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Pentathlon

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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.

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(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pentathlon'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pentathlon.html. 1828.
 
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