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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 Pentathlon from wikipedia
- A
pentathlon is a
contest featuring five events. The name is
derived from Gr****:
combining the
words pente (five) and -athlon (competition) (Gr****: πένταθλον)...
- The
modern pentathlon is an
Olympic sport consisting of
fencing (one-touch épée),
freestyle swimming,
equestrian show jumping,
pistol shooting, and cross...
- 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
modern pentathlon at the 2024
Summer Olympics in
Paris is
scheduled to take
place from 8 to 11
August 2024 at the
Palace of
Versailles and the Vélodrome...
-
pentathlon (Ancient Gr****: Πένταθλον) is any
sporting competition including five events.
Pentathlon may
refer to:
There are many
specific pentathlons...
- The women's
pentathlon at the 2024
World Athletics Indoor Championships took
place on 1
March 2024. The 60
metres hurdles were
started at 10:05. The high...
- The
British Pentathlon is an
professional darts event consisting of five
different disciplines. It was
first established in 1975, run by the
British Darts...
- This
article details the
qualifying phase for
modern pentathlon at the 2024
Summer Olympics. Thirty-six
athletes for each
gender must
qualify for the Games...
-
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...
- The
Academic Pentathlon (USAP) is an
academic competition involving five
academic fields of
study (math,
social sciences, science, literature, and fine...
