The Olympic Victors

You can search the Olympic Games Database to discover who won a game in a particular year, and the city from which they came, and you can see a map with the cities of the winners marked.
Help for using this page is available below.

263 Olympiads, more than 32 Events,
more than 170 cities, more than 600 Victors

Select Sport:

All Sports Apene Boxing Chariot Race Chariot Race for Foals Diaulos Diaulos or Race in Armour Discus Dolichos Equestrian Event for Foals Equestrian or Synoris for foals Foals' Race Foals' Synoris Foals' Tethrippon Heralds' Competition Horse Race Javelin Lyre-playing Pentathlon Pankration Stadion Synoris Tethrippon Tethrippon or Synoris for Foals Tragedy Competition Trumpeters' Competition A Track Event Race In Armor Race For Mares Race for Ten-Horse Chariot Wrestling Wrestling or Pankration Boys' Boxing Boys' Stadion Boys' Pankration Boys' Pentathlon Boys' Wrestling Special Event A Heavy Event (boxing, wrestling or pankration) Event Unknown

and one Olympiad:

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or a whole Era:

Archaic Era
776 BC - 480 BC

Help for searching the Olympic Database

You can search the Olympics Database to discover who won a game in a particular year, and the city from which they came, and you can see a graphical representation of the winners' cities.

First you must select the desired sport in which the athletes competed. Select from the list of all the various sports, on the top, the sport at which you would like to look. The default is set to show all the sports.

Then you must select the Olympiad. There are two ways to view the victors.

The first is to choose a particular year by selecting the desired year on the time list on the left and then click on the 'Results for one Olympiad' button.

The second way to view the victors is to click on any one of the four images of the different eras of the games. For example, click on the Classical icon to see the winners of the Classical period.

Hints:

- There is an incomplete record of winners, so some specific searches may fail. Also, some games were declared null and void, and the winners were not recorded.
- Games were phased in and out as time progressed.

Topography:
Short description of the monuments at ancient Olympia

3D reconstructions:
Some of the most important buildings in ancient Olympia rendered in three-dimensions.

VRML:
3D reconstruction of the Temple of Zeus in ancient Olympia.

Other games:
Short reference on other famous contests in ancient Greece

In the first person:
Young Ariston shares his experience in the Olympic Games

Olympic victors:
Database of the ancient Olympic victors based on each athletic event and each Olympiad

Specimen sources

Bibliography