A few ancient writers, such as the historian ... who lived in the 5th century BC and won victory in the pentathlon at the Olympics of 476 BC, apparently said that for him "the prizes meant glory ...

Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

Modern Pentathlon returns to Athens for the Olympics after a gap of 2712 years. Andrey Moiseev of Russia takes the men’s Olympic title in Athens, with women’s gold going to Zsuzsanna Voros of Hungary.

Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, widely credited as the founder of the modern Olympics, succeeded in having a version of the ancient Games highlight of the Pentathlon incorporated into the 1912 ...

In the Ancient Olympics, the pentathlon comprised running, jumping, javelin, discus and wrestling. The founder of the Modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, introduced the modern version comprising ...

Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium ... Play the game to take part in the pentathlon and save the bronze discus from the master of thievery.

Seventy-two athletes (36 men, 36 women) will compete in the men's and women's individual event competitions, respectively, with no more than two athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC).

One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part ... stand for what was once the final aspect of the ancient pentathlon. Modern wrestling consists of two separate disciplines ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... Strange, I know… The pentathlon is a five-event contest combining running, jumping, discus, javelin and ...