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Women
At the first Olympics, women were not allowed to participate. The games were dedicated to Zeus, and were therefore meant for men. Now, women certainly do participate in the Olympics.
Participation was limited to men in ancient Olympics initially. However, by 6th century BC women were allowed to participate in events like foot racing.
The women weren't allowed to participate in the ancient Olympic games.
In The Ancient Olympics only men were. In the Modern Olympics Women were only aloowed to compete from 1930 onwards
It was in 1900 when women were allowed to participate in the Olympics. The 1900 Summer Olympics were held in Paris, France.
women were not allowed to participate in ancient greek
Women were first allowed to participate in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris and Charlotte Cooper was the first woman gold medalist, winning the ladies singles event in tennis.
There are actually 3 track & field events in which they are either different, or unavailable for women to participate. These are: 1) Mens 110 m hurdles, whereas women participate in 100 m hurdles. 2) Mens 50 Km walk, no such event exists for women. 3) Mens Decathlon, whereas women participate in a Heptathlon. I went to the International Olympic Committee's website and searched for field events to find this answer. Hope this helps.