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
Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle over the mile was 24:33.0, beating the standing record of 24:42.6 set by David Billington in 1905. Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle The men's 1500 metre freestyle was one of 6 swimming events on the swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the longest of the 3 individual freestyle event distances. The competition was held from Tuesday July 21, 1908, to Saturday July 25, 1908. Nineteen swimmers from eight nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics. "(*)" one mile (1609.34