[DOC] [TLE] Olympic Games - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] May 23, 2013 ... The ancient Olympic Games were a sporting event held every four years at ... The 
race was ran over one length (a stadion) of the stadium track, ... iron or bronze), 
stadion, javelin (in wood and thrown using a leather thong), and wrestling. ... 
Olympia were believed to have been originally planted by Hercules. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Olympic Games - Wikipedia [PAR] The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among 
representatives of city-states ... These origin traditions have become nearly 
impossible to untangle, yet a chronology and ... The Olympic games were held to 
be one of the two central rituals in Ancient Greece, the other .... Three throws 
were necessary for win. [DOC] [TLE] Olympic Games | Winter Summer Past and Future Olympics [PAR] The ancient Olympic Games were initially a one-day event until 684 BC, ... an 
Olympic sport with the addition of wrestling in 708 B.C., and included the ... 
Discus throw. The discus was originally made of stone and later of iron, lead or 
bronze. ... Greeks believed that it was founded by Theseus when he defeated the 
fierce... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Greek Olympics - Facts for Kids - History for Kids [PAR] The Olympics was one of four all-Greek (Pan Hellenic) games. ... Also, there were 
no medals like the gold, silver, and bronze medals we have today. ... sports 
activities: wrestling, running, the long jump, disc throwing, and spear throwing. 
break. [DOC] [TLE] Olympia: Site of Ancient Olympics - Live Science [PAR] Jan 28, 2013 ... This ancient Greek sanctuary had the first stadium ever constructed, and housed 
a giant statue of Zeus  one of the ancient Wonders of the World. ... in southern 
Greece where every four years the ancient Olympic games were held. ... a place 
where people made offerings of bronze and terracotta figurines. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Greece - Olympic Games [PAR] The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in the early 700 BC, in honour of Zeus
. ... The games at Olympia were greatly expanded from a one-day festival of 
athletics and ... In wrestling, the aim was to throw the opponent to the ground 
three times, on either his ... The discus was a circle shaped stone, iron, bronze, or 
lead. [DOC] [TLE] Brief History of the Olympic Games - Nostos [PAR] Created by the sculptor Phidias, it was considered one of the Seven Wonders of 
the World. Scholars have speculated that the games in 776 BC were not the first 
games, but rather the ... In time boxing, a chariot race, and other events were 
included. ... The Olympic Games were held without interruptions in ancient 
Greece. [DOC] [TLE] The Olympic Games - Ancient Greece [PAR] The athletic games were held every four years during the second (or possibly the 
first) ... More importantly, the games reflected the Greek's ideals that have won 
them ... discus and javelin throwing, and wrestling), and the pancration which 
was a ... The Olympics in ancient Greece also included poetry and writing 
competition,... [DOC] [TLE] Athletics in Ancient Greece | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art ... [PAR] According to tradition, the most important athletic competitions were inaugurated 
in 776 B.C. at Olympia in the Peloponnesos. By the sixth century B.C., other... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Olympic Games - World Map [PAR] The Olympic Games originated in Ancient Greece over 2700 years ago. ... Zeus is 
believed to have thrown his thunderbolt and marked the spot in Olympia where ... 
The earliest ancient Olympic Games were held for only one day. ... This festival, 
the Heraia, included athletic events and maiden women participated in these. [DOC] [TLE] The Ancient Olympics: Bridging past and present: View as single page [PAR] According to ancient scholars, the first ever Olympic Games were held in 776 ... 
festival probably stretch even further back in time to the Greek Bronze Age. ... 
One of its uses may have been to calculate the relation between Olympiads ... 
According to tradition,

Question: The ancient Olympic games were believed to have included the throwing of a bronze one
Answer: discus