As early as 708 BC, at the 18 ancient Olympic Games, there was an "ancient pentathlon" event. It is said that Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, once conceived to revive this ancient pentathlon spirit into a modern pentathlon, hoping that athletes would create new comprehensive competitive skills with various talents. Later, according to this idea, the Swedish Army Sports Federation founded the modern pentathlon. This sport has caused controversy in the history of the Olympic Games. It was not until 19 12 that the fifth Olympic Games was held in Stockholm, Sweden, that the modern pentathlon was listed as a competition. Since then, this project has been held in previous Olympic Games. At first, all the people who participated in the Olympic Games were active servicemen, so modern pentathlon was also called military pentathlon. Later, people who participated in this activity were not limited to soldiers, and anyone who entered could participate in the competition. This is the only military event in the Olympic Games.
Women's modern pentathlon has also sprung up all over the world, and there have been world competitions, but it has not been included in the Olympic Games. Modern pentathlon requires the competition to be completed within five consecutive days.
The first day is the equestrian competition. Athletes choose horses by drawing lots. Horses are provided by the host country of the Olympic Games, and only a 20-minute trial ride is allowed. Athletes run the whole course in four minutes at a speed of 400 meters per minute and follow the prescribed route, passing through 10-23 obstacles. If you hit an obstacle or exceed the specified time, you will be deducted. Finally, the ranking will be determined by the speed of running and the quality of surmounting obstacles.
The fencing competition is scheduled for the next day. Athletes should compete with epee. All participating athletes will have a big round robin, and each game will last for 3 minutes. In other words, the athlete decides the outcome of a sword within 3 minutes, and then calculates the score according to the total number of wins. At the end of all competitions, if you can win 70% of the competitions, you will get 1000 points. Those who win more games (score more points) rank first.
On the third day, a shooting competition was held, and a pistol rapid fire event was adopted. The caliber of the pistol is 5.6 mm, and each athlete should aim the pistol at the rotating portrait target 25 meters away and shoot 20 rounds. Round 20 is divided into four groups with 5 rounds in each group. The number of cycles on the target is 65,438+00 seconds. The target appears in the gap of 10 second, and it takes 3 seconds to appear in front. Shoot a bullet every time you show up. In a circle with a perfect score of 200, just make a move.
On the fourth day, a swimming competition was held. Everyone swims 300 meters, and the style is freestyle, regardless of the preliminaries and finals. The result is decided by only one game. For example, a score of 3' 54 "in the 300-meter freestyle is 65,438+0,000 points, plus or minus 4 points for every 0.5 second increase or decrease. Finally, the fastest runner wins.
On the fifth day, the last cross-country race was held. Run 4000 meters across the country. The rules of the game are very special All the contestants don't start at the same time, but let one athlete start at regular intervals. The starting order of athletes is determined by the first four total scores, and the one with the highest score starts first. According to the rules of the competition, the trail running must be in rugged Shan Ye. Modern pentathlon is a comprehensive sport, which requires athletes to have both good physical strength and various skills.