Pentathlon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pentathlon \Pen*tath"lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? five + ? a
     contest.] (Gr. Antiq.)
     1. 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.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pentathlon
       n : an athletic contest consisting of five different events