Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon

• This sport contains of these sports fencing swimming riding shooting running

• The modern pentathlon sports are separated through the whole day

• You start of with fencing were you have to fence against every other athletes and then next is swimming a 200 m freestyle and riding through a 12 jump course there scores from the first three sports are totaled for a handicap advantege then they must shoot 3 targets in 70 second and run 3000 meter

Equipment

• Laser pistol- same weight as a air pistol• Air pistols- uses carbon dioxide to set of a

pellet • Target- a numbed target to tell the shooter

there score• Epee- a extended version of a battle sword • Obstacle- what the horses jump over• Pool- 50m long and 21m wide

Event date and times

• August 11 men's modern pentathlon • August 12 women’s modern pentathlon