Jeon Woong-tae ranked 4th and Sung Seung-min ranked 2nd overall in the women’s team
20th, men’s and women’s individual and team finals
Seo Chang-wan and Sung Seung-min of South Korea’s modern pentathlon performed at the top of the men’s and women’s divisions in the 2026 Asian Games fencing seed round.
In the men’s fencing seed round held at Anjo Sports Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 16th, Seo Chang-wan won 31-4 out of 35 games to rank No. 1 overall. The modern pentathlon, in which one athlete performs fencing, swimming, obstacle competition, track and field, and shooting, is the first to hold a seeded round for the fencing match. Here, Seo Chang-wan had the best performance among the players.
Jeon Woong-tae, who aims to win the men’s 3rd consecutive title in this tournament, won 26 wins and 9 losses to rank 4th overall, with Jonghyun Lee ranking 9th (22 wins 13 losses) and Kim Young-ha ranking 11th (21 wins 14 losses).
In the women’s seed round, Sung Seung-min, the 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medalist, ranked second overall with 24 wins and 8 losses. In addition, Kim Eun-joo was ranked fourth (23 wins and 9 losses), Shin Soo-min was ranked 11th (19 wins and 13 losses), and Jang Ha-eun was ranked 14th (18 wins and 14 losses). The modern pentathlon will play the men’s and women’s semi-finals from the 17th to the 18th, and the men’s and women’s individual and team medals will be determined on the 20th, the day after the official opening of the competition.
