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
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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.

Medalists

Gold Gotthard Handrick
 Germany
Silver Charles Leonard
 United States
Bronze Silvano Abba
 Italy

Participating nations

A total of 42 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Berlin Games:[1]

Results

The method of scoring was point-for-place. First place received one point, second place received two, and so on. The athlete with the fewest points won the event.

Riding

Rank Athlete Country Time Penalties
1 Silvano Abba Italy 9:02.5 0
2 Gotthardt Handrick Germany 9:09.6 0
2 Raoul Mollet Belgium 9:09.6 0
4 Nándor von Orbán Hungary 9:10.3 0
5 Édouard Écuyer de le Court Belgium 9:13.0 0
6 Luis Casíllas Mexico 9:16.0 0
7 Hans Baumann Switzerland 9:24.4 0
8 Sven Thofelt Sweden 9:27.9 0
8 Alfred Starbird United States 9:27.9 0
10 Ebbe Gyllenstierna Sweden 9:31.7 0
11 Lauri Kettunen Finland 9:34.0 0
12 Alexander Jonkheer van Geen Netherlands 9:34.8 0
13 Willy Grundbacher Switzerland 9:37.0 0
14 Karl Wyss Switzerland 9:37.6 0
15 Charles Leonard United States 9:47.0 0
16 Ukko Hietala Finland 9:48.3 0
17 Jeffrey MacDougall Great Britain 9:52.4 0
18 Humberto Anguiano Mexico 9:52.7 0
19 Johannes van der Horst Netherlands 10:05.3 0
20 Alexandros Baltatzis-Mavrokorlatis Greece 10:09.7 0
21 Josephus Serré Netherlands 10:14.6 0
22 Frederick Weber United States 10:19.2 0
23 Herbert Bramfeld Germany 10:21.8 0
24 Jan Scheere Belgium 10:25.6 0
25 Aaro Kiviperä Finland 10:46.2 0
26 Guilherme Catramby Filho Brazil 11:07.8 1.0
27 Rezső von Bartha Hungary 9:33.9 3.0
28 Béchir Bouazzat France 9:56.0 3.0
29 Percy Legard Great Britain 10:13.9 3.0
30 Archibald Jack Great Britain 10:14.9 3.0
31 Hermann Lemp Germany 9:12.3 6.0
32 Franco Orgera Italy 10:02.9 6.0
33 Georg von Boisman Sweden 9:51.7 9.0
34 Alfred Guth Austria 11:37.4 15.5
35 Rui Duarte Brazil 10:57.5 18.0
36 Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás Hungary 11:51.6 28.5
37 Karl Leban Austria 11:57.0 55.5
38 Paul Lavanga France 13:35.4 77.5
39 Ugo Ceccarelli Italy 11:34.3 82.0
40 André Chrétien France 15:46.4 155.0
41 Anísio da Rocha Brazil DNF -
41 José Escribens Peru DNF -

Fencing

Each athlete participated in a round-robin épée tournament. Each match lasted one minute, and the first athlete to score a hit won.

Rank Athlete Country Win-Tie-Loss Points
1 Frederick Weber United States 26-3-11 27.5
1 Édouard Écuyer de le Court Belgium 23-9-8 27.5
1 Hermann Lemp Germany 25-5-10 27.5
4 Gotthardt Handrick Germany 25-4-11 27.0
5 Jan Scheere Belgium 22-7-11 25.5
5 Sven Thofelt Sweden 23-5-12 25.5
7 André Chrétien France 22-5-13 24.5
8 Alfred Starbird United States 20-7-13 23.5
8 Franco Orgera Italy 22-3-15 23.5
10 Charles Leonard United States 22-2-16 23.0
11 Raoul Mollet Belgium 17-11-12 22.5
11 Béchir Bouazzat France 18-9-13 22.5
11 Nándor von Orbán Hungary 19-7-14 22.5
11 Rezső von Bartha Hungary 21-3-16 22.5
15 Silvano Abba Italy 17-9-14 21.5
15 Georg von Boisman Sweden 20-3-17 21.5
17 Karl Wyss Switzerland 16-10-14 21.0
17 Luis Casíllas Mexico 19-4-17 21.0
19 Lauri Kettunen Finland 18-5-17 20.5
20 Ugo Ceccarelli Italy 17-6-17 20.0
20 Alexander Jonkheer van Geen Netherlands 17-6-17 20.0
22 Ebbe Gyllenstierna Sweden 17-5-18 19.5
22 Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás Hungary 17-5-18 19.5
24 Paul Lavanga France 17-5-19 19.0
24 Johannes van der Horst Netherlands 18-2-20 19.0
26 Alexandros Baltatzis-Mavrokorlatis Greece 14-9-17 18.5
26 Jeffrey MacDougall Great Britain 15-7-18 18.5
26 Anísio da Rocha Brazil 17-3-20 18.5
29 Humberto Anguiano Mexico 15-6-19 18.0
29 Percy Legard Great Britain 16-4-20 18.0
31 Ukko Hietala Finland 13-9-18 17.5
31 Guilherme Catramby Filho Brazil 14-7-19 17.5
33 Herbert Bramfeld Germany 12-9-19 16.5
34 Alfred Guth Austria 11-10-19 16.0
34 Josephus Serré Netherlands 12-8-20 16.0
36 Rui Duarte Brazil 14-3-23 15.5
37 Hans Baumann Switzerland 13-2-25 14.0
38 Willy Grundbacher Switzerland 10-6-24 13.0
39 Karl Leban Austria 8-9-23 12.5
40 Archibald Jack Great Britain 7-7-26 10.5
41 Aaro Kiviperä Finland 7-4-29 9.0

Shooting

Each athlete shot 20 shots with a rapid-fire pistol.

Rank Athlete Country Targets Hit Points
1 Charles Leonard United States 20 200
2 Frederick Weber United States 20 194
3 Rezső von Bartha Hungary 20 192
3 Gotthardt Handrick Germany 20 192
5 Ugo Ceccarelli Italy 20 190
5 Sven Thofelt Sweden 20 190
7 Willy Grundbacher Switzerland 20 189
7 André Chrétien France 20 189
7 Georg von Boisman Sweden 20 189
10 Silvano Abba Italy 20 188
10 Hermann Lemp Germany 20 188
10 Lauri Kettunen Finland 20 188
13 Archibald Jack Great Britain 20 187
13 Johannes van der Horst Netherlands 20 187
13 Alexander Jonkheer van Geen Netherlands 20 187
16 Aaro Kiviperä Finland 20 185
17 Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás Hungary 20 183
17 Karl Leban Austria 20 183
17 Herbert Bramfeld Germany 20 183
17 Édouard Écuyer de le Court Belgium 20 183
21 Nándor von Orbán Hungary 20 182
22 Alexandros Baltatzis-Mavrokorlatis Greece 20 181
22 Alfred Starbird United States 20 181
24 Percy Legard Great Britain 20 180
25 Karl Wyss Switzerland 20 177
25 Humberto Anguiano Mexico 20 177
27 Franco Orgera Italy 19 175
28 Jeffrey MacDougall Great Britain 19 173
29 Béchir Bouazzat France 19 171
30 Josephus Serré Netherlands 19 169
30 Jan Scheere Belgium 19 169
32 Raoul Mollet Belgium 19 168
33 Rui Duarte Brazil 19 167
34 Ukko Hietala Finland 19 165
35 Luis Casíllas Mexico 19 162
36 Paul Lavanga France 18 164
37 Hans Baumann Switzerland 18 157
37 Guilherme Catramby Filho Brazil 18 157
39 Ebbe Gyllenstierna Sweden 18 153
40 Anísio da Rocha Brazil 17 146
41 Alfred Guth Austria 17 134

Swimming

Each athlete raced in a 300-meter freestyle event.

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Hermann Lemp Germany 4:15.2
2 Nándor von Orbán Hungary 4:23.4
3 Sven Thofelt Sweden 4:34.9
4 Herbert Bramfeld Germany 4:36.0
5 Alfred Guth Austria 4:39.2
6 Charles Leonard United States 4:40.9
7 Ebbe Gyllenstierna Sweden 4:51.2
8 Aaro Kiviperä Finland 4:51.5
9 Gotthardt Handrick Germany 4:51.9
10 Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás Hungary 4:59.0
11 Archibald Jack Great Britain 5:00.8
12 Rezső von Bartha Hungary 5:04.3
13 Jeffrey MacDougall Great Britain 5:07.3
14 Silvano Abba Italy 5:13.8
15 Franco Orgera Italy 5:15.4
16 Georg von Boisman Sweden 5:19.0
17 Ugo Ceccarelli Italy 5:20.2
18 Percy Legard Great Britain 5:20.9
19 Béchir Bouazzat France 5:23.3
20 Alfred Starbird United States 5:28.5
21 Josephus Serré Netherlands 5:29.5
22 Karl Leban Austria 5:30.2
23 Rui Duarte Brazil 5:30.3
24 Karl Wyss Switzerland 5:31.5
25 Johannes van der Horst Netherlands 5:32.8
26 Alexander Jonkheer van Geen Netherlands 5:40.5
27 Ukko Hietala Finland 5:40.7
28 Guilherme Catramby Filho Brazil 5:40.9
29 Édouard Écuyer de le Court Belgium 5:41.8
30 André Chrétien France 5:43.1
31 Willy Grundbacher Switzerland 5:52.2
32 Humberto Anguiano Mexico 5:53.0
33 Lauri Kettunen Finland 6:01.6
34 Frederick Weber United States 6:04.1
35 Paul Lavanga France 6:05.0
36 Jan Scheere Belgium 6:36.2
37 Luis Casíllas Mexico 6:58.6
38 Raoul Mollet Belgium 7:22.2
39 Anísio da Rocha Brazil 7:22.5
- Hans Baumann Switzerland DNF

Running

Each athlete ran a 4000-meter race.

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Karl Leban Austria 13:17.4
2 Ukko Hietala Finland 13:25.3
3 Karl Wyss Switzerland 13:47.7
4 Percy Legard Great Britain 13:51.1
5 Silvano Abba Italy 14:11.2
6 Jeffrey MacDougall Great Britain 14:15.3
7 Charles Leonard United States 14:15.8
7 Alfred Starbird United States 14:15.8
9 Georg von Boisman Sweden 14:18.2
10 Herbert Bramfeld Germany 14:25.0
11 Josephus Serré Netherlands 14:30.6
12 Ugo Ceccarelli Italy 14:36.2
13 Humberto Anguiano Mexico 14:40.4
14 Gotthardt Handrick Germany 14:41.7
15 Ebbe Gyllenstierna Sweden 14:42.4
16 Nándor von Orbán Hungary 14:46.1
17 Lauri Kettunen Finland 14:46.3
18 Aaro Kiviperä Finland 14:47.1
19 Alfred Guth Austria 14:51.1
20 Frederick Weber United States 14:56.2
21 Hermann Lemp Germany 15:01.7
22 Rezső von Bartha Hungary 15:09.4
23 Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás Hungary 15:11.5
24 Sven Thofelt Sweden 15:16.2
25 Archibald Jack Great Britain 15:20.7
26 André Chrétien France 15:20.9
27 Franco Orgera Italy 15:27.8
28 Alexander Jonkheer van Geen Netherlands 15:34.1
29 Béchir Bouazzat France 15:36.6
30 Anísio da Rocha Brazil 15:40.7
31 Raoul Mollet Belgium 15:45.5
32 Willy Grundbacher Switzerland 15:46.5
33 Rui Duarte Brazil 15:52.0
34 Paul Lavanga France 16:01.2
35 Johannes van der Horst Netherlands 16:08.4
36 Guilherme Catramby Filho Brazil 16:51.7
37 Édouard Écuyer de le Court Belgium 17:23.6
38 Jan Scheere Belgium 18:13.1
39 Luis Casíllas Mexico 19:20.9

Final standings

Rank Athlete Country Points
1 Gotthardt Handrick  Germany 31.5
2 Charles Leonard  United States 39.5
3 Silvano Abba  Italy 45.5
4 Sven Thofelt  Sweden 47.0
5 Nándor von Orbán  Hungary 55.5
6 Hermann Lemp  Germany 67.5
7 Alfred Starbird  United States 67.5
8 Rezső von Bartha  Hungary 76.5
9 Frederick Weber  United States 79.0
10 Georg von Boisman  Sweden 82.5
11 Karl Wyss  Switzerland 83.5
12 Herbert Bramfeld  Germany 89.0
13 Jeffrey MacDougall  Great Britain 91.0
14 Lauri Kettunen  Finland 92.0
15 Ugo Ceccarelli  Italy 93.5
16 Ebbe Gyllenstierna  Sweden 93.5
17 Édouard Écuyer de le Court  Belgium 94.5
18 Alexander Jonkheer van Geen  Netherlands 101.5
19 Percy Legard  Great Britain 104.5
20 Aaro Kiviperä  Finland 108.0
21 Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás  Hungary 108.5
22 Franco Orgera  Italy 109.5
23 Ukko Hietala  Finland 110.5
24 André Chrétien  France 111.0
25 Raoul Mollet  Belgium 116.0
26 Karl Leban  Austria 117.0
27 Josephus Serré  Netherlands 117.5
27 Béchir Bouazzat  France 117.5
27 Johannes van der Horst  Netherlands 117.5
30 Humberto Anguiano  Mexico 118.5
31 Archibald Jack  Great Britain 119.0
32 Willy Grundbacher  Switzerland 121.0
33 Alfred Guth  Austria 133.5
34 Jan Scheere  Belgium 134.5
34 Luis Casíllas  Mexico 134.5
36 Guilherme Catramby Filho  Brazil 159.5
37 Rui Duarte  Brazil 160.0
38 Paul Lavanga  France 167.5
39 Anísio da Rocha  Brazil 177.5
- Hans Baumann  Switzerland DNF
- Alexandros Baltatzis-Mavrokorlatis  Greece DNF
- José Escribens  Peru DNF

References

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

External links

Events at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics
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