The ancient Greeks regarded a healthy body ... Favourite sports included wrestling, javelin and discus throwing, and boxing. Gymnasia usually consisted of a large exercise yard surrounded by ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing ... iron or stone as far as they can. And javelin: athletes hurl a wooden spear as ...

Of all throwing events the javelin requires of its master the most all-round athletic ability. The best men in javelin throwing have been, without exception, pentathlon men in their own country.