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Short description of modern pentathlon. To the right there is information about the five sports modern pentathlon consist of and also the opportunity to calculate your own pentathlon points with an interactive point calculator.

Information about the disciplines in modern pentathlon:

Shooting

Fencing

Swimming

Riding

Running

Do you want to know more about how the points are calculated in modern pentathlon? Try the interactive point calculator!

Running

The competition ends with 3000 metres cross-country running. "Chase start", the leader starts first and the other competitors starts with a time interval corresponding to the points up to the leader. Ffirst person in goal wins the whole competition. The time 10.00 for men and 11.20 for women is worth 1000 pentathlon points. Each second above or below this time is equal to 4 points.