Olympic, Olympiad - the largest international multi-sport event, held every four years. Tradition, which existed in ancient Greece, was revived at the end of XIX century French philanthropist Pierre de Coubertin. Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympic Games, held every four years since 1896, except for the years who came to the world wars. In 1924 established Olympic Winter Games, which were originally held in the same year as the summer. However, since 1994, the time of the Winter Olympics shifted by two years on the time of the Summer Games.
In those areas of the Olympics after a while the Paralympic Games are held for people with disabilities and other people with disabilities. Analog Olympics are summer and winter and spring, the Youth Olympic Games and the Universiade student.