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sprinting, long-jumping, javelin, discuss and Wrestling were in the Pentathlon in the Ancient Olympic games

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What country first proposed the winter olympic games as separate from the traditional olympic games

How did the athletes prepare for the ancient olympic games

What other events were included in the ancient olympic games after the first ancient olympic games

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What was the ancient Olympic event that consisted of 5 activities?

Pentathlon.


What Olympiad was the pentathlon added?

Men competed in pentathlon beginning at the 1912 Games in Stockholm for 3 Olympic Games. Men's pentathlon was dropped after the 1924 Games. Women competed in pentathlon beginning at the 1964 Games in Tokyo for 5 Olympic Games. Starting in 1984 women began competing in heptathlon.


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When did the modern pentathlon begin?

1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.


What athletic events were included in anicient pentathlons?

The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games. Five events were contested over one day for the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, starting with the long jump, javelin throwing, and discus throwing, followed by the stadion (a short foot race) and wrestling.


In the ancient Greece olympic what sports were there?

Ancient Greek Olympic sports included footraces, wrestling, pentathlon, javelin, discus, and chariot racing.


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Who invented the ancient Olympic games?

The ancient olympic games originated in ancient Greece.


What did Plato the philosopher achieve during the olympic games?

he achieved glory that he won all the pentathlon games.


What is modern pentathlon in Olympic?

The ancient pentathlon in the original Olympic Games covered skills thought to be useful in war: long jump, javelin, discus, running (a short race), and wrestling. The modern pentathlon takes that same idea, and "modernized" it to early 20th century warfare. It consists of shooting, swimming, fencing, equestrian (horse riding) and cross country running.

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