We found 1 definitions of athletic contest from 1 different sources.
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athletic contest - a contest between athletes | ||
athletic competition, athletics | ||
contest, competition a struggle between rivals | ||
decathlon an athletic contest consisting of ten different events | ||
olympics, olympiad, olympic games the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country | ||
special olympics an athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped persons | ||
prelim, preliminary something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" | ||
pentathlon an athletic contest consisting of five different events | ||
meet, sports meeting a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held | ||
hop-step-and-jump, triple jump an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement |