'Pentathlon' definitions:
Definition of 'pentathlon'
(from WordNet)
noun
An athletic contest consisting of five different events
Definition of 'Pentathlon'
From: 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.]