contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

decathlon - an athletic contest consisting of ten different events

Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiad - 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 - a minor match preceding the main event

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

tug-of-war - a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses