Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's explained

Event:	Men's modern pentathlon
Games:	2004 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre
Date:	26 August
Competitors:	32
Nations:	21
Gold:	Andrey Moiseev
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Andrejus Zadneprovskis
Silvernoc:	LTU
Bronze:	Libor Capalini
Bronzenoc:	CZE
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	5480
Longnames:	true
Prev:	2000
Next:	2008

The men's modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre in Goudi Olympic Complex on 26 August. Thirty-two athletes from 20 nations participated in this event.^[1] ^[2]

Although the event was considered wide open, as no other athlete dominated the sport since 2000, the Russians, Lithuanians and Czechs continued to reach the top positions in the men's competition. Russia's Andrey Moiseev won the gold medal with a score of 5,480 points. Andrejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania won the nation's first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon, taking the silver. Libor Capalini of the Czech Republic, on the other hand, claimed the bronze, winning his nation's first medal in the sport since Jan Bártů in 1976.

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day.

Shooting: A 4.5 mm air pistol shooting (the athlete must hit 20 shots, one at each target). Score was based on the number of shots hitting at each target.
Fencing: A round-robin, one-touch épée competition. Score was based on winning percentage.
Swimming: A 200 m freestyle race. Score was based on time.
Horse-riding: A show jumping competition. Score based on penalties for fallen bars, refusals, falls, and being over the time limit.
Running: A 3 km run. Starts are staggered (based on points from first four events), so that the first to cross the finish line wins.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 26 August 2004	10:00	Shooting
	11:00	Fencing
	14:25	Swimming
	16:15	Riding
	18:20	Running

Results

width=30	Rank	width=150	Athlete	width=150	Country	width=90	Shooting Score (pts)	width=90	Fencing Victories (pts)	width=100	Swimming Time (pts)	width=100	Riding Penalties (pts)	width=100	Running Time (pts)	Total
			175 (1036)	22 (1000)	1:58.88 (1376)	(1032)	(1036)	5480
			172 (1000)	19 (916)	2:04.34 (1308)	(1088)	(1116)	5428
			179 (1084)	14 (776)	2:02.00 (1336)	(1116)	(1080)	5392
			180 (1096)	19 (916)	2:09.00 (1252)	(1004)	(1088)	5356
			186 (1168)	11 (692)	2:02.63 (1332)	(1144)	(1004)	5340
			181 (1108)	18 (888)	2:08.51 (1260)	(1144)	10:17.68 (932)	5332
			168 (952)	16 (832)	2:02.03 (1336)	(1116)	(1084)	5320
			175 (1036)	15 (804)	2:10.02 (1240)	(1172)	(1044)	5296
			171 (988)	19 (916)	2:09.11 (1252)	(1172)	10:13.95 (948)	5276
10			185 (1156)	18 (888)	2:12.02 (1216)	(908)	(1084)	5252
11			172 (1000)	16 (832)	2:07.27 (1276)	(1088)	(1004)	5200
12			178 (1072)	15 (804)	2:07.07 (1276)	(1032)	(1012)	5196
13			175 (1036)	12 (720)	2:02.39 (1332)	(1004)	(1100)	5192
14			180 (1096)	14 (776)	2:09.12 (1252)	(1004)	(1056)	5184
15			180 (1096)	15 (804)	2:12.27 (1216)	(1004)	(1060)	5180
16			185 (1156)	12 (720)	2:08.52 (1260)	(1144)	10:27.25 (892)	5172
17			183 (1132)	13 (748)	2:12.84 (1208)	(1088)	10:08.81 (968)	5144
18			179 (1084)	18 (888)	2:14.64 (1188)	(1004)	10:08.75 (968)	5132
19			169 (964)	19 (916)	2:18.34 (1140)	(1068)	10:01.25 (996)	5084
20			174 (1024)	13 (748)	2:12.32 (1216)	(1060)	(1036)	5084
21			175 (1036)	12 (720)	2:12.02 (1216)	(1116)	10:05.85 (980)	5068
22			181 (1108)	10 (664)	2:13.26 (1204)	(1060)	10:05.95 (980)	5016
23			163 (892)	12 (720)	2:06.68 (1280)	(1116)	10:08.20 (968)	4976
24			183 (1132)	15 (804)	2:09.78 (1244)	(808)	10:13.85 (948)	4936
25			163 (892)	14 (776)	2:06.93 (1280)	(996)	10:03.64 (988)	4932
26			180 (1096)	18 (888)	2:16.63 (1164)	(760)	(1020)	4928
27			169 (964)	13 (748)	2:14.14 (1192)	(1004)	10:01.57 (996)	4904
28			174 (1024)	10 (664)	2:04.40 (1308)	(1100)	11:02.25 (752)	4848
29			163 (892)	14 (776)	2:16.52 (1164)	(1116)	10:54.15 (784)	4732
30			172 (1000)	16 (832)	2:07.37 (1272)	(584)	10:03.35 (988)	4676
31			171 (988)	16 (832)	2:07.23 (1276)	(1088)	13:11.15 (236)	4420
32			181 (1108)	18 (888)	2:04.43 (1308)	1088 (112)*	10:07.46 (972)	4388

* Did not finish the riding course because of the exceeding number of obstacle and time penalties

External links

Notes and References

Modern Pentathlon at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Individual. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132126/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/MOP/mens-individual.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 13 November 2012.
Web site: Modern Pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics: Individual, Men . Olympedia . 12 July 2020.