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pentathlon

/pɛnˈtæθlən/

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What does pentathlon mean?

noun

  1. An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
  2. Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”).
  3. Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.

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/pɛnˈtæθlən/

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