Athletic contest entailing five distinct types of competitions.
In the ancient Olympic Games, the pentathlon included a sprint, the long jump , discus throw , javelin throw , and a wrestling match. A modified version (with a medium-distance race substituted for the wrestling match) was included in the revived Olympic Games (1912–24). The modern, or military, pentathlon, included in the Olympics from 1912 and made a team event in 1952, includes an equestrian steeplechase , fencing , pistol shooting , a freestyle swim, and a shot put , high jump , hurdling race, sprint, and long jump) was replaced in 1981 by the heptathlon .