Modern Pentathlon, the sport Baron Pierre de Coubertin called ‘the veritable consecration of the complete athlete’ comprises five events: fencing, swimming, riding, shooting and running.

Great Britain is unique in being the only country in the world to have been represented in the Modern Pentathlon at every single Olympic Games since 1912.

Although university and police groups were also invited to attend meetings from the outset, the sport was organized entirely by military officials until late in the 1960s.

In 1948, at the London Olympic Games, the UIPM (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne) was founded at Sandhurst Military Academy.

In 1988 the Men's Team of Graham Brookhouse, Richard Phelps and Dominic Mahony won the bronze medal.