why are the olympics every 4 years?

Answer 1

because there are other championships which are before the olympics and they need time

Answer 2

The Greeks noticed that eight solar years was close to 99 lunar months. So they started a calendar called the octaeteris, which was eight solar years or 99 lunar months. Later, they measured the octaeteris as two four-year periods, one of 49 months and one of 50 months, and they called these 4-year periods "Olympiads." This 4-year period still survives today. Every four years, we add a leap day in February, and we also hold the Olympics. In America, we even elect a President (a "new king") every four years.

The Olympics originated as a reenactment of an astronomical myth which described a calendar. The story tells of a man named Pelops who wanted to marry Hippodamia, the daughter of King Oenomaus. Oenomaus was willing to offer his daughter's hand to any potential suitor who could compete with him and win in a chariot race. Each contestant would take Hippodamia in his chariot and try to beat her father, but Oenomaus would always win and then kill the losing suitor. Before Pelops came along, Oenomaus had so far killed twelve suitors and hung up their heads for display. Hippodamia loved Pelops, and she secretly fixed her father's chariot so it would fail. In the race, his chariot crashed and Oenomaus died, making him the 13th victim, so Pelops won. Pelops got the girl, became the new king, and according to Pindar (5th c. BC), the Olympics were started to commemorate the chariot race of Pelops.

There is another myth that relates the origin of the Olympic games and involves Herakles, who was recognized as a Sun-god. Many of his Twelve Labors correspond to the 12 signs of the Zodiac, such as the slaying the Nemean lion (Leo), capturing the Cretan bull (Taurus), etc. One of the Twelve Labors imposed on Herakles was to clean the cattle stables of King Augeas of Elis, a city-state located about 30 miles from Olympia. He accomplished his task in one day by diverting the Alpheios River from its course and causing it to flow through the stables. According to this myth, Herakles celebrated his success by founding the Olympian games. Historically speaking, Elis was in actuality the city-state that supervised the Olympic games, and the peak of the Olympic festival occurred when one hundred oxen were sacrificed to Zeus.

Anyway, it's all about mythology...

Answer 3

The Venus is considered as goddess of female sexual love & beauty(accord. to nature worship) .The planet venus traced a perfect pentacle across the ecliptic sky every EIGHT years.Venus and her pentacle became symbols of perfection,beauty,and the cyclic qualities of sexual love.As a tribute to the magic of venus, the Greeks used her EIGHT-year cycle to organise their Olympic games.The FOUR-year schedule of modern OLYMPICS still follows the HALF-CYCLES of Venus & the FIVE-pointed star had almost become the official olympic seal but was modified at the last moment - its FIVE points are exchanged for FIVE intersecting rings to better reflect the games' spirit of inclusion & harmony.

Answer 4

Its costs millions of dollars to do. If they did it every year the counrtries hosting it would become poor. At the same time it allows the player to train.And if they had more than every four years it wouldn't be as much of a big deal.

Answer 5

because they are overrated and the world could not bear it if it was less than every 4 years.

Answer 6

Because an Olympiad is a four year period!

Answer 7

to allow the competitors to train so there performance is the best it can be

Answer 8

so that the competiters can train and also so that they can build the new stadium in the new location :)