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A sprint foot race.
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∙ 6y agoIn the first thirteen Olympic games, there was only one event and that was the sprint. The sprint event was about one hundred and eight meters in length. Then later Pentathlon was added and it had different events. There was discus, javelin, jumping, running, and wrestling. After a while, they added Equestrian events and that included chariot racing and riding. The Ancient Olympics did have lots of events. They had two major events Equestrian and Pentathlon events
sprint
The first event of the Ancient Olympics was the stade race, a foot race of approximately 192 meters run at the first Ancient Games in 776 BC. The first event of the Modern Olympics was a heat in the 100 meter dash run on April 6, 1896.
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∙ 15y agoThe Olympic games originally contained one event: the stadion (or "stade") race, a short sprint measuring between 180 and 240 metres, or the length of the stadium. The length of the race is uncertain, since tracks found at archeological sites, as well as literary evidence, provide conflicting measurements. Runners had to pass five stakes that divided the lanes: one stake at the start, another at the finish, and three stakes in-between.
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∙ 11y agoThe Ancient Olympic Games consisted of only one race, the "stade" race
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∙ 7y agoA 200 metre foot sprint.
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∙ 13y ago100 meter dash
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∙ 13y ago100 meter dash
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it was the sprint
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