Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Modern pentathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium (running, equestrian), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming), and the Olympic Green Convention Centre (fencing, shooting).
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[edit] Events
2 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:
- Modern Pentathlon Men
- Modern Pentathlon Women
[edit] Qualified Athletes
[edit] Men
An NOC may enter up to 2 athletes in each event. The places in each event will be allocated as follows:
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Athletes |
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2007 African Championship | February 22-25, 2007 | Cairo | 1 | Amro El Geziry |
2007 Asian Championship | May 8-14, 2007 | Tokyo | 5 | Nam Dong-Hun Lee Chun-Heon Cao Zhongrong Qian Zhenhua Yoshihiro Murakami |
2007 Oceanian Championship | May 8-14, 2007 | Tokyo | 1 | Alex Pargyin |
2007 European Championship | June 6-13, 2007 | Riga | 8 | Viktor Horváth Rustim Sabirkhouzin Marcin Horbacz Andrei Moiseev or Ilia Frolov Tadas Zemaitis Péter Tibolya or Gábor Balogh or Róbert Németh Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy David Svoboda |
2007 Pan-American Games | July 21-22, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 4*** | Eli Bremer Yaniel Velazquez Joshua Riker-Fox Christian Bustos |
2007 World Championships | Aug 16-21, 2007 | Berlin | 3 | Viktor Horváth* Ilia Frolov** Róbert Németh** |
2007 World Cup Final | September 15-16, 2007 | Beijing | 1 | Edvinas Krungolcas |
2008 World Championship | May 27 - Jun 1, 2008 | Budapest | 3 | Ilia Frolov* David Svoboda* Yahor Lapo |
Pentathlon World Ranking | June 1, 2008 | - | 13**** | |
Host Nation (CHN) | - | - | - | |
Invitation Places | - | - | 2 | |
TOTAL | 36 |
Note: Athletes marked with an asterisk (*) have qualified before, countries with two asterisks (**) already filled their quota of two athletes. The free places cannot be filled by the next competitors from the respective competition, but they will be filled by the world standings at the end of the qualification period. (marked also with one or two asterisks)
*** Top finisher from NORCECA, top finisher from South America, and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan-America.
**** If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria, the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking
[edit] Women
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Athletes |
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2007 African Championship | February 22-25, 2007 | Cairo | 1 | Aya Medany |
2007 Asian Championship | May 8-14, 2007 | Tokyo | 5 | Lean Dong Lada Jienbalanova Galina Dolgushina or Yulia Kryssina or Alena Abrosimova Xiu Xiu or Liu Zhou or Chen Qian Yun Cho-Rong |
2007 Oceanian Championship | May 8-14, 2007 | Tokyo | 1 | Angie Darby |
2007 European Championship | June 6-13, 2007 | Riga | 8 | Evdokia Gretchichnikova Heather Fell Sara Bertoli Lena Schoneborn Zsuzsanna Vörös Katie Livingston Claudia Corsini Sylwia Czwojdzinska |
2007 Pan-American Games | July 21-22, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 4*** | Yane Marques Monica Pinette or Kara Grant Michelle Kelly Rita Sanz Agero |
2007 World Championships | Aug 16-21, 2007 | Berlin | 3 | Amélie Caze Lena Schoneborn* Laura Asadauskaite |
2007 World Cup Final | September 15-16, 2007 | Beijing | 1 | Aya Medany* |
2008 World Championship | May 27 - Jun 1, 2008 | Budapest | 3 | Amélie Caze* Aya Medany* Katie Livingston* |
Pentathlon World Ranking | June 1, 2008 | - | 13**** | Anastasia Samusevich Anna Arkhipenka Paulina Boenisz Elena Rublevska Lucie Grolichova Sheila Taormina Victoria Tereshuk Tatiana Mouratova Leila Gyenesei Donata Rimsaite Marlene Sanchez Belinda Schreiber Omnia Fakhry |
Host Nation (CHN) | - | - | - | |
Invitation Places | - | - | 2 | |
TOTAL | 36 |
Note: See above, at the male section.
[edit] References
- Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne
- List of qualified athletes for the 2008 Olympic Games on the UIPM site.
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