UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Cup Ankara: Men’s Qualification
UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Cup Ankara continued today with 94 athletes taking part in the Men’s Qualification.
Among the successful qualifiers were Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallists Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt and Woongtae Jun of Korea, two-time world champion Valentin Belaud of France and team-mates Valentin Prades and Christopher Patte.
The first athletes across the line in Qualification Group A were Taishu Sato of Japan, Bailiang Chen of China and Moutaz Mohamed (EGY).
The top performers in Qualification Group B were Esteban Bustos of Chile, Emiliano Hernandez (MEX), Marvin Dogue of Germany and Changwan Seo (KOR).
In Qualification Group C, the standout performers was Elgendy (EGY), followed by Todor Mihalev of Bulgaria and Yuriy Kovalchuk of Ukraine, along with Jun (KOR) and Gustav Gustenau of Austria.
Pentathlon World Cup Ankara continues tomorrow (April 18) with the Women's Semi-finals, followed by the Men’s Semi-finals on April 19, the Finals on April 20 and the Mixed Relay on April 21.
Live stream of the Semi-finals and Finals is available on UIPM TV and all competition results are available at the UIPM website.
The 36 qualified athletes for the Men's Semi-finals are:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | BUSTOS Esteban | CHI | 1189 |
| 2 | HERNANDEZ Emiliano | MEX | 1188 |
| 3 | DOGUE Marvin Faly | GER | 1188 |
| 4 | SEO Changwan | KOR | 1188 |
| 5 | ELGENDY Mohamed | EGY | 1187 |
| 6 | TYMOSHCHENKO Pavlo | UKR | 1186 |
| 7 | KLIS Krisztian | CRO | 1185 |
| 8 | ELGENDY Ahmed | EGY | 1184 |
| 9 | MIHALEV Todor | BUL | 1183 |
| 10 | KUF Jan | CZE | 1183 |
| 11 | MARUK Maksim | AIN | 1183 |
| 12 | GUTKOWSKI Lukasz | POL | 1182 |
| 13 | SATO Taishu | JPN | 1180 |
| 14 | PILLAGE Myles | GBR | 1180 |
| 15 | KOVALCHUK Yuriy | UKR | 1179 |
| 16 | JUN Woongtae | KOR | 1179 |
| 17 | GUSTENAU Gustav | AUT | 1179 |
| 18 | GRYCZ Marek | CZE | 1178 |
| 19 | PRADES Valentin | FRA | 1177 |
| 20 | ZILLEKENS Christian | GER | 1177 |
| 21 | BROWN Charles | GBR | 1177 |
| 22 | KASPERCZAK Kamil | POL | 1176 |
| 23 | CHEN Bailiang | CHN | 1176 |
| 24 | MICHELI Roberto | ITA | 1175 |
| 25 | MOHAMED Moutaz | EGY | 1175 |
| 26 | CICINELLI Matteo | ITA | 1175 |
| 27 | SHABAN Mohanad | EGY | 1175 |
| 28 | DALLENBACH Alexandre | SUI | 1174 |
| 29 | BELAUD Valentin | FRA | 1174 |
| 30 | PATTE Christopher | FRA | 1173 |
| 31 | LI Shuhuan | CHN | 1172 |
| 32 | VLACH Martin | CZE | 1171 |
| 33 | LIEBIG Fabian | GER | 1171 |
| 34 | DOGUE Patrick | GER | 1169 |
| 35 | BERECZKI Richard | HUN | 1168 |
| 36 | MALAN Giorgio | ITA | 1166 |
