Title: Ancient Greece Olympics | When did the Olympics start | Greek Olympics
Headings: Greek Olympic Games
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Content: Ancient Greek Olympics
The Ancient Greeks pioneered sporting contests and one of those contests was the Olympic games. Records indicate that the first Olympic games began in 776 BC in Olympia in the southwest of Greece. The Ancient Greek Olympics were very popular and took place every four years. They were held in honour of the Greek God Zeus. Interestingly women were not allowed to compete and only Greek national men were allowed to enter the competition. Initially the Olympics begun as a one day contest of wrestling and athletics, however the games quickly developed to last a week and have many more sports. An often forgotten fact was there were other sporting contests alongside the Olympic games such as the; the Pythian Games which took place every four years just outside of Delphi. And the Isthmos games which took place every two years near Corinth. Although both were very popular neither of them could compete with the Greek Olympics.