Chariot races were in the acient days
Wrestling was an event at the first Olympic games. It can be argued that wrestling is the oldest sport known to mankind.
I don't know what you mean by oldest; there was ancient Olympic games that had "sports" way before football
The only event at the very first (classical) Olympic games was the Stadion foot race. A Stadion was about 200m, and women were not allowed to compete, so it would be fair to say that the Men's 200m is the oldest ongoing Olympic event, and therefore Athletics the oldest ongoing Olympic Sport.
Sumo wrestling is a martial art and a sport.
i think it would be rugby !
Pole vaulting is a sport with a very long history. It has been a sport since the mid-1800's when it was first recognized as a competitive sport. It has been an Olympic medal event since the late 1800's for men thought it wasn't recognized as a woman's sport in the Olympic's until the year 2000.
The address of the International Institute For Sport And Olympic History is: Po Box 175, State College, PA 16804-0175
The eldest sport is discus which originated just before the first olympic games came out.
Basketball is most popular and oldest surviving sport.
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before written history. oldest field sport know to man