pentathlon

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pentathlon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]

pentathlon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pentathlon
      n 1: an athletic contest consisting of five different events