It began with a single one - a 200 metre foot race. This was progressively extended to include an increasing range of activities including javelin throwing, Chariot Racing, all-n Wrestling etc.
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The ancient Greek Olympic sports were mostly throwing events like javlin. They also had running and long jump and high jump.
Spartan women - or rather: Spartan adolescent women - participated on an equal footing with Spartan boys in the so-called Gymnopaedia, a festifal where they displayed athletic as well as martial arts, and dancing. Ancient Greek sports were running, swimming, the long jump, discus and javelin throwing.
Ancient Greek rowing ships were called galleys.
χρυσαφένιος (chrysafenios) is the ancient greek word for Golden
Dalton in ancient Greek is the name of the god of games