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Pentathlon

Pentathlon means a five-discipline multisport. The most important documented current context is modern pentathlon; historical, military and other variants also exist. This card therefore remains a needsReview term context until the concrete variant is clear.

LevelHistorical FamilyMulti Sport CategoryMultisport

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Classification

Category Multisport

Family Multi Sport

Level Historical

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Umbrella/term entry for five-discipline multisport contests.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who find all-round sport, changing disciplines and tactical aggregate scoring interesting.

Cost First clarify the variant: modern pentathlon, biathle/triathle, military/naval/aeronautical or historical context. Costs fully depend on variant: swimming/running are cheaper, fencing/laser/obstacle or CISM contexts are much more specialised. Modern pentathlon/UIPM federation, multisport club, biathle/triathle event or concrete specialist variant. As a term…

First progress Individual segments improve quickly; true five-event coordination takes long preparation.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

concrete variant
rule source
coach/event contact
component equipment
training plan

First steps

choose variant
read official rule source
start with the most accessible component
find coach/club
plan events only then

UIPM/modern pentathlon federation, biathle/triathle event, multisport club or documented specialist variant.

Secure every component separately: water, fencing/laser/obstacle or military special facilities have their own risks.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, pentathlon, multi-sport, pentathlon-umbrella, mehrkampf-multisport, mehrkampf, pentathlon-begriff-fuenfkampf, multisport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

In a concrete pentathlon variant, achieve the best aggregate performance across five component disciplines.

Teilnehmer

By variant.

Teamgröße

Not uniform.

Spielfeld

Multiple discipline venues or multisport arena.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Aggregate scoring by ruleset.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

variant-specific component equipment
rule source
coach/event contact

Wichtige Regelpunkte

component-rule breach
equipment breach
course/timing error
safety breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

UIPM Modern Pentathlon Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne · federation · high
Modern Pentathlon Explained Pentathlete · blog-guide · medium
What Is a Modern Pentathlon? Encyclopaedia Britannica · reference · high
UIPM Rules and Regulations Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne · rulebook · high