In the ancient Olympics, a wide range of athletic events were held, including running, long jump, shot put, javelin, boxing, ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... iron or stone as far as they can. And javelin: athletes hurl a wooden spear as far as they can.

Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium ... to practise events that required a lot of space, like the javelin, discus and running. Before the games began, messengers ...