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The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia, one of the sacred places of the ancient god Zeus.
The earliest known record of an Olympic competition is 776 bC, but it is thought that some kind of event may have been held for many years before that.
One legend states that the games were started by Heracles, while another states they were started by a king who wanted to bring peace to the region.

Women did not compete in the ancient  Olympics and married women were not even allowed to attend as spectators.
The male athletes did not wear any kind  of clothes  and competed naked.
Winning an Olympic event was considered to be the greatest sporting achievement. The winner of each event was presented with an olive branch as a token of this chievement.
The ancient games began to decline around 424 bC when Greece was at war with the Spartans and many young men had to go to war rather to devote themselves to athletics.

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Only men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend the Olympic Games. Married women were barred.

If they were caught sneaking in, they could be thrown off the side of a mountain as punishment!

However, women could still own horses in the chariot races at the Olympics and unmarried women had their own festival at Olympia every four years.

This was called the and was held in honour of Hera, Zeus's wife. Winners were awarded of sacred olive branches, the same as men. But in ancient Greece, only Spartan women were really interested in sport.

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Only men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend the Olympic Games. Married women were barred. If they were caught sneaking in, they could be thrown off the side of a mountain as punishment! However, women could still own horses in the chariot races at the Olympics and unmarried women had their own festival at Olympia every four years.