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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.
A French army officer, Captain Henri Debrus, adapted a military training method into a five event competition. The five events are: shooting, obstacle running, obstacle swimming, throwing, and cross country running. The sport is governed by the International Military Sports Council (CISM) and an annual world championships has been held since 1950.
The competition course was developed with input from World Obstacle and Japanese broadcaster TBS (producer of the sports competition series Sasuke, whose format has been widely exported under the title Ninja Warrior), and the event featured a mix of athletes from both the obstacle racing and modern pentathlon communities.
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.
Other longer combined events do exist, such as the icosathlon (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to the women's outdoor version. [2] The throws pentathlon consists of all four Olympic throwing events plus the weight throw.
In the sport of athletics, international competitions between national teams can be distinguished into four main types: Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme; World championships, the primary competitions where all nations may compete
Competitors at multi-sport events by year (12 C) A. African Games competitors (19 C) ASEAN ParaGames competitors (13 P) Asian Games competitors (4 C)
The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country running. The Olympic athletics programme has played a ...