- Many sports existed before Ancient Greece. The relevance of these sports to the Greeks was incredibly important to their culture. Due to this, they created the Olympic Games which were held in a small village of Peloponnesus called Olympia.
- The Olympic Games were a series of competitions between the city–states of Ancient Greece. They were held between 776 BCE until 393 ACE.
- The origin of these competitions is still unknown yet it is claimed that they came from a series of myths such as the ones of Pelops and Heracles.
- The games first started in Olympia, Greece near the sanctuary site of Zeus. They were held every four years calling this period an Olympiad, which was a basis for the calendar system. Over the years, there was a struggle in Greece to control the Olympics.
- Back then, only free men who spoke Greek were allowed to participate. This men had to compete nude due to a law established in 720 BCE.
- The first competition they had was the Stadion Race which consisted of running a length of 180 – 240 meters which was the length of the stadium. Later the Diaulos, Dolichos, Hoplitodromos were introduced as well as some of the common games that exist today that were compacted in the Pentathlon.
- The winner athletes were awarded an olive branch which represented a lot of honor and respect.
- Some of these competitors were: 
+ Aurelios Zopyros
+ Acanthus of Sparta
+ Chionis of Sparta
+ Kyniska of Sparta
+ Diagoras of Rhodes
+ Leonidas of Rhodes
+ Astylos of Croton
+ Milo of Croton
Eduardo Sanchez, Sergio Salazar, Camila Zuluaga
Sources
-Kotynski, Edward J. "The Athletics of the Ancient Olympics: A Summary and Research Tool". Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
-Mallowitz, Alfred. "Cult and Competition Locations at Olympia" Retrieved on November 19, 2007
-Ancient Olympic Games. Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2006. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved on November 19, 2007
