Pentathlon at Olympia: events and champions (c.708 BCE–394 CE)

1. First recorded Olympic Games at Olympia

   Jan 1, 776 BCELabels: Olympia, Zeus, Olympic Games

   • Britannica
   • Britannica Events

2. Pentathlon added to Olympic program

   Jan 1, 708 BCELabels: Pentathlon, 18th Olympiad, Olympia

   • IME Olympia
   • Britannica Events

3. Pentathlon’s five contests become standard

   Jan 1, 708 BCELabels: Pentathlon, Discus, Javelin

   • IME Olympia
   • Britannica Events

4. Wrestling fixed as the pentathlon finale

   Jan 1, 708 BCELabels: Wrestling, Pentathlon, Olympia

   • IME Olympia
   • KU Leuven

5. Aenetus wins and dies at crowning

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Aenetus of, Pentathlon, Statue

   • Aenetus
   • Pausanias Theoi

6. Flute accompaniment used for the pentathlon

   Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Flute-player, Pentathlon, Classical period

   • Pausanias Theoi

7. Named pentathlon victors recorded by Pausanias

   Jan 1, 200 BCELabels: Pausanias, Pentathlon victors, Statues

   • Pausanias Theoi

8. Pentathlon continues under Roman rule

   Jan 1, 100Labels: Roman era, Pentathlon, Olympia

   • Britannica
   • WHE Olympics

9. Pentathlon winner-lists preserved in later compilations

   Jan 1, 200Labels: Victor lists, Compilations, Historiography

   • Victors List
   • Olympic Victors

10. Ancient Olympics held for the last time

    Jan 1, 393Labels: Final Olympics, 393 CE, Olympia

    • Britannica
    • Olympedia

11. Imperial bans end pagan festival framework

    Jan 1, 394Labels: Theodosius I, Imperial bans, Pagan cults

    • Britannica
    • Guinness

12. Pentathlon legacy survives through texts and archaeology

    Jan 1, 500Labels: Textual sources, Archaeology, Pentathlon

    • Pausanias Theoi
    • Victors List