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Where were horse races and chariot races held at ancient Olympia?

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A woman in a white pleated dress lights the Olympic torch from a large flame in a gold cauldron, with a crowd seated in the background at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. — Olympic Games An actress playing the role of an Athenian high priestess lights the Olympic flame in Athens, October 31, 2017. The torch was later carried to Pyeongchang, South Korea, for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

At ancient Olympia, horse races and chariot races were held in the hippodrome, which was located south of the stadium in the open valley of the Alpheus River.1