PENTATHLON - Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
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‖Pen*tath"lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; five + &unr_; a contest.] (Gr. Antiq.) 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.
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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.
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