The Chinese Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for the People's Republic of China, originally founded in 1910 and reconstituted after the People's Republic gained International Olympic Committee recognition in 1979 following a period of non-participation, headquartered in Beijing. It selects and fields China's Olympic team, oversaw the organization of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, making Beijing the first city to host both, and has presided over a rapid rise in China's Olympic medal standing since the 1980s.
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Body TypeNational Olympic Committee 1 FoundedWikipedia infobox: |created = 1949 (recognized by IOC 1954, then 1979). HeadquartersDongcheng, Beijing, China 1 Body Type
Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 FAQs
Why do histories of the Chinese Olympic Committee give both 1910 and 1979?
The first committee dates to 1910 and the current one was recognized by the IOC in 1979.
The two dates mark two different stages. The first Chinese Olympic Committee was formed in 1910 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1922. The current National Olympic Committee, based in the People's Republic of China, was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1979, after the long dispute over which committee represented China.
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It is headquartered in Dongcheng, Beijing, China.
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is the National Olympic Committee of the People's Republic of China
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Dongcheng, Beijing, China
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC; 中国奥林匹克委员会; IOC code: CHN) is the National Olympic Committee of the People's Republic of China.
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Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
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