Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
# Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual details | Lars Hall Sweden | Olavi Mannonen Finland | Väinö Korhonen Finland |
| Team details | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov | United States (USA) William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert | Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Participating nations

A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:

* Argentina (1)
* Australia (3)
* Brazil (3)
* Chile (3)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (1)
* Mexico (3)
* Romania (3)
* South Africa (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (3)
* United States (3)
