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Modern Pentathlon at Beijing 2008

Modern Pentathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium (running, equestrian), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimmming), and the Olympic Green Convention Centre (fencing, shooting).2 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

An NOC may enter up to 2 athletes in each event. The places in each event will be allocated as follows:

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The Road to Beijing
Date Tournament Vacancies Qualified
Men Women
22-25 Feb 2007 African Championship, Cairo 1
8-14 May 2007 Asian Championship, Tokyo 5
8-14 May 2007 Oceania Championship, Tokyo 1
6-13 Jun 2007 European Championship, Riga 8

21-22 Jul 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro 4*
14-22 Aug 2007 2007 World Championship, Berlin 3
15-16 Sep 2007 World Cup Final, Beijing 1
  2008 World Championship 3    
1 Jun 2008 Pentathlon World Ranking 8**    
  Invitation 2    

* Top finisher from North America, top finisher from South America, and 2 next highest overall finishers from Pan-America.

** If one or more athletes qualify through more than 1 criteria, the remaining positions will be allocated through Pentathlon World Ranking