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The only event at the very first (classical) Olympic games was the Stadion foot race. A Stadion was about 200m, and women were not allowed to compete, so it would be fair to say that the Men's 200m is the oldest ongoing Olympic event, and therefore Athletics the oldest ongoing Olympic Sport.
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The oldest sporting event in history is the Olympic Games, which originated in ancient Greece around 776 BC.
0. Cross country skier Kikkan Randall of the United States has participated in 3 Winter Olympics (2002, 2006, 2010). Her best finishes were a 6th in ladies team sprint at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, an 8th in ladies individual sprint at the 2010 Games, and a 9th in ladies individual sprint at the 2006 Games in Turin.
The oldest Olympic competitor representing Ireland was Joe McMenamin who was 59 years, 319 days old when he competed in three person keelboat sailing at the 1972 Games in Munich ... he finished 16th.