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
Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Russia has qualified 9 quota places in synchronized swimming at the 2012 Olympics. Russia has qualified two athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on their world ranking as of 16 May 2011 Alexey Smirnov and Alexander Shibaev have qualified for the men's event. Russia has ensured berths in the following events of taekwondo by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament: Russia also qualified in two more events in the European Championships. Russia has qualified a men's team and a women's team for