pentathlon

[ pen-tath-luhn, -lon ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
modern pentathlon.

pentathlon

/ pɛnˈtæθlən /

an athletic contest consisting of five different events, based on a competition in the ancient Greek Olympics Compare decathlon

1700–10; < Greek pénthāthlon, equivalent to pent- pent- ( def ) + âthlon contest

C18: from Greek pentathlon, from penta- + athlon contest

Modern pentathlon, which involves fencing, horse riding, swimming, running, and shooting, was expected to be dumped.

To get yourself into the right mindset for a long trip with your children, it requires a carefully meted out pentathlon of events.

The Pentathlon was a contest of five gymnastic exercises combined.

And he who is beautiful for the Pentathlon is very bad for wrestling?

It formed a part of the pentathlon, or quintuple games, in the ancient Olympic Games.

A pentathlon meet was held at Empire for the purpose of developing all-around athletes.

He had the three games out of five and was winner of the pentathlon.

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