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Modern Pentathlon at the XVIII Olympic Games 1964 PERSONAL MANAGEMENT | |
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Modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad 1964 | |
Tournament details | |
Dates | October 11 - October 15, 1964 Tokyo Japan |
Final placement | |
Champion | Ferenc Török Hungary |
Silver medalist | Igor Novikov the USSR |
Bronze medalist | Alert Mokeev the USSR |
Modern Pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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TEAM SHEET | |
Final placement | |
Champion | the USSR Igor Novikov Victor Mineev Albert Mokeyev |
Silver medalist | USA James moore David Kirkwood Paul Pesti |
Bronze medalist | Hungary Ferenc Török Imre Nagy Otto Török |
Competitions in modern pentathlon at the XVIII Summer Olympics in 1964 were held only among men from October 11 to 15.
37 pentathletes from 15 countries participated in the Games. In the team championship in the fight for medals 11 teams took part (3 athletes).
Youngest participant: Eduardo Florez Mexico - 20 years, 22 days.
The most senior participant: Igor Novikov USSR - 34 years, 358 days.
Germany again represented the joint delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR. The national team of the Soviet Union in the same composition that was in the 1963 World Cup. The Hungarian team, successfully speaking at the pre-Olympic world forum, this time absent István Mona and András Balzo, disqualified for disciplinary offenses, which Balzo later recalled as the greatest folly in his life. Many European countries failed to send their teams to Japan. The strongest pentathletes of Switzerland, Denmark, France, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland were absent, but this circumstance did not reduce the intensity of the struggle for the Olympic medals.
In Tokyo, the main rivals of the USSR team were primarily Hungarians, to a lesser extent - the Swedes, the Germans, the Americans and the Australians who had been forced to talk about themselves lately. In general, these assumptions were justified, although not completely: in particular, the chances of the Hungarians were somewhat exaggerated and the possibilities of the Americans were understated. But here, obviously, the results of the 1963 World Cup, when the Hungarian team was a cut above the rest, played a role. It is curious that out of 37 participants in the Tokyo Olympiad, only 9 started in Rome. A kind of champion was our Igor Novikov, who started his Olympic journey back in Helsinki and continued it in Melbourne, Rome and Tokyo.
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Horse Riding
October 11, 1964.
Competitions began with equestrian cross at 9 am in Asaka Park. It was not replaced by the show jumping, although it has undergone some changes - barriers with falling poles were introduced.
The 1500 m long cross-country trail ran along a small, almost open area and was perfectly prepared. Under the terms of the competition, the pentathletes were to overcome 10 falling (competitive) and 10 fixed obstacles of the field type. By all accounts, the obstacles were not difficult. The horses provided to the participants were of equal quality and underwent good special training on the track. The organization of the competitions also did not leave much to be desired. Under these conditions, it was to be expected that the results of the participants would be high and dense. And rightly so: ten riders covered the distance without mistakes and “acquired” 1100 points each; eleven, having one knuckle each, lost 30 points each; another ten received 1040 points each and only five riders were forced to be content with estimates below 1000 points. There were no such excellent results not only at the Olympic Games, but not at one world championship.
Soviet pentathletes took ... last place. Failure? There is nothing wrong. Ours lost to the winners: the Austrians only 220 points, and the Hungarians, who took the eighth place, and even less - 100. In addition, our entire leading trio retained real chances in the struggle for personal prizes. The most serious situation was created by A. Mokeev, who was already 100 points behind Terek. For him now it was important not to concede the Hungarian in fencing more than the same number of points, because in the last three types he could play a lot from his opponent.
1. Austria, 2. Mexico, 3. Sweden, 4. USA, 5. Japan, 6. Australia. The Hungarian national team with the sum of 3150 points occupied the 8th place, the Soviet with the sum of 3050 points — the 11th.
Fencing
October 12, 1964. University "Waseda".
The start of the “fencing marathon” was given in the hall of Waseda University on six lanes. Each participant had to conduct 36 fights. Fencing is the only type in which a pentathlete is winning points in single combat, that is, taking them directly from his opponent. The fewer fights you have to spend, the “more expensive” the cost of each victory.
In fencing, the Hungarians particularly stood out, who, with bold actions, actively using the weak points of the enemy, won victory after victory. The final round was the decisive one in which the Soviet and Hungarian pentathletes met. Everyone understood that the fate of personal primacy largely depends on the outcome of this duel.
The battle between the Terek and Novikov lasted 3 minutes. During this time, both failed to inflict a decisive injection and received a lesion. It suited Terek quite well, and Novikov was very complicated by the further struggle for Olympic gold. We needed a victory over Terek and A. Mokeev, but he could not realize the favorable moments and lost. The defeat, in fact, deprived him of all hopes of a gold medal. The first place with 27 victories was taken by F. Terek, he scored the most points - 1000. In the team competition, Hungarian athletes became the winners. Four-time world champion I. Novikov scored 856 points, managed to move from the 26th place after the equestrian cross to the 4th and gain a foothold in the group of leaders. Mineev and A. Mokeev fencing worse than their captain, however they managed to catch up. The first one scored 820 points and moved to 9th place, the second — 748, which put it on the 19th place in two types of program. The USSR team took the 4th place.
In the team event after two days, the Soviet pentathletes lost 305 points to the Hungarian. Even before the start of the competition, it was clear that although our athletes were inferior to Hungarians in equestrian cross-country and fencing, nevertheless, superiority in the other three types guaranteed victory in the team competition even after losing 400 points after the first two days. Moreover, according to preliminary estimates, after the shooting, the USSR team had to come very close to the opponents. Worse things in the individual competition. Not to mention Mokeev, almost lost the chances of winning and I. Novikov, 174 points behind Terek, and V. Mineev.
Shooting
October 13, 1964. Asaka shooting range.
In the first shift, duelists were I. Novikov and I. Nagy. The first series of both excellent. Novikov - 50, Nadia - 49. But will our veteran stand to the end? Indeed, in Rome it was the second series that let him down. The last, fifth shot. Now it only remains to wait. The judge approaches the target Novikov, peers at her. The pointer smoothly rises, it is turned by the red side to us, the viewers: 10. Again 10, again and again, then 9. Great! Now let's see what Nadia has. Yeah, only 47. Then both shoot the same; the third series is 48, the fourth is 49. As a result, Novikov has 196 points - an excellent result.
Now at the firing line of Mineev and F. Terek. In the last estimations, Victor shot the most accurate, and now the sight does not change him - three series of 49. If he manages to knock out 50, he will play 80 points from Terek, which means ... Victor is also well aware of what it means and ... can not stand - 46 points. In total, as much as a Hungarian.
Finally, the last shift. A duel between Albert Mokeev and the younger brother of Ferenc Terek - Otto. Albert has repeatedly shown good results in shooting. Otto is prepared weaker than his teammates, and feels very nervous next to such a formidable opponent. Of the 200 possible Albert loses only 2 points and shows a great result - 198. At the Olympics, no one has yet been able to achieve such accuracy. And for Otto, things are really bad. In the second series of the second target, he does not have time to pull the trigger and shoots after him, when the targets turned edge. Trying to rectify the situation, he in the next show produces two shots. But this is a gross violation of the rules, and the Hungarian is fined 402 points.
After the shooting, Soviet pentathletes came out on top in the sum of three types, beating the recent leaders by 352 points. The US team was also ahead of the Hungarians with a gap of 22 points.
Swimming
October 14, 1964.
At 14:30 in the national gymnasium began swimming competitions. Three first places were taken by the pentathletes of Sweden. The best result of the day was at Jansson - 3.45.2.
In the first swim, the draw brought the leaders of the tournament F. Török, V. Mokeev and Englishman R. Fox. The last two already from the start detached from rivals, Terek is behind after the first turn. Fox finishes for 3.49.5s, Mokeev, having shown his best time 3.51.0s, loses to the Englishman one and a half seconds, Terek is fifth at the finish - 4.08.3s. The next swim wins Mineev - 3.50,1s. For him, this is an average result. Obviously, the stress of the first three days affected.
Finally, at the start, the last eight participants, including Igor Novikov. Our illustrious pentathlete made it almost impossible: setting a personal record, he swam a distance in 3 minutes 49.5 seconds and beat Terek 95 points. Now he needed to run 7 seconds faster than a Hungarian to become an Olympic champion.
Hungarian pentathletes could not recover from a defeat in the shooting and we lost another 265 points, and the Americans - 30. In the individual competition after four days of struggle F. Terek remained in the first place, followed by I. Novikov, then V. Mineev, I. Nagy, A. Mokeev and Australian P. McKenn.
Running
October 15, 1964.
The last day of the competition was the most difficult. The fact that 20 of 37 athletes failed to run faster than 15 minutes also says that the cross was really difficult. Mineev, who was ahead of Nadia in the last four days, loses not only to him, but also to Australian McKen, finishing the distance in 14.52.4 s and getting 8 points less than Hungarian and 84 points less than Australian. Mokeyev makes up for lost teammate points, showing the best time of 13.48.0s. With great effort, he overcomes the distance F. Török. At the finish, he literally falls off his feet. His result is 14.18,7s. It all depended on how Novikov ran, but he did not beat Terek for the 7 seconds that separated them, but lost to him 17. Novikov’s time is 14.35,8s.
The winner of the Tokyo Olympiad and the second Olympic champion of Hungary in pentathlon in the individual competition was Ferenc Terek. A veteran of the Soviet national team, a participant in four olympiads, four-time world champion Igor Novikov won a silver medal. In the individual competition, A. Mokeev received a bronze award, in the 4th place, P. MacKen, in the 5th, V. Mineev, in the 6th, J. Moore. Team results: 1. USSR, 2. USA, 3. Hungary, 4. Sweden, 5. Australia, 6. Germany.
Results
Individual championship. Winner and winners.
View | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Individual championship | Ferenc Török Hungary | Igor Novikov the USSR | Albert Mokeyev the USSR |
- The final results.
A place | Name | A country | Horseback Riding | Fencing | Shooting | Swimming 300m | Cross 4 km | Amount |
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one | Ferenc Török | Hungary | 1070 | 1000 | 960 (193) | 960 (4.08,3) | 1126 (14.18,7) | 5116 |
2 | Igor Novikov | the USSR | 1040 | 856 | 1020 (196) | 1055 (3.49,5) | 1096 (14: 28.4) | 5067 |
3 | Albert Mokeyev | the USSR | 970 | 748 | 1060 (198) | 1045 (3: 51.0) | 1216 (13: 48.0) | 5039 |
four | Peter Machen | Australia | 1070 | 640 | 1020 (196) | 1035 (3: 53.1) | 1132 (14: 16.6) | 4897 |
five | Victor Mineev | the USSR | 1040 | 820 | 960 (193) | 1050 (3.50,1) | 1024 (14: 52.4) | 4894 |
6 | James moore | USA | 1070 | 676 | 960 (193) | 990 (4: 02.4) | 1195 (13: 55.0) | 4891 |
7 | Imre Nagy | Hungary | 1040 | 892 | 960 (193) | 940 (4: 12.7) | 1042 (14: 46.8) | 4874 |
eight | Berman Jansson | Sweden | 1100 | 748 | 780 (184) | 1075 (3: 45.2) | 1057 (14: 41.8) | 4760 |
9 | Dave Kirkwood | USA | 1100 | 784 | 920 (191) | 945 (4: 11.5) | 973 (15: 09.7) | 4722 |
ten | Rolf Junefelt | Sweden | 1100 | 568 | 960 (193) | 1070 (3: 46.2) | 976 (15: 08.2) | 4674 |
Team Championship
View | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Team Championship | the USSR Albert Mokeyev Igor Novikov Victor Mineev 14,961 | USA James moore David Kirkwood Paul Pesti 14 189 | Hungary Ferenc Török Imre Nagy Otto Török 14 173 |
Overall Medal Score
A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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one | the USSR | one | one | one | 3 |
2 | Hungary | one | 0 | one | 2 |
3 | USA | 0 | one | 0 | one |
References
- Results of the competition on the site sports-reference.com
Sources.
- Viktor Aleksandrovich Mineev - article from the Big Olympic Encyclopedia ( M. , 2006)
Literature.
- Novikov I.A. Five days and all life. - M .: Young Guard, 1974. - 239 p. - ( Sport and personality . Book. 21).
- Novikov I.A. Thirteen starts. - SPb. : Golden Fleece, 2004. - 288 p. - 3000 copies