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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Relative Contribution among Physical Fitness Factors Contributing to the Performance of Modern Pentathlon.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 06, 2025
	Add new Web site: Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne - The Greek Olympic Games Pentathlon.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 29, 2024
	Add new Web site: NPR - The modern pentathlon, soon to break from military tradition, has last ride in Paris.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: NPR - The modern pentathlon, soon to break from military tradition, has last ride in Paris.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 01, 2024
	Added cross-references.	Will Gosner	Jul 25, 2024
	Add new Web site: Doctoral studies at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu - History of pentathlon competitions.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 24, 2023
	Add new Web site: The Open University - OpenLearn - Pentathlon.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 21, 2023
	Media added.	Letricia Dixon	Jan 22, 2019
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Dec 19, 2017
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Relative Contribution among Physical Fitness Factors Contributing to the Performance of Modern Pentathlon.	Grace Young	Apr 05, 2016
	Add new Web site: International Olympic Committee - Modern Pentathlon.	Grace Young	Apr 01, 2016
	Article revised to mention the current structure of the penathon, with a final event combining the shooting and running disciplines.	Adam Augustyn	Feb 09, 2012
	Added new Web site: Official Website of the Olympic Movement - Modern Pentathlon.	Grace Young	Mar 12, 2009
	Added new Web site: Modern-Pentathlon.com - Ancient Pentathlon.	Grace Young	Mar 12, 2009
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 07, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998