Draft:Outline of the Olympic Games

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Olympic Games:

The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition, with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. By default, the Games generally substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place (however, each class usually maintains its own records). The Olympics are staged every four years. Since 1994, they have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year Olympiad.

Below is a structured list of topics related to the Olympic Games:

What type of thing are the Olympic Games?

The Olympic Games can be described as all of the following:

Sports competition

History of the Olympic Games

Branches of the Olympic Games

Olympic institutions

Olympic symbols

Olympic competitors

General concepts of the Olympic Games

Olympic sports

Publications about the Olympic Games

Persons influential in the Olympic Games

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