Middle-distance running

track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres

thumb|Hoplitodromos from an Attic Black-figure pottery|black-figure [[Panathenaic amphora, 323–322 BC]] The hoplitodromos or hoplitodromia (Greek: , English translation: "race of the hoplites") was an ancient foot race, part of the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games. It was the last foot race to be added to the Olympics, first appearing at the 65th Olympics in 520 BC, and was traditionally the last foot race to be held.

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