Modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Left-right: Lindman, Oxenstierna, Mayo
DatesAugust 2–6, 1932
Competitors25 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bo Lindman  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Richard Mayo  United States
← 1928
1936 →

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a modern pentathlon event was contested.

Participating nations

A total of 25 athletes from 10 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:

Events

Individual competition

Imre Petneházy crashing in the riding event. Neither the rider nor the horse were injured; Petneházy remounted and finished the race.
Rank Athlete Nation Rid. Fen. Sho. Swi. Run. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna  Sweden 4 14 2 5 7 32
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bo Lindman  Sweden 1 19 9 4 35½
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Richard Mayo  United States 2 1 14 17 38½
4 Sven Thofelt  Sweden 15 1 9 1 13 39
5 Willi Remer  Germany 12 10 4 13 8 47
6 Conrad Miersch  Germany 10 10 5 17 6 48
7 Elemér Somfay  Hungary 20 6 12 10 52½
8 Charles Percy Digby Legard  Great Britain 6 18 10 18 1 53
9 Carlo Simonetti  Italy 8 6 3 15 21 53
10 Ivan Duranthon  France 7 18 19 3 54½
11 Brookner Brady  United States 5 12 20 3 16 56
12 Eugenio Pagnini  Italy 9 13 21 2 11½ 56½
13 Clayton Mansfield  United States 13 16 6 18 60½
14 Vernon William Barlow  Great Britain 3 22 14 7 15 61
15 Jeffrey McDougall  Great Britain 24 20 12 4 2 62
16 Willem Johannes van Rhijn  Netherlands 19 16 13 10 5 63
17 Helmuth Naudé  Germany 18 10 15 11 9 63
18 Tibor Benkö  Hungary 11 15 11 16 11½ 64½
19 Imre Petneházy  Hungary 16 20 7 8 14 65
20 Francesco Pacini  Italy 14 23 23 22 84½
21 Miguel Ortega Casanova  Mexico 24 20 8 24 19 95
22 Rafael Afonso de Sousa  Portugal 21 23 17 21 20 102
23 Sebastião Herédia  Portugal 22 17 24 20 23 106
24 José Morales Morales Mendoza  Mexico 17 24 22 22 24 109
25 Humberto Anguiano  Mexico DNF

References

  1. ^ "Modern pentathlon: 1932 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-25.