APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pankration

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2302
• Professor: N/ A

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Athletes arrive one month before the games. To arrive safely in olympia, a sacred truce was passed even in war times. Athletes must pass physical tests and prove eligibility: be male, be greek, not a slave, no criminal record, trained for 10 months. Judges organize trial games at olympia with athletes before competition. First 300 years, the games were primarily dominated by athletes from wealthy families. Only aristocrats could afford horses and chariots for equestrians events. Around 450 bc more athletes of all classes began to participate in track and field and contact sports. Greek women participated in short-sprint contests in some rural games, and in the hera games which were held at olympia in a non-olympic year. Competition in the olympic games was reserved for males (there is evidence some women were owners of horses) According to (cid:498)the athletic events of the ancient olympic games(cid:499) the stage, a.