The modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): "Individual competition" and "Team competition". It was fought in five days on September 18 to 22, and individual results were also directly applied towards the team event ranking.
Participating nations.
A total of 65 athletes from 26 nations competed at the Seoul Games:
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