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How long was the footrace course at the ancient Olympic Games in Olympia?
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The footrace course at the ancient Olympic Games in Olympia was exactly one stade in length.12
This distance, which gave the stadium its name, measured approximately 192 meters (about 630 feet) between the stone starting lines at either end of the course. The classic race, also called the stade, consisted of a single length of this track.132