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Which Greek city-state controlled Olympia after 572 BCE?

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Map of southeastern Europe highlighting Greece and marking the location of Olympia with a red star, indicating its status as a World Heritage Site. Olympia is shown in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula, surrounded by neighboring countries and nearby seas including the Ionian, Aegean, and Mediterranean. — Olympia Olympia was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1989.

After 572 BCE, the Greek city-state of Elis held control over Olympia.

Prior to this, the site was under the jurisdiction of the nearby town of Pisa. The city of Elis engaged in a long-standing conflict with the Pisatians for control of the sanctuary and the Olympic Games, which concluded when the Eleans decisively subjugated the Pisatians and the surrounding region of Pisatis in 572 BCE.12