Heptathlon vs. Pentathlon — What's the Difference?

A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning “seven”) and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "feat").

A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente (five) and -athlon (competition) (Greek: πένταθλον).

An athletic contest usually limited to women in which each contestant participates in the following seven track and field events

An athletic contest consisting of five track and field events, usually running races at two different distances, the long jump, and the discus and javelin throws.

(athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.

See modern pentathlon.

An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus

(athletics) women's pentathlon; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's {{en}}, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run

(athletics) modern pentathlon; a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills

A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.

In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest made up of a running broad jump, throwing the javelin, a 200-meter run, throwing the discus, and a 1500-meter run.

An athletic contest consisting of five different events