Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team

The men's team modern pentathlon event was a multi-sport combined event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was the 5th consecutive Games at which the team event was held after being introduced in 1952. The competition involved riding, fencing, shooting, swimming, and running. The scores from the individual competition were used for the team score; there was no separate competition.

Men's team modern pentathlon at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Campo Militar 1 Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez Vicente Suárez Shooting Range
Dates	October 13–17
Competitors	45 from 15 nations
Medalists
András Balczó István Móna Ferenc Török  Hungary Pavel Lednyov Boris Onishchenko Stasys Šaparnis  Soviet Union Jean-Pierre Giudicelli Raoul Gueguen Lucien Guiguet  France

The event resulted in the first Olympic competitor being disqualified for doping. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was disqualified for alcohol use after drinking beer before the shooting phase.

Results

Rank	Nation	Pentathlete						Total	Team score
	Hungary	András Balczó	1010	1000	934	1054	1024	5022	14325
		István Móna	1010	1078	868	943	847	4746
		Ferenc Török	920	1052	912	880	793	4557
	Soviet Union	Boris Onishchenko	995	948	912	1054	910	4819	14248
		Pavel Lednyov	1070	844	934	1060	892	4800
		Stasys Šaparnis	1070	766	802	1027	964	4629
	France	Raoul Gueguen	1040	974	912	1000	850	4776	13289
		Lucien Guiguet	1035	688	824	958	934	4439
		Jean-Pierre Giudicelli	780	506	890	973	925	4074
4	United States	James Moore	1040	766	912	931	937	4586	13280
		Robert Beck	1010	896	912	925	655	4398
		Maurice Lough	980	662	846	988	820	4296
5	Finland	Martti Ketela	1010	896	846	964	856	4572	13238
		Seppo Aho	1100	922	692	940	880	4534
		Jorma Hotanen	780	740	846	895	871	4132
6	East Germany	Karl-Heinz Kutschke	1070	610	846	1126	1090	4742	13167
		Jörg Tscherner	1050	792	846	1060	766	4514
		Wolfgang Luderitz	365	792	934	907	913	3911
7	Japan	Yuso Makihira	1040	818	802	898	973	4531	13083
		Katsuaki Tashiro	1100	714	934	931	676	4355
		Toshio Fukui	840	896	692	967	802	4197
8	Great Britain	Jeremy Fox	1010	844	890	1006	895	4645	12893
		Barry Lillywhite	985	792	802	982	700	4261
		Robert Phelps	795	688	978	964	562	3987
9	Italy	Mario Medda	1010	948	758	949	937	4602	12601
		Giancarlo Morresi	790	766	1022	1051	703	4332
		Nicolo Deligia	460	688	780	889	850	3667
10	Mexico	Eduardo Olivera	1070	766	868	997	769	4470	12414
		David Bárcena	1010	506	890	982	952	4340
		Eduard Tovar	805	532	648	889	730	3604
11	Bulgaria	Antone Paniowsky	950	740	978	892	703	4263	11976
		Konstantine Sardjev	1100	662	868	757	811	4198
		Ivan Apostolov	720	662	538	880	715	3515
12	Australia	Peter Macken	935	636	802	910	982	4265	11959
		Duncan Page	1035	558	846	880	580	3899
		Donald McMikin	545	714	1022	835	679	3795
13	West Germany	Elmar Frings	1070	818	846	955	796	4485	11834
		Heiner Thade	910	948	956	877	613	4304
		Hans Todt	ELI	714	736	865	730	3045
–	Austria	Wolf-Dieter Sonnleitner	1010	688	912	916	832	4442	DNF
		Siegfried Springer	1030	870	846	883	718	4347
		Wolfgang Leu	980	766	670	DNF	DNF	DNF
–	Sweden	Björn Ferm	1100	896	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ
		Hans Jacobson	1025	1000	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ
		Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall	1010	922	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ