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Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Dates
  
October 13 - 17

Competitors
  
48 from 18 nations

The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:

  • Equestrian, held on October 13
  • Fencing, held on October 14
  • Shooting, held on October 15
  • Swimming, held on October 16
  • Cross-country, held on October 17
  • Participating nations

    A total of 48 athletes from 18 nations competed at the Mexico Games:

    References

    Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia