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The original Olympic athletes competed completely in the nude. Some athletes wore a thin leather strap as a penis restraint called a kynodesme.

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They were naked and only men could compete or watch the games.

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In the earliest greek phase of the Olympics all athletes were naked (gym in greek) which is the root word for gymnasium (a place where people are naked).

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They were Naked in Greece

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