class infobox style float right font size 95 width 205px style background ddd text align center Olympic Games style text align center Ancient Olympic Games br Summer Olympic Games br Winter Olympic Games br Paralympic Games br Youth Olympic Games colspan 2 style text align center Olympic Charter Charter International Olympic Committee IOC National Olympic Committee NOC s Symbols br Olympic sport Sports Category Olympic competitors Competitors br All time Olympic Games medal table Medal tables Lists of Olympic medalists Medalists The Olympic symbols are icons, flag s and symbols used by the International Olympic Committee to promote the Olympic Games . Some such as the flame, fanfare, and theme are more common during Olympic competition, but others, such as the flag, can be seen throughout the year. Motto The Olympic motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius , which is Latin for Faster ... by Pierre de Coubertin on the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. De Coubertin ..., was an athletics enthusiast. The motto was introduced in 1924 at the Olympic Games in Paris. ref ... 1924 ref The motto was also the name of an Olympic history journal from 1995 to 1997, when it was renamed the Journal of Olympic History . cn date April 2012 A more informal but well known motto, also ... www.olympic.org Documents Reference documents Factsheets The Olympic Summer Games.pdf The Olympic Summer Games ref Olympic rings File Olympic Rings.svg thumb The five Olympic rings represent the five ... Summer Olympics 1920 Antwerp Olympics . The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking ... in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin , the founder of the modern Olympic Games. Upon its initial ... to accept healthy competition. In his article published in the Olympic Revue the official magazine of the International Olympic Committee in November 1992, the American historian Robert Barney explains ... French sports associations and until 1925, responsible for representing the International Olympic ... more details
Infobox stadium name Olympic Oval nickname image File Olympic Oval.jpg 300px Olympic Oval location 2500 University Drive NW br Calgary, Alberta broke ground 1985 opened September, 1987 owner University ... Program, University of Dinos Hockey The Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta , Canada , is a covered speed ... . ref name vancouver2010 cite web title Legacies of North American Olympic Winter Games Vancouver ... communications reports legacies of north american olympic 33488 qy26fo index.html work archiveurl ..., the Olympic Oval will kick off its 25th year of public service with a number of exciting activities and celebrations. History The Olympic Oval was designed as the first covered speed skating oval ... of the 1988 Winter Olympics XV Olympic Winter Games . Like the Pengrowth Saddledome Olympic Saddledome .... Image Olympic Oval Aerial 1.jpg left thumb Olympic Oval It was during the speed skating events of the Winter Olympic Games Olympic Winter Games in 1988 that The Oval became known as the fastest ice on Earth ... m, Women s 500 m, Women s 1000 m, Women s 3000 m and Women s 5000 m , and new Olympic records ... at The Oval. The Olympic Oval has now been re nicknamed The fastest ice in the world , holding 12 ... speed skating oval the Olympic Oval also includes two international sized ice rinks for short track ... skating competitions, The Oval is open to public skating and family day events. Image Olympic Oval Panorama1.jpg ... reflist External links http www.oval.ucalgary.ca The Olympic Oval at University of Calgary http www.aafla.org OlympicInformationCenter OlympicReview 1988 ore243 ORE243k.pdf XVth Olympic Winter Games ... Calgary landmarks 1988 Winter Olympic venues Olympic venues in speed skating Coord 51 04 37 N 114 08 08 W type landmark region CA display title name Olympic Oval Category Olympic speed skating venues ... speed skating venues ca Olympic Oval de Olympic Oval eo Olimpika Ovalo fr Olympic Oval nl Olympic Oval ja no Olympic Oval ru ... more details
Fribourg Olympic is a Swiss professional basketball club based in Fribourg , and a 14 time Swiss champion 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007 . Its current sponsorship name is Benetton Fribourg . The home arena is Sainte Croix . Roster flagicon SUI Oliver Vogt flagicon USA flagicon JAM Ronald Yates basketball Ronald Yates flagicon GRB flagicon New Zealand Brendon Polyblank flagicon ANG flagicon SUI Tresore Quidome flagicon SUI Vladimir Buscaglia flagicon USA Dave Esterkamp Head Coach flagicon FRA Damien Leyrolles External links http www.fribourg olympic.ch Benetton Fribourg french LNBA Category Basketball teams in Switzerland Category Fribourg de Fribourg Olympic fr Benetton Fribourg Olympic it Fribourg Olympic ... more details
Olympic Dreams is the title of a British television series, a co production between the BBC and the Open University , with the intent of tracking a group of young British athletes bidding for Olympic Games Olympic success at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London . The first series of programmes were broadcast at the end of 2007. The second series started in July 2008. The athletes being tracked are Jessica Ennis heptathlete Darius Knight , Paul Drinkhall table tennis players Shanaze Reade BMX cyclist Lee Pearson paralympic dressage rider Andrew Triggs Hodge Andy Triggs Hodge , Alex Partridge , Peter Reed rower Peter Reed , Steve Williams rower Steve Williams rowing sport Men s coxless four Tom Daley diver Tom Daley diving diver Ben Swift cyclist Jessica Hogg , Lizzie Beddoe , Venus Romaeo gymnasts References http www.open2.net olympicdreams Open University official Olympic Dreams website http news.bbc.co.uk sport1 hi olympics team gb default.stm Olympic Dreams homepage Category British sports television programmes ... more details
for a specific stadium The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games . Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and the track and field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic Stadium as part of their name. The Winter Olympic Games do not have a central Olympic Stadium, however some edifices are designated as the Olympic Stadium, which usually hosts the opening ... at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium , the site of the Wembley Stadium 1923 1948 Olympic Stadium , but at a new ... Olympics 2012 Olympic football matches . Wembley will become the second stadium to have been used ... White City Stadium London flag United Kingdom New align right 68,000 File Olympic opening ceremony 1912.jpg 100x100px 1912 Summer Olympics 1912 Summer Stockholm Olympic Stadium Olympic Stadium Stockholms ... 1920 Summer Olympisch Stadion Antwerp Olympic Stadium Olympisch Stadion Antwerp flag Belgium New align right 12,771 align center 1924 Winter Olympics 1924 Winter Stade Olympique de Chamonix Olympic ... Manoir Colombes7.jpg 100x100px 1924 Summer Olympics 1924 Summer Stade Olympique Yves du Manoir Olympic ... Olympic Ice Rink Eisstadion Badrutts Park St. Moritz flag Switzerland New align right File Olympic ... Olympic Stadium Olympisch Stadion Amsterdam flag Netherlands New align right 31,600 align center 1932 ... York Lake Placid flag United States 1912 New align right 7,500 File General view of Los Angeles Olympic ... the Olympic Athlete s Oath.jpg 100x100px 1932 Summer Olympics 1932 Summer colspan 2 align center ... 1936 Winter Olympics 1936 Winter Gro e Olympiaschanze Large Olympic Hill Gro e Olympiaschanze Garmisch ..., Olympia Stadion Luftaufnahme .jpg 100x100px 1936 Summer Olympics 1936 Summer Olympic Stadium Berlin Olympic Stadium Olympiastadion Berlin flag Germany Nazi New align right 110,000 File Bundesarchiv Bild 102 00789, St. Moritz, Eisstadion.jpg 100x100px 1948 Winter Olympics 1948 Winter St. Moritz Olympic ... more details
The Olympic Australis Opal is the largest and most valuable opal yet found, ref Leechman, F The opal book , University of California Press, 1961 ref valued at AUD 2,500,000. It was found in 1956 at the Eight Mile Plains, Queensland Eight Mile opal field in the outback opal gemstone mining town of Coober Pedy in South Australia , where during the Australian summer months the temperature can reach 40 celsius above ground. South Australia is the largest producer of white opal and crystal opal gemstone s in the world. citation needed date November 2011 The opal was found at a depth of 9.144 meters. The Olympic Australis opal was named in honor of the Olympic Games , which were being held in Melbourne at the time. It consists of 99 gem opal with an even colour throughout the stone, and has been left in a natural organic state, unpolished and uncut with blemishes. Olympic Australis is 280 mm long, with a height 120 mm and a width of 115 mm. It weighs 17,000 carats 3450 grams . Currently the opal is kept in Melbourne, at the offices of http www.altmanncherny.com.au Altmann & Cherny Ltd. ref Allan W. Eckert The world of opals John Wiley and Sons, 1997 p100 ref References reflist External links http www.altmanncherny.com.au The 20Olympic 20Australis.htm The Olympic Australis at Altmann & Cherny s site Category Named opals fi Olympic Australis ... more details
Infobox Company name Olympic Arms logo type Privately held company Private genre fate predecessor Schuetzen Gun Works SGW successor foundation start date 1956 in Colorado Springs, CO , United States founder defunct location city Olympia, WA location country United States location locations area served key people industry Weapons products Rifle s, Pistol s services revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent divisions subsid homepage http www.olyarms.com footnotes Purchased Safari Arms in 1987 intl yes Olympic Arms, Inc. manufactures and markets AR 15 and M16 pattern rifles, carbines and pistols. Olympic also manufactures 1911 pistol Colt 1911 M1911 series 70 style pistols. All products currently manufactured by Olympic are sold under the Olympic Arms brand name. History Olympic Arms, Inc. was founded by Robert C. Schuetz, and began as Schuetzen Gun Works SGW in 1956, manufacturing gun barrel barrels in Colorado Springs, Colorado . Prior to that Mr. Schuetz had been partnered in business with well known gunsmith P.O. Ackley . In 1975 the company moved to Olympia, Washington , and while its business in rifle barrels and barrel blanks thrived, it also began manufacturing complete custom bolt action rifles. In 1982, Schuetzen Gun Works began to manufacture AR15 M16 rifles and components under the trade name of Olympic Arms, Inc, while custom bolt action rifles continued to be produced under the SGW brand. In 1987 the company purchased Arizona based M.S. Safari, adding the M1911 pistol to its lineup under the name Safari Arms. Olympic was the first ... conversions, and AR 15 based pistols. Olympic also manufactures many AR 15s in calibers other than the standard 5.56x45mm. Olympic was the first in the industry to offer AR15 style firearms in 9x19mm ... www.olyarms.com Olympic Arms Official Web Site http www.oa2.org Olympic Arms Owners Association Category ... companies based in Colorado US manufacturing company stub ru Olympic Arms ... more details
An Olympic Village is an accommodation centre built for an Olympic Games , usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well ... are allowed to room at the Village, though family members and former Olympic athletes typically ... credentials. Press and media are also barred. The idea of the Olympic Village comes from Pierre de Coubertin . Up until the 1924 Summer Olympics 1924 Summer Olympic Games , National Olympic Committee ... to easily access the Games venues. The Olympic Village of the 1932 Summer Olympics served as the model of today s Olympic Villages it consisted of a group of buildings with rooms to lodge athletes, and buildings with other commodities. List of Olympic Villages Expand list date August 2008 1906 ... as the main Fencing Hall, was used in 1906 as the Olympic Village. ref cite web url http www.zappeion.gr ... of cabins were built near the stadium to house visiting athletes the complex was called Olympic Village . ref http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 428132 Olympic Village Britannica ref 1932 Summer Olympics Los Angeles 1932 The first Olympic Village is constructed in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood ... olympicvillage.html 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Athlete s Village in the Baldwin Hills ... stayed is still called Olympic Village . The area now consists of a sports center, a primary ... in 29 multi story buildings in the Miguel Hidalgo Olympic Village Complex. 1972 Summer Olympics Munich ... 1976 Olympic Village Montreal , Two 23 story pyramid shaped buildings. Now apartment buildings. 1980 ... , Clark Atlanta University , and Georgia State University . The Olympic village at Georgia State was later ... for the newly entered Olympic sport of curling. Karuizawa is about 70 kilometers southeast of Nagano ... Athens adjacent to Maroussi, the suburb where the main Olympic complex, OAKA, is located. The Athens Olympic Village also became a residential area following the Games. Today, the village with a capacity ... more details
Infobox protected area name Olympic Wilderness iucn category Ib photo Olympic Wilderness from meadow on Hurricane Ridge.jpg photo caption From Hurricane Ridge map USA relief map caption location Olympic National Park , Washington U.S. state Washington , United States USA nearest city Port Angeles, Washington lat d 47 lat m 45 lat s lat NS N long d 123 long m 30 long s long EW W region US coords ref area 876,669 acres 1370 mi sup 2 sup 3548 km sup 2 sup established November 16, 1988 visitation num visitation year governing body U.S. National Park Service Olympic Wilderness is a convert 1370 sqmi km2 adj on protected area comprising over 95 of Olympic National Park in Washington U.S. state Washington State. It includes convert 48 mi km of Pacific Ocean coastline . It is the largest wilderness area in Washington. External links http www.nps.gov olym wic National Park Service http www.wilderness.net index.cfm?fuse NWPS&sec wildView&wname Olympic wilderness.net http www.nps.gov olym stmlegis.htm Legislative history Protected Areas of Washington Category Protected areas of Clallam County, Washington Category Protected areas of Grays Harbor County, Washington Category Protected areas of Jefferson County, Washington Category Protected areas of Mason County, Washington Category Wilderness Areas of Washington state Category Olympic National Park ClallamWA geo stub Washington protected area stub fr Olympic Wilderness ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 Infobox VG title Olympic Gold image Image Olympic Gold Coverart.jpg 256px developer U.S. Gold publisher U.S. Gold designer engine released 1992 genre Sports game Sports Olympic videogames Olympic modes Single player , two player hotseat multiplayer mode hotseat or simultaneously ratings platforms Sega Game Gear Game Gear , Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis Mega Drive Genesis , Sega Master System Master System media requirements input Deleted image removed Image Olympic gold MD 2.png right thumb 150 px Archery was taken from The Games Summer Edition . Olympic Gold is the official video game of the 1992 Summer Olympics XXV Olympic Summer Games , hosted by Barcelona , Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega video game console console s, Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis Mega Drive Genesis and Sega Master System Master System , and Sega s handheld game handheld , Sega Game Gear Game Gear . Developed internally by U.S. Gold , the game was the first to have an official license from the IOC it also was sponsored by Coca Cola , and the game featured both the company logo on a zeppelin above the scoreboard, but also the company jingle . The game uses button mashing as the main ... and so on. Events Deleted image removed Image Olympic gold MD 1.png thumb left 150 px 100 m sprint Mega .... There are three difficulty levels club , national and Olympic with noticeable differences from each other computer controlled athletes are actually capable of breaking world and Olympic records at the higher levels, while achieving only mediocre results on lower levels. Scoring in the Olympic ... to break records quite easily in Olympic , and they also rely on a fair share or luck and random ... game of the Summer Olympics before N A after Olympic Summer Games Atlanta 96 years 1992 succession ... Category Sega Master System games Category Olympic video games Category Video games set in 1992 fr Olympic Gold sv Olympic Gold ... more details
Olympic Dream ISBN 978 1 4343 2787 1 , is the autobiography of track and field legend Henry Rono , who completed the book in 2007. The book documents Rono s childhood in Kenya , his running career at Washington State University , and his meteoric climb to fame after breaking four world records in 81 days. Rono s first person account also details his longtime struggle with alcoholism , the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games Olympic boycotts, and his pursuit of his dream to become a teacher. Notable sections include Rono s 1982 victory over Alberto Salazar and Rono s arrest in 1986, when he was falsely accused of robbing six New Jersey banks. External links http www.team rono.com Team Rono Henry Rono s Web Site http www.authorhouse.com BookStore ItemDetail bookid 45041.aspx Excerpt from Olympic Dream Category 2007 books Category Running books Category Kenyan books ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Image Olympic Axe.jpg right 250px The Olympic Axe is a 2000m college rowing United States sprint. It is held annually in the spring season in preparation for the Eastern Sprints and IRA regattas. It is a duel race between the Dartmouth College and Yale University Heavyweight Crew Teams. The race is named after the battleaxe trophy that is awarded to the winner of the Varsity Eight category. Race history class wikitable Year Winner 2004 Yale 2005 Yale 2006 Yale 2007 Yale 2008 Yale DEFAULTSORT Olympic Axe Category Rowing in the United States Category Dartmouth Big Green sports stub ... more details
Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File Olympic in New York cropped.jpg 350px Ship caption Olympic arriving at New York on her maiden voyage in June 1911. Infobox ship career Ship flag File White Star flaga.svg 100x35px Hide header Ship name RMS Olympic Ship owner File White Star flaga.svg ... Hide header Header caption Ship class sclass Olympic ocean liner Ship tonnage 45,324 gross ... MARK CHIRNSIDE INTERVIEW JANUARY 2005.htm title Mark Chirnside s Reception Room Olympic, Titanic & Britannic Olympic Interview, January 2005 publisher Markchirnside.co.uk date accessdate 2009 07 ... Ship crew Ship notes RMS Olympic was a transatlantic crossing transatlantic ocean liner the lead ship of the White Star Line s Olympic class ocean liner Olympic class ocean liners, sister to the RMS Titanic Titanic and HMHS Britannic Britannic . Unlike her younger siblings, Olympic enjoyed a long and illustrious ... Chirnside, Mark, http www.markchirnside.co.uk rms olympic specification.html RMS Olympic Specification ... RMS Olympic was the first of the three Olympic class ocean liner Olympic class ocean liners the others ... . The former was replaced by Olympic while Majestic was replaced by Titanic . Majestic would be brought ... it needed on the ships, plus a five percent profit margin. sfn Bartlett 2011 p 25 In the case of the Olympic ... left The launch of Olympic on 20 October 1910 Harland and Wolff put their leading designers to work designing the Olympic class vessels. It was overseen by William Pirrie Lord Pirrie , a director of both ... which was later to become Olympic had no name, but was referred to simply as Number 400 , as it was Harland ... previously planned to build a ship named Olympic unfinished ship Olympic as a sister ship to the RMS ... of Harland and Wolff shipyard , intended the Olympic class ships to surpass rival Cunard Line .... Construction of the Olympic began three months before Titanic to ease pressures on the shipyard ... of three slipways into two larger ones. Olympic nowiki nowiki s keel was laid in December ... more details
The Olympic Truce is a sacred tradition originating from Ancient Greece that dates back to the 9th century ... the Olympic Games to ensure athletes and spectators could travel safely to the Games and peacefully ... book last Toohey, K., James Veal, A. title The Olympic games a social science perspective year 2007 ... 2011 In 1996, the Athens Bid Committee committed to reviving the Olympic Truce and promoting it to the world through the Olympic Flame Relay. ref cite web last Olympic Truce Centre title Olympic Truce ... years later, the International Olympic Committee announced the establishment of the International ... city was encouraged to embrace the meaning and spirit of the Olympic Truce in the planning and staging of the Games. cn date August 2011 Goals Through this global and symbolic concept, the goal of the Olympic Truce movement is to cn date August 2011 Mobilize youth for the promotion of the Olympic ... to participate in the Games of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona and the XVII Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer despite ongoing wars. A delegation from the International Olympic Committee IOC visited Sarajevo in 1994 to extend its solidarity to the city that had organized the XIV Olympic Winter Games ... to the crisis in Iraq. In a release from the International Olympic Committee, the Secretary General was quoted, I call upon all nations to observe the Olympic truce. ref cite news last Longman first ..., under the same flag. It was the first Olympic Games event where the two divided countries walked ... Athens Olympics 2004 Athens Summer Games The Olympic Truce was promoted through Olympic Flame Relay ... support for the Olympic Truce by signing one of the three walls situated in the three Olympic Villages ... everyday peace at home, schools, work, and in the community. Projects included delivering Olympic ... communities in Northern Canada ref cite news last Canada National Defense title Olympic Truce initiative ... accessdate July 22, 2011 date January 5, 2010 ref an Olympic Truce Youth Dialogue with Canada s Governor ... more details
Infobox building name Olympic Tower image Olympic Tower NY by David Shankbone.JPG image size 250px caption Olympic Tower location 645 5th Avenue br New York City New York , New York 10022 br United States latd 40.7592 longd 73.9760 iso region US NY coordinates display title status start date 1972 completion date 1976 opening building type antenna spire roof convert 620 ft m abbr on top floor floor count 51 elevator count cost floor area convert 92,900 m2 sqft abbr on architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill structural engineer main contractor developer owner management references The Olympic Tower is a 51 story building in Midtown Manhattan , in New York City on Fifth Avenue Manhattan Fifth Avenue , between East 51st Street Manhattan 51st Street and East 52nd Street Manhattan 52nd Street . The exact address is 641 Fifth Avenue. Built in 1975, it was constructed on a site that was occupied by a Best & Company Store that was built in 1947. ref Alpern, Andrew. New York s Fabulous Luxury Apartments with Original Floor Plans from the Dakota, River House, Olympic Tower, and Other Great Buildings. New York Dover Publications, 1987. Print. ref It contains 225 condominium apartments and more than convert 250000 sqft m2 3 of office space and retail space. Situated next to St. Patrick s Cathedral, New York St. Patrick s Cathedral , it offers views of the cathedral s flying buttresses and Fifth Avenue. Upon construction, it became a prime real estate location for the glitterati of that time. The planned use of the building was a groundbreaking concept at that time because it was the first mixed ... Olympic Tower Official Site http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id olympictower newyorkcity ny usa ... olympic tower 641 fifth avenue 3965 Olympic Tower City Realty Category Skyscrapers in New York ... City Category Office buildings in New York City NYC struct stub de Olympic Tower eu Olympic Tower fr Olympic Tower it Olympic Tower nl Olympic Tower New York City pt Olympic Tower ro Olympic Tower New ... more details
Games see Ancient Olympic Games . For the most recent Summer Games in Beijing, see 2008 Summer Olympics ... Games in London, see 2012 Summer Olympics . For other uses, see Olympic . class infobox style width 25em font size 95 text align center border collapse collapse style font size 110 Olympic Games File Olympic Rings.svg 300px Organizations style border bottom 1px solid aaa Olympic Charter Charter International Olympic Committee IOC National Olympic Committee NOC s Olympic symbols Symbols br Olympic sports Sports Category Olympic competitors Competitors br All time Olympic Games medal table Medal tables Lists of Olympic medalists Medalists Olympic Games ceremony ceremonies Games Ancient Olympic Games br Summer Olympic Games br Winter Olympic Games br Paralympic Games br Youth Olympic Games The Olympic ... languages for the Olympic Games. , http www.olympic.org fr . .. ref , is a major international event ... variety of competitions . The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate. ref name EB cite web title Overview of Olympic Games author coauthor url http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 428005 Olympic Games publisher ... Olympic Games Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia ... founded the International Olympic Committee IOC in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement , whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter . The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the Youth Olympic ... limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games. The Olympic Movement consists of List of international ... more details
For the successor to Olympic Airlines Olympic Air Refimprove date July 2010 Infobox Airline airline Olympic Airlines br image Olympic Airlines logo.svg image size 250 IATA OA ICAO OAL callsign OLYMPIC founded 6 April 1957 ref name history cite web author Hans Zoglmeier url http ... flyer Icarus Frequent Flyer Programme lounge Olympic Handling Melina Merkouri , Aristotle Onassis ... needed date October 2010 destinations 50 2009 Citation needed date October 2010 parent Olympic ... CEO Olympic Airlines lang el , Olympiak s Aerogramm s OA was the flag carrier ... http www.olympic airways.gr oacontactusuk.htm Contact Us . Olympic Airways. Retrieved on 1 July 2010 ... date 2007 04 10 ref Olympic Airlines also owned a base at London Heathrow International Airport. By December ... 1 hi business 7125040.stm title Olympic facing difficult future publisher BBC News date 2007 12 03 accessdate 2009 06 04 ref Olympic Airlines was also accredited by International Air Transport ... safety practices. ref cite web url http www.iata.org ps certification iosa operators Olympic Airlines.htm title Olympic Airlines IOSA Operators Profile publisher Iata.org date accessdate 2009 06 ... Olympic Airlines.htm archivedate November 1, 2007 ref On March 6, 2009, the Greek State announced ... year period of state ownership. On 29 September 2009 Olympic Airlines ceased all operations and most flights. Olympic Air , the new airline formed from its privatisation, commenced flights. Olympic ... State conducted a public tender and redistributed the routes. On 31 December 2009 Olympic Airlines ... carriers who started operating them from 1 January 2010. Until the final closure, Olympic Airlines ... by their successor, Olympic Air . All Olympic Airlines flights using the OP code since 29 September 2009 and until the final deadline of 31 December 2009, were operated by Olympic Air on a wet lease basis. The 31 December 2009 deadline as the final possible date that Olympic Airlines should cease ... more details
Use dmy dates date July 2011 Infobox Airline airline Olympic Air image Olympic Air logo.svg image size IATA OA ICAO OAL callsign OLYMPIC founded 2009 commenced 29 September 2009 ceased hubs Athens International ... airlines publisher Olympic Air accessdate 26 October 2009 ref lounge Olympic Air International ... title Olympic Air s Business on Board and Hilton Honors programs collaboration publisher Olympic Air ... EPA european pressphoto agency New Boards of Directors for Olympic Air, Olympic Engineering and Olympic Handling publisher Google date 21 October 2009 accessdate 27 October 2009 ref Olympic Air is the largest ... national carrier Olympic Airlines . Olympic Air commenced limited operations on 29 September 2009, after Olympic Airlines ceased all operations, with the official full scale opening of the company ... June 2010. OLYMPIC AIR s registered seat is located at the 1st km of Koropi Vari Avenue and Ifaistou ... from Olympic Airlines, and the ICAO code OAL . The airline initially launched using the IACO code NOA , but later reportedly bought the OAL code used by Olympic Airlines for a rumoured 20 million. citation needed date August 2010 On 22 February 2010, Olympic Air and main competitor ... proposal On 16 September 2008 the Greek Government announced a major restructuring of Olympic Airlines, using the Pantheon Airways plan to relaunch Olympic as a private airline. Pantheon would operate parallel to Olympic Airlines until April 2009, when Olympic Airlines would be shut down and Pantheon would take over most of its routes. Pantheon would then be renamed using the Olympic brand name and its six rings logo. The new Olympic Air would not be a legal successor to Olympic Airlines or Airways ... concerning the sale of the three companies and the assets of the Olympic Airlines Group Flight ... position to support its bid. File olympic a320 200 sx oau lands london heathrow arp.jpg ... announced it would take over Olympic s ground handling operations as well. ref name ekathimerini1 cite ... more details
cleanup date October 2007 Advert date November 2010 Infobox Company company name Olympic Group company ... www.olympicgroup.com Olympic Group is an Egypt ian group of companies operating mainly in the field ... IT and real estate . It also owns the licensing rights for all Sony products in Egypt. Olympic ... giant. Major shareholders are the Sallam family whose father founded the company. History Olympic ... to produce household appliances in the 1920s. In the 1930s, Olympic Group s founder, Abdallah Sallam ... Olympic Electric. This innovative product provided a safe alternative to the gas water heaters that were ... dominated the market, and the Olympic brand became synonymous with reliability and affordability ..., handling marketing, distribution and after sales services for all Olympic brand products. Dr Saad ... with North American multinationals, brought a modern vision to the business that still defines Olympic ... gaps. Olympic maintained its market leadership through adopting new technologies in production ... growth and complexity of operations, Olympic Group was established in 1995 as a holding company ... appliances and related industries. Subsequent acquisitions and internal growth have led Olympic ... its trading arm by establishing Olympic Stores, now B Tech . Today, B Tech has become the biggest ... regional markets. ref http www.olympicgroup.com fe default.aspx Olympic Group ref Activities Olympic Group incorporates a highly integrated cluster of companies, which has enabled the Group to maintain .... The main products manufactured by Olympic Group are automatic washing machines, refrigerators ... fans, manual washing machines and coolers. Olympic Group s key international partners, suppliers ... and Indesit . Ninety percent of the Group s products are introduced into the market through Olympic ... in 1997 under the trading name Olympic Stores . Today B Tech operates 42 outlets located at some ... 16 Ideal and Olympic Electric retail outlets and 11 franchise retail outlets in unique locations ... more details
Olympic Studios was a renowned independent commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, Barnes ... it into a film studio. In 1965 it was purchased by Olympic Sound Studios. The conversion ... by Keith Grant and Russel Pettinger. ref name Olympic Studios Zani cite web url http www.zani.co.uk reviews.aspx?id 107 title Zani Save Olympic Studios author Scott, Andy date October 2009 publisher zani.co.uk accessdate 2010 03 03 ref Olympic s sound mixing desks were a creation of the maintenance staff and built specially for the studios. They became famous as Olympic desks ref name Olympic ... olympic recording studio to burn out 1220725.html title Olympic Studios author Nick Coleman date 2009 ... as Helios One for Studio Two. Olympic desks and their Helios offspring are highly regarded for their sonic qualities today. ref name Sad day for Olympic cite web url http www.realmusicforum.com history a sad day for music 20090326182 title Olympic Studios closes A sad day for music publisher realmusicforum.com ... Olympic Sound Studios was established in central London in the late 1950s and was owned by Angus ... with Richard Swettenham, McKenzie opened Olympic s Studio One with the vacuum tube tube recording ... Korner and Graham Bond Citation needed date March 2012 . The Rolling Stones ref name Olympic Studios ... 03 03 ref recorded their first single Come On at Olympic , a number of Dusty Springfield hits and The Troggs ... sessions at Olympic , during the forty year history of this studio Citation needed date March 2012 . Olympic was a popular studio with Decca Records Decca , EMI , Pye Records Pye and Philips recording A&R staff, as well as hosting London Weekend Television s music recordings. ref name Olympic by Nick Coleman cite web url http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment music features legendary olympic recording studio to burn out 1220725.html title Olympic Studios author Nick Coleman date 2009 02 ... , a year later. The Rolling Stones were among the first clients of the new Olympic Studios in Barnes ... more details
File Image OlympicPeninsulaMap.jpg 258px right thumb The peninsula and Olympic National Park File OlympicCoastNationalMarineSanctuary.jpg right thumb Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary File Queets river.jpg right thumb Queets River File Mount Olympus Washington.jpg right thumb Mount Olympus The Olympic ... point, are on the peninsula. The Olympic Peninsula contained many of the last unexplored places in the lower ... books.google.com books?id CoWrPQAACAAJ isbn 9780918664006 ref Geography The Olympic Peninsula is home ... in a much drier climate in those locales. The Olympic Mountains Olympic mountain range sits in the center of the Olympic Peninsula. This range is the second largest in Washington State. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus Washington Mt. Olympus . Major salmon bearing rivers on the Olympic Peninsula ... Park Shine Tidelands , and Triton Cove State Park Triton Cove state parks Olympic National Park and the Olympic National Forest . Within the Olympic National Forest, there are five designated U.S. ... effort is underway to protect additional wilderness areas on the Olympic National Peninsula, protect salmon streams under the Wild & Scenic River Act and provide a means for Olympic National Park to offer ... Sound, is an entirely separate peninsula and is not connected to the Olympic Peninsula. http www.olympicpeninsula.org ... U.S. Route 101 runs along the Olympic Peninsula s southern edge and up the western and northern ... reflist External links http nps.gov olym Olympic National Park http content.lib.washington.edu cmpweb index.html University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections The Pacific Northwest Olympic ... State s Olympic Peninsula communities. Features cultural exhibits, curriculum packets and a searchable ... Regions Northwestern Olympic Peninsula Olympic Peninsula Washington Coord 47 47 54 N 123 37 05 W ... Article Feedback 5 cs Olympijsk poloostrov de Olympic Halbinsel es Pen nsula Ol mpica eo Olimpa Duoninsulo Va ingtonio fr P ninsule Olympique it Penisola Olimpica nl Olympic Washington ja ... more details
Infobox Korean name img Olympic Bridge on Hangang river Seoul Korea.jpg hangul hanja rr Olympic Daegyo mr Olympic Taegyo Olympic Bridge or Grand Olympic Bridge lang ko is a bridge over the Han River Korea Han River in Seoul , South Korea . The bridge links the Gwangjin gu Gwangjin and Songpa gu Songpa districts. Its construction started in 1985, but was not completed until 1990, after the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988, because the bridge under construction had collapsed. On May 29, 2001, a CH 47 CH 47D helicopter from ROK Army , attempting to lower a sculpture onto the top of the bridge, crashed and fell into the Han River, killing all three on board. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi 1356207.stm BBC News ref ref http www.asianewsnet.net news.php?sec 11&id 4260 Asia News Network ref ref http video.google.com videoplay?docid 2237569005955189189 Video ref The job was finished later and to this day, the dead are not memorialized in any official form, plaque or otherwise on the bridge. References reflist Han River bridges coord 37.5339602 127.103855 display t type landmark Category Bridges in Seoul Category Cable stayed bridges in South Korea Category Bridges completed in 1990 SouthKorea struct stub Asia bridge struct stub Seoul geo stub SouthKorea transport stub ko ja zh ... more details
Image OlympicCup.jpg 250px thumb right the Olympic Cup The Olympic Cup French Coupe Olympique is an award given annually by the International Olympic Committee . It was instituted by Pierre de Coubertin in 1906 and is awarded to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement. ref http olympic museum.de awards olympic cup.htm Olympic Cup Bot generated title ref Its recipients have included amateur sports clubs, schools, newspapers and national ... of the Olympic Games . Recipients of the Olympic Cup 1906 Touring Club de France 1907 Henley ... Club , Rio de Janeiro 1950 Comit Olympique Belge 1950 New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games ... 1964 Southern Californian Committee for the Olympic Games, Los Angeles 1965 City of Tokyo ... Suisse, International Olympic Academy , Olympia 1982 Racing Club de France 1983 Comit Olympique ... Olympic Committee 1986 City of Stuttgart 1987 L quipe 1988 People of Australia 1989 City of Seoul 1989 La Gazzetta dello Sport 1990 Club Athl tique Panhellinios Ath nes 1991 The Japanese Olympic ... Olympic Committee 1996 City of Baden Baden 1997 No award 1998 People of Nagano, Japan 1999 United Nations ... People of Athens ref http www.olympic.org uk news olympic news full story uk.asp?id 1069 International Olympic Committee News Bot generated title ref 2005 The 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum ref http web.archive.org web 20060316142159 http www.wnbz.com January 2006 010206.htm LP OLYMPIC ... Olympic Games date 2008 08 25 accessdate 2008 09 21 url http en.beijing2008.cn news official ioc n214585276.shtml ... From IOC publisher The Official Website of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games date 2010 08 ... 20100826 singaporeans receive formal tributes from ioc.html ref 2011 South African Olympic Committee ... club in the world that has ever received the honored prize. See also Olympic Order Pierre de Coubertin ... International Olympic Committee pt Ta a Ol mpica tl Kopa ng Olimpiko ... more details
other uses Infobox Museum name The Olympic Museum native name Mus e olympique native name lang fr image Musee olympique.jpg imagesize 200 caption alt map type map caption map alt latitude longitude established 23 June 1993 dissolved location Lausanne , Switzerland type collection visitors director president curator publictransit network website http www.olympic.org en content Olympic Museum www.olympic.org The Olympic Museum in Lausanne , Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic games Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 pieces, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games in the world ref name moly Cite web url http www.macaudailytimesnews.com index.php?option com content&task view&id 8302&Itemid 28 title Free Olympics Archives Exhibit at Tap Seac Pavilion accessdate 2008 03 21 date 2008 03 13 author Natalie Leung work Macau Daily Times ref and one of Lausanne s prime tourist draws ref name litlau Cite web url http www.iht.com articles 2005 05 01 features lausanne.php title Literary Heyday Lingers in Lausanne accessdate 2008 03 21 date 2005 05 02 author Tom Wright work International Herald Tribune ref attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year. ref name oml Cite web url http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 26016244 ITM title Olympic Museum Lausanne accessdate 2008 03 21 date 2002 08 01 work Swiss News ref The Olympic Museum is surrounded by a park containing numerous works of art on a sporting theme. Among the most notable works of art in the museum s permanent collection are the France French sculptors Auguste ... , an International Olympic Committee member, and Jean Pierre Cahen, were in charge of the project. The museum ... oml See also International Olympic Committee IOC References reflist External links commons category Mus e Olympique, Lausanne http www.olympicmuseum.com The Olympic Museum official website coord 46 30 31 N 6 38 2 E region CH display title Category Olympic museums Category Sports museums Category ... more details
Taxobox name Olympic mudminnow status LR nt status system IUCN2.3 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Esociformes familia Umbridae genus Novumbra genus authority Leonard Peter Schultz L. P. Schultz , 1929 species N. hubbsi binomial Novumbra hubbsi binomial authority Leonard Peter Schultz L. P. Schultz , 1929 The Olympic mudminnow Novumbra hubbsi is a fish native to the western lowlands of Washington U.S. state Washington state the Chehalis River basin, Deschutes R. basin, and some Olympic Peninsula basins. It grows to 8 cm ca 3 inches in length, and is Washington s only known endemism endemic freshwater fish species. Although they strongly resemble killifish , mudminnows are more closely related to pikes and mukellunge. Taxonomy The Olympic mudminnow is the monotypic only species in genus Novumbra , and one of seven species worldwide in the family Umbridae . Biology The Olympic mudminnow resides in dark areas in the bottom of the river, living on fish larva e, Egg biology egg s and small invertebrates . It prefers areas with mudbeds and dense vegetation, and has a remarkable tolerance of low oxygen levels. Conservation status The Olympic mudminnow is listed as a sensitive species by the state of Washington. Although there are many populations, the range is limited, and suitable habitat is easily lost to development References Schultz, L. P. 1929 July Description of a new type of mud minnow from western Washington, with notes on related species. Univ. Wash. Publ. Fish. v. 2 no. 6 73 81, Pls. 1 2. Mongillo, P., and M. Hallock. 1999.Washington state status report for the Olympic mudminnow. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, WA. FishBase species genus Novumbra species hubbsi month February year 2012 http www.nativefish.org ... species list references DEFAULTSORT Olympic Mudminnow Category Umbridae Category Fish of the Western ... Animals described in 1929 Actinopterygii stub az Novumbra hubbsi de Olympic Hundsfisch fr Novumbra ... more details
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