The Olympic Athlete's Oath
First sworn by the Belgian athlete Victor Boin at the 1920 Games of the 7th Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium. The athlete swear on the Olympic Flag,
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To reflect the changing nature of the sporting competition, the oath has been modified and the current version was introduced in 1999. It is:
"In the name of all competitors I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams."
ATHLETES WHO HAVE SWORN THE OLYMPIC OATH | |||
Venue | Year | Name | Events |
Antwerp | 1920 | Victor Boin | Fencing |
Paris | 1924 | Georges Andre | Athletics |
Amsterdam | 1928 | Henri Denis | Football |
Los Angeles | 1932 | George Calnan | Fencing |
Berlin | 1936 | Rudolf Ismayr | Weightlifting |
London | 1948 | Donald Finlay | Athletics |
Helsinki | 1952 | Heikki Savolainen | Artistic Gymnastics |
Melbourne | 1956 | John Landy | Athletics |
Rome | 1960 | Adolfo Consolini | Athletics |
Tokyo | 1964 | Takashi Ono | Artistic Gymnastics |
Mexico City | 1968 | Pablo Lugo Garrido | Athletics |
Munich | 1972 | Heidi Schuller | Athletics |
Montreal | 1976 | Pierre Saint-Jean | Weightlifting |
Moscow | 1980 | Nikolay Andrianov | Artistic Gymnastics |
Los Angeles | 1984 | Edwin Moses | Athletics |
Seoul | 1988 | Hah Jae and Son Mi Na | Basketball & Handball |
Barcelona | 1992 | Luis Doreste Blanco | Sailing |
Atlanta | 1996 | Teresa Edwards | Basketball |
Sydney | 2000 | Rechelle Hawkes | Hockey |
Athens | 2004 | Zoi Dimoschaki | Swimming |
Beijing | 2008 | Zhang Yiningi | Table Tennis |