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Which five skills were included in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics?
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George Patton
George S. Patton, 1945.
The modern pentathlon, which debuted at the 1912 Olympic Games, was specifically designed to test skills essential to a professional soldier or a battlefield courier.12
The five disciplines included in the competition are:
American military officer George S. Patton famously competed in this event during the 1912 Stockholm Games, finishing in fifth place overall.1