Pentathlon (disambiguation)
A pentathlon (Ancient Greek: Πένταθλον) is any sporting competition including five events.
Pentathlon may refer to:
Sports
There are many specific pentathlons consisting of certain sets of events.
- Ancient Olympic pentathlon, an Ancient Greek game comprising long jump, javelin, discus, foot race, and wrestling
- Modern pentathlon, a combined sport for modern Olympic Games
- Athletics pentathlon, a combined sport of five track and field events
- Classic pentathlon, a men's Olympic event from 1906 to 1924
- Indoor pentathlon, a combined sport of five track and field events
- Paralympic pentathlon, a combined sport for the Paralympic Games
- Throws pentathlon, a combined sport of five field throwing events
- Women's pentathlon, a combined sport for female athletes, replaced in 1984 by the heptathlon
- Aeronautical pentathlon
- Military pentathlon
- Naval pentathlon
Media
- Pentathlon (film), American 1994 film
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