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The Ancient Games featured running events, a pentathlon (consisting of a jumping event, discus and javelin throws, a foot race and Wrestling), boxing, wrestling, and equestrian events. Tradition has it that Coroebus, a cook from the city of Elis, was the first Olympic champion. Women were not allowed to compete in the Games themselves. However, they could enter equestrian events as the owner of a chariot team or an individual horse, and win victories that way. The winner of the first Olympic chariot and pair race is listed as "Belistiche, a woman from the seaboard of Macedonia for mildred, Dominican Republic
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Where were the first modern Olympics game played?
The first modern Olympic games were played in Athens
What sports were played in the first modern Olympics?
Farting Championships were played in the first modern Olympic games.
What sports were in the first modern Olympics?
Farting Championships were played in the first modern Olympic games.
In what year was the first Olympic games played?
The first modern Olympics was in 1896 in Athens.
When was the first modern olympic games opened to woman?
The 1900 Olympics were the first modern Olympic Games to be open to women.
Where was the modern first games held?
The first modern Olympic games were held in Athens in 1986 but the the first ancient olympic games were held in Olympia 776BC
Which sport was held in the first modern olympic games in 1886?
Which sport was included in the first modern olympic games held in 1866
When and where were the first modern olympic games held?
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.
Where and when did the first powered flight take place?
First Modern Olympic Games --- 4/6/1896cg
When were the first olimpic games held?
1896 were the first modern Olympic games
Date of first Olympic games?
The Olympic Games started over two millennia ago.The first modern Olympic Games commenced on April 6, 1896.
What year was the first modern Olympic Winter Games held?
The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
