100 meters
110 meter hurdles
200 meters
400 meters
800 meters
1,500 meters
3,000 meters
5,000 meters
10,000 meters
Marathon (42.195 kilometers)
21 running events at the morden Olympics
Running is commonly refered to as "Track" in the Olympics.
It was on 1984
In the Ancient Olympics the competitors were nude.
yes
running.
London
Because it is a sport you could ask the same about running... Why did running come into the olympics? Because it is a sport!
It is impossible to say for the ancient Olympics. For the modern Olympics you need to state what distance.
The closest thing to XC in the Olympics is cross-country skiing in the winter Olympics. There is also track, but that does not compare to the sickness of running through the woods now does it? XCbadger44
The answer is running
Marathon