At first, there was only footracing during the ancient Olympics, but later there came Wrestling, boxing, javelin and discus throwing, long jumping, and Chariot Racing. There were no other sports involved, so when you total what I listed for you there, your answer should be 7.
no
Swimming
No. The Olympics were only track and field and the winners received laurel leaf crowns.
Well, the Greeks loved competitions. So they made up a game called the Olympics, which modernized to the sports we have today. The Olympics were not the only competition in Ancient Greece, but the most popular.
The Ancient Olympics began as a one day event, but expanded to three days to accommodate each sport. Sports at the Ancient Olympics included running, long jump, shot put, javelin, boxing, pankration and equestrian.
no
The same as they had in the ancient olympics
high jump
Olympics
Swimming
Sports have been around for thousands of years. Ancient civilizations had sports. The Olympics comes from Ancient Greece.
They both involve sports
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.
lion fighting fighting each other
28 sports (games) are in the Olympics
Sports have been around for thousands of years. The oldest recorded sports meet was the ancient Olympics which began in 776 BC.
The Olympics are an international sports competition that have ancient roots. They were originally from Olympia, Greece, which was the sanctuary of Zeus.