Competition

Olympic Games

Also Known As The Olympics

Multi-Sport Games

The modern Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event founded by Pierre de Coubertin, who established the International Olympic Committee in 1894, with the first modern Games held in Athens in 1896. The Games take their name and much of their symbolic heritage from the ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia in Greece, traditionally dated from 776 BC and continuing for roughly twelve centuries until suppressed under the Roman Emperor Theodosius I around 393 AD, but the ancient and modern Games are historically distinct institutions separated by more than fifteen hundred years, not a single continuous event. The modern Games are held every four years, an interval called an Olympiad, and expanded to include a separate Winter Games from 1924 onward, held on their own four-year cycle offset from the Summer Games since 1994. The Games' founding amateurism rule, which had barred professional athletes since 1896, was progressively dismantled from the 1970s and effectively dropped by an IOC rule change in 1986, leaving individual international federations to set eligibility for their own sport; the most visible result was the 1992 Barcelona Games, the first at which a full United States men's basketball roster of active NBA professionals, the Dream Team, competed.

Facts

Founding Date

1896-04-06 1

Frequency

Every four years for each of the Summer and Winter Games; the two have been held two years apart from each other since 1994. 1

Host History

Host cities for the Summer and Winter Games are selected by the International Olympic Committee, years in advance, through a bid process. Athens hosted the first modern Games in 1896, and Los Angeles has hosted the Summer Games twice, in 1932 and 1984, with a third hosting awarded for 2028. 1

Disputed

Founding Year

1896 1

1896 is the year of the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens, taken here as the founding year of the competition itself. The International Olympic Committee that organizes the Games was established two years earlier, in 1894, so 1894 is sometimes cited instead as the institutional founding date. The ancient Olympic Games, traditionally dated from 776 BC, are a historically distinct institution and not a direct continuation into the modern Games.

Classification

Scope

Olympic 1

Learn More

Reviving an Ancient Idea: Pierre de Coubertin and the Politics of 1896

This article records tradition as it has been passed down and reported. Its sources are not yet part of the atlas's verified catalogue.

Pierre de Coubertin, the French educator who revived the Olympic idea, was driven by more than admiration for antiquity. He came of age in a France still humiliated by its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871, and he believed the country's young men had grown physically and morally soft from a narrow, classroom-bound education. Coubertin had studied England's school sports culture and concluded that organized athletic competition built the character a nation needed. German archaeologists' excavations at Olympia through the 1870s and 1880s, uncovering the ancient sanctuary's stadium and temples, had already returned the ancient Games to European conversation; Coubertin fused that renewed classical interest with his own reform project when he convened a congress at the Sorbonne in 1894 and founded the International Olympic Committee.

Coubertin had wanted the first Games held in Paris, but the committee chose Athens instead, honoring Greece as the symbolic birthplace of the idea. The choice nearly bankrupted the fledgling event: Greece's government balked at the cost of restoring the ancient Panathenaic Stadium in marble, and the Games were rescued only when the wealthy Greek businessman Georgios Averoff personally funded the reconstruction. Only men competed in 1896, a restriction Coubertin himself defended for years afterward, believing women's participation would be, in his own words, impractical and uninteresting.

The Games nearly did not survive their own early instability. The 1900 Paris and 1904 St. Louis Games were folded into World's Fairs, stretched across months, poorly organized, and barely recognized by spectators as a distinct event at all. Only with the 1908 London Games, held on their own and drawing genuine international attention, did the modern Olympic movement establish the standalone identity Coubertin had originally envisioned.

Boycotts, Bans and the Cold War: The Modern Games' Political History

This article records tradition as it has been passed down and reported. Its sources are not yet part of the atlas's verified catalogue.

The modern Games' claim to ancient ideals of unity has coexisted uneasily with their repeated use as a stage for nationalist and political conflict. Nazi Germany used the 1936 Berlin Games as a platform for political propaganda, filling the city with monumental architecture designed to present the regime as a modern, welcoming power. The Games instead produced one of the era's most quoted counter-narratives when the African American sprinter and long jumper Jesse Owens won four gold medals, a result Nazi officials could not accommodate within their own racial ideology.

The Cold War brought two of the largest disruptions in the Games' history. The United States led a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games after the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, and the Soviet Union led a retaliatory boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Games four years later, each time keeping dozens of nations' athletes from competing. South Africa was excluded from the Games entirely from 1964 to 1988 over its apartheid policies, a ban lifted only after the country began dismantling the system.

The Games have also been a target of political violence directly: at the 1972 Munich Games, the Palestinian militant group Black September took eleven Israeli athletes and coaches hostage, killing all of them along with a German police officer in a botched rescue attempt. Ancient Olympia observed its own political concession to competition, the ekecheiria or Olympic Truce, under which Greek city-states were expected to suspend wars around the festival; the modern movement has revived the truce as a symbolic annual United Nations resolution, though, as with its ancient predecessor, it remains a plea more often honored in word than in practice.

Connections

Administered By

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Source Wikipedia, International Olympic Committee

Ancestor Of

Associated With

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC)

Source Australian Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

British Olympic Association (BOA)

Canadian Olympic Committee (COC)

Chinese Olympic Committee

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI)

Comite National Olympique et Sportif Francais (CNOSF)

Source French National Olympic and Sports Committee, Wikipedia

Comite Olimpico Argentino (Argentine Olympic Committee)

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Comite Olimpico do Brasil (Brazilian Olympic Committee)

Comite Olimpico Espanol (COE)

Source Spanish Olympic Committee - Wikipedia

Comite Olimpico Mexicano (Mexican Olympic Committee)

Cuban Olympic Committee

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB)

Dutch Olympic Committee*Netherlands Sports Federation (NOC*NSF)

Egyptian Olympic Committee

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Ethiopian Olympic Committee

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC)

Source Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Indian Olympic Association (IOA)

Source Indian Olympic Association (Wikipedia)

Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia)

Source Indonesian Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

Source Wikipedia, International Ice Hockey Federation

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)

Source Wikipedia, International Weightlifting Federation

Jamaica Olympic Association

Source Jamaica Olympic Association, Wikipedia

Korean Sport & Olympic Committee

Source Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Moroccan National Olympic Committee

Source Moroccan National Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

National Olympic Committee of Nigeria

Source Nigeria Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

National Olympic Committee of Thailand

Source National Olympic Committee of Thailand (Wikipedia)

National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

Source National Olympic Committee of Ukraine - Wikipedia

New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC)

Source New Zealand Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF)

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Philippine Olympic Committee

Source Philippine Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl)

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK)

Source Swedish Olympic Committee - Wikipedia

Swiss Olympic

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Turkish National Olympic Committee (TMOK)

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC)

Source United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Wikipedia

Vietnam Olympic Committee

Source Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

World Gymnastics

Source Wikipedia, International Gymnastics Federation

Competitors Include

Aleksandr Karelin

Source Wikipedia, Aleksandr Karelin

Australian Dolphins

Austria National Alpine Ski Team

Ben Ainslie

Source Wikipedia, Ben Ainslie

Bulgaria National Weightlifting Team

Canada Men's National Ice Hockey Team

China National Badminton Team

China National Gymnastics Team

China National Table Tennis Team

China National Weightlifting Team

Christine Stuckelberger

Source Wikipedia, Christine Stuckelberger

Cuba National Boxing Team

Dhyan Chand

Source Wikipedia, Dhyan Chand

Ethiopia National Athletics Team

Georgia National Wrestling Team

Germany Men's National Field Hockey Team

Germany National Bobsleigh Team

Great Britain National Athletics Team

Great Britain National Rowing Team

Hungary National Water Polo Team

India Men's National Field Hockey Team

Ingemar Stenmark

Source Wikipedia, Ingemar Stenmark

Jamaica National Athletics Team

Japan National Judo Team

Jaromir Jagr

Source Wikipedia, Jaromir Jagr

Jesse Owens

Won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Jim Thorpe

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Karch Kiraly

Source Wikipedia, Karch Kiraly

Kathrin Boron

Source Wikipedia, Kathrin Boron

Kenya National Athletics Team

Lin Dan

Source Wikipedia, Lin Dan

Ma Long

Source Wikipedia, Ma Long

Marit Bjorgen

Source Wikipedia, Marit Bjorgen

Michael Jordan

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Michael Jung

Source Wikipedia, Michael Jung

Michael Phelps

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Muhammad Ali

Won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, competing as Cassius Clay.

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Nadia Comaneci

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Naim Suleymanoglu

Source Wikipedia, Naim Suleymanoglu

Netherlands Men's National Field Hockey Team

Nikola Karabatic

Source Wikipedia, Nikola Karabatic

Norway National Cross-Country Skiing Team

Pakistan Men's National Field Hockey Team

Peter Burling

Source Wikipedia, Peter Burling

Pippa Funnell

Source Wikipedia, Pippa Funnell

Romania National Gymnastics Team

Serbia National Water Polo Team

Serena Williams

Won Olympic gold in singles at the 2012 London Games and in doubles, partnered with Venus Williams, at the 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games.

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

South Korea National Archery Team

Steve Redgrave

Source Wikipedia, Steve Redgrave

Steven Lopez

Source Wikipedia, Steven Lopez (taekwondo)

Sweden National Biathlon Team

Switzerland National Ski Team

United States National Swimming Team

United States National Track and Field Team

United States Ski Team

USA Gymnastics National Team

USA Shooting

Usain Bolt

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Wilma Rudolph

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Yasuhiro Yamashita

Source Wikipedia, Yasuhiro Yamashita

Features

Alpine Skiing

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Archery

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Artistic Swimming

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Association Football

Athletics

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Badminton

Source Wikipedia, Olympic Games

Baseball

Left the programme after 2008 and reinstated for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Basketball

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Biathlon

Source Wikipedia, Winter Olympic Games

Boxing

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Canoeing

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Cycling

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Diving

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Equestrian

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Fencing

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Field Hockey

Figure Skating

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Golf

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Gymnastics

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Handball

Ice Hockey

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Judo

Judo entered the Olympic programme at the 1964 Tokyo Games.

Source International Judo Federation, Official History

Karate

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Martial Arts

Specific disciplines within the martial arts family are Olympic sports, most notably judo, an Olympic sport since 1964, and taekwondo, an Olympic sport since 2000, rather than the family as a whole.

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Nordic Skiing

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Polo

Polo was on the Olympic programme only in the early Games and in 1924 and 1936.

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Rock Climbing

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Rowing

Source Wikipedia: Summer Olympic Games

Rugby Union

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Sailing

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Shooting

Source Wikipedia: Paralympic Games

Ski Jumping

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Snowboarding

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Softball

Left the programme after 2008 and reinstated for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Speed Skating

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Surfing

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Swimming

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Table Tennis

Source Wikipedia: Summer Olympic Games

Taekwondo

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Tennis

Source International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

Volleyball

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Water Polo

Source Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Weightlifting

Source Wikipedia: Summer Olympic Games

Wrestling

Wrestling has been on the Olympic programme, in continuous or near-continuous form, since the ancient Games and since the first modern Games in 1896.

Source United World Wrestling, Official History

Long-Form Articles

Boycotts, Bans and the Cold War: The Modern Games' Political History

Source Sport and Games Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Edition

Reviving an Ancient Idea: Pierre de Coubertin and the Politics of 1896

Source Sport and Games Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Edition

In the Other Atlases

Also in Divinity Atlas: Olympia, originated there.

Sources

1. International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference

International Olympic Committee

entity record, description/name (scope)
The modern Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event founded by Pierre de Coubertin, who established the International Olympic Committee in 1894, with the first modern Games held in Athens in 1896. The Games take their name and much of their symbolic heritage from the ancient Olympic Game
Competitors Include: Muhammad Ali
Competitors Include: Serena Williams
Competitors Include: Jesse Owens
Features: Athletics
Features: Swimming
Features: Gymnastics
Features: Basketball
Features: Tennis
Features: Boxing
Features: Martial Arts

Wikipedia, 1896 Summer Olympics

WikipediaLead section

Quote, Lead section

the event was held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896.

View the Source

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Competitors Include: Usain Bolt
Competitors Include: Michael Jordan
Competitors Include: Nadia Comaneci
Competitors Include: Michael Phelps
Competitors Include: Wilma Rudolph
Competitors Include: Jim Thorpe

View the Source

Sport and Games Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Edition

Sport and Games Atlas

Long-Form Articles: Reviving an Ancient Idea: Pierre de Coubertin and the Politics of 1896
Long-Form Articles: Boycotts, Bans and the Cold War: The Modern Games' Political History

United World Wrestling, Official History

United World WrestlingFeatures: Wrestling, about-uww/history-wrestling-uwwView the Source

International Judo Federation, Official History

International Judo FederationFeatures: Judo, history/hall-of-fame/96View the Source

Wikipedia, International Olympic Committee

Wikimedia FoundationAdministered By: International Olympic Committee (IOC)View the Source

Wikipedia, Ingemar Stenmark

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Ingemar StenmarkView the Source

Wikipedia, Lin Dan

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Lin DanView the Source

Wikipedia, Dhyan Chand

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Dhyan ChandView the Source

Wikipedia, Nikola Karabatic

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Nikola KarabaticView the Source

Wikipedia, Yasuhiro Yamashita

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Yasuhiro YamashitaView the Source

Wikipedia, Marit Bjorgen

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Marit BjorgenView the Source

Wikipedia, Steve Redgrave

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Steve RedgraveView the Source

Wikipedia, Ben Ainslie

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Ben AinslieView the Source

Wikipedia, Ma Long

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Ma LongView the Source

Wikipedia, Steven Lopez (taekwondo)

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Steven LopezView the Source

Wikipedia, Karch Kiraly

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Karch KiralyView the Source

Wikipedia, Naim Suleymanoglu

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Naim SuleymanogluView the Source

Wikipedia, Aleksandr Karelin

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Aleksandr KarelinView the Source

Wikipedia, Michael Jung

WikipediaCompetitors Include: Michael Jung, Wikipedia article on Michael Jung, Olympic medals paragraph

Quote, Competitors Include: Michael Jung, Wikipedia article on Michael Jung, Olympic medals paragraph

A four-time Olympic gold medallist, he won individual and team gold at the 2012 London Olympics, followed by individual gold and team silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the individual gold for the third time at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

View the Source

Wikipedia, Kathrin Boron

WikipediaCompetitors Include: Kathrin Boron, Wikipedia article on Kathrin Boron, Olympic and World Championship medals paragraph

Quote, Competitors Include: Kathrin Boron, Wikipedia article on Kathrin Boron, Olympic and World Championship medals paragraph

2000 Summer Olympics with Jana Thieme, and the women's quad sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished third in the quad sculls. In addition, Boron has won seven World Championship Gold Medals and five Silver, starting with gold in the double sculls at Tasmania in 1990.

View the Source

Wikipedia, Jaromir Jagr

WikipediaCompetitors Include: Jaromir Jagr, Wikipedia article on Jaromir Jagr, Triple Gold Club paragraph

Quote, Competitors Include: Jaromir Jagr, Wikipedia article on Jaromir Jagr, Triple Gold Club paragraph

is a member of the Triple Gold Club, individuals who have played for teams that have won the Stanley Cup (1991, 1992), the Ice Hockey World Championships (2005, 2010) and the Olympic gold medal in ice hockey (1998).

View the Source

Wikipedia, Christine Stuckelberger

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Christine Stuckelberger, Lead paragraph, Olympic appearances sentence

Quote, Competitors Include: Christine Stuckelberger, Lead paragraph, Olympic appearances sentence

She was the first, and along with ski jumper Simon Ammann, only Swiss sportsperson to compete at six Olympics: 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2000.

View the Source

Wikipedia, Peter Burling

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Peter Burling, Lead paragraph, America's Cup and Olympic sentence

Quote, Competitors Include: Peter Burling, Lead paragraph, America's Cup and Olympic sentence

He is a three-time winning helmsman of the America's Cup for Emirates Team New Zealand in 2017, 2021, and 2024, and a three-time Olympic medalist in the 49er class, of which 2016 was a gold medal together with Blair Tuke.

View the Source

Wikipedia, Pippa Funnell

Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Pippa Funnell, Lead paragraph, Olympic medallist sentence

Quote, Competitors Include: Pippa Funnell, Lead paragraph, Olympic medallist sentence

She is a three-time Olympic medallist, winning team silver in 2000 and 2004, and an individual bronze in 2004. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

View the Source

Wikipedia: Olympic sports

Features: Nordic Skiing, Changes in Olympic sports
The only winter sports that were included in all Winter Olympic Games are skiing (Nordic skiing), skating (figure skating and speed skating), and ice hockey.
Features: Figure Skating, Changes in Olympic sports
The only winter sports that were included in all Winter Olympic Games are skiing (Nordic skiing), skating (figure skating and speed skating), and ice hockey.
Features: Speed Skating, Changes in Olympic sports
The only winter sports that were included in all Winter Olympic Games are skiing (Nordic skiing), skating (figure skating and speed skating), and ice hockey.
Features: Ice Hockey, Changes in Olympic sports
The only winter sports that were included in all Winter Olympic Games are skiing (Nordic skiing), skating (figure skating and speed skating), and ice hockey.
Features: Alpine Skiing, Olympic sports definitions
The sport with the largest number of Olympic disciplines is skiing, with six: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, freestyle skiing and freeriding.
Features: Ski Jumping, Olympic sports definitions
The sport with the largest number of Olympic disciplines is skiing, with six: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, freestyle skiing and freeriding.
Features: Snowboarding, Olympic sports definitions
The sport with the largest number of Olympic disciplines is skiing, with six: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, freestyle skiing and freeriding.
Features: Artistic Swimming, Olympic sports definitions
aquatics is a summer Olympic sport that includes six disciplines: swimming, artistic swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming
Features: Diving, Olympic sports definitions
aquatics is a summer Olympic sport that includes six disciplines: swimming, artistic swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming
Features: Water Polo, Olympic sports definitions
aquatics is a summer Olympic sport that includes six disciplines: swimming, artistic swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming
Features: Cycling, Changes in Olympic sports
The only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program are athletics, aquatics (swimming), cycling, fencing, and gymnastics (artistic gymnastics).
Features: Fencing, Changes in Olympic sports
The only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program are athletics, aquatics (swimming), cycling, fencing, and gymnastics (artistic gymnastics).
Features: Volleyball, Olympic sports definitions
volleyball (indoors and beach), wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman), canoeing (flatwater and slalom)
Features: Canoeing, Olympic sports definitions
volleyball (indoors and beach), wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman), canoeing (flatwater and slalom)
Features: Archery, Changes in Olympic sports
including archery in 1972, tennis in 1988, curling in 1998, golf and rugby in 2016
Features: Golf, Changes in Olympic sports
including archery in 1972, tennis in 1988, curling in 1998, golf and rugby in 2016
Features: Rugby Union, Changes in Olympic sports
including archery in 1972, tennis in 1988, curling in 1998, golf and rugby in 2016
Features: Baseball, Changes between 2000 to 2030
Baseball and softball, before their reinstatement for the 2020 Olympics, were last included in 2008
Features: Softball, Changes between 2000 to 2030
Baseball and softball, before their reinstatement for the 2020 Olympics, were last included in 2008
Features: Karate, Changes between 2000 to 2030
karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding as optional sports for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Features: Rock Climbing, Changes between 2000 to 2030
karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding as optional sports for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Features: Surfing, Changes between 2000 to 2030
karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding as optional sports for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Features: Taekwondo, Changes in Olympic sports
Some such sports, like baseball and taekwondo, were later added to the official Olympic program (in 1992 and 2000, respectively).
Features: Sailing, Changes in Olympic sports
Women first competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, participating in five sports (croquet, sailing, tennis, golf and equestrian).
Features: Equestrian, Changes in Olympic sports
Women first competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, participating in five sports (croquet, sailing, tennis, golf and equestrian).
Features: Polo, Changes in Olympic sports
the only one on the program after 1920 was polo (in 1924 and 1936)

View the Source

Wikipedia, Olympic Games

Features: Badminton, Sports

Quote, Features: Badminton, Sports

Current Olympic sports, like badminton, basketball, and volleyball, first appeared on the programme as demonstration sports and were later promoted to full Olympic sports.

View the Source

Wikipedia, Winter Olympic Games

Features: Biathlon, Lead section

Quote, Features: Biathlon, Lead section

the modern Winter Olympic sport of biathlon is descended from it

View the Source

Wikipedia: Summer Olympic Games

Features: Rowing, End of the 20th century
Briton Steve Redgrave won a rowing gold medal in an unprecedented fifth consecutive Olympics
Features: Weightlifting, Start of the 21st century
became the most decorated weightlifter of all time with four Olympic medals, three gold and one bronze
Features: Table Tennis, Start of the 21st century
the doubles events in table tennis were replaced by team events

View the Source

Wikipedia: Paralympic Games

Features: Shooting, Athletes with disabilities at the Olympic Games

Quote, Features: Shooting, Athletes with disabilities at the Olympic Games

competed in shooting events in both the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics

View the Source

Wikipedia, International Ice Hockey Federation

WikipediaAssociated With: International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Functions

Quote, Associated With: International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Functions

It is also the body that presides over ice hockey at the Olympic Games as well as over all levels of the IIHF World Championships.

View the Source

Wikipedia, International Gymnastics Federation

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: World Gymnastics, Lead section

Quote, Associated With: World Gymnastics, Lead section

Additionally, the federation is responsible for determining gymnasts' age eligibility to participate in the Olympics.

View the Source

Australian Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Associated With: Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Opening paragraph

The AOC has the exclusive responsibility for the representation of Australia at the Olympic Games (Summer and Winter)

View the Source

New Zealand Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Associated With: New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), Opening paragraph

responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games

View the Source

Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Associated With: Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC), Opening paragraph

It is responsible for entering Fiji's representatives in the Olympic Games

View the Source

Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Associated With: Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, Opening paragraph

is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea (competing as Korea) for the Olympic Games movement

View the Source

Jamaica Olympic Association, Wikipedia

Associated With: Jamaica Olympic Association, Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Jamaica Olympic Association, Opening paragraph

It is also the body responsible for Jamaica's representation at the Olympic Games.

View the Source

French National Olympic and Sports Committee, Wikipedia

Associated With: Comite National Olympique et Sportif Francais (CNOSF), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Comite National Olympique et Sportif Francais (CNOSF), Opening paragraph

It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games

View the Source

Spanish Olympic Committee - Wikipedia

Associated With: Comite Olimpico Espanol (COE), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Comite Olimpico Espanol (COE), Opening paragraph

participation in the Olympic Games. Members of the committee are 35 sports federations

View the Source

Swedish Olympic Committee - Wikipedia

Associated With: Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK), Opening paragraph

The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics

View the Source

National Olympic Committee of Ukraine - Wikipedia

Associated With: National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Opening paragraph

The committee has an exclusive right to represent Ukraine in the Olympic Games

View the Source

Philippine Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Associated With: Philippine Olympic Committee, Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Philippine Olympic Committee, Opening paragraph

sole authority for representation of the Philippines in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games

View the Source

Indian Olympic Association (Wikipedia)

Associated With: Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Opening paragraph

responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international sports competitions

View the Source

National Olympic Committee of Thailand (Wikipedia)

Associated With: National Olympic Committee of Thailand, Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: National Olympic Committee of Thailand, Opening paragraph

selects teams and raises funds to send Thailand competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

View the Source

Nigeria Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Associated With: National Olympic Committee of Nigeria, Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: National Olympic Committee of Nigeria, Opening paragraph

responsible for co-ordinating and supporting Nigerian competitors in the Olympic Games

View the Source

Indonesian Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Associated With: Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia), Opening paragraph

Their duty is to organize Indonesian participation in international sporting events, such as Summer Olympic Games, Asian Games, and Southeast Asian Games.

View the Source

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Wikipedia

Associated With: United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), Opening paragraph

Quote, Associated With: United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), Opening paragraph

The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games

View the Source

Moroccan National Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)

Associated With: Moroccan National Olympic Committee, Lead paragraph 2

Quote, Associated With: Moroccan National Olympic Committee, Lead paragraph 2

It organises and leads Moroccan delegations participating in the Olympic Games and other multidisciplinary competitions

View the Source

Wikipedia: National Olympic Committee

Associated With: Chinese Olympic Committee, Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Vietnam Olympic Committee, Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Egyptian Olympic Committee, Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Ethiopian Olympic Committee, Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Cuban Olympic Committee, Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Comite Olimpico Argentino (Argentine Olympic Committee), Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl), Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Turkish National Olympic Committee (TMOK), Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Swiss Olympic, Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF), Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.
Associated With: Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Lead paragraph
Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their athletes' participation in the Olympic Games.

View the Source

Wikipedia, International Weightlifting Federation

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Lead section

Quote, Associated With: International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Lead section

It also cooperates with the International Olympic Committee in the organization of Weightlifting events at the Olympic Games

Switch Atlas

The Inner World

The Civil World

The Natural World

Olympic Games

Administered By

Ancestor Of

Associated With

Competitors Include

Features

Long-Form Articles