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
2007 African Championship February 22-25, 2007 Flag of Egypt Cairo 1 Flag of Egypt Amro El Geziry
2007 Asian Championship May 8-14, 2007 Flag of Japan Tokyo 5 Flag of South Korea Nam Dong-Hun
Flag of South Korea Lee Chun-Heon
Flag of the People's Republic of China Cao Zhongrong
Flag of the People's Republic of China Qian Zhenhua
Flag of Japan Yoshihiro Murakami
2007 Oceanian Championship May 8-14, 2007 Flag of Japan Tokyo 1 Flag of Australia Alex Pargyin
2007 European Championship June 6-13, 2007 Flag of Latvia Riga 8 Flag of Hungary Viktor Horváth
Flag of Russia Rustim Sabirkhouzin
Flag of Poland Marcin Horbacz
Flag of Russia Andrei Moiseev
or Ilia Frolov
Flag of Lithuania Tadas Zemaitis
Flag of Hungary Péter Tibolya
or Gábor Balogh
or Róbert Németh
Flag of Ukraine Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy
Flag of the Czech Republic David Svoboda
2007 Pan-American Games July 21-22, 2007 Flag of Brazil Rio de Janeiro 4*** Flag of the United States Eli Bremer
Flag of Cuba Yaniel Velazquez
Flag of Canada Joshua Riker-Fox
Flag of Chile Christian Bustos
2007 World Championships Aug 16-21, 2007 Flag of Germany Berlin 3 Flag of Hungary Viktor Horváth*
Flag of Russia Ilia Frolov**
Flag of Hungary Róbert Németh**
2007 World Cup Final September 15-16, 2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China Beijing 1 Flag of Lithuania Edvinas Krungolcas
2008 World Championship May 27 - Jun 1, 2008 Flag of Hungary Budapest 3 Flag of Russia Ilia Frolov*
Flag of the Czech Republic David Svoboda*
Flag of Belarus Yahor Lapo
Pentathlon World Ranking June 1, 2008 - 13****
Host Nation (CHN) - - 1 -
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
2007 African Championship February 22-25, 2007 Flag of Egypt Cairo 1 Flag of Egypt Aya Medany
2007 Asian Championship May 8-14, 2007 Flag of Japan Tokyo 5 Flag of the People's Republic of China Lean Dong
Flag of Kazakhstan Lada Jienbalanova
Flag of Kazakhstan Galina Dolgushina
or Yulia Kryssina
or Alena Abrosimova
Flag of the People's Republic of China Xiu Xiu
or Liu Zhou
or Chen Qian
Flag of South Korea Yun Cho-Rong
2007 Oceanian Championship May 8-14, 2007 Flag of Japan Tokyo 1 Flag of Australia Angie Darby
2007 European Championship June 6-13, 2007 Flag of Latvia Riga 8 Flag of Russia Evdokia Gretchichnikova
Flag of the United Kingdom Heather Fell
Flag of Italy Sara Bertoli
Flag of Germany Lena Schoneborn
Flag of Hungary Zsuzsanna Vörös
Flag of the United Kingdom Katie Livingston
Flag of Italy Claudia Corsini
Flag of Poland Sylwia Czwojdzinska
2007 Pan-American Games July 21-22, 2007 Flag of Brazil Rio de Janeiro 4*** Flag of Brazil Yane Marques
Flag of Canada Monica Pinette
or Kara Grant
Flag of the United States Michelle Kelly
Flag of Guatemala Rita Sanz Agero
2007 World Championships Aug 16-21, 2007 Flag of Germany Berlin 3 Flag of France Amélie Caze
Flag of Germany Lena Schoneborn*
Flag of Lithuania Laura Asadauskaite
2007 World Cup Final September 15-16, 2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China Beijing 1 Flag of Egypt Aya Medany*
2008 World Championship May 27 - Jun 1, 2008 Flag of Hungary Budapest 3 Flag of France Amélie Caze*
Flag of Egypt Aya Medany*
Flag of the United Kingdom Katie Livingston*
Pentathlon World Ranking June 1, 2008 - 13**** Flag of Belarus Anastasia Samusevich
Flag of Belarus Anna Arkhipenka
Flag of Poland Paulina Boenisz
Flag of Latvia Elena Rublevska
Flag of the Czech Republic Lucie Grolichova
Flag of the United States Sheila Taormina
Flag of Ukraine Victoria Tereshuk
Flag of Russia Tatiana Mouratova
Flag of Hungary Leila Gyenesei
Flag of Lithuania Donata Rimsaite
Flag of Mexico Marlene Sanchez
Flag of Switzerland Belinda Schreiber
Flag of Egypt Omnia Fakhry
Host Nation (CHN) - - 1 -
Invitation Places - - 2
TOTAL 36

Note: See above, at the male section.

[edit] References