A popular game in Ancient Greece and one of the core events within the Ancient Olympic Games (which trace back to the 7th century B.C.E.), the discus thrower motif was a common one within the ...

Men's discus has been a part of every modern Olympics while women's discus debuted alongside the women's 100m, ... Discus was part of the ancient Greek pentathlon along with javelin and long jump.

History of discus throw and world records. The history of discus throw can be dated back to 708 BC. The event was introduced during the Ancient Olympics as a part of the ancient Greek pentathlon ...

Other cities in Greece held games but the ancient Olympics were the most famous and prestigious. ... Discus. In this discus event, the athlete did not spin around before throwing.

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in south west Greece. Every four years , around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, ...

The pentathlon was one of the most popular events of the Olympics in ancient Greece. In ancient times, there were five events athletes would compete in, including discus, javelin, distance jumping ...

Nearly 2,800 years ago, ancient Greek Olympic champions were crowned with wreaths. Then, in the early modern games starting in 1896, champions went home with clocks, cups, trophies and even paintings.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — A priestess prays to a dead sun god in front of a fallen Greek temple. If the sky is clear, a flame spurts that will burn in Paris throughout the world’s top sporting ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.