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A Chronology of the Addition of Events to the Olympic Games

According to the tradition of Hippias of Elis ca. 400 BC, the events of the Olympic Games were added to the program in the following order.

YearOlympiadEvent
776 BC1st Olympiadstade race
724 BC14th Olympiaddouble-stade race
720 BC15th Olympiadlong-distance race
708 BC18th Olympiadpentathlon
708 BC18th Olympiadwrestling
688 BC23rd Olympiadboxing
680 BC25th Olympiad4-horse chariot race
648 BC33rd Olympiadhorse race
648 BC33rd Olympiadpankration
520 BC65th Olympiadrace in armor
408 BC93rd Olympiad2-horse chariot race

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