
	Where results make sense

Topic: International Olympic Committee

Related Topics

1980 Summer Olympics

Modern Olympic Games

Olympic Games

IOC

Olympic Charter

2012 Summer Olympics

2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal

2004 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

Olympic Stadium

2008 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

Pierre de Coubertin

	Presidents of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC )
		Avery Brundage was born on September 28, 1887 and was elected fifth President of the International Olympic Committee at its meeting in Helsinki in 1952.
		Brundage became a member of the International Olympic Committee he was elected to the Executiv Board and in 1946 he was also throughout the word as the apostle of amateurism and one of the world`s leading exponents of fair play and good sportsmanship.
		Juan Antonio Samaranch, elected as head of the International Olympic Committee in 1980 (the seventh to hold the post since the IOC was established in 1894), was one of the most influential Spaniards in the last two decades of the 20th century.
	olympic-museum.de /president/pres_ioc.html (3699 words)

	International Olympic Committee
		The International Olympic Committee is an organization created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organise this sports event every four years.
		The IOC is a parent organisation intended to localise administration and authority for the Games, as well as to provide a single legal entity which owns copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible properties associated with the Olympic games.
		The IOC President is an individual responsible for representing the IOC as a whole, and there are members of the IOC which represent the IOC in their respective countries.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/i/in/international_olympic_committee.html (296 words)

	International Olympic Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Dimitrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD.
		The IOC is a parent organisation intended to localize administration and authority for the Games, as well as to provide a single legal entity which owns copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible properties associated with the Olympic games.
		The IOC President is responsible for representing the IOC as a whole, and there are members of the IOC which represent the IOC in their respective countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Olympic_Committee (2222 words)

	International Olympic Committee / Comité International Olympique
		The Olympic flag was designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin as a flag for the Olympic Congress in Paris 1914 celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Movement.
		At the congress the flag was adopted as the flag for the Olympic Movement.
		According to the Olympic Charter the design and proportions of the Olympic flag are those of the flag presented by Pierre de Coubertin at the Paris Congress in 1914.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/oly@ioc.html (857 words)

	International Olympic Committee
		The International Olympic Committee is an organization created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organise this sports event every four year.
		The IOC receives its operating funds through advertising and merchandising Olympic memorabilia, as well as through sale of rights to the media who report on the occurrences at the Olympic games.
		The IOC President is an individual responsible for representing the IOC as a whole, and there are members of the IOC which represent the IOC in their respective countries.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/io/IOC.html (271 words)

	Talk:International Olympic Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Please consider this meanwhile redirecting IOC only to the explanation of the International Olympic Committee.
		This exclusive and corrupt nature of the IOC and a small group of individuals who control almost all international sport has earned it the title of "The Club".
		"The Club" was created by Horst Dassler, together with Patrick Nally they used the monetary benefit of sports marketing to gain control of federations and national olympic committees to ultimately control the IOC and the olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:International_Olympic_Committee (363 words)

	The Ancient Olympic Games
		These early Olympics each lasted between one and three days, but from around 400 BC on, the festival was a full five days as more and more events were added.
		Olympics in 393 AD, the Roman emperor Theodosius II declared that the Games would no longer be held, and the Olympic movement ended.
		This Committee would have the responsibility of keeping the amateur spirit of the games alive, and ensuring there were no outside influences involved in the decisions of it’s members.
	www.janecky.com /olympics/ancient.html (451 words)

	WELCOME TO ATHENS - Modern Olympic Games (1896-2004)
		In 1894, at the international congress for the study and spread of the principles of athletics held in Paris, his proposal for the revival of the Olympic Games was accepted and the International Olympic Committee was founded, with Dimitris Vikelas as president and Pierre de Coubertin as a general secretary.
		The International Olympic Committee, established by the 1894 congress in Paris, is an organization of international prestige which, according to Pierre de Coubertin, comprises "the laying of the foundations of the Olympic idea".
		The IOC cooperates in the organization of the Games with the National Olympic Committee of the country in which the games are to be held.
	www.akropol.net /olympic_games_history/modern_ol_games.htm (975 words)

	Presidents of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC )
		Avery Brundage was born on September 28, 1887 and was elected fifth President of the International Olympic Committee at its meeting in Helsinki in 1952.
		Brundage became a member of the International Olympic Committee he was elected to the Executiv Board and in 1946 he was also throughout the word as the apostle of amateurism and one of the world`s leading exponents of fair play and good sportsmanship.
		Juan Antonio Samaranch, elected as head of the International Olympic Committee in 1980 (the seventh to hold the post since the IOC was established in 1894), was one of the most influential Spaniards in the last two decades of the 20th century.
	www.olympic-museum.de /president/pres_ioc.html (3699 words)

	Constitution - Dominica Olympic Committee
		The Headquarters of the Committee shall be in the Parish of St. George in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
		The Committee must constitute, organize and lead their respective delegations at the Olympic Games and at the regional, continental or world multi-sports competitions patronized by the IOC; and shall be responsible for the behaviour of members of the delegation.
		The Committee shall be empowered by decisions of the Executive to levy on affiliated bodies for such purposes as it may deem fit, provided that the motion to levy be put on the agenda and not less than ten (10) days written notice is given for the meeting.
	www.dominicaolympiccommittee.org /constitution.htm (4379 words)

	IOC Recognition
		Following a befitting presentation in December 1997, the IOC agreed to stage the 1st IOC Grand Prix for Bridge at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne in September 1998.
		Accordingly, the IOC has requested confirmation that 'the WBF doping regulations are in conformity with the Olympic Movement Medical Code' and that 'the WBF adheres to the Court of Arbitration for Sports for the resolution of all form of dispute relating to the sport of bridge'.
		Olympic Charter, the criterion of belonging to the Olympic Movement is recognition by the IOC.
	www.worldbridge.org /IOC/IOC.htm (1106 words)

	Olympic Scandals: From Bribery to Steroids (Reference)
		IOC members Pirjo Haeggman of Finland, Bashir Mohammed Attarabulsi of Libya and David Sibandze of Swaziland have also resigned their posts in the wake of allegations.
		IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, though under pressure to step down due to the widening scandal, has ruled out resigning and has pledged to lead the effort in purging the corruption.
		The United States Olympic Committee has asked the IOC to somehow compensate all the swimmers, including several Americans, who lost out on Olympic glory because of the chemically enhanced performances of the East Germans.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /olympic-games/history/2338.html (658 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), created by the Paris Congress on 23rd June 1894, is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement.
		The IOC president is elected by the IOC Members by secret ballot for an initial term of eight years.
		The administration of the IOC is placed under the responsibility of the Director General who, under the authority of the President, runs it with the assistance of the Secretary General and the Directors.
	www.olympics.org.uk /olympicmovement/ioc.asp (867 words)

	Qatar National Olympic Committee-International Olympic Committee (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The IOC is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement.
		The IOC is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organisation that serves as an umbrella organisation of the Olympic Movement.
		The IOC strongly encourages, by appropriate means, the promotion of women in sport at all levels and in all structures, particularly in the executive bodies of national and international sports organisations with a view to the strict application of the principle of equality of men and women.
	www.qatarolympics.org /topics/index.asp?g={A079D1FE-529F-4781-84E6-FDA6639DE3CC} (810 words)

	International Olympic Committee
		The International Olympic Committee is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement.
		The IOC is composed of a maximum of 115 co-opted members (however until 31 December 2003, the total number of IOC members may reach 130) who meet in Session at least once a year.
		Six weeks later, the IOC published the results of its inquiry and recommended to the Session that the members involved be punished.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /2008Olympics/2006-08/27/content_675203.htm (416 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Olympics 2012 \| London calling: Inside the 2012 visit
		Publicly, the London bid team insist the IOC inspection team is yet to bring up the controversy, which is dominating the news during their visit.
		Lord Coe hired a group of Olympic sports experts to test his team on every aspect of the bid, to ensure they would be ready to handle an IOC grilling.
		IOC members are used to being flattered by rival bidders as they try to drum up support ahead of Olympic votes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4263433.stm (1013 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ORGANISATION - STRUCTURES
		The International Olympic Committee was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity.
		The IOC exists to serve as an umbrella organisation of the Olympic Movement.
		The IOC President is elected by the IOC members by secret ballot for an initial term of eight years, renewable once for four additional years.
	www.olympic.org /uk/organisation/ioc/index_uk.asp (344 words)

	National Olympic Committee of the Republic Of Uzbekistan: International Olympic Committee / IOC President
		In the international field, he was one of the organisers of the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, and also participated in the 1908, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Games as head of the Swedish delegation.
		Seventh President of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch was born on 17 July 1920 in Barcelona.
		From the time he took up office, he tried to give a new direction to the Olympic Movement which was badly shaken by the political difficulties of the XXII Olympiad, and undertook a long voyage around the world to establish numerous contacts with Heads of State and sports leaders and to defend the Olympic cause.
	www.olympic.uz /en/section.scm?sectionId=1776&contentId=5691 (1922 words)

	International Olympic Committee
		The IOC is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement.
		The International Olympic Committee currently has 161 members (38 of which competed in the Games) and 20 honorary members coming from the sports world and the Olympic movement and 3 honour members, prominent individuals outside of the sports world who have contributed significantly to the development of the Olympism and Olympic Movement.
		The goal of the International Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practised without discrimination of any kind, and in the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair-play.
	www.okscg.org.yu /s402e.htm (1129 words)

	International Olympic Committee / Comité International Olympique
		The Olympic flag was designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin as a flag for the Olympic Congress in Paris 1914 celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Movement.
		According to the Olympic Charter the design and proportions of the Olympic flag are those of the flag presented by Pierre de Coubertin at the Paris Congress in 1914.
		It is written that "Pierre de Coubertin is said to have found the original Olympic symbol engraved on an altarstone unearthed at Delphi." Apparently a number of publications on the Olympic games and movement contain similar claims, sometimes accompanied by photographs of the "evidence", a stone with the five rings carved into it.
	www.fotw.us /flags/oly@ioc.html (1052 words)

	Sport and Environment/Olympic Games
		UNEP and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) signed a Co-operative Agreement in February 1994, in which both organizations agreed to jointly undertake international actions to promote sustainable development.
		The Olympic Committee established a Sport and Environment Commission to advise its Executive Board on the integration of environmental issues in its activities.
		UNEP also works with Organizing Committees of the Olympic Games, including Athens, (2004), Turin (2006) and Beijing (2008) committees to assist them with the environmental components of their work.
	www.unep.org /sport_env/Olympic_Games/index.asp (452 words)

	International Olympic Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organise this sports event every four years.
		By law, all IOC members must retire at the age of 81.
		The most widely publicised example occurred in relation to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City but earlier stories, reported by British journalist, date back decades.
	www.bolingbrook.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/IOC (531 words)

	USATODAY.com - Olympic athletes largely barred from posting online diaries
		The IOC's rationale for the restrictions is that athletes and their coaches should not serve as journalists — and that the interests of broadcast rightsholders and accredited media come first.
		The Olympic guidelines threaten to yank credentials from athletes who are in violation as well as to impose other sanctions or take legal action for any monetary damages.
		The IOC distributed the policies to each country's Olympic committee in February.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-08-20-no-olympics-bloggers_x.htm (499 words)

	:: Chinese Olympic Committee ::
		The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) is a non-governmental, non-profit national sports organization of a mass character, with the objective of developing sports and promoting the Olympic Movement in the country.
		It is the sole representative of the whole country's Olympic Movement in its relations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and other international sports organizations, as well as all National Olympic Committees (NOCs).
		It was not until November 26, 1979 that, with a resolution adopted by all IOC members, the COC's legal status was reinstated in the IOC, while the Olympic Committee in Taipei was allowed to remain in the IOC under the name of "the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee."
	en.olympic.cn /china (355 words)

	Pravda.RU Russian President To Receive International Olympic Committee Members
		A spokesman for the IOC press service has reported to a RIA Novosti correspondent that a meeting with the head of the hosting state is a tradition for the largest events held by the International Olympic Committee.
		Members of the International Olympic Committee /IOC/ taking part in the 112th session of the IOC in Moscow will be received by President Vladimir Putin of Russia in the Kremlin on Thursday.
		Vice-Premier of the State Council of the PRC and member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Li Lanxing is arriving in Moscow on Tuesday to participate in the 112th session of the International Olympic Committee /IOC/.
	newsfromrussia.com /sport/2001/07/12/9877.html (1502 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 18 \| 1964: South Africa banned from Olympics
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the decision in Lausanne, Switzerland, after South Africa failed to meet an ultimatum to comply with its demands by 16 August.
		The IOC said nothing short of a public announcement made in the newspapers and on the radio renouncing all racial discrimination in sport would be acceptable.
		Committee secretary Otto Meyer said at the time he did not believe the South Africans would have a change of heart.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/18/newsid_3547000/3547872.stm (511 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)