The modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. It was fought in five days on September 18 to 22, and individual results were also directly applied towards the team event ranking.
Medal summary
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|Team<br />
|valign=top| <br>János Martinek<BR>Attila Mizsér<BR>László Fábián
|valign=top| <br>Carlo Massullo<BR>Daniele Masala<BR>Gianluca Tiberti
|valign=top| <br>Richard Phelps<BR>Dominic Mahony<BR> Graham Brookhouse
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Participating nations
A total of 65 athletes from 26 nations competed at the Seoul Games: