Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics

DatesJuly 7–12, 1912

Competitors32 from 10 nations

Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the V Olympiad
Dates	July 7–12, 1912
Competitors	32 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gösta Lilliehöök  Sweden Gösta Åsbrink  Sweden Georg de Laval  Sweden
1920 →

Modern pentathlon was first contested at the Olympic Games at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.^[1] The sport was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.

A lost points system was used, in which the athlete lost the same number of points corresponding to his position in each modality. Thus, the first position resulted in 1 Lost Point, the second position 2 Lost Points, and so on. At the end, the classification was obtained by adding up the lost points, and the placements were assigned in ascending order of the number of points lost by each competitor.