Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venuel
DatesAugust 2–6, 1936
Competitors42 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gotthard Handrick  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charles Leonard  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silvano Abba  Italy
← 1932
1948 →
Medal ceremony for the modern pentathlon.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a single modern pentathlon event was contested.[1] The 1936 modern pentathlon marked the first time since the event was introduced in 1912 that no medals were won by Swedish athletes.

  1. ^ "Modern pentathlon: 1936 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-07-01.