Editing Modern pentathlon (section)

=== Olympic Games ===
The event was first held at the [[1912 Olympic Games]] and has been on the Olympic program continuously ever since.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=12 June 2024 |title=Modern pentathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympics |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/modern-pentathlon/articles/cyj3jyl0v3no |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was a male-only event until [[Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics|the 2000 Games]], when an event for women was added.<ref name="nyt" /> This enabled the sport to achieve gender parity 24 years before the Olympic Games managed this as a whole.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 March 2023 |title=Paris 2024: The first Games to achieve full gender parity |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-first-games-to-achieve-full-gender-parity |archive-date= |work=Olympics}}</ref>

A men's team event was added to the Olympic Games [[Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics|in 1952]], and was included in all Summer Olympics until its last appearance [[Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics|in 1992]].

Originally, the competition took place over four or five days. [[Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics|In 1996]], a one-day format was adopted in a major shift towards the sport's more audience-friendly future.<ref name="nyt" /> The switch to a one-day format was criticised for changing the steady character of modern pentathlon to a more fast-paced competition.<ref name="warendorf">{{cite web |title=Das Ende des Modernen Fünfkampfs in Warendorf |url=https://www.fuenf-nrw.de/verband/historie/geschichte/das-ende-des-modernen-fuenfkampfs-in-warendorf |accessdate=2021-11-29}}</ref> To further enhance the experience for spectators, the UIPM proposed that all five events should be held in a single venue. This was planned for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} but held for the first time at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]. For the [[2024 Summer Olympics]], the format is further condensed into two hours.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="2024_90">{{cite web|url= https://www.uipmworld.org/news/paris-2024-uipm-welcomes-ioc-support-new-modern-pentathlon-format| title=Paris 2024: UIPM welcomes IOC support for new Modern Pentathlon format |accessdate=2021-01-27| date=2020-12-07|author= UIPM}}</ref> Further innovation and streamlining to maximise the sport's appeal, including changes to the fencing event, is planned for the 2028 Summer Olympics in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |title=Three sports dropped from LA 2028 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/60240238 |access-date=2023-08-17 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
Modern pentathlon is also part of the [[Youth Olympic Games]] since 2010.

Modern pentathlon, despite its long Olympic history, has had to justify its inclusion in the modern Olympic Games several times. On February 11, 2013, in Lausanne, the IOC confirmed modern pentathlon once again as one of the 25 core sports of the Olympic program through to 2020. Nine years later, the IOC confirmed its place on the program for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-10 |title=WDSF "profoundly disappointed" after breaking snubbed for LA 2028 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141612/breaking-world-dance-sport-los-angeles |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LA 2028 |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/los-angeles-2028}}</ref>