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Ancient Olympic Games

The ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia[1]), or
the ancient Olympics, were a series of athletic competitions among
representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of ancient Greece.
They were held at the Panhellenic religious sanctuary of Olympia, in honor of Zeus,
and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin. The originating Olympic Games
are traditionally dated to 776 BC.[2] The games were held every four years, or
Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies. These Olympiads
were referred to based on the winner of their stadion sprint, e.g., "the third year of
the eighteenth Olympiad when Ladas of Argos won the stadion".[3] They continued
to be celebrated when Greece came under Roman rule in the 2nd century BC. Their
last recorded celebration was in AD 393, under the emperor Theodosius I, but
archaeological evidence indicates that some games were still held after this The Palaestra at Olympia, a place devoted to the
date.[4][5] The games likely came to an end under Theodosius II, possibly in training of wrestlers and other athletes
connection with a fire that burned down the temple of the Olympian Zeus during
his reign.[6]

During the celebration of the games, the Olympic truce (ekecheiría) was announced so that athletes and religious pilgrims could travel
from their cities to the games in safety. The prizes for the victors were olive leaf wreaths or crowns. The games became a political tool
used by city-states to assert dominance over their rival city states. Politicians would announce political alliances at the games, and in
times of war, priests would offer sacrifices to the gods for victory. The games were also used to help spread Hellenistic culture
throughout the Mediterranean. The Olympics also featured religious celebrations. The statue of Zeus at Olympia was counted as one of
the seven wonders of the ancient world. Sculptors and poets would congregate each Olympiad to display their works of art to would-be
patrons.

The ancient Olympics had fewer events than the modern games, and for many years only freeborn Greek men were allowed to
participate,[7] although there were victorious women chariot owners. Moreover, throughout their history, the Olympics, both ancient
and modern, have occasionally become arenas where political expressions, such as demonstrations, boycotts, and embargoes, have been
employed by nations and individuals to exert influence over these sporting events.[8] As long as they met the entrance criteria, athletes

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from any Greek city-state and kingdom were allowed to participate. The games were always held at Olympia rather than moving
between different locations like the modern Olympic Games.[9] Victors at the Olympics were honored, and their feats chronicled for
future generations.

Origin myths
To the ancient Greeks, it was important to root the Olympic Games in mythology.[10] During the
time of the ancient games their origins were attributed to the gods, and competing legends
persisted as to who actually was responsible for the genesis of the games.[11] The patterns that
emerge from these legends are that the Greeks believed the games had their roots in religion,
that athletic competition was tied to worship of the gods, and the revival of the ancient games
was intended to bring peace, harmony and a return to the origins of Greek life.[12]

These origin traditions have become nearly impossible to untangle, yet a chronology and
patterns have arisen that help people understand the story behind the games.[13] Greek
historian Pausanias provides a story about the dactyl Heracles (not to be confused with the
Hercules who was the son of Zeus and joined the Roman pantheon) and four of his brothers,
Aeonius, Epimedes, Iasius and Idas, who raced at Olympia to entertain the newborn Zeus. He
crowned the victor with an olive wreath (which thus became a peace symbol), which also
explains the four-year interval, bringing the games around every fifth year (counting
inclusively).[14][15] The other Olympian gods (so named because they lived permanently on
Mount Olympus) would also engage in wrestling, jumping and running contests.[16]
The Olympian Zeus statue
Another myth of the origin of the games is the story of Pelops, a local Olympian hero.
Oenomaus, the king of Pisa, had a daughter named Hippodamia, and according to an oracle, the
king would be killed by her husband. Therefore, he decreed that any young man who wanted to marry his daughter was required to
drive away with her in his chariot, and Oenomaus would follow in another chariot, and spear the suitor if he caught up with them. Now,
the king's chariot horses were a present from the god Poseidon and therefore supernaturally fast. The king's daughter fell in love with a
man called Pelops. Before the race however, Pelops persuaded Oenomaus' charioteer Myrtilus to replace the bronze axle pins of the
king's chariot with wax ones. Naturally, during the race, the wax melted and the king fell from his chariot and was killed. After his
victory, Pelops organized chariot races as a thanksgiving to the gods and as funeral games in honor of King Oenomaus, in order to be
purified of his death. It was from this funeral race held at Olympia that the beginnings of the Olympic Games were inspired. Pelops
became a great king, a local hero, and he gave his name to the Peloponnese.

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One (later) myth, attributed to Pindar, states that the festival at Olympia involved Heracles, the son of Zeus: According to Pindar,
Heracles established an athletic festival to honor his father, Zeus, after he had completed his labors.

History

Prehistory
Areas around the Mediterranean had a long tradition of physical activities, even though they did not seem to hold regular competitions,
with the events being probably the preserve of kings and upper classes.[17] The earliest evidence of athletic tradition in Greece come
from late Bronze Age artistic representations, such as from the island of Crete and Thera, and Archaic literary texts.[18] The Minoan
culture centered on Crete engaged in gymnastics, with bull-leaping, tumbling, running, wrestling and boxing shown on their frescoes.
The Mycenaeans adopted Minoan games and also raced chariots in religious or funerary ceremonies.[19][20] The exact relation between
the early Minoan and Mycenaean sporting activities and the later Greek practicies remains elusive.[21] The heroes of Homer's epics,
composed around 750 BC and held to represent a late Bronze Age society, participate in athletic competitions to honor the dead. In the
Iliad there are chariot races, boxing, wrestling, a foot race, as well as fencing, archery, and spear throwing. The Odyssey adds to these a
long jump and discus throw.[22][23]

First games
Aristotle reckoned the date of the first Olympics to be 776 BC, a date largely accepted by most,
though not all, subsequent ancient historians.[25] To this day, this is the conventional given date for
the inception of the ancient Olympics and, while this specific date of origin cannot be verified, it is
generally accepted that the games date from some time in the eighth century BC.[26] Archaeological
finds confirm, approximately, the Olympics starting at or soon after this time.[27]

Archaeology suggests that major games at Olympia arose probably around 700 BC. Christesen's
important work on the Olympic victor lists shows that victors' names and details were unreliable
until the sixth century. Elis's independent state administered it, and while the Eleans managed the
Boxing was one of the most popular
games well, there sometimes was bias and interference. Also, despite modern illusions, the famous
sports in the ancient Olympic Games
Olympic truce only mandated safe passage for visitors; it did not stop all wars in Greece or even at and was introduced into the
Olympia.[28] Olympics in 688 BCE.[24] Scene of
youths boxing, c. 336 B.C

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Olympiad calendar
The historian Ephorus, who lived in the fourth century BC, is one potential candidate for establishing the use of Olympiads to count
years, although credit for codifying this particular epoch usually falls to Hippias of Elis, to Eratosthenes, or even to Timaeus, whom
Eratosthenes may have imitated.[29][30][31] The Olympic Games were held at four-year intervals, and later, the ancient historians'
method of counting the years even referred to these games, using Olympiad for the period between two games. Previously, the local
dating systems of the Greek states were used (they continued to be used by everyone except historians), which led to confusion when
trying to determine dates. For example, Diodorus states that there was a solar eclipse in the third year of the 113th Olympiad, which
must be the eclipse of 316 BC. This gives a date of (mid-summer) 765 BC for the first year of the first Olympiad.[32] Nevertheless, there
is disagreement among scholars as to when the games began.[33]

According to the later Greek traveler Pausanias, who wrote in 175 AD, the only competition held at first was the stadion, a race over
about 190 metres (620 feet).[34] The word stadium is derived from this event.

Early History
Several groups fought over control of the sanctuary at Olympia, and hence the games, for
prestige and political advantage. Pausanias later writes that in 668 BC, Pheidon of Argos was
commissioned by the town of Pisa to capture the sanctuary from the town of Elis, which he did
and then personally controlled the games for that year. The next year, Elis regained control.

Greek sports also derived its origins from the concept that physical energy was being expended
in a ritualistic manner, in which Paleolithic age hunting practices were turned into a more
socially and glamorized function, thus becoming sport. The Greeks in particular were unique in
the regard that their competitions were often held in grand facilities, with prizes and nudity that
stressed the Greek idealisms of training one's body to be as fit as their mind, it is this ideology
The exedra reserved for the judges at
and athletic exceptionalism that resulted in theories claiming the Greeks were the inventors of Olympia on the south embankment of the
sport.[35] stadium. Today, this is where the Olympic
flame is passed on to the first torchbearer
In the first 200 years of the games' existence, they only had regional religious importance. Only of the upcoming Olympic Games.
Greeks in proximity to Olympia competed in these early games. This is evidenced by the
dominance of Peloponnesian athletes in the victors' roles.[36] Over time, the Olympic Games
gained increasing recognition and became part of the Panhellenic Games, four separate games held at two- or four-year intervals, but
arranged so that there was at least one set of games every year. The other Panhellenic Games were the Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian
Games, though the Olympic Games, being the oldest among the rest, were considered the most prestigious.[37] The Olympic games were
held to be one of the two central rituals in ancient Greece, the other being the much older religious festival, the Eleusinian Mysteries.[38]
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Participation in the Olympic Games was reserved for freeborn Greek men, although there were also Greek women who were victorious
as chariot owners. Authorities differ as to whether females were allowed to attend the competitions. Some say all females were excluded
from the sacred precinct where the games took place,[39] while others cite Pausanias who indicated that parthenoi (maidens) could view
the competitions, but not gynaikes (married women), who had to remain on the south side of the river Alpheios.[40] The evidence
regarding the attendance of women in the Olympics is inconclusive. Nevertheless, there is no specific evidence suggesting that women
were excluded from attending the other Panhellenic or Panathenaic contests.[41]

Imperial period

Roman conquest of Greece

After the Roman conquest of Greece the Olympics continued but the event declined in
popularity throughout the pre-Augustan era. During this period, Romans largely concentrated
on domestic problems, and paid less attention to their provinces. The fact that all equestrian
victors were from the immediate locality and that there is a "paucity of victor statues in the
Altis" from this period suggests the games were somewhat neglected.[42]

In 86 BC the Roman general Sulla robbed Olympia and other Greek treasuries to finance a war.
He was the only Roman to commit violence against Olympia.[42] Sulla hosted the games in 80 This model shows the site of Olympia,
BC (the 175th Olympiad) as a celebration of his victories over Mithridates. Supposedly the only home of the ancient Olympic Games, as
contest held was the stadion race because all the athletes had been called to Rome.[43] it looked around 100 BC. British Museum

Augustus
Under the rule of emperor Augustus the Olympics underwent a revival. Before he came to full power, Augustus' right-hand man Marcus
Agrippa restored the damaged temple of Zeus and in 12 BC Augustus asked King Herod of Judea to subsidize the games.

After Augustus was declared a god by the Senate after his death, a statue of his likeness was commissioned at Olympia.[44] Subsequent
divine emperors also had statues erected within the sacred Altis. The stadium was renovated at his command and Greek athletics in
general were subsidized.[45]

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Nero
One of the most infamous events of Olympic history occurred under the rule of Nero. He desired victory in all chariot races of the
Panhellenic Games in a single year, so he ordered the four main hosts to hold their games in AD 67, and therefore the scheduled
Olympics of 65, in the 211th Olympiad, were postponed. At Olympia he was thrown from his chariot, but still claimed victory. Nero also
considered himself a talented musician, so he added contests in music and singing to those festivals that lacked them, including the
Olympics. Nero won all of those contests, no doubt because judges were afraid to award victory to anyone else. After his suicide, the
Olympic judges had to repay the bribes he had bestowed and declared the "Neronian Olympiad" to be void.[45]

Renaissance
In the first half of the second century, the Philhellenic emperors, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius oversaw a new and successful phase in
the history of the games. The Olympics attracted a great number of spectators and competitors and the victors' fame spread across the
Roman Empire. The renaissance endured for most of the second century. Once again, "philosophers, orators, artists, religious
proselytizers, singers, and all kinds of performers went to the festival of Zeus."[46]

Decline
The 3rd century saw a decline in the popularity of the games. The victory list of Africanus ends at the 249th Olympiad (217), though
Moses of Chorene's History of Armenia lists a boxing winner from as late as 369 (the 287th Olympiad).[47] Excavated inscriptions also
show the games continued past 217. Until recently the last securely datable winner was Publius Asclepiades of Corinth who won the
pentathlon in 241 (the 255th Olympiad). In 1994, a bronze plaque was found inscribed with victors of the combative events hailing from
the mainland and Asia Minor; proof that an international Olympic Games continued until at least 385 (the 291st Olympiad).[48]

The games continued past 385, by which time flooding and earthquakes had damaged the buildings and invasions by barbarians had
reached Olympia.[49] The last recorded games were held under Theodosius I in 393 (at the start of the 293rd Olympiad), but
archeological evidence indicates that some games were still held.[4][5]

Location
Olympia lies in the valley of the Alfeiós River (Romanized as Alpheus) in the western part of the Peloponnese, today around 18 km
(11 mi) away from the Ionian Sea but perhaps, in antiquity, half that distance.[50] The Altis, as the sanctuary as was originally known,
was an irregular quadrangular area more than 180 meters (590.5 feet) on each side and walled except to the North where it was
bounded by the Mount Kronos.[51] It consisted of a somewhat disordered arrangement of buildings, the most important of which are the

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Temple of Hera, the Temple of Zeus, the Pelopion and the area of the great
altar of Zeus, where the largest sacrifices were made. The name Altis was
derived from a corruption of the Elean word also meaning "the grove"
because the area was wooded, olive and plane trees in particular.[52]

Uninhabited throughout the year, when the games were held the site
became over congested. There were no permanent living structures for
spectators, who, rich or poor, made do with tents. Ancient visitors recall
being plagued by summer heat and flies; such a problem that sacrifices
were made to Zeus Averter of Flies. The site's water supply and sanitation
were finally improved after nearly a thousand years, by the mid-second
century AD.[53]

But you may say, there are some things disagreeable and Olympia over the ages.

troublesome in life. And are there none at Olympia? Are you not Areas of note: 2: Prytaneion, 4: Temple of Hera,
scorched? Are you not pressed by a crowd? Are you not without 5: Pelopion, 10: Stadium, 15: Temple of Zeus,
comfortable means of bathing? Are you not wet when it rains? 20: Gymnasium, 21: Palaestra, 26: Greek Baths,
Have you not abundance of noise, clamour, and other 29: Leonidaion, 31: Bouleuterion
disagreeable things? But I suppose that setting all these things off
against the magnificence of the spectacle, you bear and endure.

— Epictetus, 1st century AD

Religion and culture

The ancient Olympics were as much a religious festival as an athletic event. The games were
held in honor of the Greek god Zeus, and on the middle day of the games, 100 oxen would be
sacrificed to him.[9] Over time, Olympia, the site of the games, became a central spot for the An artist's impression of ancient Olympia

worship of the head of the Greek pantheon and a temple, built by the Greek architect Libon, was
erected on the mountaintop. The temple was one of the largest Doric temples in Greece.[9] The sculptor Pheidias created a statue of
Zeus made of gold and ivory. It stood 42 feet (13 m) tall. It was placed on a throne in the temple. The statue became one of the seven
wonders of the ancient world.[9] As the historian Strabo put it,

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... the glory of the temple persisted ... on account both of the festal assembly and of the Olympian
Games, in which the prize was a crown and which were regarded as sacred, the greatest games in
the world. The temple was adorned by its numerous offerings, which were dedicated there from
all parts of Greece.[9]

Artistic expression was a major part of the games. Sculptors, poets, painters and other artisans would
come to the games to display their works in what became an artistic competition. Poets would be
commissioned to write poems in praise of the Olympic victors. Such victory songs or epinicians, were
passed on from generation to generation and many of them have lasted far longer than any other honor
made for the same purpose.[54] Pausanias claimed that the destroyed Sicilian polis of Naxos would have
been completely forgotten if not for its four-time Olympic champion, Tisandros.[55] Pierre de Coubertin,
one of the founders of the modern Olympic Games, wanted to fully imitate the ancient Olympics in every
way. Included in his vision was an artistic competition modeled on the ancient Olympics and held every
four years, during the celebration of the Olympic Games.[56] His desire came to fruition at the Olympics
held in Athens in 1896.[57] The Discobolus, a Greek
statue from the 5th century
BC, representing a discus
thrower. The image shows a
Politics Roman marble version of the
now-lost bronze original.

Establishment
Power in ancient Greece became centered on the city-state (polis) in the 8th century BC.[58] The
city-state was a population center organized into a self-contained political entity.[59] Every city-
state worshiped the same pantheon of gods, although each one often gave more emphasis on a
limited group of deities and celebrated religious festivals based on various calendars.[37] These
city-states often lived in close proximity to each other, which created competition for limited
resources. Though conflict between the city-states was ubiquitous, it was also in their self-
interest to engage in trade, military alliances, and cultural interaction.[60] The city-states had a
The Parthenon in Athens, one of the dichotomous relationship with each other: on one hand, they relied on their neighbors for
leading city-states of the ancient world political and military alliances, while on the other they competed fiercely with those same
neighbors for vital resources.[61] In this political context the Olympic Games served as a venue
for representatives of the city-states to peacefully compete against each other.[62]

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From the 8th century BC onwards, the city-states expanded with the establishment of colonies in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
While their cults and sanctuaries provided a sense of identity, those local identities as well as the increasing contacts with non-Greek
populations presented the Greeks with the need to define themselves not only as members of a certain polis but also as Hellenes. That
was made possible on the basis of a common language, a body of shared myths and legends, their religious observance and fondness in
athletic festivals, which functioned as important factors for the Greek self-definition. As a result, a small number of religious festivals
assumed a panhellenic character and were reserved for members of all Greek city-states; the oldest of them being the Olympic Games. A
body of officials, known as Hellanodikai, was responsible for determining the city-state of origin and the Greek identity of the
competitors.[63]

The spread of Greek colonies in the 6th and 5th centuries BC is repeatedly linked to successful Olympic athletes. For example,
Pausanias recounts that Cyrene was founded c. 630 BC by settlers from Thera with Spartan support. The support Sparta gave was
primarily the loan of three-time Olympic champion Chionis. The appeal of settling with an Olympic champion helped to populate the
colonies and maintain cultural and political ties with the city-states near Olympia. Thus, Hellenic culture and the games spread while
the primacy of Olympia persisted.[64]

Olympic truce
During the Olympic Games, a truce, or ekecheiria was observed. Three runners, known as spondophoroi, were sent from Elis to the
participant cities at each set of games to announce the beginning of the truce.[65] During this period, armies were forbidden from
entering Olympia. Legal disputes and the use of the death penalty were forbidden. The truce — primarily designed to allow athletes and
visitors to travel safely to the games — was, for the most part, observed.[65] Thucydides wrote of a situation when the Spartans were
forbidden from attending the games, and the violators of the truce were fined 2,000 minae for assaulting the city of Lepreum during the
period of the ekecheiria. The Spartans disputed the fine and claimed that the truce had not yet taken hold.[66][67]

The games faced a serious challenge during the Peloponnesian War, which primarily pitted Athens against Sparta, but in reality touched
nearly every Hellenic city-state.[68] The Olympics were used during this time to announce alliances and offer sacrifices to the gods for
victory.[9][66]

While a martial truce was observed by all participating city-states, no such reprieve from conflict existed in the political arena. The
Olympic Games evolved the most influential athletic and cultural stage in ancient Greece, and arguably in the ancient world.[69] As such
the games became a vehicle for city-states to promote themselves. The result was political intrigue and controversy. For example,
Pausanias, a Greek historian, explains the situation of the athlete Sotades,

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Sotades at the ninety-ninth Festival was victorious in the long race and proclaimed a Cretan, as in fact he was. But at the next
Festival he made himself an Ephesian, being bribed to do so by the Ephesian people. For this act he was banished by the
Cretans.[9]

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Events

Events at the Olympics[70]

Olympiad Year Event first introduced

1st 776 BC Stade

14th 724 BC Diaulos

15th 720 BC Long-distance race (Dolichos)

18th 708 BC Pentathlon, wrestling

23rd 688 BC Boxing (pygmachia)

25th 680 BC Four horse chariot race (tethrippon)

Three runners featured on an Attic black-
33rd 648 BC Horse race (keles), pankration
figured Panathenaic prize amphora. 332–
37th 632 BC Boys' stade and wrestling 333 BC, British Museum

38th 628 BC Boys' pentathlon (discontinued same year)

41st 616 BC Boys' boxing

65th 520 BC Hoplite race (hoplitodromos)

70th 500 BC Mule-cart race (apene)

71st 496 BC Mare horse race (calpe)

84th 444 BC Mule-cart race (apene) and mare horse race (calpe), both discontinued

93rd 408 BC Two-horse chariot race (synoris)

96th 396 BC Competition for heralds and trumpeters

99th 384 BC Tethrippon for horse over one year

128th 268 BC Chariot for horse over one year

131st 256 BC Race for horses older than one year

145th 200 BC Pankration for boys

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Apparently starting with just a single foot race, the program gradually increased to twenty-three contests, although no more than twenty
featured at any one Olympiad.[71] Participation in most events was limited to male athletes, except for women who were allowed to take
part by entering horses in the equestrian events. Youth events are recorded as starting in 632 BC. Our knowledge of how the events were
performed primarily derives from the paintings of athletes found on many vases, particularly those of the Archaic and Classical
periods.[72] Competitors had access to two gymnasiums for training purposes: the Xystos (meaning 'scraped'), an open colonnade or
running track,[73] for the runners and pentathletes, and the Tetragono for wrestlers and boxers.[74]

A loincloth known as the perizoma was initially worn by athletes at the ancient Olympic Games.[75]
Archaeological evidence from late sixth-century BC reveals athletes sporting this garment during
competitions.[75] For most of its history, Olympic events were performed in the nude,[76] a habit
which the Greeks felt distinguished them from non-Greeks.[26] Pausanias says that the first naked
runner was Orsippus, winner of the stadion race in 720 BC, who simply lost his garment on purpose
because running without it was easier.[77] The 5th-century BC historian Thucydides credits the
Spartans with introducing the custom of "publicly stripping and anointing themselves with oil in
their gymnastic exercises". He continues saying that "formerly, even in the Olympic contests, the
Greek athletes wearing perizoma
athletes who contended wore belts across their middles; and it is but a few years since that the (loincloths) while training.
practice ceased."[78]

Running
The only event recorded at the first thirteen games was the stade, a straight-line sprint of just
over 192 metres (630 feet).[79] The diaulos (lit. 'double pipe'), or two-stade race, is recorded as
being introduced at the 14th Olympiad in 724 BC. It is thought that competitors ran in lanes
marked out with lime or gypsum for the length of a stade then turned around separate posts
(kampteres), before returning to the start line.[80] Xenophanes wrote that "Victory by speed of
foot is honored above all."

A third foot race, the dolichos ("long race"), was introduced in the next Olympiad. Accounts of
the race's distance differ; it seems to have been from twenty to twenty-four laps of the track,
around 7.5 km to 9 km (4.6 to 5.6 mi), although it may have been lengths rather than laps and A section of the stone starting line at
thus half as far.[81][82] Olympia, which has a groove for each
foot
The last running event added to the Olympic program was the hoplitodromos, or "hoplite race",
introduced in 520 BC and traditionally run as the last race of the games. Competitors ran either
a single or double diaulos (approximately 400 or 800 metres, 0.25 or 0.5 miles) in full military armour.[83] The hoplitodromos was
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based on a war tactic of soldiers running in full armor to surprise the enemy.

Combat
Wrestling (pale) is recorded as being introduced at the 18th Olympiad. Three throws were
necessary for a win. A throw was counted if the body, hip, back or shoulder (and possibly knee)
touched the ground. If both competitors fell nothing was counted. Unlike its modern counterpart
Greco-Roman wrestling, it is likely that tripping was allowed.[84]

Boxing (pygmachia) was first listed in 688 BC,[85] the boys'

event sixty years later. The laws of boxing were ascribed to
the first Olympic champion Onomastus of Smyrna.[84] It
appears that body-blows were either not permitted or not
practised.[84][86] The Spartans, who claimed to have
invented boxing, quickly abandoned it and did not take part
Palaestra scene. Attic red-figure in boxing competitions.[84] At first the boxers wore
plate. c. 520–510 BC himantes (sing. himas), long leather strips which were
wrapped around their hands.[85]
Pankration scene: the pankriatiast on the
The pankration was one of the most popular sports in the ancient Olympic Games.[87] The
right tries to gouge his opponent's eye;
pankration was introduced in the 33rd Olympiad (648 BC).[88] Boys' pankration became an the umpire is about to strike him for this
Olympic event in 200 BC, in the 145th Olympiad.[89] As well as techniques from boxing and foul. Detail from an Attic red-figure kylix
wrestling, athletes also used kicks,[90] locks, and chokes on the ground. Although the only c. 490–480 BC, British Museum
prohibitions were against biting and gouging, the pankration was regarded as less dangerous
than boxing.[91]

It was one of the most popular events: Pindar wrote eight odes praising victors of the pankration.[84] A famous event in the sport was
the posthumous victory of Arrhichion of Phigalia who "expired at the very moment when his opponent acknowledged himself
beaten".[84]

Discus
The discus (diskos) event was similar to the modern competition. Stone and iron diskoi have been found, although the most commonly
used material appears to be bronze. To what extent the diskos was standardized is unclear, but the most common weight seems to be
2 kg (4.4 lbs) size with a diameter of approximately 21 cm (8 in), roughly equivalent to the modern discus.[92]
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Long jump
In the long jump (halma) competitors swung a pair of weights called halteres. There was no set
design; jumpers tended to use either spherical weights made of stone carved to fit the hand or
longer lead weights.[93][94] It is debated whether the jump was performed from a standing start
or after a run-up. In his analysis of the event based on vase paintings, Hugh Lee concluded that
there was probably a short run-up.[95]

Pentathlon
The pentathlon was a competition made up of five events: running, long jump, discus throw,
javelin throw, and wrestling.[84] The pentathlon is said to have first appeared at the 18th
Olympiad in 708 BC.[96] The competition was held on a single day,[97] but it is not known how
the victor was decided,[98][99] or in what order the events occurred,[84] except that it finished
with the wrestling.[100]
Pankratiasts fighting under the eyes of a
judge. Side B of a Panathenaic prize
Equestrian events amphora, c. 500 BC.
Horse racing and chariot racing were the most prestigious competitions in the games, due to
only the wealthy being able to afford the maintenance and transportation of horses. These races
consisted of different events: the four-horse chariot race, the two-horse chariot race, and the
horse with rider race, the rider being hand picked by the owner. The four-horse chariot race was
the first equestrian event to feature in the Olympics, being introduced in 680 BC. It consisted of
two horses that were harnessed under a yoke in the middle, and two outer horses that were
attached with a rope.[101] The two-horse chariot was introduced in 408 BC.[102] The horse with
rider competition, on the other hand, was introduced in 648 BC. In this race, Greeks did not use
saddles or stirrups (the latter was unknown in Europe until about the 6th century AD), so they
required good grip and balance.[103]

Pausanias reports that a race for carts drawn by a pair of mules, and a trotting race, were
instituted respectively at the seventieth Festival and the seventy-first, but were both abolished
by proclamation at the eighty-fourth. The trotting race was for mares, and in the last part of the
course the riders jumped off and ran beside the mares.[104] A discus thrower. Attic red-figure kylix
c. 500 BC

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The chariot races also saw the first woman to win an Olympic event, as the winner was deemed
to be the wealthy benefactor or trainer that funded the team rather than those controlling the
chariot (who could only be male). This allowed for horse trainer and spartan princess Cynisca to
be the first female Olympic victor.[105]

Due to the winner being the benefactor, it was also possible for a particularly wealthy person to
improve their odds by bringing multiple teams to the races; according to Plutarch, the record
belongs to Alcibiades, who brought seven chariots to a single competition, winning the first,
second, and either the third or fourth place at once.[106]

In 67, the Roman Emperor Nero competed in the chariot race at Olympia. He was thrown from
his chariot and was thus unable to finish the race. Nevertheless, he was declared the winner on
the basis that he would have won if he had finished the race.[107]
Attic red-figure kylix depicting an athlete
carrying halteres (jumping weights)
c. late Archaic Greece
Famous athletes
Running:
Coroebus of Elis (stadion, traditionally declared first Olympic champion)
Orsippus (diaulos, first to compete naked)
Leonidas of Rhodes (stadion, diaulos and hoplitodromos)
Chionis of Sparta (three-time stadion/diaulos winner and champion jumper)
Astylos of Croton (stadion, diaulos and hoplitodromos)
Alexander I of Macedon (stadion)[108]
Combat:
Arrhichion (pankratiast, died while successfully defending his championship in the 54th Olympiad (564 BC). Described as "the
most famous of all pankratiasts".)
Milo of Croton (wrestling, legendary six-time victor: once as youth, the rest in the men's event)
Diagoras of Rhodes (boxing 79th Olympiad, 464 BC) and his sons Akusilaos and Damagetos (boxing and pankration)
Timasitheos of Croton (wrestling)[109]
Theagenes of Thasos (boxer, pankratiast and runner)
Sostratus of Sicyon (pankratiast, notorious for his finger-breaking technique)

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Dioxippus (pankratiast, crowned champion by default in 336 BC when no other

pankratiast dared compete. Such a victory was called akoniti (lit. without getting dusted)
and remains the only one ever recorded in the Olympics in this discipline.)
Varastades (boxing, Prince and future King of Armenia, last known ancient Olympic
victor (boxing) during the 291st Olympic Games in the 4th century[110])
Equestrian:
Cynisca of Sparta (owner of a four-horse chariot) (first woman to be listed as an Olympic
victor)
Pheidolas of Corinth (owner of a mare named Aura (Breeze), who won the race after
throwing her rider at the starting line, 512 BC) [111]
Pherenikos ("the most famous racehorse in antiquity", 470s BC)
Tiberius (steerer of a four-horse chariot)[112]
Nero (steerer of a ten-horse chariot)
Other:
Herodorus of Megara (ten-time trumpet champ)

Olympic festivals in other places

Athletic festivals under the name of "Olympic games", named in imitation of the original festival
at Olympia, were established over time in various places all over the Greek world. Some of these
are only known to us by inscriptions and coins; but others, as the Olympic festival at Antioch,
Ancient list of Olympic victors of the 75th
obtained great celebrity. After these Olympic festivals had been established in several places, the to the 78th, and from the 81st to the 83rd
great Olympic festival itself was sometimes designated in inscriptions by the addition of Olympiads (480–468 BC, 456–448 BC)
Pisa.[113]

See also
Archaeological Museum of Olympia Olympics portal
Epinikion Sport of athletics
Athletes and athletics in ancient Greek art portal
Ludi, the Roman games influenced by Greek traditions
New Testament athletic metaphors
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Olympic Games ceremony

Panathenaic Games
History of physical training and fitness
Tailteann Games (ancient), a similar tradition of legendary pre-Christian Ireland
Running in Ancient Greece
Olympic winners of the Stadion race

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