Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Girisi yakashanda somusha weMitambo yeOlympic yekare iyo yakaitwa kubva muna 776 B.C. kusvika muna 393 A.D. muOlympia. Zvichitevera nhamburiko yaPierre de Coubertin yokumutsidzira Mitambo yeOlympic, Mitambo yeOlympic yokutanga yazvino uno yakaitwa muAthens muna 1896. Panathinaiko yaiva nzvimbo yaiitirwa mitambo, mitambo yokurovedza muviri, kusimudza uremu, uye makwikwi okurwa. Guta reMarathon ndiro rakatanga mutambo une zita rimwe chete
uye pokutangira nokugumisa panhangemutange yomumugwagwa yomunhu oga yokuchovha bhasikoro.