Olympic - in Sports

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
  • Olimpic, a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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