| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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| Dates | August 27–31, 1972 |
| Competitors | 59 from 20 nations |
| Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Themodern pentathlon at the1972 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men):Individual competition andTeam competition.[1] As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to theIndividual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to theTeam competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
A total of 59 athletes from 20 nations competed at the Munich Games:[1]
Australia (2)
Austria (3)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (3)
Denmark (3) Finland (3)
France (3)
Great Britain (3) Hungary (3)
Italy (3)
Japan (3)
Mexico (3)
Netherlands (3)
Poland (3)
Romania (3) Soviet Union (3)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (3)
United States (3)
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