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What were the Zanes statues at the entrance to the stadium?

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Map of southeastern Europe highlighting Greece and marking the location of Olympia with a red star, indicating its status as a World Heritage Site. Olympia is shown in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula, surrounded by neighboring countries and nearby seas including the Ionian, Aegean, and Mediterranean. — Olympia Olympia was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1989.

The Zanes were bronze statues of Zeus located just outside the Krypte, the covered entrance that connected the Altis to the stadium at Olympia.1

These statues served as a stern reminder of the integrity required in the Olympic Games. They were commissioned and erected using money collected from fines imposed on athletes who were found to have violated the rules of the competition. Archaeological excavations at the site have successfully uncovered the bases of 16 of these statues.1