U of A - Today

By Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 14, 1996

Fact of the Day

The first Olympic Games on record were held in 776 B.C. and consisted of one event, a foot race of about 200 yards. It was from that date the Greeks began to keep their calendar by "Oympiads," the four-year spans between the celebrations of the famous games.

Source: 1995 Information Almanac


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