Olympic

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Olympic may refer to:

In sports:

• Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
• Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD
• The Olympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
• Olympic Stadium, name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games
• Olympic-size swimming pool, type of swimming pool used in the Olympic Games and other "long course" events
• El-Olympi, Olympic Football Club, Egypt

In transportation:

• Olympic Airlines, state run airline of Greece and successor to Olympic Airways
• Olympic Aviation, subsidiary of Greek flag-carrier Olympic Airways
• Olympic class ocean liner, trio of ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line
• Olympic (unfinished ship), unfinished sister ship of RMS Oceanic
• RMS Olympic, sister ship of the RMS Titanic
• Olympic Station, MTR station in Hong Kong

In geography:

• Olympic Peninsula, large arm of land in western Washington state, United States, that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle
• Olympic Mountains, mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula
• Olympic National Park, located on the Olympic Peninsula

In business:

• Olympic Paints & Stains, brand belonging to PPG Industries
• Olympic Airlines Privatization, the ongoing privatization of the Greek airline

In the arts:

• The Olympics (band), a U.S. doo-wop band from the 1950s
• Olympic Games (film), a 1927 Our Gang short

[edit] See also

• Operation Olympic (disambiguation), military operations
• Olympia (disambiguation)
• Olympus (disambiguation)

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