The pentathlon was a contest of five exercises: discus, long jump, javelin, running and wrestling, held in that order in one afternoon. While running and wrestling also were separate events, ...

The pentathlon was one of the most popular events of the Olympics in ancient Greece. In ancient times, there were five events athletes would compete in, including discus, javelin, distance jumping ...

Pedro Pardo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Although it came to the Olympics back in 1912, it is called “modern” to contrast it to the ancient Greek pentathlon, which included wrestling ...

The pentathlon was one of the most popular events of the Olympics in ancient Greece. Get Tri-state area news delivered to your inbox with NBC New York's News Headlines newsletter. SIGN UP ...