Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's pentathlon

The men's pentathlon event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 3 September 1959.[1][2][3] It was the only time men contested the pentathlon at the Universiade with it being replaced with the decathlon from the next edition.

Results

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  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality LJ JT 200m DT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasili Kuznetsov  Soviet Union 7.18 72.70 22.2 49.50 4:59.5 4006 WB[4]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hermann Salomon  West Germany 6.18 74.45 23.9 43.07 4:30.4 3530 [4]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miloš Vojtek  Czechoslovakia 6.47 66.63 24.0 37.46 4:47.2 3048 [4]
4 Victor Cinca  Romania 6.83 50.60 23.0 32.67 4:33.5 2935
5 Herbert Stichnote  West Germany 6.03 43.31 24.0 31.08 3:57.9 2880
6 Carlo Stanga  Switzerland 7.02 39.15 23.1 30.44 4:25.4 2808
7 Franco Radman  Italy 6.61 52.74 23.7 33.55 4:51.1 2685
8 Franz Thomet  Switzerland 6.31 46.39 23.4 32.91 4:35.6 2669
Luciano Paccagnella  Italy DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 7. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ "Les jeux mondiaux universitaires à Turin" (in French). Le Nouvelliste (Valais). 4 September 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p109)