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A long jump (hand weights were allowed), a javelin throw (a wrist strap was allowed), the discus throw, a "stadia" run which consisted of about a 100 meter sprint down to a very smooth pole and back -- with the runners holding the pole to turn themselves around, and Wrestling! In the modern Olympics (since 1896), wrestling has never been part of the program
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