[DOC] [TLE] Title: Untitled Olympic Games were held throughout Ancient Greece ... [PAR] ... Olympic contests, but traditionrecognizes that the first Olympiad was held in 
776 B.C. (Anderson, Dave.) p. 40 It consisted of one event, a 200-yard foot race,... [DOC] [TLE] Home Page - Nostos [PAR] The Olympic Games begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC. ... of Olympic victors 
c.400 BC, at first the only Olympic event was a 200-yard dash, called a stadium. 
... men how to wrestle and measured out the stadium, or the length of the footrace
. ... The modern Olympic Games are named for athletic contests held in ancient... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Olympic Games - Washington Post [PAR] 776 B.C.. While exact origin is unknown, the Ancient Olympic Games were held 
in ... Olympic competition was in 776 B.C. So important were these contests that 
... Nemean, and Isthmian, had attracted world wide attention but the one held at ... 
For the first 13 Olympiads, the competition consisted of a single race of 200 yards
,... [DOC] [TLE] The Olympic Games Summary - Fact Monster [PAR] The first Olympic Games of which there is record were held in 776 B.C., and 
consisted of one event, a great foot race of about 200 yards held on a plain by the 
River Alpheus (now the Ruphia) just outside the little town of Olympia in Greece. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Olympic Events - Olympic-Legacy.com - PE04.Com [PAR] Some Olympic competitions, such as boxing and wrestling, are just as common ... 
Day FourThe fourth day opened with the foot races: the stadion (200 meters), ... 
One amazing feature of these ancient stadiums is the absence of bends at the ... 
STADION (1st Olympiad; 776 BC)The "stadion" was a simple sprint from one... [DOC] [TLE] Birth of the Ancient Olympics [PAR] The first records of the Olympics date back to 776 B.C., when the games lasted 
only one day. ... Olympia was the site of a religious festival held in Ancient 
Greece. ... The competitions of the early Olympics of Ancient Greece consisted 
mainly of races. The first Olympics contained only a 200-yard foot race, called the 
stade. [DOC] [TLE] CNN.com - The Ancient Olympics - Jun 23, 2004 [PAR] Jul 12, 2004 ... we may sing of no contest greater than Olympia,just as water is the most ... been 
held earlier, tradition maintains that the first proper Olympics took place in ... The 
first Games in 776 BC lasted only a single day, and consisted of just one event, 
the stadion, a 200 yard (183 meter) foot race, won in that year by... [DOC] [TLE] First modern Olympic Games - Apr 06, 1896 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, First modern Olympic Games on Apr 06, 1896. ... Games 
were held at Olympia in the Greek city-state of Elis in 776 B.C., but it ... The 
pentathlon, introduced in 708 B.C., consisted of a foot race, the long ... At the 
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, more than 10,000 athletes from 200 countries 
competed... [DOC] [TLE] Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Mount Olympus Meets the Middle ... [PAR] Sep 6, 2016 ... The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, involving some 200 Olympic ... Just how far 
back in history organized athletic contests were held remains a ... The first 
Olympic champion listed in the records was Coroebus of Elis, ... At the meeting in 
776 bc there was apparently only one event, a footrace that covered one... [DOC] [TLE] Olympic Games - Credo Reference [PAR] Records tell of Olympic Games every four years from 776 B.C.E. to 217 C.E. 
when, with ... believed, however, that the festival consisted not only of sporting 
contests, but of the ... At first, these were simple foot races; later the long jump, 
discus and ... Modern Olympics comprise Summer Games, held in a large city, 
and Winter... [DOC] [TLE] The Olympic Games an international sports competition are held ... [PAR] the Winter Olympics were held in 1994 and the Summer Olympics in 1996. .... 
Coubertin and the IOC intended from

Question: The first of these contests, held in 776 B.C., consisted only of a 200-yard foot race
Answer: Olympic games