User:Stismail/Modern pentathlon

This section describes the format used at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Athletes compete in five disciplines.


 * Fencing (ranking round). All competitors participate in a round-robin using the épée. In each round, athletes have one minute to score a hit on their opponent. If neither athlete scores, both competitors are given a loss. Scoring: A competitor who wins 70% of their bouts earns 250 Modern Pentathlon (MP) points. Athletes scoring higher or lower than that standard are rewarded or penalized accordingly. In a 36-person field, the threshold is 25 wins (rounded up from 24.5); wins above that total are worth 6 MP points; for each missing win below the threshold, athletes lose 6 MP points.
 * Swimming. Competitors swim 200 meters freestyle. Scoring: The standard time of 2:30 is worth 250 MP points; each 1/3 of a second faster than 2:30 is worth 1 MP point, while each 1/3 of a second slower costs 1 MP point.
 * Fencing (bonus round). The competitors are ranked from top to bottom. The bottom two competitors face off, and have 45 seconds to score a hit. The first one to do so wins, and faces the next higher athlete in the ranking. If neither athlete scores, the one ranked higher is awarded the win. Scoring: each win is worth 1 point; if the top-ranked athlete wins their only match, they earn 2 points. There is no penalty for a loss.
 * Riding.