First Olympics - The Greek Contests

Introduction The Olympic Games of ancient Greece are very different from the Olympic Games we are aware of today. When we think of Olympic athletes, he must prove that he is not only a champion of his own country but also a world class skill champion. This idea is in stark contrast to the ancient Olympic athletes who can only be Greek speaking freelancers. In addition, events are reduced in older games. There are no games deviating from water basics, table tennis, and other basic.

The first recorded Olympic Games were held in Olympia held in Ireland City, Greece in 776 BC, but it is widely believed that the Olympic Games were at least 500 years old. The ancient Olympic Games are held every four years and are held during the religious festival in commemoration of the Greek god Zeus. In the 8th century BC, participants came from the Greek city of more than a dozen in the 5th century BC. Up to 100 cities from the entire Greek empire. Originally, the Olympic Games were limited to walking competitions, but after that they added other activities, including wrestling, boxing, horse racing and tank racing, and military competitions. The 50th anniversary that began in 708 BC, includes football games, long jumps, discus throws, throwing spears, and wrestling. With the rise of Rome the Olympic Games began to decline and in 393 BC the Emperor Theodosius I (Christian) of Roman abolished the Olympic Games as part of their efforts to suppress paganism in the Roman Empire.

It was very popular in ancient Greece, and wrestling occupied an important position in the Olympic Games. It was developed by ancient Greeks to train soldiers for unarmed battles. After defeating the Greeks, the Roman Empire borrowed wrestling in Greece, but excluded most of the atrocities. Greeks are afraid that the true history of sports will fail, so Greek - Roman wrestling was born. In the Middle Ages, wrestling was very popular including France, Japan, and the royal family of Britain. For the first time in a while American pioneers brought wrestling tradition from the UK and found that wrestling is popular among Native American tribes. Amateur wrestling was very popular in the early stages of American development, and appeared in county fairs, carnival, festival, and military exercises. However, in many of the styles practiced during that time, only the capture survived, evolved into a style that is used today at the university level.