Definition of: pentathlon

(pen·tath′lən) noun
1. In ancient Greece, an athletic contest of five events
—leaping, running, wrestling, throwing the discus, and hurling the spear (earlier, boxing)
—that occurred all on the same day between the same contestants.
2. In the modern Olympic games, a contest comprising a 200–meter running race, a 1,500–meter running race, throwing the discus, throwing the javelin, and a running broad jump. [<Gk. <pente five + athlon a contest]
—pen·tath′lete (-lēt) noun
—pen·tath′lic adjective