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Why did women not compete in the ancient Olympics?

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they were to fat and just was the law

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Were the women allowed to compete in the ancient Olympics?

No, women were not allowed to enter the olympics.


Who were able to complete in the ancient Olympics?

Only men were able to compete in the Ancient Olympics. Women were forbid to enter the Ancient Olympics, or, Olympia, as it was called back then.


Are there Olympics that men compete but women do not?

The first few and the ancient Olympic games.


Who was not allowed to participate in Olympics?

In The Ancient Olympics only men were. In the Modern Olympics Women were only aloowed to compete from 1930 onwards


In ancient Greece what did women do in the Olympics games could they compete?

dressed as men and sneaked in.


When were wemon allowed to compete in the Olympics?

no women were not aloud to compete in the Olympics.


What did women in the ancient Olympics wear?

Women were not only not allowed to compete but also were not allowed to watch the games as the competotors were nude.


Where girls alowd to compete in the ancient Olympics?

|No, females were not allowed to compete in the Ancient Olympics, because men thought that women weren't strong enough, and the Olympics were for "middle and upper class" men. Wives were low class, simply b/c they were not men. :(


who did athletes compete for in the ancient Olympics?

Themselves.


What are the same about the ancient and modern Olympics?

Women are now allowed to compete and there is a Marathon and there is winter Olympics and many more sports and no going naked. Ancient Olympic and Modern Olympic has a lots of events.


Where was the first Olympics involving women held?

1900 in Paris. Women competed in golf, croquet, and tennis. That is true if your talking about the modern Olympics but if you go back to the ancient Olympics held in the city-state of Olympia, women were allowed to compete in the games.


What did the ancient athletes compete for at the ancient Olympics?

Food and love mainly.