Olympic Mountains

Segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges, northwestern Washington, U.S. The mountains extend across the Olympic Peninsula south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and west of Puget Sound within Olympic National Park. The chief peaks are Mount Olympus, at 7,965 ft (2,428 m), and Mount Constance, at 7,743 ft (2,360 m). There is heavy rainfall, creating rainforests dominated by Douglas fir and Sitka spruce. Some trees are nearly 300 ft (90 m) high and 8 ft (2.5 m) in diameter.

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Sports festival. In ancient Greece it was a Panhellenic festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature. Since 1896 the name has been used for a modified revival of the ancient Games, consisting of international athletic contests held at four-year intervals. The original Games included footraces, the discus and javelin throws, the long jump, boxing, wrestling, the pentathlon, and chariot races. After the subjugation of Greece by Rome, the Games declined; they were finally abolished about AD 400. They were revived in the late 19th century through efforts led in part by Pierre, baron de Coubertin; the first modern Games were held in Athens. The first Winter Games were held in 1924. The direction of the modern Olympic movement and the regulation of the Games are vested in the International Olympic Committee, headquartered at Lausanne, Switz. Until the 1970s the Games adhered to a strict code of amateurism, but since that time professional players have also been allowed to participate. Programs for the Summer Games include competition in archery, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, judo, the modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field (athletics), the triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling. The program for the Winter Games includes the biathlon, bobsledding, ice hockey, lugeing, skeleton sledding, snowboarding, and numerous ice skating and skiing events. Events are periodically added and dropped.

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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
• 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

In Music

• Olympic Productions, music record company.
• Olympic (band)

See also

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