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Running:Ancient Olympics. Running was the oldest and most important Olympic sport.From 776 B.C to 728 BC, the stadion, a sprint event of about 180 m, was even the only event. ... The athletes ran the running events naked and barefoot on the running track, which was called 'stadion' as well.

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Wrestling
The ancient wrestlers in the Olympics would lift live bulls and tear trees apart with their own hands. They became wildly famous and were known as heroes. The sport was equivalent to modern day American football. To show off their strengths they would carry live bulls over their shoulders into the stadiums and ties strings around their heads and break them by pooping their veins.  They would wrestle naked and covered in oil. Their were two kinds of wrestling, standing which you had to thrown down the opponent 3 times while ground wrestling was wrestling till one opponent could not wrestle anymore which often resulted in death. Wrestling is still a well known sport today and is played in the olympics today.

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pankration:Is a combination of wrestling and boxing. It was a dangerous sport in which everything was permitted except biting,gouging It is no longer played today. And the closest sport today is MMA.Not an event in the olympics.introduced in 648 BC ended in 1896.

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It is a combination of wrestling and boxing. There were hardly any rules except biting gouging and attacking the genitals. It was never reinstated when the olympics were revived. It was never brought back because it was deemed to dangerous

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Back in ancient times, the contestants had to punched each other with their bare hands until one of them surrendered

Boxing is still in the olympics except now they wear padded gloves and punch each other until someone’s pinned

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The olympic sport of boxing in ancient greece Began around the eighth century b.c some say  that the heroic ruler Theseus invented a type of boxing in which two men sat face to face and beat each other up until one of them was killed. They fought completly naked unless for a wrap under the elbow or a wrapping with spikes.  It is still played today but alot safer and they wear clothes and gloves and helmets it startes in the olympics this year on Saturday, July 25 and ends on Sunday, August 9.

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Discus throwing was a disc used in the pentathlon.  The discus was made of stone then bronze ,lead and iron. the farthest discus throw was 86.74 meters. They still play it in the olympics.

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Chariot racing is where horses pull a driver in a chariot, a two wheeled cart like vehicle used in warfare and racing. Chariot racing was said to be the most popular sport in Ancient Greece, and that it started the Olympic games. It was held in an Ancient Grecian stadium called the Hippodrome, which was set on the incline of a hill and curved toward the end. The race lasted 15 minutes and would make seven laps. Up to 12 chariots would race side by side at one time. Chariot racing is not played today. The last race was held in 549 AD. Although they do still have some equestrian events in the games today.

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Boxing is played with two people having pairs of padded gloves throwing punches at one another for a specific amount of time. The rules are you can't hit below the belt,trip, kick, headbutt, spit, bite,wrestle, or push the other opponent. You can't hit open gloved, with the inside of your glove,wrist, backhand, or the side of your hand. The sport of boxing is still played, but the only difference is now it's not a male only olympic sport.

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The Olympic Sport i am in charge of today is Boxing. In the boxing Olympic two people will fight with boxing gloves and a protective helmet. It is won by landing the most hits to your opponents Head and Torso or Knocking them out. There are different weight divisions.
When Boxing first started it would end with someone's death. Boxing is still played today in the olympics.

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Chariot Racing Racing in the olympics. This is where horses pull along a driver riding a chariot. It was the most popular sport in Greece. Chariot racing was appealing to all social classes. Four horse chariots would go around the track 12 times and whoever finished first was the winner. There is no more chariot racing in the olympics today but, there are competitions today with horse racing and doing tricks.

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In ancient greece the dicus was made of iron bronze lead or iron. The athlete's was to be in a spinning motion. Today it is still played in the olympics now the discus is plastic with a metal rim. The way its played is not different from how they played back then.

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People would get in horse drawn chariots and race around the arena. It was dangerous for everyone involved. It caused serious injury and even death. Although it is no longer played in the olympics people do still chariot race today.

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Discus Throwing
Discus throwing is where the athlete has a heavy disc shaped object and they throw it to compete in the distance of their throw. Discus throwing is still played today in the olympics as a part of Track and Field. The disc must be thrown from a circle that is 8.2 feet in diameter and it has to land within a 40 degree sector marked on the ground from the middle of the circle.

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Boxing: Boxing is a physical sport where two people, usually wearing protective gear, throw punches at each other for a set time in a boxing ring. This sport was first played in Ancient Greece for the Olympics. We still see this playing in the present day Olympics, but it's a bit different. In Greece, the game would end when someone died from the metal gloves, whereas today its until the timer goes off.

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Its when holding your opponent and trying to throw or hold them down on the ground with without getting out. If its escape that's one point and its reversal its two points. Yes this sport is played today in schools and many other places. its a popular sports

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Pankration: introduced to Greek Olympics in 648 B.C. Includes boxing and wrestling techniques. Very dangerous and very sparse rules but the rules that were included are everything is permitted except biting, gouging, and attacking the genitals. Pankration is not in modern olympics but was first contested at World Combat Games in 2010.

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Ancient running was the oldest and the most important sport in the ancient olympics. From 776 BC to 728 BC, the 180 meters, also known as the stadion, was the only running event. Eventually, other running events were added, such as, diaulos, and the dolichos. One rule was that the runners had to be naked, another was they had to be barefoot when running. Running is still in the olympics, however there are many more events and the runners now wear clothes and have shoes, so they have the proper equipment.

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Running is the oldest most important Olympic sport. The runners ran naked and barefoot. The sprint event was about 180m. Running is still apart of the Olympics today it is known as the marathon . Running was the only event in the Olympics until the Roman period.They wear clothes now.