Olympiad (disambiguation)
Olympiad stands for:
- Olympiad , the four-year period between two Olympic Games
- a common (but strictly speaking wrong) term for the Olympic Games
Various major events are derived from this and are also referred to as the Olympics:
- Professional Olympiad , an international competition in craft and trade
- German Mathematics Olympiad , nationwide student competition in Germany in the subject of mathematics
- International Chemistry Olympiad , international student competition on chemistry
- International Mathematics Olympiad , international student competition in mathematics
- International Physics Olympiad , international student competition on physics
- Chess Olympiad , the most important team competition in chess
Also bear this designation:
- L'olimpiade , opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio, set to music many times
- L'olimpiade (Vivaldi) , opera by Antonio Vivaldi (1734)
- L'olimpiade (Pergolesi) , opera by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1735)
See also :
- Olympiades (Métro Paris) , station of the Paris Métro
