Olympia

The name Olympia may refer to:

Arts and media

For businesses in the arts and media, see § Businesses.

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), by Leo Damario, about an aspiring porn actress
• Olympia (2018 documentary film), by Harry Mavromichalis, about the career of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis

Music

Further information: À l'Olympia (disambiguation) and Category:Albums recorded at the Olympia (Paris)

• "Olympia" (song), a song by Sergio Mendes from his album Confetti
• Olympia (Bryan Ferry album), an album by Bryan Ferry
• Olympia (Austra album), an album by Austra
• 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
• Olympia (EP), an EP by The Maybes?
• Olympia (musician), Australian art-pop singer-songwriter-guitarist

Other media

• 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

Buildings and landmarks

For sports venues, see § Sport.

• Olympia (Paris), a famous music hall in Paris, France
• Olympia London, an exhibition centre in London, UK
• 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
• Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
• Kensington (Olympia) station, a station in London, UK
• Liverpool Olympia, a theatre in Liverpool, UK
• Olympia High School (disambiguation), any of several high schools in the United States
• Olympia Milk Bar, a cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
• Olympiastadion (Berlin), a stadium originally built for the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics
• Olympia Theatre, Dublin, a concert hall in Dublin, Ireland
• Olympia Theatre (New York), a now-demolished theatre complex in New York City, U.S.
• Olympia (São Paulo), a former music venue in São Paulo, Brazil

Businesses

• Olympia Compact Discs Ltd., 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 College, a for-profit group of American colleges, part of the Everest College system
• 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

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

• Olympias (c. 375–316 BC), the mother of Alexander the Great
• Olympia Dukakis (1931–2021), American actress
• Olympia Ann "Olan" Sylvers (born 1951), member of the family singing group, The Sylvers
• Olympia, a nickname for American professional bodybuilder Iris Kyle (born 1974)
• Olympia Hartauer, female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
• Olympia Snowe (born 1947), U.S. Senator from Maine
• Olympia Valance (born 1993), Australian actress, known for her role as Paige Smith in Neighbours
• Olympia Paus (born 1976), Norwegian shipping heiress
• Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (born 1996), daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
• Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (born 1988), French princess by marriage

Places

For buildings and landmarks, see § Buildings and landmarks.

• Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games
• Olympia Province, a former province of Greece
• Olympia, Georgia, a ghost town, U.S.
• Olympia, Missouri, an unincorporated community, U.S.
• Olympia, South Carolina, a census-designated place, U.S.
• Olympia, Washington, the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington
• Olympia Heights, Florida, U.S.
• Olympia Fields, Illinois, U.S.
• Olímpia, a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Sport

• Olympia FC (disambiguation), several football clubs
• Olympia (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Olympia Larissa BC, a basketball club based in Larissa, Greece
• Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
• Olympia (Helsingborg), a football stadium in Helsingborg, home of Helsingborgs IF
• Olympia Club de Bruxelles, a former Belgian football club
• Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
• TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven, a German sports club
• Mr. Olympia, an annual bodybuilding contest
• Ms. Olympia, an annual women's bodybuilding contest

Vehicles

Maritime

• USS Olympia, referring to two ships named after the city of Olympia, Washington, U.S.
• HMS Olympia, referring to ships of the Royal Navy
• M/V Olympia (later Pride of Bilbao), a ferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
• Olympia, later MS Regal Empress, an ocean liner

Other vehicles

• DFS Olympia Meise, a glider built in numbers in the 1930s in Germany
• EoN Olympia, a glider built in numbers in the 1940s in the United Kingdom
• Opel Olympia, a family car
• Olympia (ice resurfacer), a line of ice resurfacers manufactured by Resurfice Corporation

Other uses

• 582 Olympia, a minor planet orbiting the sun
• Olympia Academy or "Akademie Olympia", a semi-formal group of friends that included Albert Einstein

See also

• Olympic (disambiguation)
• Olympus (disambiguation)
• Olympe (disambiguation)
• Olimpia (disambiguation)
• Olimpija (disambiguation)