Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pentathlon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pentathlon
n : an athletic contest consisting of five different events
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