On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

Ancient Greeks believed the track ... Of the 18 core events in the Olympics program, some are familiar today—running, wrestling, boxing, javelin, discus. Others are less so.

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... iron or stone as far as they can. And javelin: athletes hurl a wooden spear as far as they can.

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes ... like the javelin, discus and running.

Nudity in athletics was closely tied to Greek ideals ... In the ancient Olympics, a wide range of athletic events were held, ...

The gymnasia were the ancient Greek equivalent of a sports centre ... Favourite sports included wrestling, javelin and discus throwing, and boxing. Gymnasia usually consisted of a large exercise ...

To begin with, the Games were held in honour of Zeus, the king of the gods in ancient Greek religion. Some early Olympic sports, including sprinting and the javelin (throwing a spear), are still ...