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The Olympic Movement encompasses organizations, athletes and other persons who agree to be guided by the Olympic Charter.

The Olympic Movement groups together all those who agree to be guided by the Olympic Charter and who recognize the authority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), namely: the International Federations (IF) of sports on the program of the Olympic Games; the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the Organizing Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs), athletes, judges and referees, associations and clubs, as well as all the organizations and institutions recognized by the IOC.


Birth of the Olympic Movement

When he announced in Paris, on a winter's evening in 1892, the forthcoming re-establishment of the Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin was applauded, but nobody at the time imagined the scale of the project entailed by reviving the ancient Olympic Games, appointing a committee in charge of organizing them and creating an international movement.

The IOC was created on 23 June 1894. The 1st Olympic Games of the modern era opened in Athens on 6 April 1898 and the Olympic Movement has not stopped growing ever since.

"All sports for all people. This is surely a phrase that people will consider foolishly utopian. That prospect troubles me not at all. I have pondered and studied it at length, and know that it is correct and possible", wrote Pierre de Coubertin in 1919. The future proved him right.

According to the Olympic Charter, established by Pierre de Coubertin, the goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practiced without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.

The IOC guarantees the promotion of Olympism and the smooth running of the Games in accordance with the Olympic Charter.

The Olympic Movement receives most of its funding from the Olympic Games rights bought by broadcast networks. However, it also benefits from the Olympic Partners (TOP) world-wide sponsorship program comprising multinational companies. The IOC distributes 92% of the revenue generated by the marketing of Olympic properties.


The essential missions of the Olympic MovementThe Olympic Stadium in Athens

• Choice of the host city
• Organization of the Olympic Games
• Promotion of women in sport
• Protection of athletes
• Human development assistance
• Protection of the environment
• Respect for the Olympic truce


Olympic Sports

Summer sports
Winter sports
Aquatics
Fencing
Shooting
Biathlon
Archery
Football
Softball
Bobsleigh
Athletics
Gymnastics
Table Tennis
Curling
Badminton
Handball
Taekwondo
Ice Hockey
Baseball
Hockey
Tennis
Luge
Basketball
Judo
Triathlon
Skating
Boxing
Modern Pentathlon
Volleyball
Skiing
Canoe / kayak
Rowing
Weightlifting
 
Cycling
Sailing
Wrestling
Equestrian
 
 

Source: IOC

  

 
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