The modern pentathlon is that classic Olympic event testing a competitor’s ability in rounds of shooting, swimming, fencing, riding and running.

Modern Pentathlon

Combining cross country skiing and target shooting, military patrol featured on the official programme at the inaugural Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924 before making a reappearance as a demonstration sport at Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 and St Moritz 1948.

Like dressage, modern pentathlon threw open its doors to civilian competitors in Helsinki.

The brainchild of Baron de Coubertin, the modern pentathlon made its first appearance at the Olympic Games in 1912.