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Pentathlon - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Pentathlon : (noun)
1: an athletic contest consisting of five different events
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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