National Olympic Committees
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its first president. Today its membership consists of the 205 National Olympic Committees.
The IOC organizes the modern Olympic Games held in Summer and Winter, every four years. The first Summer Olympics organized by the International Olympic Committee were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896; the first Winter Olympics were in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Until 1992, both Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year. After that year, however, the IOC shifted the Winter Olympics to the even years between Summer Games, to help space the planning of the two events two years apart from one another.
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* 1 Presentation
o 1.1 Original members of the International Olympic Committee
* 2 Presidents
* 3 Mission and role
* 4 Organization
o 4.1 The IOC Session
o 4.2 The IOC Executive Board
* 5 Honours
* 6 Museum
* 7 Publications
* 8 IOC members
o 8.1 Membership
o 8.2 Cessation of membership
* 9 Olympic marketing
o 9.1 Revenue
o 9.2 Revenue distribution
o 9.3 The Organizing Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs)
o 9.4 National Olympic Committees (NOCs)
o 9.5 International Olympic Sports Federations (IFs)
o 9.6 Other organizations
* 10 Bidding to host the games
* 11 Controversies
o 11.1 Salt Lake Bid Scandal
o 11.2 Womens Ski Jumping
* 12 See also
* 13 References
* 14 Further reading
* 15 External links
[edit] Presentation
1985 German Democratic Republic stamp
On 22 June 1894, the Olympic games were re-created as an international tournament by Pierre de Coubertin. The baron hoped to foster international communication and peace through the Olympic Games. The IOC is a parent organization 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. For example, the Olympic logos, the design of the Olympic flag, the motto, creed, and anthem are all owned and administered by the IOC. There are other organizations which the IOC coordinates as well, which are collectively called the Olympic Movement. 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.
[edit] Original members of the International Olympic Committee
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee and sometime President
Member
Country
Until
Notes
Mario Lucchesi-Palli
Italy
Demetrios Vikelas
Greece
President (1894-1896)
Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill
Great Britain
Alexei de Butowski
Russian Empire
Leonard A. Cuff
New Zealand
Charles Herbert
Great Britain
José Benjamín Zubiaur
Argentina
Ferenc Kemény
Austria-Hungary
Ernest Callot
France
Treasurer (1894-1895)
Viktor Balck
Sweden Norway-Sweden
William Milligan Sloane
United States
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
France
General Secretary (1894-1896), President (1896-1925)
Jiří Guth-Jarkovský
Bohemia Bohemia
[edit] Presidents
Origin
Date of birth/death
Took office
Left office
Notes
Demetrius Vikelas
Greece
15 February 1835
20 July 1908
Pierre de Coubertin
France
1 January 1863
2 September 1937
Longest serving President
(29 years).
Godefroy de Blonay
(acting)
Switzerland
25 July 1869
14 February 1937
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Belgium
1 March 1876
6 January 1942
Died in office.
Johannes Sigfrid Edström
Sweden
21 November 1870
18 March 1964
Avery Brundage
28 September 1887
8 May 1975
Only non-European member to hold the post.
Lord Killanin
Ireland
30 July 1914
25 April 1999
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Spain
17 July 1920