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Bible Dictionaries
Pentathlon
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(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.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pentathlon'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pentathlon.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pentathlon'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pentathlon.html. 1828.
