It varied over the years from a dozen to hundreds and thousands.
Masquerading as a man, which would be difficult an athletes competed naked.
about ten months, the equivalent to the Greek year
Four weeks before the Olympics games, athletes would travel to Elis, a city near Olympia. A final selection was made there, and only those who were chosen could compete at Olympia.
All the contestants would compete for an Olympic medal !
Without them the ancient Greeks would not have been able to start the Olympics.
With 639 athletes, China has the most athletes in the Beijing Olympics. The country that has the most athletes that traveled to China to the Olympics would be the the US with 595 athletes.
Pump oxygen into a contained atmosphere on Jupiter and have top athletes work out over there so when they get to Earth to compete in the Olympics they will be extraordinary
There were no Olympic game in 2005 and even if there were, England would not have won any. Great Britain compete in the Olympics, so any English athletes compete under the GB banner
athletes would be naked.
That number has not yet been determined since most Olympic committees have not had all of their competitions to determine who will be selected. There were 10,625 athletes that competed in the 2004 Games in Athens so it would be safe to say the number of athletes will be over 10,000.
For worshipping Zeus, of course. It was also used in the Ancient Greek Olympic games. In it the athletes, judges and trainers swore they had trained for the regulation 10 months, they had trained fairly and that they would judge and compete fairly. Also at the end of the Olympics the winners would be crowned in the temple.
Gold coast is a very popular resort for athletes that would compete in the Olympics. One who competes in marathons and sprints would consider this a good destination.