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10 events
"Deca" means "ten" so in the Olympic Decathlon there are 10 events. Similarly "penta" means "five" so a Pentathlon has 5 events.
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The clue's in the name; there are 10 events.
the prefix "dec" means ten, so i would say that an athlete participates in ten different events.
A decathlon consists of 10 track and field events
A decathlon is always ten events. If you take out the discus throw, then you have nine events.
3 events.
There are ten events in a decathlon.
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Deca- is a prefix meaning ten.There are ten events in the decathlon. A decathlon is a two day event; splitting the events to five the first day and five on the second day.