The 1965 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	András Balczó (HUN)	Igor Novikov  (URS)	Ferenc Török (HUN)
Team	Hungary Ferenc Török István Mona András Balczó	Soviet Union Albert Mokeyev Pavel Lednev Igor Novikov	East Germany Uwe Adler Manfred Grosse Wolfgang Lüderitz

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	2	0	1	3
2	Soviet Union (URS)	0	2	0	2
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6