Topend Sports Logo

The Greatest Modern Pentathlete at the Olympic Games

Who is the greatest modern pentathlete of all time based on Olympic Games performances? We have used a weighted total medal count of each polo player from all modern Olympic Games to rank their overall performance, using data from all Olympics including the Tokyo 2020 Games.olympic poster

The best all-time performing modern pentathlete at the Olympic Games is Hungarian András Balczó who won 3 gold and 2 silver medals between 1960–1972. No other athlete has won three gold medals.

See also the best athlete from each sport, and the best overall.

Top Olympic Athletes From Modern Pentatlon

Here are the top ranked athletes from the sport of modern pentathlon for performances at all Olympiads, using the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order the athletes, awarding points for both gold (6 points) and other medals (silver 2 pts, bronze 1 pt).

Table: The Top Ranked Athletes from Modern Pentathlon at the Olympic Games (including 2021)

rank name country gender Gold Silver Bronze total
medals
rating
1 András Balczó Hungary M 3 2 0 5 22
2 Pavel Lednyov Russia M 2 2 3 7 19
3 Igor Novikov ARM M 2 2 0 4 16
=4 Daniele Masala Italy M 2 1 0 3 14
=4 Lars Hall Sweden M 2 1 0 3 14
=4 Anatoly Starostin Russia M 2 1 0 3 14
=7 János Martinek Hungary M 2 0 1 3 13
=7 Ferenc Török Hungary M 2 0 1 3 13

notes: initial data from wikipedia of multiple Olympic gold medalists (with at least 3 medals, including results from 2021). For the ranking order, we have used the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System.



Related Pages

send us a comment Any comments, suggestions, or corrections? Please let us know.

Old Comments

Olympics Extra

The next Olympics will be in Paris 2024, followed by the Winter edition in Milan-Cortina 2026. Check out the list of Olympic Games sports, as well as discontinued and demonstration sports.

Major Events Extra

The largest sporting event in the world is the Olympic Games, but there are many other multi-sport games. In terms of single sport events, nothing beats the FIFA World Cup. To see what's coming up, check out the calendar of major sporting events.

 → How to Cite