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A pentathlon (Ancient Greek: Πένταθλον) is any sporting competition including five events.

Pentathlon may refer to:

Sports

There are many specific pentathlons consisting of certain sets of events.

• Ancient Olympic pentathlon, an Ancient Greek game comprising long jump, javelin, discus, foot race, and wrestling
• Modern pentathlon, a combined sport for modern Olympic Games
• Athletics pentathlon, a combined sport of five track and field events
  • Classic pentathlon, a men's Olympic event from 1906 to 1924
  • Indoor pentathlon, a combined sport of five track and field events
  • Paralympic pentathlon, a combined sport for the Paralympic Games
  • Throws pentathlon, a combined sport of five field throwing events
  • Women's pentathlon, a combined sport for female athletes, replaced in 1984 by the heptathlon
• Aeronautical pentathlon
• Military pentathlon
• Naval pentathlon
• British Pentathlon, professional darts tournament

Media

• Pentathlon (film), American 1994 film

• Disambiguation pages