There were three different types of foot racing. The first was the long race or as they called it, a Dolichos. The runners would have to run two laps around a stadium. The second race was a stade race, which was a sprint six hundred foot sprint down the stadium. The third race was called the double stade race or Diaulos. It was the same as the stade race but was twice as long. Instead of six hundred feet it would double to one thousand two hundred feet, which was two times the length of the stadium.

Chariot races were held in a Hippodrome, which was an open, large, flat, rectangular shaped arena. The chariots were moved up to an aphesis or the starting gate. After the announcer announces all the competitors and the trumpeters signal the start, the chariots go off. They race real fast but collisions would rarely happen. The Greeks took chariot racing seriously such as in the story of a king named Oinomaos. He had a daughter named Hippodaneia. Oinomaos was a great chariot racer and he said that who ever beat him at a race could have Hippodaneia in marri

Saddles for Egyptians or the Greeks did not know horse racing, but used a kind of cover onto the horses backs. Riders did not care about comfort so there for they didn't have better saddles. They soon realized the saddle would give them more security while galloping on the horse.

Some of the statues in ancient Egypt represent power and agility of man. Sporting pictures are on some Egyptian temples. Pharaohs and their nobles enjoyed sports but not as spectators but as participants. A hieroglyphic inscription praises the Pharaoh Amenophis II as a perfect athlete: "strong of arm," "long of stride," "a skilled charioteer," an efficient oarsman, and a powerful archer.

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