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).

[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	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)	-	-	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	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)	-	-	1	-
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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