Leu19193416 Pál Bakó19091216 Martti Ketelä19091216 Robert Barrie19091216 Akira Kubo19091220 Georgi Stoyanov18989021 Jeremy Fox18886821 John Fitzgerald18886821 Zsigmond Villányi18886821 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli18886821 Eduardo Olivera18886826 Michel Gueguen18784626 Hole Rößler18784626 Urs Hugi18784626 Masaru Sakano18784626 Peter Zobl-Wessely18784626 Stanisław Skwira18784626 Hans Müller18784633 Walter Esser18682433 Raoul Gueguen18682433 Marian Cosmescu18682433 Bruno Jerebicnik18682433 Scott Scheuermann18682438 Henk Krediet18580239 Bo Herman Jansson18478039 Kenneth Maaten18478041 Yuso Makihira18273641 Giovanni Perugini18273641 Nicolò Deligia18273641 Robert Phelps18273645 Veikko Salminen18171445 Adalbert Covacs18171445 Juan José Castilla18171445 George Skene18171449 Klaus Petersen18069249 Jan Bekkenk18069249 Rob Vonk18069252 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall17967052 Gilberto Toledano17967052 Beat Ganz17967055 Scott Taylor17762655 René Heitmann17762657 Barry Lillywhite17558258 Janusz Pyciak-Peciak17456059 Angel Pepelyankov00
Classifica dopo tre prove + Pos.AtletaPunti1 Pavel Lednëv31012 Borys Onyščenko30873 András Balczó30734 Björn Ferm30215 Jeremy Fox29876 Heiner Thade29837 Risto Hurme29758 Vladimir Šmelëv29049 Urs Hugi288310 Wolfgang Leu286711 Zsigmond Villányi282412 Dumitru Spîrlea280713 John Fitzgerald280614 Michel Gueguen279415 Ryszard Wach277116 Charles Richards276917 Martti Ketelä276718 Mario Medda273619 Jørn Steffensen273020 Georgi Stoyanov272421 Henk Krediet265422 Walter Esser265323 Bo Herman Jansson263324 Pál Bakó262425 Giovanni Perugini261126 Eduardo Olivera256227 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall255728 Janusz Pyciak-Peciak253529 Gilberto Toledano253230 Marian Cosmescu252731 Raoul Gueguen252632 Peter Zobl-Wessely251733 Bruno Jerebicnik250733 Hans Müller250735 Nicolò Deligia250636 Veikko Salminen250137 Yuso Makihira249438 Hole Rößler248739 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli248639 Robert Barrie248641 Barry Lillywhite248142 Masaru Sakano247843 Akira Kubo244944 Klaus Petersen243545 Stanisław Skwira242246 Peter Macken240347 Velko Bratanov239948 Robert Phelps234949 Beat Ganz233950 Jan Bekkenk229951 Scott Taylor226852 Scott Scheuermann225953 Juan José Castilla225054 Kenneth Maaten220455 René Heitmann219456 Adalbert Covacs211157 Rob Vonk206858 Angel Pepelyankov175659 George Skene1201
Prova di nuoto + Pos.AtletaTempoPunti1 Charles Richards3'21"712602 Veikko Salminen3'27"412163 Rob Vonk3'28"312084 John Fitzgerald3'28"512044 Adalbert Covacs3'28"512046 Vladimir Šmelëv3'32"011767 Stanisław Skwira3'34"311608 Michel Gueguen3'35"211529 Hole Rößler3'36"9114010 Robert Barrie3'37"9113211 Borys Onyščenko3'38"0112812 Pál Bakó3'39"4112013 Björn Ferm3'40"4111214 Klaus Petersen3'40"8110814 George Skene3'40"8110816 Zsigmond Villányi3'41"5110017 Scott Taylor3'41"9110018 Pavel Lednëv3'42"8109219 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli3'43"8108420 Walter Esser3'44"1108021 Angel Pepelyankov3'44"3108022 Ryszard Wach3'44"5107623 Bo Herman Jansson3'44"9107624 Risto Hurme3'45"5106825 András Balczó3'46"6106025 Janusz Pyciak-Peciak3'46"6106027 Barry Lillywhite3'47"9105228 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall3'48"1104829 Scott Scheuermann3'48"9104430 Mario Medda3'49"4104031 Jørn Steffensen3'50"8102832 Jeremy Fox3'51"2102432 Giovanni Perugini3'51"2102434 Eduardo Olivera3'51"9102035 Martti Ketelä3'52"0101635 Raoul Gueguen3'52"0101637 Heiner Thade3'52"6101238 Wolfgang Leu3'52"9101239 René Heitmann3'53"0100840 Jan Bekkenk3'53"4100841 Robert Phelps3'54"0100042 Marian Cosmescu3'54"799643 Masaru Sakano3'57"697244 Urs Hugi4'00"195245 Hans Müller4'00"994846 Georgi Stoyanov4'01"394447 Dumitru Spîrlea4'02"693248 Velko Bratanov4'04"591649 Nicolò Deligia4'05"391250 Peter Zobl-Wessely4'05"690850 Bruno Jerebicnik4'05"690852 Gilberto Toledano4'05"890853 Peter Macken4'07"389654 Beat Ganz4'08"188855 Akira Kubo4'09"388056 Yuso Makihira4'09"687657 Kenneth Maaten4'20"379258 Juan José Castilla4'25"2752 - Henk Krediet DNF 0
Classifica dopo quattro prove + Pos.AtletaPunti1 Borys Onyščenko42152 Pavel Lednëv41933 András Balczó41333 Björn Ferm41335 Vladimir Šmelëv40806 Risto Hurme40437 Charles Richards40298 Jeremy Fox40119 John Fitzgerald401010 Heiner Thade399511 Michel Gueguen394612 Zsigmond Villányi392413 Wolfgang Leu387914 Ryszard Wach384715 Urs Hugi383516 Martti Ketelä378317 Mario Medda377618 Jørn Steffensen375819 Pál Bakó374420 Dumitru Spîrlea373921 Walter Esser373322 Veikko Salminen371723 Bo Herman Jansson370924 Georgi Stoyanov366825 Giovanni Perugini363526 Hole Rößler362727 Robert Barrie361828 Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall360529 Janusz Pyciak-Peciak359530 Eduardo Olivera358230 Stanisław Skwira358232 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli357033 Klaus Petersen354334 Raoul Gueguen354235 Barry Lillywhite353336 Marian Cosmescu352337 Hans Müller345538 Masaru Sakano345039 Gilberto Toledano344040 Peter Zobl-Wessely342541 Nicolò Deligia341842 Bruno Jerebicnik341543 Yuso Makihira337044 Scott Taylor336845 Robert Phelps334946 Akira Kubo332947 Adalbert Covacs331547 Velko Bratanov331549 Jan Bekkenk330750 Scott Scheuermann330351 Peter Macken329952 Rob Vonk327653 Beat Ganz322754 René Heitmann320255 Juan José Castilla300256 Kenneth Maaten299657 Angel Pepelyankov283658 Henk Krediet265459 George Skene2309
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