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An ancient Greece vase from 600 BC depicting a running contest An early model of hurdling at the Detroit Athletic Club in 1888 Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, one of the first modern track and field stadiums American athlete Jim Thorpe lost his Olympic medals after taking expense money prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics for playing baseball, a violation of Olympic amateurism rules.