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This article concerns an ancient sports object. For halteres in insect anatomy, see Halteres.

Halteres ({{IPAc-en|h|æ|l|ˈ|t|ɪər|iː|z}}; {{lang-el|ἁλτῆρες}},^[1] from "ἅλλομαι" - hallomai, "leap, spring";^[2] cf. "ἅλμα" - halma, "leaping"^[3]) were a type of dumbbells used in Ancient Greece. In ancient Greek sports, halteres were used as lifting weights,^[4][5] and also as weights in their version of the long jump,^[6] which was probably a set of three jumps. Halteres were held in both hands to allow an athlete to jump a greater distance; they may have been dropped after the first or second jump. According to archaeological evidence, the athlete would swing the weights backwards and forwards just before take-off, thrust them forwards during take-off, and swing them backwards just before releasing them and landing. Halteres were made of stone or metal, and weighed between {{convert|2|and|9|kg|0|abbr=on}}.

Writing in Nature, biophysicist Alberto E. Minetti calculates that halteres added about {{convert|17|cm|0|abbr=on}} to a {{convert|3|m|0|abbr=on}} long jump.^[7]

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