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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pen·tath·lon /pɛnˈtæθlən, ˌlɑn/
 五項運動

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pen·tath·lon n.  Gr. Antiq.
 1. A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.
 2. In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest made up of a running broad jump, throwing the javelin, a 200-meter run, throwing the discus, and a 1500-meter run.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pentathlon
      n : an athletic contest consisting of five different events