The 1978 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Jönköping, Sweden.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
Individual  Pavel Lednev (URS)  Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (POL)  Neil Glenesk (USA)
Team  Poland
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak
Slawomir Rotkiewicz
Zbigniew Pacelt
 West Germany
Norbert Kühn
Axel Starmann
Gerhard Werner
 Soviet Union
Pavel Lednev
Oleg Bulgakov
Aleksandr Tarev

Women's events

Event 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
Individual  Wendy Norman (GBR)  Wendy Skipworth (GBR)  Nancy Absolon (CAN)
Team  Great Britain  United States  West Germany

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)2103
2 Poland (POL)1102
3 Soviet Union (URS)1012
4 United States (USA)0112
 West Germany (FRG)0112
6 Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

See also

References


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