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Ancient javelins were sharp wooden sticks, sometimes with a metal point on the end.

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Only men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to the games.
If women were caught sneaking in they were sometimes thrown off the side of the mountain as punishment.

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Winners were seen as being touched by the god.

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If people cheated the were beaten.

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There were no Gold, silver or bronze medals

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Before the games began messengers were sent to announce a sacred truce so people could get safely to Olympia.

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Every four years, people from around the world took part.

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If women were caught in a game, they were thrown off a cliff.

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Discuss- in this event, athletes would throw stone or metal discuss as far as they could.

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The toughest running race was called Hopiltodromos.

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No married women could spectate.

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They did long jump.

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They rode horses with no saddles.

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The winners were seen as being touched by the gods.

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The entire games were dedicated to Zeus. They had a huge gold and ivory statue of him.

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The games was the biggest sporting event in the ancient calendar.

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Running was the first event to be included in the games.

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They could fit 40,000 in the stadium.

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Every four years, 50,000 people came from all over Greece to watch and take part.

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The Olympic games was the biggest sporting event in Ancient Greece.

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The Greeks loved sport.

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The games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia in South-West Greece.

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Women cold not take part.

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The Olympic games began over 2,700 years ago.

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Women didn't take part in the Olympics.

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They did the olympics with no clothes on.