Olympia Explained

Olympia may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

• Olympia (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
• Olympia (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlete
• Olympia (2011 film), about an aspiring porn actress
• Olympia (2018 drama film), an American romantic drama
• Olympia (2018 documentary film), about the career of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis

Music

• Olympia (musician), Australian art-pop singer-songwriter-guitarist Olivia Jayne Bartley (born 1982)
• Olympia (Bryan Ferry album)
• Olympia (Austra album)
• Olympia (EP), an EP by The Maybes?
• "Olympia" (song), a song by Sergio Mendes

Other arts and entertainment

• Olympia (Manet), an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet
• Olympia, a 1948 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte
• Olympia (comics), a fictional city in Marvel Comics
• Olympia, a mechanical doll in E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann", and in the opera The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach

Buildings and landmarks

United Kingdom

• Kensington (Olympia) station, a station in London, UK
• Liverpool Olympia, a theatre in Liverpool, UK
• Olympia London, an exhibition centre in London, UK

United States

• Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
• Olympia Apartments (Washington, D.C.), U.S., listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• Olympia Building, Atlanta, location of an iconic Coca-Cola sign
• Olympia Theatre (New York), a now-demolished theatre complex in New York City, U.S.

Elsewhere

• Olympia (Paris), a famous music hall in Paris, France
• Olympia (São Paulo), a former music venue in São Paulo, Brazil
• Olympia Milk Bar, a cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
• Olympia Theatre, Dublin, a concert hall in Dublin, Ireland
• Olympia Theatre, Perth, Australia, now the Luna Leederville

Businesses

• , a British CD label active in the 1990s releasing material from the Soviet Union, Poland, the Netherlands and other countries
• Olympia Brewing Company (1896–2003), a brewery in Tumwater, Washington, U.S.
• Olympia Capital Holdings, a holding company for several African businessese
• Olympia Press, a French publisher
• Olympia and York, a now-bankrupt property firm based in Canada
• Olympia-Werke, a former major manufacturer of typewriters in Germany
• Olympia Sports, a sporting goods company

Military

• , ships of the Royal Navy
• , two US Navy ships named after the city of Olympia
• Olympia-class cruiser, a US Navy class of protected cruisers

Organisms

• Olympia, a section of the plant genus Hypericum (St. John's-worts)
• Olympia oyster, a Pacific coast oyster
• Euchloe olympia, a North American butterfly commonly called the Olympia Marble

People

• Olympia (given name)
• Olympia, a nickname for American professional bodybuilder Iris Kyle (born 1974)

Places

Greece

• Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games
• Olympia Province, a former province of Greece

United States

• Olympia, Georgia, a ghost town
• Olympia, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Olympia, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Olympia, South Carolina, a census-designated place
• Olympia, Washington, the state capital

Schools

• Olympia High School (disambiguation), several high schools in the United States
• Olympia College, a for-profit group of American colleges, part of the Everest College system

Sport

Sports clubs

• Olympia FC (disambiguation), several football clubs
• Olympia Club de Bruxelles, a former Belgian football club
• Olympia Sofia, a women's football club in Sofia, Bulgaria
• TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven, a German sports club
• Olympia Larissa BC, a basketball club based in Larissa, Greece
• Olympia București, a football club based in Bucharest, Romania
• Olympia HC, a handball club in London, United Kingdom

Facilities

• Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings
• Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
• Olympia (Helsingborg), a football stadium in Helsingborg, Sweden
• Olympia Ice Center, a hockey rink in West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• Olympia Leisure Centre (1974), a former swimming pool in Dundee, Scotland
• Olympia Leisure Centre (2013), a swimming pool in Dundee, Scotland

Other sports

• Olympia (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Mr. Olympia, an annual bodybuilding contest
• Ms. Olympia, an annual women's bodybuilding contest

Transportation

Maritime

• , a steamship that served the northwest United States and Alaska
• MV Olympia, original name of SPL Princess Anastasia (1986), a cruiseferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
• Olympia, later MS Regal Empress, an ocean liner
• Olympia Terminal, a dock in the South Harbour of Helsinki, Finland

Other transportation

• Olympia Regional Airport, Olympia, Washington, United States, a public use airport
• EoN Olympia, a glider built in numbers in the 1940s in the United Kingdom
• Opel Olympia, a family car
• Olympia railway station, Olympia, Greece

Other uses

• 582 Olympia, an asteroid
• Olympia Academy or "Akademie Olympia", a semi-formal group of friends that included Albert Einstein
• Walther Olympia, a 1936 semi-automatic handgun manufactured by Walther
• Olympia (ice resurfacer), a line of ice resurfacers manufactured by Resurfice Corporation

See also

• Olympiastadion (Berlin), a stadium originally built for the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics
• Olympia Heights, Florida, United States
• Olympia Fields, Illinois, United States
• DFS Olympia Meise, a glider built in numbers in the 1930s in Germany
• Olympias (disambiguation)
• Olympic (disambiguation)
• Olympus (disambiguation)
• Olympe (disambiguation)
• Olimpia (disambiguation)
• Olimpija (disambiguation)