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Polychares of Messenia was an athlete from Messenia who won the stadion race in the fourth Ancient Olympic Games in 764 BC.[1] The stadion race (about 180 meters) was the only competition in the first 13 Olympiads.
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- ^ Eusebius. Chronicon (English translation from Latin, original Greek lost) at Attalus.org