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Look up: Pentathlon


  1. Pentathlon
    an Olympic event comprised of five events, discus, javelin, long jump, running, and wrestling; the exact order of the events is unknown, it is also unknown whether the victor had to win all the events or just the majority; in myth, it was Jason who invented the pentathlon.
    Found op http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryi.html

  2. pentathlon
    [n] - an athletic contest consisting of five different events
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=pentathlon

  3. Pentathlon
    Pen·tath'lon noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...; ... 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 th...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/49

  4. Pentathlon
    Pen·tath'lon noun 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/49

  5. pentathlon
    noun an athletic contest consisting of five different events
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pentathlon

  6. Pentathlon
    • (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. • (n.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot raci...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pentathlon/

  7. pentathlon
    athletic contest entailing five distinct types of competition. In the ancient Greek Olympics, the pentathlon included a race the length of the ... [5 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/40



  1. pentathlon
    pentathlon An athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/233/

  2. Pentathlon
    A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente (five) and -athlon (competition) (πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games. Five events were contested ove...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentathlon

  3. pentathlon
    pentathlon (pentăth'lun) , composite athletic event. In ancient Greece it comprised leaping, foot racing, wrestling, discus throwing, and casting the javelin. The modern pentathlon, an Olympic games event for men since 1912, comprises a cross-country horseback ride, a cross-country run, a ...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sports/A0838202.html

  4. Pentathlon
    Pentathlon is an action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren and David Soul in a story about an East German athlete defecting to the West with his sadistic former trainer in pursuit. Pentathlon was directed by Bruce Malmuth in 1994.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/MP.HTM

  5. Pentathlon
    The pentathlon is a five sport standard event for women on the programme of all major athletics championships. It is an all-round test of sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/OP.HTM

  6. pentathlon
    (modern) Five-sport competition. Pentathlon consists of former military training pursuits: swimming, fencing, running, horsemanship, and shooting. It has been an Olympic event for men since 1912, but the Sydney 2000 Games were the first Olympics to include a women's event. The firs...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0022001.html

  7. Pentathlon
    [film] Pentathlon is a 1993 American action thriller directed by Bruce Malmuth and starring Dolph Lundgren as an East German Olympic gold medalist pentathlete on the run from a lethal coach (David Soul). ==Plot== After winning a gold medal for East Germany at the pentathlon in the 1988 olymp...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentathlon_(film)

  8. pentathlon
    1) Athletic competition 2) Athletic contest 3) Athletics
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/pentathlon/1

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