title: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
text: # Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  
  At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Individual details | Lars Hall Sweden | Olavi Mannonen Finland | Väinö Korhonen Finland |
  | Team details | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov | United States (USA) William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert | Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:
  
  * Argentina (1)
  * Australia (3)
  * Brazil (3)
  * Chile (3)
  * Czechoslovakia (1)
  * Finland (3)
  * France (1)
  * Great Britain (3)
  * Hungary (3)
  * Italy (1)
  * Mexico (3)
  * Romania (3)
  * South Africa (3)
  * Soviet Union (3)
  * Sweden (3)
  * United States (3)
  