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International Olympic Committee

non-governmental sports organisation (founded 1894)

20 dated entries naming International Olympic Committee, drawn from 19 separate years between 1894 CE and 2020 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1894June 23 – The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.source

20th century

  • 1972August 22 – Rhodesia is expelled by the International Olympic Committee for its racist policies.source
  • 1979November 6 – At Montevideo, Uruguay, the International Olympic Committee adopts a resolution, whereby Taiwan Olympic and sports teams will participate with the name Chinese Taipei in future Olympic Games and international sports tournaments and championships.source
  • 1986October 16 – The International Olympic Committee chooses Albertville, France to be the host city of the 1992 Winter Olympics and Barcelona, Spain to be the host city of the 1992 Summer Olympics. The IOC also announces that the summer and winter games will separate with the winter games on every even, common year; and the summer games on every leap year starting from 1992.source
  • 1988September 15 – The International Olympic Committee awards Lillehammer the right to host the 1994 Winter Olympics.source
  • 1990September 18 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.source
  • 1991July 9 – End of Apartheid: The International Olympic Committee readmits South Africa to the Olympics. The following day, U.S. President Bush terminates 1986-enacted U.S. sanctions on South Africa.source
  • 1993September 23 – The International Olympic Committee selects Sydney, Australia, to host the 2000 Summer Olympics.source
  • 1997September 5 – The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece, to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.source
  • 1998November 24 – A declassified report by Swiss International Olympic Committee official Marc Hodler reveals that bribes had been used to bring the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City during bidding process in 1995. The IOC, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, the United States Olympic Committee and the United States Department of Justice immediately launch an investigation into the scandal.source

21st century

  • 2001July 13 – The International Olympic Committee chooses Beijing to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.source
  • 2005July 6 – The International Olympic Committee awards London the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.source
  • 2007July 4 – The International Olympic Committee awards Sochi the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.source
  • 2009October 2 – The International Olympic Committee awards Rio de Janeiro the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.source
  • 2011July 6 – The International Olympic Committee awards Pyeongchang the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.source
  • 2013September 7 – The International Olympic Committee awards Tokyo the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.source
  • 2015July 31 – The International Olympic Committee awards Beijing the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.source
  • 2017December 5 – Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee, following an investigation into state-sponsored doping.source
  • 2017September 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards Paris and Los Angeles the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, respectively.source
  • 2020March 24 – The International Olympic Committee and Japan postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021. On March 30, the Summer Olympics will be rescheduled from July 23 to August 8, 2021.source

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