Modern Pentathlon·Individual Sports

UIPM

🏛️Official — UIPM

Rulebook Versions(5)

UIPM Competition Rules and Equipment Regulations — 2026 edition (uploaded 2026-02-06 per UIPM site; 2026 changes: fifth shooting series added to Laser Run; swim reduced 200m → 100m)CurrentEffective January 1, 2026

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Recorded May 13, 2026

1948 UIPM Founded (London Olympics)Effective January 1, 1948

Foundational federation milestone — UIPM was founded at the 1948 London Olympics, taking independent rule-making authority for modern pentathlon from the IOC, which had administered the sport directly until 1948. Tor Wibom was elected the first UIPM president. Every modern UIPM rule on contest format, competition discipline structure (fencing, swimming, equestrian, shooting, running), women's pentathlon eligibility, and Olympic participation descends from the rule-making mandate established at this 1948 founding. Across more than 75 years of governance, UIPM has remained the continuously-operating international authority for modern pentathlon.

Recorded May 10, 2026

1998 UIPM Women's Olympic Pentathlon ApprovalEffective January 1, 1998

Federation-side milestone for women's modern pentathlon inclusion in the Olympic Games. In 1998, the UIPM received IOC approval for women to compete in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, securing the first Olympic women's modern pentathlon competition. The Sydney 2000 event featured 24 men and 24 women in individual competition — and, per UIPM's record, became the first Olympic pentathlon edition to play to 96%-sold-out venues. The 1998 approval cemented women's competitive parity within UIPM's Olympic-program rule-making.

Recorded May 10, 2026

2008 UIPM Laser-Run Combined-Format RuleEffective January 1, 2008

Most consequential modern competition-format rule reform for UIPM. In 2008, the UIPM Congress passed a motion to combine the shooting and running disciplines of the modern pentathlon — previously held as sequential, separate events — into the modern "laser-run" finale, in which athletes alternate between target shooting and running laps to the finish. The 2008 rule change shortened the pentathlon's final stage, made the outcome more spectator-friendly, and introduced laser-target shooting (replacing live-fire pistol shooting) for safety and venue practicality. Every UIPM-sanctioned modern pentathlon event since 2008 has used the laser-run combined format.

Recorded May 10, 2026

2026.1Effective March 21, 2026

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Recorded Mar 22, 2026