Herald and Trumpet contest
In the 96th Olympiad, beside the athletic and artistic competitions, the "Herald and Trumpet contest" was added, which was already a formal element of the Olympic ritual performed by the kerykes and salpinktai . Winners were chosen by the clarity of the enunciation and the audibility of their voice or horn blast. Some notable victors were:
- Timaeus and Crates of Elis, the first ones.
- Herodorus of Megara 328-292 BC trumpeter.
- Diogenes of Ephesus 69-85 AD trumpeter.
- Valerius Eclectus of Sinope 245,253-261 AD herald.
