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The last running event added to the Olympic program was the hoplitodromos, or "hoplite race", introduced in 520 BC and traditionally run as the last race of the games. Competitors ran either a single or double diaulos (approximately 400 or 800 metres, 0.25 or 0.5 miles) in full military armour. [ 83 ]
Euphiletos Painter Panathenaic prize amphora depicting a running race, Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Ancient Greece, the history of running can be traced back to 776 BC. . Running was important to members of ancient Greek society, and is consistently highlighted in documents referencing the Ancient Olympic
At the Olympic Games, the stadion (building) was big enough for 20 competitors, and the race was a 200 yd (180 m) sprint, [2] but the original stadion track in Olympia measures approximately 210 yd (190 m). The race began with a trumpet blow, with officials (the ἀγωνοθέται agonothetai) at the start to make sure there were no false ...
157th Olympiad 152 BC - Leonidas, victor in three races for a fourth time, was the first and only man to win 12 Olympic crowns over four Olympiads. 158th Olympiad 148 BC - Othon of Syracuse 159th Olympiad 144 BC - Alcimus of Cyzicus
The dolichos or dolichus (Greek: Δόλιχος, English translation: "long race") in the ancient Olympic Games was a long race (c. 4800 m) introduced in 720 BC.. Separate accounts of the race present conflicting evidence as to the actual length of the dolichos: however, the average stated length of the race was approximately 12.5 laps, or about three miles (4.828 km).
Diaulos (Greek: Δίαυλος, English translation: "double pipe") was a double-stadion race, c. 400 metres (1,300 feet), introduced in the 14th Olympiad of the ancient Olympic Games (724 BC). The length of each foot race varied depending on the length of the stadium. [1]
The hoplitodromos or hoplitodromia (Greek: ὁπλιτόδρομος, ὁπλιτοδρομία, English translation: "race of the hoplites") was an ancient foot race, part of the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games. It was the last foot race to be added to the Olympics, first appearing at the 65th Olympics in 520 BC, and was ...
The Ancient Olympic pentathlon (Greek: πένταθλον) was an athletic contest at the Ancient Olympic Games, and other Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. The name derives from Greek , combining the words pente (five) and athlon (competition).