Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad  | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 23–28 November 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics  | |
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| Events | |
| Individual | men | 
| Team | men | 
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.