2nd Day: Morning: Procession in the hippodrome of competitors in the equestrian events. Chariot and horse races. Afternoon: Pentathlon. Evening: Funeral rites in honor of Pelops. Parade of victors around the Altis. Singing of victory hymns.

3rd Day: Morning: Procession of the judges, ambassadors, competitors, and sacrificial animals to the Great Altar. Afternoon: Running races. Evening: Public banquet in the Prytaneion. In the middle of the 4 days program honoring Zeus.

4th Day: Morning: Wrestling event. Midday: Boxing and pancration. Afternoon: Hoplitodromos.

5th Day: Procession of victors to the Temple of Zeus, to be crowned by the judges with garlands of wild olives. A day of feasting and rejoicing.

Until 632 BC the Games duration was 1 to 3 days and from the 5th century the games lasted for 5 days. xThis program changed during the millennium and it was extended to even 7 days. Some give a different program. The programs are reconstructed from fragments written by Philostratos (Gymn. 7), Pausanias (3,14), Plutarch (Symp. 2,5) and Lucian (Peregr.).