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A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. Events are typically held over a few days to accommodate the large number of events held, often more than those in single-sport competitions.
Other general framework conditions should also be as equal as possible for all competitors. For example, all competitors should have approximately the same regeneration time between matches. As a consequence, both participants playing a match should, as a rule, have played the same number of matches in the tournament so far.
Competitors score points based on their performance in each event and the winner is the one with the highest total points at the end of the fifth competition. [6] The men's individual competition has been held at every Olympic Games since 1912, and a women's competition was introduced in the 2000 Summer Olympics .
The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the Olympic Games, first held in modern times in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and inspired by the Ancient Olympic Games, one of a number of such events held in antiquity. Most modern multi-sport events have the same basic structure.
Competitors at multi-sport events by sport (17 C) A. Air racers (4 C, 11 P) All-Around (32 P) Amateur wrestlers (1 C, 180 P) Arm wrestlers (12 C) Competitors in ...
Triathletes begin the swimming stage of the World Military Triathlon.. A multisport competition is a family of athletic competitions in which athletes race in a continuous series of stages or "legs", and rapidly switch from one athletic discipline to another in order to achieve the best overall time.
A competitor (called number 1 contender) can challenge the current champion after defeating other challengers. This form of championship is used in individual head-to-head competitions and is particularly associated with combat sports such as wrestling , boxing and mixed martial arts .
Competitors at multi-sport events (31 C) A. Archers by competition (9 C) Competitors in athletics by competition (17 C) B. Badminton players by competition (10 C)