Hoplitodromos
The Hoplitodromos (also Hoplitodromia or Hoplitenlauf ) ( Greek : Ὁπλιτόδρομος, Ὁπλιτοδρομία , German : "Race of heavily armed foot soldiers ( Hoplites )") was a sports competition in antiquity.
It was played at both the Ancient Olympics and the other Panhellenic Games . During this run helmet, Hoplon (a wooden shield), greaves and spear had to be worn. They walked barefoot.
At the 65th Ancient Olympic Games in 520 BC. In BC the Hoplitodromos was held for the first time as an Olympic discipline, the first winner here was Damaretos of Heraia. The hoplite run was the last running competition of the Olympic Games.
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literature
- Eberhard Loosch, Kai Brodersen , Uwe Mosebach: Ancient sport in experiment. In: Yearbook of the German Society for the History of Sport Science. Vol. 6 = Studies on the history of sport. Vol. 12, 2010 (2012), ZDB -ID 2267109-2 , pp. 119-136, here pp. 127ff.