Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics
# Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:

* Equestrian, held on August 27
* Fencing, held on August 28
* Shooting, held on August 29
* Swimming, held on August 30
* Cross-country, held on August 31

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual details | András Balczó Hungary | Boris Onishchenko Soviet Union | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
| Team details | Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Vladimir Shmelyov | Hungary (HUN) András Balczó Zsigmond Villányi Pál Bakó | Finland (FIN) Risto Hurme Veikko Salminen Martti Ketelä |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Participating nations

A total of 59 athletes from 20 nations competed at the Munich Games:

* Australia (2)
* Austria (3)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Canada (3)
* Denmark (3)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* Great Britain (3)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (3)
* Mexico (3)
* Netherlands (3)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (3)
* United States (3)
* West Germany (3)
