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competitions at the

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were held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium (running, equestrian),

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(swimming), and the

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(fencing, shooting). Modern pentathlon contained five events;

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, 200 m

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, and a 3 km cross-country run. Andrey Moiseev, representing Russia, became the second modern pentathlete to successfully defend an Olympic title in the men's event, while

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of Germany won the women's.

Medal summary

The original bronze medalist, Victoria Tereshchuk of Ukraine was disqualified for doping violations.

Qualified athletes

Men

An NOC may enter up to 2 athletes in each event. The places in each event will be allocated as follows: ''Note: Athletes marked with an asterisk (*) have qualified before, countries with two asterisks (**) already filled their quota of two athletes. The free places cannot be filled by the next competitors from the respective competition, but they will be filled by the world standings at the end of the qualification period. (marked also with one or two asterisks)'' ''*** Top finisher from NORCECA, top finisher from South America, and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan-America. ''**** Unused quotas'' ''***** If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria, the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking'' ''^ Qualification revoked.''"Parygin dropped from Australian Olympic team after British appeal"
Associated Press, July 1, 2008

Women

''Note: See above, at the male section.

Event schedule

All times are

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References

External links

Union Internationale de Pentathlon ModerneList of qualified athletes
for the 2008 Olympic Games on the UIPM site.
Modern Pentathlon – Official Results Book
{{Qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Summer Olympics events

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