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historic actores

• William Penny BROOKES ‧ x ‧
• Pierre de FREDY, baron de COUBERTIN ‧ 1863-1937 ‧
• Evangelis ZAPPAS ‧ x ‧ initiatives a/o founder PARA-lympics
• Eunice Kennedy SHRIVER ‧ x ‧ founder SPECIAL Olympics ‧
• Sir Ludwig GUTTMANN ‧ 1899-1980 ‧ neurologist ‧ founder Stoke Mandeville Games ‧
• ...aanvulling welkom!...

International-Olympic-Commitee

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President

• 1894-1896 : Demetrius VIKELAS ‧ 1835-x ‧ ⌘ ‧
• 1896-1925 : Pierre de COUBERTIN ‧ 1863-x ‧ ⌘ ‧
• 1925-1942 : Henri de BAILLET-LATOUR ‧ 1876-x ‧ ⌘ ‧
• 1942-1952 : Sigfrid EDSTRÖM ‧ 1870-x ‧ ⌘ ‧
• 1952-1972 : Avery BRUNDAGE ‧ 1887-x ‧ ⌘ ‧
• 1972-1980 : Lord KILLANIN ‧ 1914-x ‧ ⌘ ‧
• 1980-2001 : Juan Antonio SAMARANCH ‧ 1920-2010 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• 2001-2013 : Jacques ROGGE ‧ 1942 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• 2013-anno : Thomas BACH ‧ 1953 ‧ ⌘ ‧

Honorary members ~ ERE-leden

• Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'AVIANO ~ Jean of LUXEMBOURG, HRH the Grand Duke ‧ b.1921 ‧ Luxembourg ‧ 1946~1998 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Κωνσταντῖνος ~ Constantine II, HM King ‧ b.1940 ‧ GRE ‧ 1963~1974 ‧ 1960:sailing ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Gunnar Lennart Vilhelm ERICSSON ‧ b.1919 ‧ SWE ‧ 1965~1996 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Ashwini KUMAR ‧ b. ‧ India ‧ 1973~2000 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Niels HOLST-SØRENSEN ‧ b. ‧ Denmark ‧ 1977 ‧ 2002 ‧ 1948:athletics ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Günther HEINZE ‧ b. ‧ GER ‧ 1981~1992 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Vladimír ČERNUŠÁK ‧ b. ‧ SLovakia ‧ 1981~2002 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Flor Isava-FONSECA ‧ b. ‧ VEN ‧ 1981~2002 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Mary Alison Glen-HAIG, Dame ‧ b. ‧ Great BR ‧ 1982~1994 ‧ 1948-1960:fencing ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Tennant Edward -tay- WILSON, sir ‧ b.1925 ‧ New Zealand ‧ 1988~2006 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Borislav -bora- STANKOVIĆ ‧ b.1925 ‧ Serbia ‧ 1988 ‧ 2006 ‧ ret.Secr.Gen.FIBA ‧ 2006:basketball ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Doña Pilar de BORBÓN, HRH the Infanta ‧ b.1936 ‧ ESP ‧ 1996~2006 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Shagdarjav MAGVAN ‧ b. ‧ Mongolia ‧ 1977~2007 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Fidel Mendoza CARRASQUILLA ‧ b. ‧ Colombia ‧ 1988~2006 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Hein VERBRUGGEN ‧ b.1941 ‧ NLD ‧ 1996~2006 ‧ 2008:Chairman Coord.Comm. Games XXIX Olympiad Beijing ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Mustapha LARFAOUI ‧ b. ‧ Algeria ‧ 1995~2009 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• He ZHENLIANG ‧ b. ‧ China ‧ 1981~2010 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Fernando Lima BELLO ‧ b. ‧ POR ‧ 1989~2010 ‧ 1968-1972:sailing ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Tamás AJÁN ‧ b. ‧ HUN ‧ 2000~2010 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Walther TRÖGER ‧ b. ‧ GER ‧ 1989~2010 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Manuela Di CENTA ‧ b. ‧ Italy ‧ 1999~2010 ‧ 1984-1998:cross country skiing ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Kipchoge KEINO ‧ b. ‧ Kenya ‧ 2000~2010 ‧ 1964-1972:athletics ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Phillip Walter COLES ‧ b. ‧ Australia ‧ 1982~2012 ‧ 1960-1968:canoeing ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Chiharu IGAYA ‧ b. ‧ Japan ‧ 1982~2012 ‧ 1952-1960:alpine skier ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Shunichiro OKANO ‧ b. ‧ Japan ‧ 1990~2012 ‧ 1968:football ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Arne LJUNGQVIST, prof ‧ b. ‧ Sweden ‧ 1994~2012 ‧ 1952:athletics ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Antun VRDOLJAK ‧ b. ‧ Croatia ‧ 1995~2012 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Lassana PALENFO, Intendant Général ‧ x ‧ Côte d'Ivoire ‧ 2000~2012 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Francisco ELIZALDE ‧ b. ‧ Philippines ‧ 1985~2013 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Alpha Ibrahim DIALLO ‧ b. ‧ Guinea ‧ 1994~2013 ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Carlos Arthur NUZMAN ‧ b. ‧ Brazil ‧ 2000~2013 ‧ 1964:volleyball ‧ 2016: Pres. Org. Comm. Summer Olympics - Rio de Janeiro ‧ ⌘ ‧
• Willem Alexander van ORANJE ‧ b.1967- ‧ HM King of NLD ‧ 1998~2013 ‧ Olympic Order in GOLD ‧ ⌘ ‧

member

• Demetrius VIKELAS ‧ ‧ 1e pres. IOC ‧ ‧
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• Henri de Luxembourg
• Nora von Liechtenstein
• Albert de Monaco
• Anne Windsor
• 1998-2013 :
• 2013-anno : Camiel EURLINGS ‧ F.T. ‧ president KLM ‧ ‧

International Society of Olympic Historians

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specifications

• Summer Olympics ‧ since 1896
• Winter Olympics ‧ since 1924
• Paralympics ‧ 'Parallel Olympics' for disabled sporters ‧ since 1960 ‧
• Stoke Mandeville Games ‧ IWAS ‧ World Wheelchair & Amputee Games ‧ 1948-1960 ‧
• Special Olympics ‧ since 1968 ‧ children & adults with intellectual disabilities ‧

CITIES of HOSPITALITY

NEXT & after RIO de Janeiro

• XXXII : Tokyo ‧ 2020 ‧ Summer Olympics
• XXXxx : ‧ 2018 ‧ Winter Olympics
• XXXI : Rio de Janeiro ‧ 2016 ‧ Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics

• 1896 ‧ GRE-Athens
• 1900 ‧ FRA-Paris
• 1902 ‧ GRE-Athens ‧ un-official
• 1904 ‧ USA-St. Louis
• 1906 ‧ GRE-Athens
• 1908 ‧ UK-London
• 1912 : SWE-Stockholm
• 1916 ‧ GER-Berlin : cancelled-WWI
• 1920 ‧ BEL-Antwerp
• 1924 ‧ FRA-Paris
• 1928 ‧ NED-A'dam
• 1932 ‧ USA-Los Angeles
• 1936 ‧ GER-Berlin
• 1940 ‧ JAP-Tokyo : switched to Helsinki-FIN : cancelled-WWII
• 1944 ‧ UK-London : cancelled-WWII
• 1948 ‧ UK-London
• 1952 ‧ FIN-Helsinki
• 1956 ‧ AUS-Melbourne
• 1956 ‧ SWE-Stockholm
• 1960 ‧ ITA-Rome
• 1964 ‧ JAP-Tokyo
• 1968 ‧ MEX-Mexico City
• 1972 ‧ GER-München
• 1976 ‧ CAN-Montreal
• 1980 ‧ Soviet Union-Moscow
• 1984 ‧ USA-Los Angeles
• 1988 ‧ KOR-Seoul
• 1992 ‧ SPA-Barcelona
• 1996 ‧ USA-Atlanta
• 2000 ‧ AUS-Sydney
• 2004 ‧ GRE-Athens
• 2008 ‧ CHI-Beijing
• 2012 ‧ UK-London
• 2016 ‧ BRA-Rio de Janeiro
• 2020 ‧ JAP-Tokyo

Winter Olympics

• 1924 ‧ FRA-Chamonix
• 1928 ‧ SWI-St. Moritz
• 1932 ‧ USA-Lake Placid
• 1936 ‧ GER-Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• 1940 ‧ SWI-St.Moritz : cancelled-WWII
• 1944 ‧ ITA-Cortina d'Ampezzo : cancelled-WWII
• 1948 ‧ SWI-St. Moritz
• 1952 ‧ NOR-Oslo
• 1956 ‧ ITA-Cortina d'Ampezzo
• 1960 ‧ USA-Squaw Valley
• 1964 ‧ AUT-Innsbruck
• 1968 ‧ FRA-Grenoble
• 1972 ‧ JAP-Sapporo
• 1976 ‧ AUT-Innsbruck
• 1980 ‧ USA-Lake Placid
• 1984 ‧ YUG-Sarajevo-until-1988
• 1988 ‧ CAN-Calgary
• 1992 ‧ FRA-Albertville
• 1994 ‧ NOR-Lillehammer
• 1998 ‧ JAP-Nagano
• 2002 ‧ USA-Salt Lake City
• 2006 ‧ ITA-Torino
• 2010 ‧ CAN-Vancouver
• 2014 ‧ RUS-Sochi
• 2018 : South Korea-Pyeongchang
• 2022 : CHI-Beijing

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

• HOSTS-cities edited with Organisation-Year & Olympics-type ‧
• Continents : AFR-ica ‧ ASIa Pacific ‧ East Asia ‧ EUR-ope Eurasia ‧ Latin AME-rica ‧ Middle East ‧ North Africa ‧ North AMerica ‧
• COUNTRY : see also linked national geni-projects ‧ Capital a/o Host-City ‧ Continent ‧

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A

AFG: Afghanistan — ALB: Albania — ALG: Algeria — American Samoa — AND: Andorra — ANG: Angola — ANT: Antigua & Barbuda — ARG: Argentina — ARM: Armenia — AUS: Australia — AUT: Austria — AZE: Azerbaijan ‧ ‧

B

BAH: Bahamas — Bahrain — BAN: Bangladesh — BAR: Barbados — BLR: Belarus — BEL: Belgium ‧ Bruxelles~Brussel — Belize — BEN: Benin — BER: Bermuda — BHU: Bhutan — BOL:Bolivia — Bosnia & Herzegovina — BOT: Botswana — BRA: Brazil — British Virgin Islands — BUL: Bulgaria — BUR: Burkina Faso — Burundi —

C

CAM: Cambodia ‧ ‧ ▢ CMR:Cameroon ‧ ‧ ▢ CAN:Canada — : Cape Verde ‧ ‧ ▢ Cayman Islands — : Central African Republic ‧ ‧ ▢ CHA:Chad ‧ ‧ ▢ CHI:CHILE ‧ ‧ ▢ CHI:China ‧ 2008: BEIJING summer — : Colombia — Congo ‧ ‧ ▢ DR Congo ‧ ‧ ▢ COK:Cook Islands — : Costa Rica — : Côte d'Ivoire — Croatia — CUB: Cuba — : Cyprus — Czech Republic — ‧

D

DEN:Denmark — : Djibouti — : Dominica — : Dominican Republic — ‧

E

: Ecuador — : Egypt — : El Salvador — : Eritrea ‧ ‧ — EST: ESTONIA — : Ethiopia — ‧

F

: Fiji — FIN:Finland — FRA: FRANCE ‧ 19-# : Paris ‧ summer ‧ ‧

G

— : Gabon — : Gambia — : Georgia — : GER: GERMANY — : Ghana — : [ Great Britain] ‧ 2012 : LONDON ‧ summer ‧ — : [ GREECE] — : Grenada — : Guam — : Guatemala — : Guinea — : Guinea-Bissau — : Guyana — : ‧

H

▢ Haiti ‧ ‧ ▢ Honduras ‧ ‧ ▢ Hong Kong ‧ ‧ ▢ HUN:Hungary ‧ ‧

I

▢ Iceland ‧ ‧ ▢ India ‧ ‧ ▢ INDONESIA ‧ ‧ ▢ Iran ‧ ‧ ▢ Iraq ‧ ‧ ▢ IRELAND ‧ ‧ ▢ Israel ‧ ‧ ▢ ITALY ‧ ‧

J

▢ Jamaica ‧ ‧ ▢ Japan ‧ ‧ ▢Jordan ‧ ‧

K

▢ KAZ:Kazakhstan ‧ ‧ ▢ Kenya ‧ ‧ ▢ North Korea ‧ ‧ ▢ South Korea ‧ ‧ ▢ Kuwait ‧ ‧ ▢ Kyrgyzstan ‧ ‧

L

▢ LAT:Latvia ‧ ‧ ▢ LIB:Lebanon ‧ ‧ ▢ LES:Lesotho ‧ ‧ ▢ LBR:Liberia ‧ ‧ ▢ LBA:Libya ‧ ‧ ▢ LIE:Liechtenstein ‧ EUR ‧ ▢ LTU:Lithuania ‧ ‧ ▢ LUX:Luxembourg ‧ ‧

M

▢ Madagascar ‧ ‧ ▢ Malaysia ‧ ‧ ▢ Maldives ‧ ‧ ▢ Mali ‧ ‧ ▢ Malta ‧ ‧ ▢ Mauritius ‧ ‧ ▢ Mexico ‧ ‧ ▢ Moldova ‧ ‧ ▢ Monaco ‧ ‧ ▢ Mongolia ‧ ‧ ▢ Montenegro ‧ ‧ ▢ Morocco ‧ ‧ ▢ Mozambique ‧ ‧ ▢ Myanmar ‧ ‧

N

▢ Namibia ‧ ‧ ▢ Nauru ‧ ‧ ▢ NLD:Netherlands ‧ summer: AMSTERDAM 19-? ‧ ‧ ▢ NZL: New Zealand ‧ ‧ ▢ Nicaragua ‧ ‧ ▢ Niger ‧ ‧ ▢ Nigeria ‧ ‧ ▢ NOR:Norway ‧ ‧

O

▢ Oman ‧ ‧

P

▢ PAK:Pakistan ‧ ‧ ▢ Palau ‧ ‧ ▢ Palestine ‧ ‧ ▢ PAN:Panama ‧ ‧ ▢ PNG:Papua New Guinea ‧ ‧ ▢ PAR:Paraguay ‧ ‧ ▢ PER:Peru ‧ ‧ ▢ PHI:Philippines ‧ ‧ ▢ POL:Poland ‧ ‧ ▢ PORTUGAL ‧ ‧ ▢ PUR:Puerto Rico ‧ ‧

Q

▢ QAT:Qatar ‧ ‧

R

▢ ROU:Romania ‧ ‧ ▢ RUS:Russia ‧ ‧ ▢ RWA:Rwanda ‧ ‧

S

▢ Saint Kitts and Nevis ‧ ‧ ▢ Saint Lucia ‧ ‧ ▢ Samoa ‧ ‧ ▢ San Marino ‧ ‧ ▢ Saudi Arabia ‧ ‧ ▢ Senegal ‧ ‧ ▢ Serbia ‧ ‧ ▢ Seychelles ‧ ‧ ▢ Sierra Leone ‧ ‧ ▢ Singapore ‧ ‧ ▢ Slovakia ‧ ‧ ▢ Slovenia ‧ ‧ ▢ Solomon Islands ‧ ‧ ▢ SOUTH AFRICA ‧ ‧ ▢ SPAIN ‧ ‧ ▢ Sri Lanka ‧ ‧ ▢ Sudan ‧ ‧ ▢ SUR:Suriname ‧ ‧ ▢ Sweden ‧ 1912:STOCKHOLM ‧ 19--: STOCKHOLM ‧ ▢ Switzerland ‧ ‧ ▢ Syria ‧ ‧

T

▢ Chin. Taipei ‧ ‧ ▢ Tajikistan ‧ ‧ ▢
[http://www.geni.com/projects/index/12047 TAN:Tanzania ‧ ‧ ▢ Thailand ‧ ‧ ▢ Togo ‧ ‧ ▢ Trinidad & Tobago ‧ ‧ ▢ Tunisia ‧ ‧ ▢ Turkey ‧ ‧ ▢ Turkmenistan ‧ ‧

U

▢ Uganda ‧ ‧ ▢ Ukraine ‧ ‧ ▢ United Arab Emirates ‧ ‧ ▢ USA-United States of America ‧ winter:ATLANTA ‧ ▢ URU:Uruguay ‧ ‧ ▢ Uzbekistan ‧ ‧

V

▢ Vanuatu ‧ ‧ ▢ Venezuela ‧ ‧ ▢ VIETNAM ‧ ‧ ▢ Virgin Islands ‧ ‧

Y

▢ Yemen ‧ ‧

Z

▢ ZAI-Zaire ▢ ZAM:Zambia ‧ ‧ ▢ Zimbabwe ‧ ‧

PARTICIPATING SPORTS

Summer

ARCHERY

• Au chapelet ‧ 50m ‧ ♂ ‧ • Au cordon doré ‧ 33m ‧ ♂ ‧ • Au cordon doré ‧ 50m ‧ ♂ ‧ • Continental Style ‧ ♂ ‧ • Double American Round ♂‧ • Double Colombia Round ♀ ‧ • Double F.I.T.A. Round ‧ ♂ ‧ • Double F.I.T.A. Round ♀ ‧ • Double National Round ♀ ‧ • Double York Round ‧ • Fixed Large Bird Target Team ‧ • Fixed Small Bird Target Team ‧ • Fixed Target~Large Birds ♂ ‧ • Fixed Target~Small Birds ♂ ‧ • ♂ 's Individual ‧ • ♂ 's Team ‧ • Moving Bird Target 28m ♂ ‧ • Moving Bird Target ‧ 33m ♂ ‧ • Moving Bird Target ‧ 50m ♂ ‧ • National Round ♀ ‧ • Sur la perche á la herse ♂ ‧ • Sur la perche á la pyramide ♂ ‧ • Team Competition ‧ 28m ♂ ‧ • Team Competition ‧ 33m ♂ ‧ • Team Competition ‧ 50m ♂ ‧ • Team Round ‧ ♂ ‧ • Team Round ‧ ♀ ‧ • ♀'s Individual ‧ • ♀ 's Team ‧ • York Round ♂ ‧ •

ART CONTESTS

Badminton ‧ ‧ * Baseball ‧ ‧ * Basketball ‧ ‧ * Boxing ‧ ‧ *

Canoeing ‧ ‧ * Cricket ‧ ‧ * Croquet ‧ ‧ * Cycling ‧ ‧ *

Diving ‧ ‧

Equestrian ‧ ‧

Fencing ‧ ‧

Golf ‧ ‧ * Gymnastics ‧ ‧ *

Handball ‧ ‧ * Hockey ‧ ‧ *

Jeu de Paume ‧ ‧ * Judo ‧ ‧ *

Lacrosse ‧ ‧ *

Modern Pentathlon ‧ ‧ * Motor Boating ‧ ‧ *

Pelota Basque ‧ ‧ * Polo ‧ ‧ *

Rackets ‧ ‧

Rowing

• Gustav-Ludwig Gossler Germany. Gold medal, coxed fours final B, 1900 Summer Olympics, Paris, France.
• Carl Heinrich Gossler Germany. Gold medal, coxed fours final B, 1900 Summer Olympics, Paris, France.
• Carl Oscar Gossler, II Germany. Gold medal, coxed fours final B, 1900 Summer Olympics, Paris, France.
• Rugby

Sailing ‧ ‧ * Shooting ‧ ‧ * Soccer ‧ ‧ * Softball

Swimming

Synchronised Swimming

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Table Tennis ‧ ‧ * Taekwondo ‧ ‧ * Tennis ‧ ‧ * Track & Field ‧ ‧ * Triathlon ‧ ‧ * Tug Of War ‧ ‧ *

Volleyball ‧ ‧ *

Water Polo ‧ ‧ * Weightlifting ‧ ‧ * Wrestling ‧ ‧ *

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WINTER

• Skiing
  • Alpine Skiing
  • Freestyle Skiing
  • Cross-country Skiing
  • Nordic Skiing
  • Ski Jumping
  • Snowboarding
• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
  • Bobsleigh
  • Skeleton
• Curling
• Skating
  • Figure Skating
  • Speed Skating
  • Short Track Speed Skating
• Ice Hockey
• Luge