Olympic or Olympics may refer to

Sports

Competitions

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

, international multi-sport event held since 1896 **

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were he ...

Ancient Olympic Games The ancient Olympic Games (Ὀλυμπιακοὶ ἀγῶνες; la, Olympia, neuter plural: "the Olympics") were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. ...

, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD *

Wenlock Olympian Games The Wenlock Olympian Games, dating from 1850, are a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games. They are organised by the Wenlock Olympian Society (WOS), and are held each year at venues across Shropshire, England, centred on the little market town o ...

, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games, held since 1850 *

Olympic (greyhounds) The Olympic is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium. It was inaugurated in 1947 at Wandsworth Stadium. Following the closure of Wandsworth in June 1966 the competition switched to Charlton Stadium wh ...

, a competition held annually at Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium

Clubs and teams

Adelaide Olympic FC Adelaide Olympic F.C. is a football club from Adelaide, South Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues South Australia. Origins The club's origins can first be traced back to 1978, where it was founded under the name of A ...

, a soccer club from Adelaide, South Australia *

Fribourg Olympic Fribourg Olympic Basket, commonly known as Fribourg Olympic, is a Swiss professional basketball club that is based in Fribourg. Due to name sponsorship reasons, the former name of the club was Benetton Fribourg. The club is a seventeen-time Swiss ...

, a professional basketball club based in Fribourg, Switzerland *

Sydney Olympic FC Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club, based in Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales, that plays in the National Premier Leagues NSW. The Club was founded as Pan-Hellenic Soccer Club in 1957 by Greek immigrant ...

, an Australian soccer club *

Olympic Club (Barbacena) Olympic Club, commonly known as Olympic, or as Olympic de Barbacena is a Brazilian football club based in Barbacena, Minas Gerais state. History The club was founded on July 25, 1915. Olympic won the Campeonato Mineiro Segunda Divisão in 2004, b ...

, a Brazilian football club based in Barbacena, Minas Gerais state *

Olympic Mvolyé Olympic Mvolyé, also known as Olympique Mvolyé, is a Cameroonian association football, football club based in Mvolyé. Olympic enjoyed some success in the 1990s as they won the Cameroonian Cup twice in 1992 and 1994 and then went on to compe ...

, a Cameroonian football club based in Mvolyé *

Olympic Club (Egypt) Olympic Club ( arz, النادي الأوليمبي) is an Egyptian football and sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system. ...

, a football and sports club based in Alexandria *

Blackburn Olympic F.C. Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north- ...

, an English football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire *

Rushall Olympic F.C. Rushall Olympic Football Club is an English Association football, football club based in Rushall, West Midlands, Rushall, a former Pit village, mining village now forming part of the northern suburbs of Walsall. The team plays in the . History E ...

, an English football club based in Rushall *

FC Olympic Tallinn 150px, Previous logo Tallinna FC Olympic Olybet is an Estonian football club, playing in the town of Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finlan ...

, an Estonian football club *

Olympic Azzaweya SC Olympic Azzaweya Sports Club ( ar, نادي أولمبي الزاوية الرياضي) is a Libyan football club based in Zawiya, Libya. They are the only club from outside Tripoli or Benghazi to win the Libyan Premier League title. They achi ...

, a Libyan football club based in Zawiya *

Wellington Olympic AFC Wellington Olympic AFC is a New Zealand amateur football club based in Berhampore, Wellington. The club's premier team competes in the Central League through which they have qualified for the New Zealand National League. Club history The club w ...

, a semi-professional association football (soccer) club in Wellington, New Zealand *

Olympic FC de Niamey Olympic FC de Niamey is a Nigerien football club based in Niamey. Their home games are played at Général Seyni Kountché Stadion. The club was formed in 1974 from the football club Secteur 6. Achievements *Niger Premier League: 12 ::1966, ...

, a football club based in Niamey, Niger *

BK Olympic BK Olympic is a Swedish football club located in Lindängen which is a residential area of Malmö. Background The club was founded in 1920 as IF Olympia. The following year the club was expanded and it was decided to make an application for prov ...

, a Swedish football club located in Lindängen *

Olympic Club The Olympic Club is an sports club, athletic club and private social club in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. First named the "San Francisco Olympic Club", it is the oldest sports club, athletic club in the United States. Established o ...

, an athletic and private social club in San Francisco, California *

Boston Olympics The Boston Olympics are a defunct ice hockey team which operated as a farm team for the Boston Bruins. They began play during the 1940–41 Eastern Amateur Hockey League season. The Olympics were often referred to by the shortened name the ‘Pics ...

, a defunct farm team for the Boston Bruins from 1940 to 1952 *

Detroit Olympics The Detroit Olympics were a minor league hockey team located in Detroit, Michigan that was a member of the Canadian Professional Hockey League 1927-29 and the International Hockey League 1929-36. The team played all of their home games at the D ...

, a minor league hockey team in Detroit, Michigan, from 1927 to 1936 *

McKeesport Olympics The McKeesport Olympics were a professional football team from McKeesport, Pennsylvania from 1896 until around 1940. The Olympics were considered one of the top football teams in Pennsylvania from 1910 until 1919. The Olympics played against man ...

, a professional football team from McKeesport, Pennsylvania, from 1896 until around 1940 *

Washington Olympics The Olympic Club of Washington, D.C., or Washington Olympics in modern nomenclature, was an early professional baseball team. When the National Association of Base Ball Players permitted openly professional clubs for the 1869 season, the Olympics ...

, an early professional baseball club in Washington, DC *

FK Olimpic Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo ( en, Football Club Olimpik Sarajevo), commonly referred to as just Olimpik, was a professional football club from Sarajevo, based in the part of the city which is called Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be ...

, a football club based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Other

Olympic Stadium ''Olympic Stadium'' is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games. An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words ''Olympic Stadium'' as ...

, name usually given to the centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games *

Olympic Conference (disambiguation) Olympic Conference may refer to: *Olympic Conference (Illinois) *Olympic Conference (Indiana) *Olympic Conference (New Jersey) See also * Olympic Congress An Olympic Congress is a large gathering of representatives from the different constitue ...

, three American high school conferences

Military

* USS ''Olympic'' (SP-260), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 *

Operation Olympic Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II. The planned operation was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, t ...

, a component of Operation Downfall, the World War II Allied planned invasion of Japan

Places

Tai Kok Tsui Tai Kok Tsui is an area west of Mong Kok in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The mixed land use of industrial and residential is present in the old area. The Cosmopolitan Dock and oil depots were previously located there. Blocks of high-rise residential b ...

, a district in Hong Kong, informally called Olympic *

Olympic Peninsula The Olympic Peninsula is a large arm of land in western Washington that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle, and contains Olympic National Park. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the ...

, a large arm of land in western Washington state, United States *

Olympic Mountains The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high – Mount Olympus is the highest at ; however, the easter ...

, on the Olympic Peninsula *

Olympic National Park Olympic National Park is a United States national park located in the State of Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest, and the forests of the drier ...

, on the Olympic Peninsula * Olympic (constituency), a constituency of Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong * Olympic, a commune in

Chamkar Mon District Chamkar Mon ( km, ចំការមន, meaning 'Mulberry Farm') is the southernmost district in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The district has an area of 10.56 km2. As of the 2019 census, its population is 70,772. Administration Chamkar ...

, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Transportation

Olympic Air Olympic Air S.A. ( el, Ολυμπιακή) is a regional airline, a subsidiary of the Greek carrier Aegean Airlines. It was formed as part of the privatization of the former Greek national carrier Olympic Airlines, a company that carried the na ...

, a Greek airline based in Athens, successor to Olympic Airlines *

Olympic Airlines Olympic Airlines ( el, Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές, ''Olympiakés Aerogrammés'' – OA), formerly named Olympic Airways for at least four decades, was the flag carrier airline of Greece. The airline's head office was located ...

, former state run airline of Greece that operated under the name Olympic Airways until 2009 *

Olympic-class ocean liner The ''Olympic''-class ocean liners were a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century. They were (1911), ''Titanic'' (1912) and (1915). All three were designed to be ...

, three ocean liners built for the White Star Line ** RMS ''Olympic'', sister ship of the RMS ''Titanic'' and HMHS ''Britannic'' * ''Olympic'' (unfinished ship), sister ship of RMS ''Oceanic'' * ''Olympic'', a cruise ship built in 1950 *

Olympic-class ferry The Olympic-class ferries are the newest vessels to the Washington State Ferries fleet. They are intended to allow the agency to retire the aging ferries currently in service. The ferry design is based on the Issaquah-class ferry, Issaquah-clas ...

, ferries under construction for the Washington State Ferries fleet *

Olympic station Olympic is a List of MTR stations, station on the of Hong Kong's MTR. The livery is dodger blue. The station was originally named Tai Kok Tsui in proposals outlined by Government of Hong Kong, the government in the Airport Core Programme dur ...

, a rapid transit station in Hong Kong *

Olímpica metro station Olímpica metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the ''colonias'' (neighborhoods) of Jardines de Aragón and La Olímpica II, in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. It is ...

, a rapid transit station in Mexico City * Olimpiiska, a metro station in Kyiv *

Olympic Highway Olympic Highway is a rural road in the central western and south-eastern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The highway services rural communities and links Hume Highway with Mid-Western Highway and provides part of an alterna ...

, New South Wales, Australia *

Olympic Boulevard (Melbourne) Swan Street (and its western section as Olympic Boulevard) is a major street running through the Melbourne suburbs of Richmond, Victoria, Richmond, Cremorne, Victoria, Cremorne and Burnley, Victoria, Burnley. The street was named after the Whit ...

, Victoria, Australia *

Olympic Boulevard (Los Angeles) Olympic Boulevard (formerly 10th Street) is a major arterial road in Los Angeles, California. It stretches from Ocean Avenue on the western end of Santa Monica to East Los Angeles—farther than Wilshire Boulevard and most other streets. It ...

, California, United States

Arts and entertainment

Olympic Studios Olympic Studios was a renowned British independent commercial recording studio based in Barnes, London. It is best known for its recordings of many artists throughout the late 1960s to the first decade of the 21st century, including Jimi Hendr ...

, an independent commercial recording studio in South West London *

Olympic (band) Olympic is a Czech rock band, founded in 1962 in Prague. The group celebrated 55 years in 2017. Members *Petr Janda (guitar, lead vocals) *Milan Broum (bass guitar, backing vocals) *Martin Vajgl (drums, backing vocals) *Pavel Březina (keyboa ...

, a Czech band founded in 1962 *

The Olympics (band) The Olympics are an American doo-wop group, formed in 1957 by lead singer Walter Ward (August 28, 1940 – December 11, 2006). The group also included Eddie Lewis (tenor, Ward's cousin), Charles Fizer (tenor), Walter Hammond (baritone), and ...

, a U.S. doo-wop band from the 1950s *

Olympic Theatre The Olympic Theatre, sometimes known as the Royal Olympic Theatre, was a 19th-century London theatre, opened in 1806 and located at the junction of Drury Lane, Wych Street and Newcastle Street. The theatre specialised in comedies throughout m ...

, a London theatre from 1806 to 1899 * "Olympic", a 1990 song from the album '' ex:el'' by 808 State * "Olympic", a 2010 song from the album ''

Metallic Spheres ''Metallic Spheres'' is the tenth studio album released by ambient techno group The Orb in October 2010 and features Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and Killing Joke bassist Youth. The album spent three weeks on the UK charts, peaking at num ...

'' by The Orb * "Olympics", the twelfth episode of the television series ''Superstore''

Other uses

* Olympic (soil), a soil series found in Washington and Oregon, US *

Olympic College Olympic College is a public community college in Bremerton, Washington. It opened as Olympic Junior College on September 5, 1946. Olympic College serves Kitsap and Mason counties in Washington. The college's service area contains two major nav ...

, Bremerton, Washington, United States * Olympic High School (disambiguation), various US schools * Olympic Paints & Stains, a brand belonging to

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