Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium (running, equestrian), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming), and the Olympic Green Convention Centre (fencing, shooting).
2 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:
An NOC may enter up to 2 athletes in each event. The places in each event will be allocated as follows:
2007 African Championship
Amro El Geziry
2007 Asian Championship
Nam Dong-Hun
Lee Chun-Heon
Cao Zhongrong
Qian Zhenhua
Yoshihiro Murakami
2007 Oceanian Championship
Alex Parygin^
2007 European Championship
Viktor Horváth
Marcin Horbacz
Andrei Moiseev
Gábor Balogh
Ilia Frolov
Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy
David Svoboda
Dmitry Meliakh
2007 Pan-American Games
Eli Bremer
Yaniel Velazquez
Joshua Riker-Fox
Christian Bustos
2007 World Championships
Viktor Horváth*
Ilia Frolov*
Róbert Németh**
2007 World Cup Final
Edvinas Krungolcas
2008 World Championship
Ilia Frolov*
David Svoboda*
Yahor Lapo
Pentathlon World Ranking
Jean Maxence Berrou
Andrejus Zadneprovskis
Steffen Gebhardt
Eric Walther
Nicola Benedetti
Libor Capalini
Deniss Čerkovskis
Host Nation (CHN)
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Invitation Places
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re-allocation of unused places*****
Oscar Soto
Bartosz Majewski
Jaime Lopez
Pavlo Tymoshchenko
Samuel Weale
Sam Sacksen
Andrea Valentini
John Zakrzewski
Nick Woodbridge
Note: Athletes marked with an asterisk (*) have qualified before, countries with two asterisks (**) already filled their quota of two athletes. The free places cannot be filled by the next competitors from the respective competition, but they will be filled by the world standings at the end of the qualification period. (marked also with one or two asterisks)
*** Top finisher from NORCECA, top finisher from South America, and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan-America.
**** Unused quotas
***** If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria, the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking
^ Qualification revoked.
2007 African Championship
Aya Medany
2007 Asian Championship
Lada Jienbalanova
Xiu Xiu
Chen Qian
Yulia Kryssina
Yun Cho-Rong
2007 Oceanian Championship
Angela Darby
2007 European Championship
Evdokia Gretchichnikova
Heather Fell
Sara Bertoli
Lena Schoneborn
Zsuzsanna Vörös
Katy Livingston
Claudia Corsini
Sylwia Czwojdzinska
2007 Pan-American Games
Yane Marques
Monica Pinette
Rita Sanz Agero
Marlene Sanchez
2007 World Championships
Amélie Caze
Lena Schoneborn*
Laura Asadauskaite
2007 World Cup Final
Aya Medany*
2008 World Championship
Amélie Caze*
Aya Medany*
Katie Livingston*
Pentathlon World Ranking
Anastasia Samusevich
Anna Arkhipenka
Paulina Boenisz
Jeļena Rubļevska
Lucie Grolichova
Kara Grant
Sheila Taormina
Host Nation (CHN)
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Invitation Places
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re-allocation of unused places*****
Victoria Tereshuk
Tatiana Mouratova
Leila Gyenesei
Margaux Isaksen
Donata Rimsaite
Belinda Schreiber
Omnia Fakhry
Eva Trautmann
Note: See above, at the male section.
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 8:30-9:10 | Men's Shooting |
| 10:00 - 13:15 | Men's Fencing | |
| 14:30 - 15:10 | Men's Swimming | |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Men's Riding | |
| 20:00 - 20:30 | Men's Running | |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 8:30-9:10 | Women's Shooting |
| 10:00 - 13:15 | Women's Fencing | |
| 14:30 - 15:10 | Women's Swimming | |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Women's Riding | |
| 20:00 - 20:30 | Women's Running |
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