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Running was a part of the first ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece, in 776 BC. They had several different foot races in those first Olympic Games. See the Related Link.

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Running has been in the Olympic games since they started.

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Running has been a part of the Olympics since the original ones in Ancient Greece.

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It started in 1345

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