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The history of the Olympic Games

What are the Olympic Games?
The Olympic Games are an athletic festival. They originated in ancient Greece. They are the world’s foremost sports competition and include athletes from all over the world.

When and where?
The first ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in the town of Olympia. These games were dedicated to the Olympian gods.

Who could take part?

All free male Greek citizens had the right to participate in the ancient Olympic Games, regardless of their social status. Several emperors even took part.
Women were not permitted to compete.

Events at the ancient Olympics

For the first 12 ancient Olympics, the only event was a short footrace of about 190m -or one length of the stadium - called a ‘stade’.
Eventually, the Games expanded from one day to five.
The earliest additions were running events of different lengths, as well as wrestling, pentathlon, boxing and for the wealthiest competitors, chariot racing.

What events did the ancient pentathlon include?
The ancient pentathlon included five different events. These were the discus, long jump (using weights from a standing jump), javelin, running, and wrestling. Each event was intended to train men for war.

A strange rule of the ancient Olympic Games
. In chariot racing, the horse owners were declared Olympic champion, and not the riders.

Physical punishment for breaking the rules.
Athletes who broke rules during the Olympics were publicly whipped.
Athletes could also be punished with impressively large   financial fines.

Prizes and rewards for the winners.

There were no gold, silver, and bronze medals at the ancient Games.
Prizes were awarded only to the winners! They were crowned with a wreath made from the leaves of the sacred olive trees at Olympia.

The final (official) ancient Olympics.

The ancient Olympic Games officially came to an end around 394 AD, when Roman emperor Theodosius I outlawed pagan celebrations.
The first modern Olympic Games took place many years later, at Athens in 1896.