Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, two events in modern pentathlon were contested. For the first time, a team event was part of the Olympic program.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Lars Hall Sweden (SWE)	Gábor Benedek Hungary (HUN)	István Szondy Hungary (HUN)
Team	Hungary (HUN) Gábor Benedek Aladár Kovácsi István Szondy	Sweden (SWE) Lars Hall Thorsten Lindqvist Claes Egnell	Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	1	3
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
3	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

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

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