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  2. Coroebus of Elis - Wikipedia

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    Coroebus being the earliest winner known to Hippias, his is still reckoned the "1st Olympiad"; following Hippias's dating, his victory is generally placed in the summer of the year 776 BC. The stadium at Olympia was one stade (600 Greek feet , 630.8 English feet , 192.27 m ) [ 6 ] long and the competition was still clothed in his time, naked ...

  3. Ancient Olympic Games - Wikipedia

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    Boxing was one of the most popular sports in the ancient Olympic Games and was introduced into the Olympics in 688 BCE. [24] Scene of youths boxing, c. 336 B.C. Aristotle reckoned the date of the first Olympics to be 776 BC, a date largely accepted by most, though not all, subsequent ancient historians. [25]

  4. List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of winners of the Stadion race at the Olympic Games from 776 BC to 225 AD. It is based on the list given by Eusebius of Caesarea using a compilation by Sextus Julius Africanus. The Stadion race was the first and most important competition of the ancient Olympiads and the names of the winners are used by many Greek ...

  5. 125 Olympics Trivia Questions and Answers to Test Your ...

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    32. Question: The only event in the first-known ancient Greek Olympics was a footrace of what length? Answer: 192 meters. 33. Question: Who won the first-known Olympics in ancient Greece? Answer ...

  6. 1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The 1896 Summer Olympics (Greek: Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, romanized: Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad (Greek: Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, romanized: Agónes tis 1is Olympiádas) and commonly known as Athens 1896 (Greek: Αθήνα 1896), were the first international Olympic Games held in ...

  7. List of ancient Olympic victors - Wikipedia

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    A papyrus list of Olympic victors, 3rd century A.D., British Library The current list of ancient Olympic victors contains all of the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent disbandment in 393 by Roman emperor Theodosius I.

  8. 28 Olympics Facts That Are Everything From Shocking To ...

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    Organizers of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games ordered 450,000 condoms for the Olympic Village.View Entire Post ›

  9. Category:History of the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; ... Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games (6 C, 11 P) 1906 Intercalated Games ... List of first Olympic gold medalists by country;