Editing Modern pentathlon (section)

=== Overall scoring and operation ===
Scoring was originally done by a points-for-place system with the lowest score winning. Since the 1954 World Cup points tables are used for each of the five events and points are added for the final score.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modern Pentathlon at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/MOP/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/MOP/ |archive-date=2020-04-17 |access-date=2021-12-13 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> This scoring was first used in the [[Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="goodluck" /> The five disciplines were held on a single day — instead of four to six — from the [[Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]] onwards.<ref name="nyt" /> In the 2024 Olympics, all five disciplines – other than the fencing ranking round – will all take place in the same venue within 90 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowbottom |first=Mike |date=27 April 2021 |title=New modern pentathlon format for Paris 2024 gets thumbs up at final test event |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107148/uipm-paris-2024-format-test-event |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Inside the Games}}</ref>