There were 2 major athletic events in ancient greece, (all athletic events were part of a larger celebrations about a deity) Olympia (olympic games) and Panathinaia. After that there were several festivities that had athletic games as a part of them. Isthmian,Actian,Nemean etc. Also there was the ''Heraea Games'' dedicated to the goddess Hera wife of Zeus.
Overall, Micheal Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals- in 2 Olympics.
1. Dressage 2. Jumping 3. Eventing (aka the 3-Day-Event: consisting of tests in Dressage, Cross-Country and Show Jumping)
Six equestrian events were held at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing: 1) Individual dressage 2) Team dressage 3) Individual jumping 4) Team jumping 5) Individual eventing 6) Team eventing
The Olympics are held every 4 years. The Winter and Summer games are held 2 years apart, so there are Olympic events every 2 years.
You are confusing two terms. At the Olympic level, there is the decathlon, 10 events over 2 days:A decathlon is, in orderDay 1100mLong JumpShot PutHigh Jump400 mDay 2110HDiscusPole VaultJavelin1500mRead more: What_are_the_olympic_field_events_in_the_decathlonAnd the military oriented Modern Pentathlon, 5 events on one day:Fencing,Swimming,Show Jumping,Air pistolcross country running.
Michael Phelps has the most Olympic Gold medals as of January 2015. He has 22 medals total, 18 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. 11 of his gold medals are from individual events.
World War 1 and World War 2
1. What is a sentence using the word athletic? 2. I am an athletic person. 3. You are not very athletic.
1. First Olympic games 2. The fight between Sparta and Athens I am sure there are more!
they would be: 1. long jump 2. Triple jump 3. High jump 4. Pole vault
The Olympics does not feature a 4000m distance for running and thus no record exists for it. In fact, Olympic running events jump from the 1500m to the 5000m. In regard to world records, the 4000m is again not recognized. The closest is the 2 mile (3219m) and the 5000m running events.