pentathlon

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P0172900 (pĕn-tăth′lən, -lŏn′)n.1. An athletic contest consisting of five track and field events, usually running races at two different distances, the long jump, and the discus and javelin throws.2. See modern pentathlon.

[Greek pentāthlon : penta-, penta- + āthlon, contest.]

pentathlon

(pɛnˈtæθlən) n, pl -lons or -la (-lə) (Athletics (Track & Field)) an athletic contest consisting of five different events, based on a competition in the ancient Greek Olympics. Also called: pentathlum Compare decathlon[C18: from Greek pentathlon, from penta- + athlon contest] penˈtathlete n

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(pɛnˈtæθ lən, -lɒn)

n. 1. an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score. 2. modern pentathlon. [1700–10; < Greek péntāthlon=pent- pent- + âthlon contest]

pentathlon

1. Track and Field, an athletic contest in which the contestants compete for points awarded for performances in five different track and field contests, the winner being the one with the highest aggregate score. The events include, for women, an 800-meter run, 100-meter hurdles, high jump, long jump, and shot-put; for men, 200-meter and 1500-meter runs, long jump, javelin throw, and discus throw.
2. Olympic Games. Usually, modern pentathlon an athletic contest in which the contestants compete for points awarded for performances in five events: fencing, horseback riding, pistol shooting, cross-country running, and swimming.See also: Athletics

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Noun

pentathlon - an athletic contest consisting of five different eventsathletic competition, athletic contest, athletics - a contest between athletes

Translations

五项全能运动

pentathlon

(penˈtӕθlən) noun a competition in the Olympic games etc which consists of contests in swimming, cross-country riding and running, fencing and pistol-shooting. 五项全能运动

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pentathlon

(pĕntăth`lən), composite athletic event. In ancient Greece it comprised leaping, foot racing, wrestling, discus throwing, and casting the javelin. The modern pentathlon, an Olympic gamesOlympic games,
premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece

Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. contest for men since 1912, comprises a cross-country horseback ride, a cross-country run, a swimming race, épée fencing, and pistol shooting; women first competed in the pentathlon in the 2000 Olympics. In 2008 the governing body for the sport voted to combine the run and pistol shooting in one element. From 1964 to 1980 what is now the women's Olympic track-and-field contest known as the heptathlon (see under decathlondecathlon
, in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. It consists of the long jump; the high jump; the discus throw; the shot putt; the javelin throw; the 100-, 400-, and 1,500-meter races; the 110-meter hurdle race;
..... Click the link for more information. ) was a five-event contest called the pentathlon.

pentathlon

an athletic contest consisting of five different events, based on a competition in the ancient Greek Olympics

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(1) PENTATHLON
Pentasaccharide in Total Hip Replacement, or Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin C. A trial comparing the efficacy and safety of a pentasaccharide fondaparinux to enoxaparin in preventing thromboembolism (TE) post elective hip replacement
Conclusion TE occurred in 6.0% of fondaparinux and 8.0% of enoxaparin patients (non-statistically significant; p = 0.099); no significant difference in the rates of major bleeds or death between the groups
(2) Pentathlon
A five-part Olympic event in which the participant must ride an unfamiliar horse, shoot a pistol—formerly loaded with pellets, now a laser—épée fence, swim—200 metres freestyle—and run 3 km cross country

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