The first event was running, which tested speed. Running was split into three events: the stade, the diaulos, and the dolichos. The stade was only one length of the stadium. The diaulos was two lengths of the stadium. And the dolichos was twenty lengths of the stadium. The second event was wrestling, which was cherished as a form of military training without any equipment or weapons. Wrestling was over when one contestant accepted defeat. The third event was boxing, which was violent because the contestants would add pieces of metal into the leather of their gloves. The fourth event was Pankration, which is martial arts with a combination of wrestling and boxing. Pankration was considered to be one of the toughest sports of the games. The fifth event was the equestrian competitions, also known as horse and chariot races. These races were the only events that took place in the hippodrome and not in the stadium. The sixth, and last, event was the pentathlon, which was split into five events: running, long jump, discus, javelin, and
The first event was running, which tested speed. Running was split into three events: the stade, the diaulos, and the dolichos. The stade was only one length of the stadium. The diaulos was two lengths of the stadium. And the dolichos was twenty lengths of the stadium. The second event was wrestling, which was cherished as a form of military training without any equipment or weapons. Wrestling was over when one contestant accepted defeat. The third event was boxing, which was violent because the contestants would add pieces of metal into the leather of their gloves. The fourth event was Pankration, which is martial arts with a combination of wrestling and boxing. Pankration was considered to be one of the toughest sports of the games. The fifth event was the equestrian competitions, also known as horse and chariot races. These races were the only events that took place in the hippodrome and not in the stadium. The sixth, and last, event was the pentathlon, which was split into five events: running, long jump, discus, javelin, and