pentathlon

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An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
modern pentathlon
the contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants
A pentathlon is an athletics competition in which each person must compete in five different events. a sports event involving five different sports (penta- ( PENTA-) + athlon ). Athletic contest entailing five distinct types of competitions. In the ancient Olympic Games, the pentathlon included a sprint, the long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, and a wrestling match. A modified version (with a medium-distance race substituted for the wrestling match) was included in the revived Olympic Games (1912-24). The modern, or military, pentathlon, included in the Olympics from 1912 and made a team event in 1952, includes an equestrian steeplechase, fencing, pistol shooting, a freestyle swim, and a cross-country run. Women's pentathlon competition (shot put, high jump, hurdling race, sprint, and long jump) was replaced in 1981 by the heptathlon
an athletic contest consisting of five different events
{i} athletic contest consisting of five competitive events
In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest made up of a running broad jump, throwing the javelin, a 200-meter run, throwing the discus, and a 1500-meter run
A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear
An ancient athletics discipline, featuring stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus

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modern pentathlon
An athletics event, where athletes compete in épée fencing, shooting, freestyle swimming, show jumping and cross country
modern pentathlon
An athletic contest in which each participant competes in five events: running, swimming, horseback riding, fencing, and pistol shooting. a sports competition that involves running, swimming, riding horses, fencing, and shooting guns
pentathlon

    Hyphenation

    pen·tath·lon

    Turkish pronunciation

    pentäthlın

    Pronunciation

    /penˈtaᴛʜlən/ /pɛnˈtæθlən/

    Etymology

    [ pen-'tath-l&n, -"län ] (noun.) 1603. Greek, from penta- + athlon contest.

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