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Who sat in the stone seats reserved for judges in the Olympic 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 stone seats in the Olympic stadium were reserved for the hellanodikai, who served as the chief judges of the Olympic Games.1

These officials, selected from the ruling families of Elis, were responsible for enforcing the rules of fairness and presenting awards to the champions. During the games, they sat in a special box located on the south side of the stadium, approximately one-third of the way from the starting line nearest the Altis.21