This is of particular importance, as from now on all Olympic medals will reflect the Greek character of the Games as regards both their origin and their revival. Leontien Ziljaard-van Moorsel became the first female cyclist to earn four career gold medals, reaching a total of six Olympic medals, while canoeist Birgit Fischer became the first athlete in any sport to win two medals in each of five Olympic Games
The Games featured two kinds of javelin events: throwing for distance and throwing at a target (for which an athlete would throw from horseback at a specific distance). And unlike today's athletes, who wear their countries' colors on their uniforms, the ancient Greeks usually competed without wearing any clothes at all, just another way in which pride in one's city-state or army was left out of what was supposed to be a religious festival
Ancient Greek Olympics for Kids and Teachers - Ancient Greece for Kids
Once the Olympics began, the Olympic competition was held once every four years for the next 1000 years! The games were held in honor of the mighty god, Zeus, king of all the gods
Greek Olympic Games - Ancient Greece for Kids!
The temple of Hera in Olympia, Elis, Greece We don't know when men first began celebrating the Olympic Games, but they were certainly already doing it in the time of Homer, by 776 BC. No matter who you had a war with, you had to stop the war and let their athletes and performers go through your city-state safely to get to the Olympic Games
BBC - Primary History - Ancient Greeks - The Olympic Games
The fighters wore leather gloves and a boxer was allowed to go on hitting his opponent even after he'd knocked him to the ground! However, cheating was punished. He won." One mother was so keen to see her son compete that she broke the no-women rule, and got in disguised as a man! The running track was 183 m (200 yards) long
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