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
Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics following boats. Cuba has qualified four quota places in the shooting events; Cuban swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Cuba has qualified 1 athlete. Cuba has qualified 1 man and 2 women. Cuba has qualified 4 men. Cuba has qualified quota places in the following events Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cuba competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the