Champions of the 1972 Modern Pentathlon Olympic Trials

Title: Champions of the 1972 Modern Pentathlon Olympic Trials
Subject: Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany); Groups & Teams
Description: Top six competitors of the 1972 Modern Pentathlon Olympic Trials. Top row, from left to right: James Cherry (5th place), Loren Drum (4th place), Paul Pesthy (6th place). Bottom row, left to right: John Fitzgerald (3rd place), Charles Richards (1st place), Scott Taylor (2nd place).

Richards, Taylor, and Fitzgerald (bottom row, top three competitors) participated in the modern pentathlon event at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Caption on obverse:
"San antonio, TEX, JUL. 22--TOP PENTATHLETES--
Charles Richards, Tacoma Wash., bottom center, won his third national pentathlon title Saturday in the Modern Pentathlon Olympic Trials. Bottom Row, left to right: John Fitzgerald, Chicago, third place; Scott Taylor, Portland, Ore., second; Top row, left to right: James Cherry, Agate Beach, Ore., fifth; Loren Drum, Omaha, Neb., fourth; Paul Pesthy, Binghamton, N.Y., sixth."
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: July 22, 1972
Temporal Coverage: 1970s
Contributor: Associated Press (Publisher)
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Is Part Of: George Masin Collection
Format: 20.3 x 26.5 cm
Language: English
Type: Photograph
Identifier: 2020.11.121
Spatial Coverage: United States of America; Texas; San Antonio
Provenance: Loaned for digitization by George Masin; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles