Olympic Oath

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,

"We swear that we will take part in these Olympic Games in the true spirit of sportsmanship, and that we will respect and abide by the rules that govern them, for the glory of sport and the honour of our country."

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

Rio Olympic Updates 2016

USA earns third straight gold in basketball

Team USA defeated team Serbia to win its third straight basketball gold medal in Men’s Basketball tournament. The winning team’s coach Mike Krzyzewski was utmost delighted with his team’s victory on the final day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. USA won by a 19-15 lead and this is their 25^th straight victory at the Olympic Games in addition to the 15^th straight victory in the basketball tournament.

Mo Farah wins 5000 m gold; Caster Semenya wins gold in women's 800m

Mo Farah of Great Britain has bagged the gold by winning the 5000 meters final and completed the double double. According to media reports, with this victory Farah has become the second man in the history of Olympics to be able to successfully defend his 5000 and 10000 Olympic championships. His victory is being hailed on Twitter with some calling him the greatest long distance runner of all time. Meanwhile, the silver medal has gone to Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo and Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia has bagged the bronze.

In the women's event, Caster Semenya of South Africa won the Olympic gold in the 800m. She won in one minute 55.28 seconds. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi won the silver medal and Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui bagged the bronze.

Chen Long Earns Gold in Men's Badminton in Olympics 2016

Chen Long of China has taken gold medal in the Rio Olympics 2016 after defeating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who has won a silver in men’s badminton today. Lee was facing pressure not to lose the match. He beat Lin Dan of China in the semi-final. Lee and Lin, both are considered to be the best players of their time. With Lee’s defeat, Malaysia has missed out the chance of getting an Olympic gold medal.

Italy Reaches Rio 2016 Men's Volleyball Final

Italy came up with a win and is heading to men's volleyball final against Brazil, after defeating USA. The US men's volleyball team tried all their survival skills, but could not stand in front of Italy. The winning team's thriller was 30-28, 26-28, 9-25, 25-22, 15-9. After it was over, US coach John Speraw said that the team was not skilled enough and they did not execute on some of the opportunities, which Italy flawlessly did

French boxer Mossely wins gold on her birthday

French boxer Estelle Mossely celebrated her 24^th birthday by winning a gold medal in Women’s lightweight boxing championship. She defeated China’s Yin Junhua after the end of four rounds that had the two defending champions leveled on the scorecards of three judges. The bronze medals were earned by Mira Potkonen of Finland and Anastasia Beliakova of Russia.