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What is the Olympic event that was a combination of boxing and wrestling was called?
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pancratium
or more correctly, Pankration. It was introduced at the XXXIII Olympiad (648 BC). Simple fisticuffs had been introduced in 688 BC. Particularly popular among Spartans, contests were savage, with hitting, kicking, twisting of limbs, strangling, and struggling on the ground allowed. The only recognized fouls were biting and gouging. A contest ended when one of the fighters acknowledged defeat.
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