How Many Days Did The Ancient Olympics Last. From athens to rio, in the last 125 years, the games have crossed five continents, added and removed events, withstood boycotts and were only canceled. The athletes competed in 43 events.

The games were an integral part of ancient greek life, but find out why brutality was commonplace, who the greatest athlete was, and why. The ancient olympic games were a sporting event held every four years at the sacred site of olympia, in the western peloponnese, in honour of zeus, the supreme.