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Coroebus of Elis (Ancient Greek: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος, Kóroibos Ēleîos; Latin: Coroebus Eleus fl. c. 776 BC) was a Greek cook, [1] baker, [2] and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as the winner (ολυμπιονίκες, olympioníkes) [3] of the first recorded Olympics, which consisted of a single footrace known as the stade or ...
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.
[29] [30] [31] The Olympic Games were held at four-year intervals, and later, the ancient historians' method of counting the years even referred to these games, using Olympiad for the period between two games. Previously, the local dating systems of the Greek states were used (they continued to be used by everyone except historians), which led ...
Just how far back in history organized contests were held remains a matter of debate, but it is reasonably certain that they occurred in Greece almost 3,000 years ago. . However ancient in origin, by the end of the 6th century BC at least four Greek sporting festivals, sometimes called "classical games," had achieved major importance: the Olympic Games, held at Olympia; the Pythian Games at ...
Statue base with an inscription in memory of Cynisca's 396 BC Olympic victory. Museum of the Olympic Games in Antiquity, Olympia. Cynisca (/ s ɪ ˈ n ɪ s k ə /; or Kyniska, Greek: Κυνίσκα; born c. 440 BC) was a wealthy Spartan princess. She is famous for being the first woman to win at the Olympic Games. Cynisca first entered the ...
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; 160th Olympiad 140 BC - Agnodorus of Cyzicus; 161st Olympiad 136 BC - Antipater of Epirus
6th century BCE — Milo of Croton victorious in six Olympic Games. [23] [24] 488 BCE, 484 BCE and 480 BCE — Astylos of Croton was an outstanding athlete in running events. [25] 396 BCE and 392 BCE — Cynisca, a Spartan princess, was the first woman to win an event at the Ancient Olympic Games, although she was not allowed to enter the ...
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition ...