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
Cotswold Olimpick Games, sports event held in England since 1612
Olympic symbols, symbols used by the International Olympic Committee to promote the Olympic Games
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 Air, private greek airline, successor to Olympic Airlines
Olympic Airlines, state run airline of Greece in the process of ceasing all operations 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

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

In geography:

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

In business:

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

In the arts:

[edit] See also

Operation Olympic, a component of Operation Downfall, a World War II military operation
Olympia (disambiguation)
Olympus (disambiguation)
Olympiad