At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a single modern pentathlon event was contested.

[1] The 1936 modern pentathlon marked the first time since the event was introduced in 1912 that no medals were won by Swedish athletes.

A total of 42 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Berlin Games:[1] The method of scoring was point-for-place.

Each athlete participated in a round-robin épée tournament.

Each match lasted one minute, and the first athlete to score a hit won.