One significant difference between the halma and the modern long jump is that Ancient Olympic athletes used a pair of weights called halteres. The halteres which were also used as dumbbells during an athlete's training were made of stone or metal. They could be long or spherical and did not have a standard weight. During the halma , they were carried by the jumper in front of him, thrust backward just before the jump and dropped in the descent, apparently to increase the distance of the jump.
It is unclear whether the halteres really offered any physical advantage during the jump. Modern athletes have attempted to reconstruct the Ancient Olympic halma using halteres , but only worse results have been achieved with the use of weights. Like the halma , the discus throw involved precision and rhythm as well as strength, and was probably conducted to the accompaniment of music. This athletic event was a favourite subject of Ancient Greek sculptors and vase painters, who have left us with many representations of this particular competition.
Unlike the modern Olympic version, Ancient Greek discus throwers did not spin on their own axis before the throw. They started by bringing their left foot forward and shifting the weight of their body to their right side whilst holding the discus upfront with both hands at head level. With their right hand they swung the discus a few times back and forth by their side, turned their body with the movement of the swing and finally threw the discus straight ahead.
It seems that the shape and weight of the discus were not standardised although we do know that younger competitors always used a lighter version. The discuses that have been found are made of stone or metal frequently bronze and weigh between 2 and 2. Running is the oldest known competition of the Ancient Olympics. There were four events in this discipline at Olympia: the stadion race, which consisted of a sprint of about metres i. There was no marathon race this was only introduced in the modern Olympics.
Foot races were particularly exciting spectacles for the audience, who stood on the slopes at either side of the stadion , about an arm's length from the athletes. Just like the equestrian games, a specially-designed starting mechanism was used in all foot races.
It was called the hysplex , and it consisted of a set of hinged gates operated from the distance by the Hellanodikes , who would pull a cord in order to allow all runners to start simultaneously. The level of success of a javelin throw was, like the discus throw and the halma , assessed on the basis of the distance achieved, but also the athlete's precision and rhythm.
The javelin akon was thin and light and had approximately the same length as a man. It was made of wood frequently elder wood and had a small, sharp metallic tip.
Much like its modern Olympic equivalent, the throw began with the javelin held at the athlete's shoulder level. The athlete gripped the javelin's shaft with his right hand and held the tip with the left hand. He stepped forward there was probably no running and then threw the javelin straight ahead as far as possible. Unlike the modern javelin throw, the Ancient Olympic akon was thrown with the use of a leather strap called an ankyle. The ankyle was wrapped around the javelin close to its centre of gravity and held between two of the athlete's fingers in a loop.
During the last stage of the throw, the ankyle would be quickly unwrapped which had the effect of artificially extending the athlete's arm , increasing the javelin's rotation thus making it more stable in the air and accelerating the projectile over a longer distance.
Wrestling pale was divided into two types in the pentathlon — orthia pale which translates as 'upright wrestling' and kato pale i. The aim of orthia pale was to throw one's opponent on his hip, shoulder, or back. Three fair falls were required to win a match. Athletes started the fight in a position called systasis i. In kato pale , which was fought in a crouched position, opponents wrestled until one of them acknowledged defeat which was signalled by holding up one's right hand with the index finger extended.
Pale matches were fought in a simple, shallow pit the skamma dug into the surface of the stadion. Although opponents were broadly divided into different groups according to age, there were no specific weight classes. Competitors were expressly forbidden from punching, grabbing the opponent's genitals, biting, tripping, breaking the opponent's fingers or eye gouging.
A Hellanodikes observed the fight at close range, ready to use his rhabdos in case one of the competitors infringed the rules. Pale was associated with the mythological character Palaestra, daughter of Hermes.
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