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
Bulgaria at the 2012 Summer Olympics Bulgaria has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events Bulgaria has gained four quota places in the shooting events; Bulgarian 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)): Bulgaria's men's volleyball team have secured place in the Olympic tournament. Bulgaria has qualified the following quota places. Bulgaria has secured 9 quota places. Bulgaria at the 2012 Summer Olympics Bulgaria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27