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Athlete | Victories | Event(s) | Game Years |
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Leonidas of Rhodes |
12 | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 4 festivals 164, 160, 156, 152 B.C. |
*Herodoros of Megara |
10 | heralds | 10 festivals 328, 324, 320, 316, 312, 308, 304, 300, 296, 292 B.C. |
Hermogenes of Xanthos |
8? | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 3 festivals 81, 85, 89 A.C. |
Astylos of Kroton/ Syracuse |
7 | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 3 festivals 488, 484, 480 B.C. |
Hipposthenes of Sparta |
6 | boys wrestling, wrestling | 6 festivals 632, 624, 620, 616, 612, 608 B.C. |
Milo |
6 | boys wrestling, wrestling | 6 festivals 536, 532, 528, 524, 520, 516 B.C. |
Chionis of Sparta |
6 | stadion and diaulos | 3 festivals 664, 660, 656 B.C. |
**Nero of Rome |
6 | heralds, tragedy, lyre, tethrippon, Foals tethrippon, 10 horse chariot | 1 festival |
Gorgos of Elis |
6 | diaulos, hoplitodromos, pentathlon | 4 festivals (?) |
Aelius Granianus of Sikyon |
5 | diaulos, hoplitodromos, pentathlon | 4 festivals 133, 137, 141, 145 A.C |
Demetrios of Salamis |
5 | stadion, pentathlon | 3 festivals 229, 233, 237 A.C. |
*Diogenes of Ephesos |
5 | trumpeter | 5 festivals 69, 73, 77, 81, 85 A.C. |
* periodonikes ** Technically the games of 67 A.C. at which Nero won 6 victories were later declared illegitimate. |
TRIASTES
It is difficult to single out the finest one-day athletic Olympic achievements for various reasons. We often have incomplete or non-existent information about the competition in each of the events, the effects of lottery selection of opponents and of byes in certain field events, the weather, or other factors may have influenced the outcomes. Below is a list of the 7 Olympic athletes who won three times, as TRIASTES, in a single day. The only athlete who definitely accomplished this feat on more than one occasion was Leonidas of Rhodes who achieved TRIASTES status at four different festivals. Was Leonidas the greatest Olympic athlete of all time? Arguably he could be.
Athlete | Victories | Event(s) | Game Years |
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Phanas Pellene | 3 | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 512 B.C. |
Astylos of Kroton/Syracuse |
3 | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 480 B.C. |
*Nikokles of Akrion |
3 | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 100 B.C. |
Leonidas of Rhodes |
12 | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 164, 160, 156, 152 B.C. |
Hekatomnos of Miletus |
3 | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 72 B.C. |
*Polites |
3 | stadion, diaulos, dolichos | 69 A.C. |
*Hermogenes |
3 | stadion, diaulos, hoplitodromos | 81, 89 A.C. |
* Nikokles and Polites ran the dolichos. Hermogenes victories are not absolutely certain in these events. |
Notes
1. Moretti lists a total of 794 individual Olympic victors in his two publications , L. Moretti, Olympionikai, i vincitori negli Antichi agoni Olimpici , MemLinc , Roma, 1957; L. Moretti, "Supplemento al catalogo degli Olympionikai," Klio 52, 1970, pp. 295- 303.
2. This number includes Olympic victories of uncertain date and of uncertain authenticity.
3. This information comes from a bronze inscription from the clubhouse of the athlete's guild at Olympia. The building was built in the 1 st century A.C. by Nero and was in continuous use until the late 4 th century A.C., see U. Sinn, Olympia, Cult, Sport and Ancient Festival , (Markus Wiener) Princeton, 2000, pp. 114-118.