EARLY HISTORY

708 BC Ancient Pentathlon: run, long jump, javelin, discus, wrestling.

1040 Fell Running: 1.5-20 km, open terrain, many hills.

1860 Steeple Chase: 3,000 m run + 28 barriers & 7 water jumps.

1876 Cross Country Running: 4-12 km, open terrain.

1912 Modern Pentathlon: fencing, swimming, show jumping, pistol shooting, track run.

1946 Military Pentathlon Obstacle Run: 500 m + 20 obstacles​​.

OCR HISTORY

MODERN HISTORY

1980 NZ Alpine Ironman (now coast-to-coast)​.

1982 WildTrek Australia.

1987 Tough Guy( UK): 12 km + 25 obstacles.

1989 Raid Gauloises.

1995 Eco-Challenge.

1996 HiTec Adventure Race.

​1996 Cross-Fit (CrossFit since 2000), functional fitness.

1997 Sasuke, originally Japan, now 126 countries.

​1999 Muddy Buddy (US), run, bike, several obstacles.

​2007 CrossFit Games.

2009 American Ninja Warrior (Sasuke): 50 – 100m, obstacle competition.

2010 Spartan Race: 5 – 50+ km, 20+ obstacles including running, jumping, climbing, crawling, javelin throwing, carrying (closest to Ancient Pentathlon).

2010 Tough Mudder (competitive since 2017).