International Olympic Committee

Some of the key events about International Olympic Committee

• 1894

  Founded the International Olympic Committee to revive the ancient Olympic Games
• 1896

  Organized the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
• 1900

  Introduced women's participation in the Olympic Games
• 1924

  Established the Winter Olympic Games
• 1936

  Allowed Nazi Germany to host the Olympic Games despite widespread concerns about discrimination
• 1960

  Allowed the first televised broadcast of the Olympic Games
• 1968

  Stripped two African American athletes of their medals for raising fists in a civil rights protest during the medal ceremony
• 1972

  Failed to adequately secure the Olympic Village, leading to the Munich massacre
• 1976

  Refused to ban New Zealand from the Montreal Olympics despite its rugby team's tour of apartheid South Africa
• 1980

  Pressured many nations to boycott the Moscow Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• 1984

  Introduced the Olympic Solidarity program to support athletes and coaches from developing countries
• 1988

  Established the Court of Arbitration for Sport to resolve sports-related disputes
• 1998

  Faced a major bribery scandal related to the selection of Salt Lake City as host of the 2002 Winter Olympics
• 2000

  Created the World Anti-Doping Agency to combat doping in sports
• 2008

  Awarded the Olympics to Beijing despite China's human rights record
• 2010

  Launched the Youth Olympic Games to promote sports among young athletes
• 2014

  Held Winter Olympics in Sochi amid controversy over Russia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws
• 2016

  Failed to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics despite evidence of state-sponsored doping
• 2020

  Successfully postponed and rescheduled the Tokyo Olympics due to the global pandemic, ensuring athlete safety
• 2021

  Proceeded with Tokyo Olympics during COVID-19 pandemic against medical advice and public opposition

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