The pentathlon is a modern Olympics sport.
For the Modern Olympics, pentathlon was first competed at the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm.
Four times. Jim Fox competed in individual modern pentathlon and team modern pentathlon at the 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Olympics. He won gold in team modern pentathlon at the 1976 Games.
1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.
In the ancient Olympics, you can win by winning running, wrestling and long jump or you can just win the most wins ( that might not make sence) The games in the Ancient Olympics Are... Wrestling long jump running boxing discus
In the modern era, men's pentathlon was added at the 1912 Games in Stockholm. Women's pentathlon was added at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
Guatemala is sending a 12 athlete team to the 2008 Games to compete in Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Modern pentathlon, Sailing, Shooting, and Weightlifting.
They did the Olympics and the Pentathlon, which is running, Greek wrestling, discus, javelin, and jumping.
"American Sheila Taormina is poised to become the first athlete in history to compete at the Olympic Games in three different events." source: http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/modern-pentathlon/story/2008/06/06/f-olympics-modernpentathlon-american.html Taormina competed in the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta as a member of the 4x200 meter freestyle relay team that won gold. At the 2000 Games and 2004 Games, she competed in women's triathlon. And at the 2008 Games, she qualified for modern pentathlon. She is the first athlete in the history of the Olympics to compete in three different disciplines.
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there are many modern games played in olympics. such as cycling etc they are fun to watch
Modern Olympic games consist of a total of 35 different sports. These sports are further divided into 400 events for which sportsmen compete.