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Olympic Games ceremony
The Olympic Games ceremony is the set of formal rituals at each Games, chiefly the IOC-protocol opening and closing ceremonies, plus victory ceremonies and the torch relay.
Olympic Hymn (Ολυμπιακός Ύμνος)
Olympic Hymn (Ολυμπιακός Ύμνος), also called Olympic Anthem: official anthem of the Olympic Games, music by Spyros Samaras, lyrics by Kostis Palamas, first sung at Athens 1896, adopted by the IOC in Tokyo 1958, played at every Games since 1960.
Olympic medal
Olympic medal: gold, silver, bronze awards for first, second, third at the Olympic Games. Gold medals are silver with 6 g gold plating; solid gold ended 1912; Paris 2024 gold melt value about $1,027.
Olympic medal table
Olympic medal table: the NOC-by-NOC gold, silver, bronze standings, unofficial under Olympic Charter Rule 57, ordered gold-first, with per-capita, GDP, and statistical alternatives.
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Olympic medalists in biathlon, also called Winter Olympic biathlon champions, are winners of biathlon medals since Squaw Valley 1960; 11 events, led by Norway (67 medals, 25 golds), Bjorndalen, and Domracheva.
Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
The list of Olympic medalists in Nordic combined covers every Games since Chamonix 1924 in the sport pairing ski jumping with cross-country skiing, dominated by Norway's 38 medals.
Olympic National Forest
Olympic National Forest: a 632,000-acre U.S. National Forest on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, created as the Olympic Forest Reserve in 1897 and forerunner of Olympic National Park.
Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park is a national park in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle, designated in 1938 and protecting mountains, Pacific coast, and temperate rain forest.
Olympic Oath
Olympic Oath (Athletes' Oath): pledge of sportsmanship spoken at Olympic Opening Ceremonies, first taken by Victor Boin at Antwerp 1920; wording revised in 1961, 2000, and 2021, with separate oaths for judges (1972) and coaches (2012).
Olympic Order
The Olympic Order (Ordre olympique) is the IOC's highest honorary award, created in 1974-1975 to replace the Olympic Diploma of Merit, originally in gold, silver, and bronze grades, now gold and silver only.
Olympic Peninsula
The Olympic Peninsula is a roughly triangular peninsula in northwestern Washington, bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, home to Mount Olympus (7,980 ft), temperate rain forests, Olympic National Park, and eight tribes.
Olympic pictograms
Olympic pictograms are simplified graphic symbols representing each Olympic sport, designed so spectators can identify events across language barriers; the first systematic set appeared at Tokyo 1964.
Olympic podium sweep
An Olympic podium sweep, or clean sweep, occurs when athletes from a single country win all medals in one Olympic event, with the United States leading Summer Games sweeps.
Olympic poster
Olympic poster: official graphic work for each Games edition, from the first 1912 Stockholm poster by Olle Hjortzberg to the Paris 2024 Ugo Gattoni diptych, announcing the Games and previewing their visual identity.
Olympic records in track cycling
Olympic records in track cycling: UCI-ratified fastest times in Olympic timed track events (team sprint, team pursuit). Contested since 1896 except 1912; six events per gender since Paris 2024; next records set at LA28's Carson Velodrome.
Olympic ski jumping medalists and records
Olympic ski jumping medalists and records covers the athletes and nations winning medals since 1924, when ski jumping joined the Winter Olympics, with Norway leading at 41 medals.
Olympic sports
Olympic sports are the sports contested at the Olympic Games, selected by the IOC with each host. Covers the 28-sport LA28 core, five 2023 additions (baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse, flag football, squash), gender parity, and program-change rules.
Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium: the main venue of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, hosting ceremonies and athletics. Covers history from the 1896 Panathenaic Stadium, examples like Helsinki and Barcelona, post-Games legacy, and costs.
Olympic Stadium (Athens)
Olympic Stadium (Athens), Olympiako Stadio "Spyros Louis", is the 69,618-seat main stadium of the OAKA complex in Marousi, built 1982, given a Calatrava roof for Athens 2004, home to Panathinaikos and AEK, closed in 2023 for roof rust repairs.
Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Olympic Stadium (Stade olympique), the Big O, in Montréal, Québec: Canada's largest stadium and main venue of the 1976 Summer Olympics, with about 56,000 seats, a 175 m inclined tower, and 2026 FIFA World Cup matches planned.
Olympic symbols
The Olympic symbols are the five interlocking rings, the Olympic flag, the motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius", and the anthem, designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin and adopted in 1914.
Olympic Village
Olympic Village: the residential complex hosts provide for athletes and officials at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. First built at Paris 1924, fully developed at Los Angeles 1932; now planned as post-Games housing, student residences, or campus reuse.
Olympic weightlifting
Olympic weightlifting, also called weightlifting, is the barbell sport of the snatch and clean and jerk governed by the IWF; contested at every era of the modern Games since 1896, scored by the Total, with bodyweight categories and a reformed anti-doping regime for LA 2028.
Olympic-class ocean liner
Olympic class (Olympic, Titanic, Britannic) was a trio of British transatlantic passenger liners built by Harland & Wolff for the White Star Line between 1908 and 1915.
Olympic-size swimming pool
Olympic-size swimming pool: 50 m long, 25 m wide, at least 2 m deep (2.5 m for Olympics/World Championships), ten 2.5 m lanes, 25-28 °C water, long-course standard set by World Aquatics (formerly FINA).
Olympic–Hawke collision
Olympic–Hawke collision: 20 September 1911 accident in the Solent where HMS Hawke rammed RMS Olympic, Titanic's sister ship, off Cowes; Admiralty court, suction controversy, Titanic delay, and switch-theory origins.
Olympica Fossae
Olympica Fossae, a 420-km trough and channel system in northern Tharsis, Mars, approved by the IAU in 1985 from an albedo feature name; formed by water, mud, and lava, part of the polyphase Olympica–Jovis Fossae channel system.
Olympicene
Olympicene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, C₁₉H₁₂, whose five fused rings resemble the Olympic rings; it was first synthesized and imaged in 2012 by the University of Warwick and IBM Research – Zurich.
Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille (OM), founded 1899, French football club at the Stade Vélodrome; first and only French Champions League winner (1993), 11 league titles, president Stéphane Richard since July 2026.
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais (OL), French men's football club founded 1950 in Lyon, seven-time Ligue 1 champion (2002-2008). Survived 2025 DNCG relegation reversal, UEFA settlement, and 2026 takeover by Michele Kang.