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Sporting events are believed to have been added to the festivities at a later date. They included footraces, javelin contests and wrestling matches. [21] 664 BCE, 660 BCE and 656 BCE — Chionis of Sparta was an outstanding athlete in jumping events. [22] 6th century BCE — Milo of Croton victorious in six Olympic Games. [23] [24]
17 January 1597 — a court of law in Guildford heard from a 59-year-old coroner, John Derrick, who gave witness that when he was a scholar at the "Free School at Guildford", fifty years earlier, "hee and diverse of his fellows did runne and play at creckett and other plaies " on common land which was the subject of the current legal dispute ...
Recurring sporting events by year of establishment (214 C) + Women's sport by year (193 C) 0–9. ... Sports before 1001; 1601 to 1700 in sports; 1701 to 1725 in sports;
These sporting events went beyond borders and were accompanied by a common cultural base, including courtesy, fair play, honor, and loyalty. [28] The Middle Ages also revealed the importance of owning a horse; common to the sports and amusements of the ruling class was the horse. [ 27 ]
Recurring sporting events established in ancient history (2 C, 1 P) C. Recurring sporting events by century of establishment (7 C) D.
Events 1711 — Queen Anne kept a large string of racehorses and was instrumental in the organisation of racing at the village of East Cote, now known as Ascot , near Windsor Castle . She founded Royal Ascot where one of the main events each year, continuing into the 21st century, is called the Queen Anne Stakes .
Recurring sporting events by date established (6 C) A. Annual sporting events (3 C, 91 P) B. Biennial sporting events (1 C, 104 P) Q. Quadrennial sporting events (74 P)
The list provides links to all lists of meet records for athletics competitions. These are the best performances set during the course of a specific competition. Multi-sport events typically refer to these as games records while single-sport championships refer to them as championship records.