Within a few hundred years, the Olympics expanded far beyond a single running event ... Nine Things You Didn't Know About the Ancient Olympic Games. Story by Sonja Anderson • 10mo. I n 776 B.C ...

This long jump event has some similarities to the current sport. ... (French School of Athens); History of Ancient Olympic Games, Lynn and Gray Poole. 1963; A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient ...

The modern pentathlon differs slightly from its ancient predecessor, but the event will still be a thrilling and demanding competition at the 2024 Olympics in Paris this summer.. The modern ...

A popular game in Ancient Greece and one of the core events within the Ancient Olympic Games (which trace back to the 7th century B.C.E.), the discus thrower motif was a common one within the ...

The modern pentathlon differs slightly from its ancient predecessor, but the event will still be a thrilling and demanding competition at the 2024 Olympics in Paris this summer.. The modern ...

Footraces—depicted on this vase by artist Euphiletos Painter—were among the earliest known events in the ancient Greek Olympics. But they likely weren't quite as long as the modern marathon ...

The 2024 Summer Olympic Games ... day event until 684 BC the Olympics was extended to three days and then to five days to cover the multitude of sporting events for attendees. Some ancient ...

It was part of the 1912 Olympics and maintained a stronghold in the event lineup for the Games. The modern pentathlon would take place over several days, much like the decathlon and heptathlon.

Nine Things You Didn’t Know About the Ancient Olympic Games With an intensive athletes’ boot camp and the threat of execution for unwelcome spectators, the Greek sporting event was a serious ...

At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, modern pentathlon will award gold medals to a man and woman who beat the pack. Here's what to know about the events.