| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
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| Dates | November 23 - 28 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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Lars Hall |
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Olavi Mannonen |
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Väinö Korhonen |
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.
A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games: