The Olympic Games: The History Of The Olympics

Olympics Games began 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in southwest Greece. The games were part of religions festival. The Olympic games are famous. They were famous by their starting, and the games that the Olympics consist of, and they used to have a lot of winners plus victory ceremony. The ancient Greeks loved competitions of all sorts, especially sporting competitions. The Olympics were not the only competitions games held in ancient Greece, but they were the most popular.

In ancient Greece, athletic festivals were held every four years in the city of Olympia and came to be known as the Olympic games. Only men from Greece were allowed to compete, and women were barred from even watching. According to wise GEEK the first known Olympic games were

This was certainly sufficient during the early years; indeed, according to Olympia events for the first 13 Olympiads, the stadion (200-meter sprint) was the only event. As more events were added, the number of days grew, until from the fifth century on, the five-day schedule was standard. No competitions took place on the first day. After the opening ceremony, which included the taking of oaths by the athletes and judges, the competitors were registered and schedules were drawn up. On the second day there were special events for the boys. This usually included boxing and pankration wrestling. The day ended with celebrations for the young participants. Next, the primary events began, starting with chariot races and horse races in the Hippodrome. Then came the pentathlon, a combination of five events (sprint, long jump, discus, javelin, and wrestling), in the stadium. The fourth day opened with the foot races: the stadion (200 meters), the diaulos (400 meters), and the dolichos (2,000 meters). Wresting, boxing, and pankration wrestling followed this. The final event of each Olympics was a spectacle called the hoplitodromia, a 200-meter sprint in helmet, greaves (calf armor), and shield. The final day was one long ceremony. Winners of the Games were crowned with wreaths of olive leaves and greeted as heroes. They were showered with material gifts, and sometimes a special entrance was cut in the wall surrounding their home

Perhaps the greatest athlete of the ancient games was Milo of Corton, a wrestler who was in the 500’s B.C. he won the wrestling crown six times, and he was said to be so powerful that he could carry of full-grown bull on his shoulders. People won these years also, but now because a lot of countries participate so the amount gets bigger in the winners. Meanwhile, we have a lot of winners in our years. In swimming Michael Phelps from united state of American. He won 4 times on 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. A woman from Australia won 3 times. She is athletic. Moreover, Steven Redgrave from Great Britain won 5 times in