Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	l
Dates	August 2–6, 1936
Competitors	42 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gotthard Handrick  Germany Charles Leonard  United States Silvano Abba  Italy
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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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Each athlete raced in a 300-meter freestyle event.

Each athlete ran a 4000-meter race.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Points
	Gotthardt Handrick	Germany	31.5
	Charles Leonard	United States	39.5
	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

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.