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Pentathlon
Pentathlon Pen*tath"lon, n.
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.
Pentathlon
Pentathlon Pen*tath"lon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? five + ? a
contest.] (Gr. Antiq.)
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.
Meaning of Pentathlons from wikipedia
- equestrianism, and
cross country running. A
prominent aspect of
modern pentathlons is the
point system,
whereby each
competitor is
awarded a
certain number...
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Events Championships has
pentathlons for both boys and girls. In high
school athletics in
North America, boys' and girls'
pentathlons are held, consisting...
- The
modern pentathlon is an
Olympic multisport that
currently consists of
fencing (one-touch épée),
freestyle swimming,
equestrian show jumping, laser...
-
pentathlon (Ancient Gr****: Πένταθλον) is any
sporting competition including five events.
Pentathlon may
refer to:
There are many
specific pentathlons...
- The
British Pentathlon is a
professional darts event consisting of five
different disciplines. It was
first established in 1975, run by the
British Darts...
- (CISM), now also
organise pentathlons aimed at
naval and air
force personnel as
naval pentathlon and
aeronautical pentathlon respectively. Shooting: At...
- The
pentathlon or women's
pentathlon is a
combined track and
field event in
which each
woman competes in five
separate events over one day (formerly two...
- The
decathlon developed from the
ancient pentathlon competitions held at the
ancient Gr**** Olympics.
Pentathlons involved five
disciplines – long jump,...
-
Goudi Olympic Complex is a
sports complex in Athens, Greece. It held two of the
sports venues used
during the 2004
Summer Olympics. The
Goudi Olympic Complex...
- St. Moritz, a
winter pentathlon competition was held. It was one of two
demonstration sports held at
these Games. The
pentathlon was
composed of five...
