WHAT IS MODERN PENTATHLON?

Modern Pentathlon is a unique multi-discipline sport created by Modern Olympic Games founder, Baron Pierre de Coubertin that combines mental and physical challenge to find the most complete athlete. The father of Modern Pentathlon is His Excellency Pierre de Coubertin (Founder - International Olympic Committee established on 23rd June 1894) who invented this modern Olympics with variations in Ancient Pentathlon, with competition over five track and field events in order of Swimming, Fencing, and Equestrian, Shooting and Running. Modern Pentathlon included 1912 Olympic Games (Stockholm) and in 2012 Olympic Games (London) Modern Pentathlon successfully completed 100 Years

INTERNATIONAL MODERN PENTATHLON UNION (UIPM)

The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (English: International Modern Pentathlon Union), commonly known by the acronym UIPM, has been the international governing body of modern pentathlon since its foundation in London in 1948. Its headquarters are in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and it has 115 national federation members. UIPM also governs the multi-disciplinary sports Laser Run, Tetrathlon, Biathle, Triathle and World Schools Biathlon, which have been created as development sports aimed at growing global participation rates in UIPM sports and offering more athletes an entry point to modern pentathlon. UIPM is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Global Organisation of International Sport Federations (GAISF) and the Federation of International University Sport (FISU), and since joining the International Paralympic Committee it has operated a para-sports programme

Modern Pentathlon Federation of India (MPFI) :-  

Modern Pentathlon Federation of India (MPFI) is governing body of Modern Pentathlon sports in India. Organisation is working for the development of Modern Pentathlon sports under the aegis of UIP Modern Pentathlon Federation of India (MPFI) is founded in 2010 by Mr. Namdev Shirgonkar. Since then pentathlon has been developed in India rapidly.   In 2012 MPFI athlete won first international medal team event during World Biathle Championship (Dubai) and same year MPFI become member of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). 2015 Modern pentathlon won first individual medal in UIPM Biathle/Triathle World Championship - 2015 (Batumi-Georgia) MFPI is part of School Games since 2016 and now it’s also part of National Games of India. In 2018 Mast. Anish Bhanwala (MPFI Athlete) won Gold Medal during Commonwealth Games – 2018 (Gold Coast) in 25 M Rapid Fire Pistol Anish has represented MPFI India team in UIPM Biathle/Triathle Championship – 2013 (Cyprus). The success story of pentathlon still going to achieve Olympic medal goal.

THE FIVE SPORTS

The Swimming event is a free-style event. Pentathletes may swim and change any stroke or style. At the turning and at the finish, the pentathlete must touch the end of the pool with some part of his body. The swimming event is a 200m freestyle race. The heats are seeded with the fastest swimmers competing in the final heat. A time of 2:30 is worth 250 pentathlon points and every third of a second faster or slower than this time is being worth a plus or minus score of one point. 

The Modern Pentathlon competition starts with the Epée Fencing. In the Ranking Round, each athlete fences against each of their rivals in bouts that last up to a minute. Just one hit is needed to win. If neither fencer has scored a hit after 60 seconds they both register a defeat. In Olympic Games, Youth Olympic Games and World Cup Finals, the Fencing Ranking Round takes place the day before the Finals for both genders. The Fencing Bonus Round takes place in the Individual Finals and Relay events of all Category A competitions and is organised on a single piste in a one-onone format for bonus points.

In the riding event, athletes have to complete a show jumping course that is between 350 – 450 meters including 12 obstacles and 15 jumps, in a set time. The horses are assigned randomly and each athlete only has 20 minutes and five practice jumps to get to know the horse in the warm-up ring, before coming out to compete. A clear round within the time allowed is worth 300 pentathlon points

For the climax of the competition, athletes run a total distance of 3,200m, stopping to shoot and hit the target five times from 10 meters distance before each 800m leg – this is repeated four times. Athletes can start running the next 800m leg once they have hit the target five times. If they still have not hit the target five times after 50 seconds, so they are allowed to continue, but any hopes of a medal will have gone. Before 2012 London Olympic the shooting and running were performed seperately, but from London Olympic 2012 the both events combined together in form of Run-Shoot-Run called as laser run.