When were the first ancient olympic games held?
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(mid-summer) 765 BC 776 BC
Ancient Olympic Games
When were the first ancient olympic games held
Ancient Olympic Games Olympic Games 1896 Summer Olympics Olympic winners of the Archaic period Pentathlon Ancient Olympic pentathlon Olympiad Olympic Games ceremony Cynisca Olympia, Greece
The <b>Olympic games were held</b> to be one of the two central rituals in ... The <b>games</b> 
<b>first</b> started in Olympia, Greece, in a sanctuary site for&nbsp;... The modern Olympic <b>Games</b> or Olympics are leading international sporting ... 
The <b>Ancient Olympic Games were</b> religious and athletic ... According to legend, it 
<b>was</b> Heracles who <b>first</b> called the <b>Games</b> &quot;Olympic&quot; and ... listing the winners of a 
footrace <b>held</b> every four years starting in 776 BC. The 1896 Summer Olympics officially known as the <b>Games</b> of the I ... festivals 
across Europe <b>were</b> named after the <b>Ancient Olympic Games</b>. ... a date for the 
<b>first</b> modern Olympic <b>Games</b> needed to be chosen. Coubertin suggested that the 
<b>Games</b> be <b>held</b> concurrently with the 1900&nbsp;... Just how far back in <b>history</b> organized athletic contests <b>were held</b> remains a 
matter of debate, but it is reasonably certain that they occurred in Greece almost 
3,000 years ago. However <b>ancient</b> in origin, by the end of the 6th century BC at 
least four Greek ... The <b>Olympic Games was</b> perhaps the greatest of all sporting 
event <b>held</b> every&nbsp;... The <b>first</b> documented pentathlon occurred in 708 BC in Ancient Greece at the 
<b>Ancient Olympic Games</b>, and <b>was</b> also <b>held</b> at the other Panhellenic <b>Games</b>. The <b>Ancient Olympic</b> pentathlon <b>was</b> an athletic contest at the <b>Ancient Olympic</b> ... 
The event <b>was first held</b> at the 18th Ancient Olympiad around 708 BC, ... Every 
four years when Olympic <b>games</b> occurred, there <b>was</b> the&nbsp;... An Olympiad (Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς, Olympiás) is a period of four years associated 
with the Olympic <b>Games</b> of the Ancient Greeks. Although the <b>Ancient Olympic</b> 
<b>Games were</b> established during Archaic ... Though the <b>games were held</b> without 
interruption, on more than one occasion they <b>were held</b> by others than the 
Eleians. The <b>Ancient Games</b>, <b>held</b> in Greece from ca. 776 BC to ca. 393 AD, provide the 
<b>first</b> examples of <b>Olympic</b> ceremonies. ... The victors <b>were</b> presented with an olive 
wreath or crown harvested from a special&nbsp;... Cynisca /sɪˈnɪskə/ or Kyniska <b>was</b> a Greek princess of Sparta. In 396 BC, she 
became the <b>first</b> woman in <b>history</b> to win at the <b>ancient Olympic Games</b>. ... While 
most women in the ancient Greek world <b>were kept</b> in seclusion and forbidden to&nbsp;... Olympia is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous 
for the nearby archaeological site of the same name, which <b>was</b> a major 
Panhellenic religious sanctuary of ancient Greece, where the <b>ancient Olympic</b> 
<b>Games were held</b>. ... For a <b>history</b> of the Olympic <b>Games</b>, see Olympic <b>Games</b> or 
<b>Ancient Olympic</b>&nbsp;...
776 BC
Ancient Olympic Games