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15 unusual facts about International Olympic Committee


2012 Winter Youth Olympics medal table

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables.

Bids for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cities interested in hosting the games had to have their applications confirmed by their respective National Olympic Committees and submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by September 2009.

On January 8, 2010, the International Olympic Committee released their report on the Evaluation Commission for the Second Youth Olympic Games.

Bids for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched the bidding process on September 15, 2011.

There were six bids for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games confirmed by the International Olympic Committee.

Charles Gary Allison

Allison began work in 1984 on the "The Olympic Century", the official 25 volume history of the modern Olympic movement, in a cooperative partnership with the International Olympic Committee and several national Olympic committees.

Chronological summary of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Singapore won the bid to host the first Youth Olympic Games, winning finalist Moscow with a vote of 53 to 44 by International Olympic Committee members.

A postal vote by the International Olympic Committee Executive Board io the week before saw Moscow and Singapore being shortlisted to host the Games, defeating the three other candidates, Athens, Bangkok and Turin.

Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules

The Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules (CMSB) is the international organization, recognized by the International Olympic Committee, which governs the sport of the boules.

FIDE

It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the supreme body responsible for the organization of chess and its championships at global and continental levels.

International Olympic Committee

Speaking of the decision, Israeli Olympian Shaul Ladany, who had survived the Munich Massacre, commented: "I do not understand. I do not understand, and I do not accept it".

Olympic emblem

It is the responsibility of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to approve Olympic emblems for the Olympic games.

Olympic poster

It is the responsibility of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to approve Olympic poster for the Olympic games.

Olympic Spirit Group

Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the Olympic Spirit Group is officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee to design, develop and manage Olympic Spirit Centers worldwide.

Olympic Spirit Munich

Based on the success and experience gained, the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Spirit Group proceeded with plans for the design, development and management of Olympic Spirit Centers worldwide.


1976 Winter Olympics

Denver officially withdrew on November 15, and the IOC then offered the games to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of government following elections.

2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal

In 1998 members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were accused of taking bribes from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) during the bidding process.

Adam Pengilly

On 25 February 2010, he was elected by his fellow Olympic athletes to the International Olympic Committee Athletes Commission along with American ice hockey player Angela Ruggiero.

Ali Adnan

He was due to be the first person to represent Iraq in archery at the Olympic Games, having qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but the entire Iraqi delegation was banned from the Games by the International Olympic Committee due to Iraqi government interference in the Iraqi national Olympic Committee.

British Athletes Commission

Representation on the IOC and EOC Athletes Commissions responsible for electing and sanctioning the British nominations for the IOC and EOC AC

Burhan Felek

For his contribution to the Olympic Movement, he received the certificate "Diplome de Merite Olimpic" from the International Olympic Committee.

Carlos de Candamo

He is considered the first Olympic athlete to represent Peru, and was also member of the International Olympic Committee from 1909 to 1922.

Craig Reedie

In 1994, in addition to his British role, Reedie joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC), where he is currently one of three United Kingdom representatives, the others being HRH the Princess Royal and Sir Philip Craven.

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX

Qualification was based on UCI ranking by nations, 2008 UCI BMX World Championships results and wild-cards reserved to a Tripartite Commission (IOC, ANOC, UCI).

Erik Schinegger

In 1967, as he was preparing for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, a medical test by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) determined that Schinegger was male, with internal male sex organs, and disqualified him.

Erik von Frenckell

Erik von Frenckell (18 November 1887 – 13 September 1977) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish nobleman, member of the Parliament of Finland, member of the International Olympic Committee and a vice president of the International Football Association FIFA.

Eva-Maria Gradwohl

Gradwohl later admitted to the media reports that she was heavily involved in a personal relationship with former Nordic skiing coach Walter Mayer, who had been banned by the International Olympic Committee for a blood-doping scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, and also, for his alleged role in another doping scandal that rocked the Austrian national team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

The same year, the FIM was given provisional status of recognition by the International Olympic Committee, and gained full status in 2000 at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Kiribati at the Olympics

After participating in the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 1998, Kiribati started working towards membership of the International Olympic Committee.

Kuwait at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Because the Kuwait Olympic Committee is suspended by the International Olympic Committee, Kuwaiti athletes participated as Athletes from Kuwait under the flag of FINA.

Lightweight rowing

Lightweight rowing was added to the Olympics in 1996 but this came under threat in 2002 when the Programme Commission of the IOC recommended that, outside combat sports and weightlifting, there should not be weight category events.

Mixed team at the 1904 Summer Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) now groups their results together under the mixed team designation (IOC code ZZX).

Mixed team at the Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) grouped their results together under the mixed team designation (IOC code ZZX).

Pekan Olahraga Nasional

Indonesia was unable to participate in the 1948 Olympic Games because Indonesian independence had not been recognized, and Indonesia was not a member of the International Olympic Committee.

René Fasel

He became a member of the International Olympic Committee and was the first ever representative of ice hockey.

In 1995 he became a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Roller in-line hockey

Inline roller hockey was introduced to the World Games for the first time in 2005, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) sanctioned event under the jurisdiction of the International World Games Association (IWGA), an affiliate of the General Association for International Sports Federations (GAISF).

Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

The governing body for speed skating, the International Skating Union (ISU), was included in the list of recognized federations when the International Olympic Committee was founded, but was first discussed seriously for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Squaw Valley, Placer County, California

Though the 1960 Olympics had practically been promised to Innsbruck, Austria, Cushing went to Paris in 1955 with a scale model of his proposed Olympic site and persuaded the International Olympic Committee to choose Squaw Valley.

Susie O'Neill

She was the Oceania athletes' representative on the International Olympic Committee to 2005, when she resigned her membership (and was replaced by Barbara Kendall).

Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sailors 100 metre freestyle

However, the competition is included in the International Olympic Committee's database of Olympic medallists, and there is no record of Pierre de Coubertin or any other major figure in the beginning of the modern Olympic movement objecting to the consideration of the race as Olympic.

Uganda at the Olympics

The National Olympic Committee for Uganda was created in 1950 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1956.

Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The 1964 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 1st edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC.

Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The 1968 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 2nd edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC.

Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC.

William Porter Payne

He first gained support of Atlanta leaders for this effort, including then-mayor Andrew Young, an ally who helped Payne convince International Olympic Committee members to award Atlanta the games.