The 1962 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Edvard Sdobnikov (URS)	Igor Novikov  (URS)	Ferenc Török (HUN)
Team	Soviet Union Edvard Sdobnikov Valeriy Pizhuchkin Igor Novikov	Hungary Ferenc Török Imre Nagy András Balczó	United States John Daniels Allan Jackson Paul Pesthy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	0	3
2	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
3	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6