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Winter pentathlon

Winter pentathlon is mainly a historical multisport context: in 1948 at St. Moritz it was held as an Olympic demonstration event with cross-country skiing, shooting, downhill skiing, fencing and riding. It is not a normal modern starter sport.

LevelHistorical FamilyMehrkampf CategoryHistorical multisport

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Classification

Category Historical multisport

Family Mehrkampf

Level Historical

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Winter pentathlon was a 1948 Olympic demonstration multisport.

Geeignet für Suitable as sport history, not as regular sport recommendation.

Cost Not recommended as starter sport; modern practice only through current individual disciplines. Not meaningfully calculable as current sport structure. No normal winter-pentathlon club start documented. Historical entry; no modern participation claim.

First progress Not applicable as whole sport.

Fitness level not recommended as activity

Was du brauchst

historical sources
for practice modern individual disciplines

First steps

read sources
choose a modern individual discipline if interested
do not claim own combination as official sport

Olympedia/UIPM context or modern clubs for biathlon, cross-country skiing, fencing, riding or shooting.

Do not recreate without modern clubs, licences and safety rules of the individual disciplines.

Weitere Angaben

Tags multisport, winter, historical, winter-pentathlon, mehrkampf, historischer-mehrkampf, historical-multisport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Historically complete five disciplines for aggregate score.

Teilnehmer

Individual athletes.

Teamgröße

Individual.

Spielfeld

Multiple historical winter/sport venues.

Dauer

In 1948 over several days.

Wertung

Placing/point logic over five disciplines.

Gewinnbedingung

Best aggregate score.

Ausrüstung

skis
shooting equipment
fencing equipment
riding equipment

Wichtige Regelpunkte

do not treat historical detail as current rulebook

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Winter Pentathlon Olympedia · history-guide · high
Winter Pentathlon at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympedia · event-history · high
Winter wonder as athletes sample eight disciplines in Davos UIPM · event-context · medium