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∙ 2008-03-13 22:22:54the first olympic "medals" was a branch of olive leafs
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∙ 2008-03-13 22:22:54They were naked and only men could compete or watch the games.
The ancient Olympic Games originated from Greece; also the first edition of the modern Olympic Games was held in Athens - 1896.
The United States will have 647 athletes at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
467.
Male athletes who were Greek citizens.
What year did the first ancient olympic games take place
no
14
Greece
Greek Athletes.
The Olympic Oath for athletes was first taken at the 1920 Games in Antwerp and the Olympic Oath for judges was first taken at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Athletes in the 200 metre foot race.
521 athletes
Never. The 2012 Olympic games in London were the first games "independent athletes" participated seperatly from a country.
There are approximately 10500 athletes competing in the 2008 Olympic games.
Every country decides on its own that how many athletes it will send to olympic, first they compete before olympic and those who qulify have given chance in olympic.
They were naked and only men could compete or watch the games.