2016 in modern pentathlon

This article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2016.

• August 18 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park^[1]
  • Men: Aleksander Lesun; Pavlo Tymoshchenko; Ismael Marcelo Hernandez Uscanga
  • Women: Chloe Esposito; Élodie Clouvel; Oktawia Nowacka

• May 22 – 29: 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Moscow^[2]
  • Individual winners: Valentin Belaud (m) / Sarolta Kovács (f)
  • Team Relay winners:  South Korea (Hwang Woo-jin & Jun Woong-tae) (m) /  Germany (Lena Schöneborn & Annika Schleu) (f)
  • Mixed Team Relay winners:  Russia (Aleksander Lesun & Donata Rimšaitė)
  • Men's Team winners:  Egypt (Yasser Hefny, Amro El Geziry, & Omar El Geziry)
  • Women's Team winners:  Hungary (Tamara Alekszejev, Zsofia Foldhazi, & Sarolta Kovács)
• July 12 – 19: 2016 World Youth "A" Modern Pentathlon Championships in Limerick^[3]
  • Youth Individual winners: JEONG Young-jin (m) / Aurora Tognetti (f)
  • Youth Team Relay winners:  South Korea (JEONG Young-jin & KIM Woo-cheol) (m) /  Italy (Aurora Tognetti & Elena Micheli) (f)
  • Youth Mixed Team Relay winners:  Russia (Xeina Fralcova & Andrei Zuev)
  • Youth Men's Team winners:  South Korea (KIM Se-dong, KIM Dae-won, & JEONG Young-jin)
  • Youth Women's Team winners:  Russia (Mariia Khamppu, Xeina Fralcova, & Adelina Ibatullina)
• September 11 – 18: 2016 World Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Cairo^[4]
  • Junior Individual winners: Charles Fernandez (m) / KIM Sun-woo (f)
  • Junior Team Relay winners:  Russia (Alexander Lifanov & Serge Baranov) (m) /  Russia (Sofia Serkina & Alena Popova) (f)
  • Junior Mixed Team Relay winners:  Italy (Matteo Cicinelli & Francesca Tognetti)
  • Junior Men's Team winners:  Russia (Danila Glavatskikh, Viacheslav Bardyshev, & Alexander Lifanov)
  • Junior Women's Team winners:  Italy (Aurora Tognetti, Irene Prampolini, & Francesca Tognetti)
• September 17 – 26: 2016 World CISM Military Modern Pentathlon Championships in Warendorf^[5]
  • Individual winners: Yasser Hefny (m) / Ekaterina Khuraskina (f)
  • Mixed Team Relay winners:  Poland (Oktawia Nowacka & Jaroslaw Swiderski)
  • Men's Team winners:  Egypt (Sherif Rashad, Eslam Hamad, & Yasser Hefny)
  • Women's Team winners:  Russia (Anna Savchenko, Ekaterina Khuraskina, & Svetlana Lebedeva)

• March 15 – 20: 2016 Pan American & South American Modern Pentathlon Championships in Buenos Aires^[6]
  • Individual winners: Nathan Schrimsher (m) / Leidis Laura Moya (f)
  • Men's Team winners:  United States (Nathan Schrimsher, Dennis Bowsher, & Lucas Schrimsher)
  • Women's Team winners:  United States (Samantha Achterberg, Margaux Isaksen, & Isabella Isaksen)
• June 6 – 12: 2016 European Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Drzonków^[7]
  • Junior Individual winners: Alessandro Colasanti (m) / Francesca Tognetti (f)
  • Junior Team Relay winners:  France (Brice Loubet & Gregory Flayols) (m) /  Hungary (Sarolta Simon & Alexandra Boros) (f)
  • Junior Mixed Team Relay winners:  Belarus (Ilya Palazkov & Iryna Prasiantsova)
  • Junior Men's Team winners:  Russia (Viacheslav Bardyshev, Danila Glavatskikh, & Alexander Lifanov)
  • Junior Women's Team winners:  Russia (Sofia Serkina, Alena Shornikova, & Xeina Fralcova) (f)
• July 4 – 11: 2016 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Sofia^[8]
  • Individual winners: Jan Kuf (m) / Laura Asadauskaitė (f)
  • Team Relay winners:  Russia (Alexander Savkin & Aleksander Lesun) (m) /  Belarus (Iryna Prasiantsova & Katsiaryna Arol) (f)
  • Mixed Team Relay winners:  Czech Republic (Natalie Dianová & Jan Kuf)
  • Men's Team winners:  Italy (Pierpaolo Petroni, Fabio Poddighe, & Riccardo De Luca)
  • Women's Team winners:  Lithuania (Gintarė Venčkauskaitė, Laura Asadauskaitė, & Karolina Guzauskaitė) (f)
• July 27 – 31: 2016 European Youth "A" Modern Pentathlon Championships (Tetrathlon) in Barcelona^[9]
  • Youth Individual winners: Ivan Khamtsou (m) / Xeina Fralcova (f)
  • Youth Team Relay winners:  Great Britain (Josh Miller & Harry Sykes) (m) /  Italy (Aurora Tognetti & Elena Micheli) (f)
  • Youth Mixed Team Relay winners:  Russia (Xeina Fralcova & Andrei Zuev)
• August 25 – 28: 2016 European Youth "B" Modern Pentathlon Championships in Solihull^[10]
  • Youth Individual winners: Giorgio Malan (m) / Laura Heredia (f)
  • Youth Team Relay winners:  Hungary (David Soponyai & Csaba Bohm) (m) /  Czech Republic (Katerina Tomanova & Veronika Novotna) (f)
  • Youth Mixed Team Relay winners:  Turkey (Yaren Nur Polat & Alp Tas Mehmet)

• February 21 – 28: MP World Cup #1 in Cairo^[11]
  • Individual winners: Amro El Geziry (m) / Lena Schöneborn (f)
  • Mixed Team Relay winners:  Italy (Auro Franceschini & Lavinia Bonessio)
• March 8 – 15: MP World Cup #2 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)^[12]
  • Individual winners: JUN Woong-tae (m) / Claudia Cesarini (f)
  • Mixed Team Relay winners:  Germany (Lena Schöneborn & Patrick Douge)
• March 30 – April 3: MP World Cup #3 in Rome^[13]
  • Individual winners: Valentin Prades (m) / Laura Asadauskaitė (f)
  • Mixed Team Relay winners:  Italy (Lorenzo Michele & Lavinia Bonessio)
• April 13 – 18: MP World Cup #4 in Kecskemét^[14]
  • Individual winners: James Cooke (m) / Anastasiya Prokopenko (f)
  • Mixed Team Relay winners:  Guatemala (Charles Fernandez & Isabel Brand)
• May 3 – 9: MP World Cup #5 (final) in Sarasota, Florida^[15]
  • Individual winners: James Cooke (m) / Lena Schöneborn (f)
  • Mixed Team Relay winners:  Ireland (Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe & Natalya Coyle)

• Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Website (UIPM)