The best performers.
There were events such as: javelin, discus, wrestling, boxing, long jump, chariot racing, and the pentathlon which included running, wrestling, javelin, discus and long jump But at the first ancient olympics there was only short sprints.
boxing wrestling running chariot racing horse racing pentathlon
The stade race, a race of approximately 200 meters, was the only event competed at the first Olympics in 776 BC. Wrestling and pentathlon were added in 708 BC. The five events of the ancient pentathlon were wrestling, discus, javelin, running, and jumping. Boxing was added in 688 BC and chariot racing was added in 680 BC.
Pankration, Decathlon, Chariot Racing, Wrestling,
Boxing, running, wrestling, pankration (= all power, an all-in bash and wrestle), pentathlon, chariot racing.
chariot racing which was the most dangerous,running,boxing,wrestling,
Foot races, javelin, discus, all-in wrestling, chariot racing.
Javelin, discus, wrestling, chariot racing, foot racing, pentathlon
The ancient Greeks invented the Olympics. The early olympics included boxing, chariot racing, discuss, javelin, running, and wrestling.
The ancient Greek Olympic sports were mostly throwing events like javlin. They also had running and long jump and high jump.
The first original Olympics consisted of a foot race among women. Later, a foot race for men was added. Then boxing, kick boxing, and wrestling were added. Later, the pentathlon was added, consisting of running, long jump, discus throw, javelin throw and wrestling. At some point, events for children were included, as well as chariot racing. In all, the ancient Olympics had 23 different games, but no single Olympics ever included more than 20 games.
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