how many turns did chariot racers have to make around the posts in the ancient olympics?
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During the olympics, the race consisted of 12 laps.
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Host cities of the Modern Olympic Games\n\n1896 - 1st Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n1900 - 2nd Olympiad - Paris, France\n1904 - 3rd Olympiad - St. Louis, Missouri, USA\n1906 - 3rd Olympiad, year 3 - Athens, Greece (sometimes called the "interim Games")\n1908 - 4th Olympiad - London, England\n1912 - 5th Olympiad - Stockholm, Sweden\n1916 - 6th Olympiad - Cancelled - World War I (Scheduled for Berlin, Germany)\n1920 - 7th Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium\n1924 - 8th Olympiad - Paris, France\n1928 - 9th Olympiad - Amsterdam, The Netherlands\n1932 - 10th Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1936 - 11th Olympiad - Berlin, Germany\n1940 - 12th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (Scheduled for Tokyo, Japan. Then re-scheduled for Helsinki, Finland & cancelled a 2nd time)\n1944 - 13th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (London considered, but war continued)\n1948 - 14th Olympiad - London, England\n1952 - 15th Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland\n1956 - 16th Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (Horses were not permitted to be imported into Australia so the Equestrian events were in Stockholm)\n1960 - 17th Olympiad - Rome, Italy\n1964 - 18th Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan\n1968 - 19th Olympiad - Mexico City, Mexico\n1972 - 20th Olympiad - Munich, Germany\n1976 - 21st Olympiad - Montreal, Canada\n1980 - 22nd Olympiad - Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR)\n1984 - 23rd Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1988 - 24th Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea\n1992 - 25th Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain\n1996 - 26th Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia, USA\n2000 - 27th Olympiad - Sydney, Australia\n2004 - 28th Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n2008 - 29th Olympiad - Beijing, China\n2012 - 30th Olympiad - London, England\n2016 - 31st Olympiad - to be selected by the International Olympic Committee
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With all due repect to the previous poster the 4x1500 isn't regularly run, neither is the 30K.\n\nThe longest standing Men's record for a regularly contested track event is the Discus 243-0 (74.08 meters) by Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 6/06/86 \n\nThe oldest "running" record is the 400 Hurdles. 46.78 by Kevin Young (US) at the Barcelona, Olympics 8/06/92 , followed by the 4 x 100. 37.40 United States at the Barcelona Olympics 8/08/92
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Yeah it was 776 bc in greece and the warring factions of the country called a cease fire to honor their gods through sport,\nthey thought he body was some expression of holyiness or whatever, that building their bodies honored the gods\n\nso they would wrestle and run and all those good things,\nI remember seeing a tv show that said they sold tickets and the wealthy were closer\n\nI dont remember but I do think women werent allowed to be there\n\nSo it was about their religion, and an opportunity to not be at war for that time, a chance for peace,
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1.  The human body contains 206 bones. \n\n2.  Largest planet isJupiter.\n\n3.  First Olympics was held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. These games were the first modern Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism. They were held between Monday, April 6 and Wednesday, April 15 1896.
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Not the Ancient Greeks, if this Wikipedia entry is correct:\n\nThe 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics, held on its own, and not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. The preceding 1924 Winter Olympics were retroactively renamed into Winter Olympics. They were actually part of the 1924 Summer Olympics. All preceding Winter Events of the Olympic Games were the winter sports part of the schedule of the Summer Games, and not as a separate Winter Games. These games also replaced the now redundant Nordic Games, that were held quadrennially since early in the century.\nContents
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The Greeks inventors of the ancient olympiads used it as a distinct measurement of time, similiar to the way the romans would use their ruler as a measurement of time "in the third year this emperor etc."  The Greeks did not have winter olympics they are a modern day invention and they were held in the same year as the summer games until 1994 when the summer games would stay in years divisable by four (2000, 2004 etc) and winter would go to even non-divisable by four (2006, 2010).
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I've read about the boxers of Greece and alot of them were very good, they would wrap leather (himantes) over their knuckles as gloves. Theagenes is the greatest of all boxers in history, after his death he was worshiped as a demigod of fertility. 1300 fights in 22 years without losing.\n\n\nHere follows the career record of Theagenes, according to the inscription at the shrine of Thasos at Delphi:\n\nOlympic Games: 2 victories (1 boxing, 1 pankration)\nPythian Games: 3 boxing\nIsthmian Games: 9 boxing, 1 pankration\nNemean Games: 9 boxing\n1300 total victories\nUnbeaten at boxing for 22 years\n\n\nArchaeological evidence suggests boxing existed in North Africa as early as 4000 BC and had also developed in the Mediterranean by 1500 BC.
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Check this site:\nhttp://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=ancienthistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.activemind.com%2FMysterious%2FTopics%2FAtlantis%2Findex.html
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History of the Olympic Flame\nThe tradition of the Olympic flame began during the ancient Olympic Games, over 2700 years ago in Greece. A flame was lit for each Olympics, every four years, and it burned throughout the games. The flame symbolized the death and rebirth of Greek heroes. There was no torch relay in the ancient Olympics. The first torch relay took place at the 1936 games in Berlin, Germany.\n\nThe Torches of the Olympics:\nFor each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun. This flame begins its Olympic Torch Relay by touring Greece. The flame is normally taken to the country where the games will be held (usually by airplane). The flame is then carried around the country where the games are to be held, using a series of torches carried by people running, walking, riding horses and camels, scuba diving, and using other means of human conveyance. The last runner uses a torch to light the large Olympic torch which burns throughout the games. The flame is extinguished during the closing ceremony. A new Olympic torch is designed for each of the games.
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In honour of the tradition of the ancient Olympics being held every four years
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The ancient Greeks, BC.
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The first Olympics were held in ancient Greece around 700 B.C. If you mean the first modern Olympics, they started in 1896 in Athens.
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The name "marathon" comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier who, according to legend, ran from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon, and died shortly after. There is no evidence that any such event took place; according to the Greek historian Herodotus, Pheidippides ran from Athens to Sparta. The legend that he ran from Marathon to Athens was invented by later writers and appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD. The International Olympic Committee estimates the distance from the Marathon battlefield to Athens as 34.5 km (21.4 miles).\n\nThe idea of organising the race came from Michel Bréal, who wanted to put the event on the program of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens. This idea was heavily supported by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, as well as the Greeks. The Greeks staged a selection race for the Olympic marathon, and this first marathon was won by Charilaos Vasilakos in 3 hours and 18 minutes. Spiridon "Spiros" Louis, a Greek shepherd, finished fifth in this race but won at the Olympics in 2 hours, 58 minutes and 50 seconds, despite stopping on the way for a glass of wine from his uncle waiting near the village of Chalandri. The women's marathon was introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles, USA).\n\nYou can get more information in the link below.
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The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. At first, only one race (the sprint) was run. Later, the discus and javelin throw, broad jumping and wrestling were added. The Olympic Games were held for more than 1,000 years. They were abolished by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius  in 394 A.D.\n\nThe Games were revived in 1896 to promote understanding and friendship among nations. The first modern games were held in Athens, Greece. Young men and women come from all over the world to compete in various sports and represent their country. They live in an Olympic Village at the site of the games
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This is indeed a hairy subject! Of course it is true!! I attended the games myself - but am sworn to secrecy! In fact I am now in hiding from both sides - the apes on one hand - Hitler's offspring on the other. Woe is me!  But some detail - the non-believers maintained that the participants dressed up in costumes and that the time judges (also in costume) "cooked" the results. They even went as far as to say that all the spectators were bribed to attend - this I can assure you is absolute nonsense! (I must admit I did receive a free ticket in the mail) If I recall correctly the 100 yard dash was also broken - by memory 9.2 seconds which was a record at that time.
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The Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) have been held every fourth year starting in 1896, with the exception of the years during the World Wars.\n\nA special edition for winter sports, the Olympic Winter Games, was first held in 1924. The first winter Olympics competitions were originally held as a non-Olympic sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925. Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but from 1994 the Winter Games and the Summer Games are held two years apart.\n\nThere are many legends surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. One of these associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of εκεχειρία (ekecheiria) or Olympic Truce. The date of the Games' inception based on the count of years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC, although scholars' opinions diverge between dates as early as 884 BC and as late as 704 BC.\n\nIn the 17th century, the Olympic Games sports festival was held in England, followed by the National Olympic Games, which were established in the 19th century and continue to this day. Later, similar events were organised in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale and certainly not international.\n\nThe interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid-19th century. At the same time, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was searching for a reason for the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). He thought the reason was that the French had not received proper physical education, and sought to improve this. In 1890 he attended the Wenlock Olympian Society. Coubertin also thought of a way to bring nations closer together, to have the youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war. In his eyes, the recovery of the Olympic Games would achieve both of these goals.\n\nIn a congress at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, held from June 16 to June 23, 1894 he presented his ideas to an international audience. On the last day of the congress, it was decided that the first modern Olympic Games would take place in 1896 in Athens, in the country of their birth. To organise the Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established, with the Greek Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Ancient_Olympics