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.
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2. pentathlon
   [n] - an athletic contest consisting of five different events
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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 throwing the spear.
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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.
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5. pentathlon
   noun an athletic contest consisting of five different events
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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...
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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]
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8. pentathlon
   pentathlon An athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
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9. 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 ...
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10. 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.
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11. 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.
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12. 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...
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13. Pentathlon
    , and included the discus and javelin throw. A `pentathlon` is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from πένταθλον-->). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games. Five events were contested o...
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