Ancient Olympic pentathlon Ancient Olympic pentathlon The Ancient Olympic pentathlon () was an athletic contest at the Ancient Olympic Games, and other Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. The name derives from Greek, combining the words "pente" (five) and "athlon" (competition). Five events were contested over one day, starting with the "stadion" (a short foot race) followed by the Javelin throw, Discus throw, Long jump (the order of these three events is still unclear), and ending with wrestling. While Pentathletes were considered to be inferior to the specialized athletes in a certain event, they were superior in overall development and were some of the
Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medal for Singapore in the women's team event against South Korea. Singapore has qualified one athlete for the women's events. This is the first time a Singaporean canoeist has qualified for the Olympic games. Geraldine managed to qualify for the semi-finals for the K-1 500 m event. She was eventually placed twenty-first out of 24 competitors in the event, beating her own target of bettering at least one other country. Lim Heem Wei is the only Singaporean gymnast to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympic games, and the first ever Singaporean gymnast to qualify for an Olympic games.