International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Some of the key events about International Olympic Committee
- 1894Founded the International Olympic Committee to revive the ancient Olympic Games
- 1896Organized the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
- 1900Introduced women's participation in the Olympic Games
- 1924Established the Winter Olympic Games
- 1936Allowed Nazi Germany to host the Olympic Games despite widespread concerns about discrimination
- 1960Allowed the first televised broadcast of the Olympic Games
- 1968Stripped two African American athletes of their medals for raising fists in a civil rights protest during the medal ceremony
- 1972Failed to adequately secure the Olympic Village, leading to the Munich massacre
- 1976Refused to ban New Zealand from the Montreal Olympics despite its rugby team's tour of apartheid South Africa
- 1980Pressured many nations to boycott the Moscow Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
- 1984Introduced the Olympic Solidarity program to support athletes and coaches from developing countries
- 1988Established the Court of Arbitration for Sport to resolve sports-related disputes
- 1998Faced a major bribery scandal related to the selection of Salt Lake City as host of the 2002 Winter Olympics
- 2000Created the World Anti-Doping Agency to combat doping in sports
- 2008Awarded the Olympics to Beijing despite China's human rights record
- 2010Launched the Youth Olympic Games to promote sports among young athletes
- 2014Held Winter Olympics in Sochi amid controversy over Russia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws
- 2016Failed to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics despite evidence of state-sponsored doping
- 2020Successfully postponed and rescheduled the Tokyo Olympics due to the global pandemic, ensuring athlete safety
- 2021Proceeded with Tokyo Olympics during COVID-19 pandemic against medical advice and public opposition
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