| | Event type
Team, Men
| Date | 27 – 31 August 1972 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Reitstadion, Riem, München / Fechthalle 2, Messegelände (Halle 20), München / Schießanlage, Hochbrück, München / Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München / Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München | |
| Participants | 57 from 19 countries | |
| Format | Scoring by point tables. Team scores totalled from adjusted individual scores. Scores adjusted in the fencing competition. Three-man scores with all scores counting. | |
With three of the top five finishers in the individual competition, the Soviet Union was an easy winner of the team gold medal. The Soviets had previously won the team gold in 1956 and 1964, and were slight favorites, having won the World Championships in 1969 and 1971. Since 1952, Hungary and the Soviet Union had alternated winning the gold medal in team pentathlon – Hungary in 1952, 1960, and 1968, and the USSR in 1956, 1964, and 1972. Hungary finished second, led by the individual gold medalist, András Balczó.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | TP | IP | AIP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |  URS | 15,968 | – | – | Gold | ||
| Boris Onishchenko | 15,968 | 5,335 | 5,339 | |||||
| Pavel Lednyov | 15,968 | 5,328 | 5,329 | |||||
| Vladimir Shmelyov | 15,968 | 5,302 | 5,300 | |||||
| 2 | Hungary |  HUN | 15,348 | – | – | Silver | ||
| András Balczó | 15,348 | 5,412 | 5,395 | |||||
| Zsigmond Villányi | 15,348 | 5,047 | 5,046 | |||||
| Pál Bakó | 15,348 | 4,879 | 4,907 | |||||
| 3 | Finland |  FIN | 14,812 | – | – | Bronze | ||
| Risto Hurme | 14,812 | 5,094 | 5,093 | |||||
| Veikko Salminen | 14,812 | 4,852 | 4,880 | |||||
| Martti Ketelä | 14,812 | 4,849 | 4,839 | |||||
| 4 | United States |  USA | 14,802 | – | – | |||
| John Fitzgerald | 14,802 | 5,070 | 5,062 | |||||
| Chuck Richards | 14,802 | 5,074 | 5,061 | |||||
| Scott Taylor | 14,802 | 4,656 | 4,679 | |||||
| 5 | Sweden |  SWE | 14,708 | – | – | |||
| Björn Ferm | 14,708 | 5,283 | 5,280 | |||||
| Bo Jansson | 14,708 | 4,739 | 4,751 | |||||
| Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall | 14,708 | 4,704 | 4,677 | |||||
| 6 | West Germany |  FRG | 14,682 | – | – | |||
| Heiner Thade | 14,682 | 5,145 | 5,163 | |||||
| Walter Esser | 14,682 | 4,826 | 4,837 | |||||
| Hole Rößler | 14,682 | 4,678 | 4,682 | |||||
| 7 | France |  FRA | 14,559 | – | – | |||
| Michel Guéguen | 14,559 | 5,072 | 5,064 | |||||
| Jean-Pierre Giudicelli | 14,559 | 4,807 | 4,849 | |||||
| Raoul Guéguen | 14,559 | 4,638 | 4,646 | |||||
| 8 | Poland |  POL | 14,285 | – | – | |||
| Ryszard Wach | 14,285 | 4,973 | 4,958 | |||||
| Janusz Pyciak-Peciak | 14,285 | 4,817 | 4,832 | |||||
| Stanisław Skwira | 14,285 | 4,486 | 4,495 | |||||
| 9 | Great Britain |  GBR | 14,257 | – | – | |||
| Jim Fox | 14,257 | 5,311 | 5,292 | |||||
| Barry Lillywhite | 14,257 | 4,527 | 4,538 | |||||
| Robert Phelps | 14,257 | 4,385 | 4,427 | |||||
| 10 | Italy |  ITA | 13,913 | – | – | |||
| Mario Medda | 13,913 | 4,863 | 4,850 | |||||
| Giovanni Perugini | 13,913 | 4,581 | 4,571 | |||||
| Nicolò Deligia | 13,913 | 4,487 | 4,492 | |||||
| 11 | Austria |  AUT | 13,865 | – | – | |||
| Wolfgang Leu | 13,865 | 4,852 | 4,844 | |||||
| Peter Zobl-Wessely | 13,865 | 4,545 | 4,554 | |||||
| Bruno Jerebicnik | 13,865 | 4,415 | 4,467 | |||||
| 12 | Romania |  ROU | 13,655 | – | – | |||
| Dumitru Spîrlea | 13,655 | 4,754 | 4,784 | |||||
| Marian Cosmescu | 13,655 | 4,490 | 4,492 | |||||
| Adalbert Covaci | 13,655 | 4,381 | 4,379 | |||||
| 13 | Japan |  JPN | 13,569 | – | – | |||
| Masaru Sakano | 13,569 | 4,627 | 4,605 | |||||
| Yuso Makihira | 13,569 | 4,583 | 4,590 | |||||
| Akira Kubo | 13,569 | 4,371 | 4,374 | |||||
| 14 | Denmark |  DEN | 13,547 | – | – | |||
| Jørn Steffensen | 13,547 | 4,887 | 4,876 | |||||
| Klaus Petersen | 13,547 | 4,492 | 4,499 | |||||
| René Heitmann | 13,547 | 4,190 | 4,172 | |||||
| 15 | Switzerland |  SUI | 13,359 | – | – | |||
| Urs Hugi | 13,359 | 4,661 | 4,639 | |||||
| Hans Müller | 13,359 | 4,392 | 4,396 | |||||
| Beat Ganz | 13,359 | 4,323 | 4,324 | |||||
| 16 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 12,957 | – | – | |||
| Georgi Stoyanov | 12,957 | 4,695 | 4,661 | |||||
| Velko Bratanov | 12,957 | 4,339 | 4,321 | |||||
| Angel Pepelyankov | 12,957 | 3,971 | 3,975 | |||||
| 17 | Mexico |  MEX | 12,901 | – | – | |||
| Gilberto Toledano | 12,901 | 4,428 | 4,436 | |||||
| Eduardo Olivera | 12,901 | 4,426 | 4,432 | |||||
| Juan José Castilla | 12,901 | 4,014 | 4,033 | |||||
| 18 | Netherlands |  NED | 12,340 | – | – | |||
| Jan Bekkenk | 12,340 | 4,391 | 4,414 | |||||
| Rob Vonk | 12,340 | 4,153 | 4,127 | |||||
| Henk Krediet | 12,340 | 3,786 | 3,799 | |||||
| 19 | Canada |  CAN | 11,335 | – | – | |||
| Scott Scheuermann | 11,335 | 4,072 | 4,062 | |||||
| Kenneth Maaten | 11,335 | 3,987 | 3,983 | |||||
| George Skene | 11,335 | 3,297 | 3,290 |