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What are the legacy sports of ancient Greece?
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Ancient Greek Sports?
It began with a single one - a 200 metre foot race. This was progressively extended to include an increasing range of activities including javelin throwing, chariot racing, all-n wrestling etc.
What sports do they play in Greece?
Some of the sports played in Ancient Greece included discus-throwing, wrestling, and long-jumping.
Did ancient Greece invent the Olympics?
Yes, the Greeks invented the Olympics and held tornaments in Olympus. Sports like archery, javelin throwing, wrestling. BTW they did it naked.
List 5 event that were in the first ancient Olympic games?
The ancient Greek Olympic sports were mostly throwing events like javlin. They also had running and long jump and high jump.
Where are the Olympics from?
The Olympics are an international sports competition that have ancient roots. They were originally from Olympia, Greece, which was the sanctuary of Zeus.
What are the sports for Ancient Greece?
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What are the legacy sports of ancient Greece?
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How many sports were there in Ancient Greece?
607
Where did ancient Greece play sports?
Olympics
Famous sports man in Greece?
Nessi
How did the ancient Greeks form the Olympics?
Well, the Greeks loved competitions. So they made up a game called the Olympics, which modernized to the sports we have today. The Olympics were not the only competition in Ancient Greece, but the most popular.
Who played sports in ancient greece-?
Only free men who spoke Greek could compete, instead of athletes from any country.
When was sport begein?
Sports have been around for thousands of years. Ancient civilizations had sports. The Olympics comes from Ancient Greece.
Did Rome have better sports than Greeks?
Roman and Greek sport would of been very similar however Ancient Greece can claim the Olympics so in that respect the Greeks had the greater sports but only in terms of competition scale
What sports were most common in ancient Greece?
chariot racing
Why where sports so important to the ancient Greece?
losers were killed
