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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Pentathlon

/pĕn-tăth'-lən/ · Pen·tath·lon · IPA /pɛntˈæθlən/
01 n. A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the…
  1. 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.(Gr. Antiq.)
  2. 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.