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The modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place during 8 to 11 August 2024 at the Palace of Versailles and the Arena Paris Nord.The Palace of Versailles hosted all the modern pentathlon events, with the only exclusion being the fencing ranking rounds, which occurred at the North Paris Arena.
The men's modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris was from 8 to 10 August 2024. Two venues were used: Parc des Expositions de Villepinte (fencing) and Palace of Versailles (swimming, horse-riding, and combined running & shooting).
The women's modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris is held from 8 to 11 August 2024. Two venues are used: Palace of Versailles and Arena Paris Nord (fencing ranking rounds). [ 1 ]
The horse riding event in modern pentathlon has been debated - for different reasons - since the invention of the sport. [4] Coubertin and the organisers of the 1912 Summer Olympics had different views on the availability of horses: Coubertin wanted randomly assigned horses provided by the hosts while the Swedish committee preferred that the competitors bring their own horses.
The 2024 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held from 9 to 16 June 2024 in Zhengzhou, China. [ 1 ] Top 3 finishers in men's and women's pentathlon events qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics .
The modern pentathlon was the creation of Pierre de Coubertin, the French baron who created the Olympic Games. His aim was to test all elements of a man’s military skill; modern pentathlon was ...
Modern pentathlon is also part of the Youth Olympic Games since 2010. Modern pentathlon, despite its long Olympic history, has had to justify its inclusion in the modern Olympic Games several times. On February 11, 2013, in Lausanne, the IOC confirmed modern pentathlon once again as one of the 25 core sports of the Olympic program through to 2020.
The federations for modern pentathlon approved a decision to replace horse riding with “American Ninja Warrior”-style obstacle courses as a fifth discipline in order to save the sport from ...