List of IOC meetings

The Olympic flag at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings.

Olympic Congresses

# Host Year
1stFrance Paris, France1894
2ndFrance Le Havre, France1897
3rdBelgium Brussels, Belgium1905
4thFrance Paris, France1906
5thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1913
6thFrance Paris, France1914
7thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1921
8thCzechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia1925
9thGermany Berlin, Germany1930
10thBulgaria Varna, Bulgaria1973
11thWest Germany Baden-Baden, West Germany1981
12thFrance Paris, France1994
13thDenmark Copenhagen, Denmark2009
14th2017

IOC Sessions

Sessions colored in light blue were held during an Olympic Congress, while those colored in pink were held during the Olympic Games.

# Host Year Activities
1stFrance Paris, France1894Athens selected as the host for the 1896 Summer Olympics. Paris selected as the host for the 1900 Summer Olympics.[1]
2ndGreece Athens, Greece1896Pierre de Coubertin elected President of the IOC.
3rdFrance Le Havre, France1897
4thFrance Paris, France1901St.Louis selected as the host for the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]
5th[2]France Paris, France1903
6th[2]United Kingdom London, United Kingdom1904London selected as the host for the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
7thBelgium Brussels, Belgium1905
8thGreece Athens, Greece1906
9thNetherlands The Hague, Netherlands1907
10thGermany Berlin, Germany[2]1909Stockholm selected as the host for the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
11thLuxembourg Luxembourg City, Luxembourg1910
12thAustria-Hungary Budapest, Austria-Hungary1911
13thSwitzerland Basel, Switzerland1912
14thSweden Stockholm, Sweden1912Berlin selected to host the 1916 Summer Olympics.[1]
15thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1913
16thFrance Paris, France1914
All international Olympic business was suspended from 1915 to 1918 due to World War I.
17thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1919Antwerp selected to host the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]
18thBelgium Antwerp, Belgium1920
19thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1921Chamonix selected to host the 1924 Winter Olympics. Paris selected to host the 1924 Summer Olympics. Amsterdam selected to host the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]
20thFrance Paris, France1922
21stItaly Rome, Italy1923Los Angeles selected to host the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1]
22ndFrance Paris, France1924
23rdCzechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia1925Henri de Baillet-Latour elected President of the IOC.
24thPortugal Lisbon, Portugal1926St. Moritz selected to host the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1]
25th Monaco1927
26thNetherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands1928
27thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1929Lake Placid selected to host the 1932 Winter Olympics.[1]
28thGermany Berlin, Germany1930
29thSpain Barcelona, Spain1931Berlin selected to host the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
30thUnited States Los Angeles, United States1932
31stAustria Vienna, Austria1933Garmisch-Partenkirchen selected to host the 1936 Winter Olympics.[1]
32ndGreece Athens, Greece1934
33rdNorway Oslo, Norway1935
34thGermany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany1936
35thGermany Berlin, Germany1936Tokyo selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics.[1]
36thPoland Warsaw, Poland1937Sapporo selected to host the 1940 Winter Olympics.[1]
37thEgypt Cairo, Egypt1938
38thUnited Kingdom London, United Kingdom1939Garmisch-Partenkirchen selected to host the 1940 Winter Olympics. Cortina d'Ampezzo selected to host the 1944 Winter Olympics. London selected to host the 1944 Summer Olympics.[1]
All international Olympic business was suspended from 1940 to 1945 due to World War II.
39thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1946St. Moritz selected to host the 1948 Winter Olympics. London selected to host the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] J. Sigfrid Edström elected President of the IOC.
40thSweden Stockholm, Sweden1947Oslo selected to host the 1952 Winter Olympics. Helsinki selected to host the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
41stSwitzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland1948
42ndUnited Kingdom London, United Kingdom1948
43rdItaly Rome, Italy1949Cortina d'Ampezzo selected to host the 1956 Winter Olympics. Melbourne selected to host the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
44thDenmark Copenhagen, Denmark1950
45th[2]Austria Vienna, Austria1951
46thNorway Oslo, Norway1952
47thFinland Helsinki, Finland1952Avery Brundage elected President of the IOC.[3]
48thMexico Mexico City, Mexico1953
49thGreece Athens, Greece1954
50thFrance Paris, France1955Squaw Valley selected to host the 1960 Winter Olympics. Rome selected to host the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
51stItaly Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy1956
52ndAustralia Melbourne, Australia1956
53rdBulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria1957
54thJapan Tokyo, Japan1958
55thWest Germany Munich, West Germany1959Innsbruck selected to host the 1964 Winter Olympics. Tokyo selected to host the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] Luge added to the program in 1964.[4]
56thUnited States San Francisco, United States1960
57thItaly Rome, Italy1960
58thGreece Athens, Greece1961
59thSoviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union1962
60thWest Germany Baden-Baden, West Germany1963Mexico City selected to host the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
61stAustria Innsbruck, Austria1964Grenoble selected to host the 1968 Winter Olympics.[1]
62ndJapan Tokyo, Japan1964
63rdSpain Madrid, Spain1965
64thItaly Rome, Italy1966Sapporo selected to host the 1972 Winter Olympics. Munich selected to host the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
65thIran Tehran, Iran1967
66thFrance Grenoble, France1968
67thMexico Mexico City, Mexico1968
68thPoland Warsaw, People's Republic of Poland1969
69th[5]Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands1970Denver selected to host the 1976 Winter Olympics. Montreal selected to host the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
70thNetherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands1970
71st[5]Luxembourg Luxembourg City, Luxembourg1971
72ndJapan Sapporo, Japan1972
73rdWest Germany Munich, West Germany1972Lord Killanin elected President of the IOC.[6]
74thBulgaria Varna, Bulgaria1973
75thAustria Vienna, Austria1974Lake Placid selected to host the 1980 Winter Olympics. Moscow selected to host the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
76thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1975
77thAustria Innsbruck, Austria1976
78thCanada Montreal, Canada1976
79thCzechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia1977
80thGreece Athens, Greece1978Sarajevo selected to host the 1984 Winter Olympics. Los Angeles selected to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
81stUruguay Montevideo, Uruguay1979
82ndUnited States Lake Placid, United States1980
83rdSoviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union1980Juan Antonio Samaranch elected President of the IOC.[7]
84thWest Germany Baden-Baden, West Germany1981Calgary selected to host the 1988 Winter Olympics. Seoul selected to host the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
85thItaly Rome, Italy1982
86thIndia New Delhi, India1983
87thSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, Yugoslavia1984
88thUnited States Los Angeles, United States1984
89thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1984
90thEast Germany East Berlin1985
91stSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1986Barcelona selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics.[8] Albertville selected to host the 1992 Winter Olympics.[1] Changed on separating Summer and Winter games in alternating even-years beginning from 1994.
92ndTurkey Istanbul, Turkey1987
93rdCanada Calgary, Canada1988
94thSouth Korea Seoul, South Korea1988Lillehammer selected to host the 1994 Winter Olympics[8]
95thPuerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico1989Demonstration sports were removed from the Olympic program beginning from 1994.[4]
96thJapan Tokyo, Japan1990Atlanta selected to host the 1996 Summer Olympics.[8]
97thUnited Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom1991Nagano selected to host the 1998 Winter Olympics.[8] Curling and snowboarding added to the Olympic program in 1998.[4]
98thFrance Albertville, France1992
99thSpain Barcelona, Spain1992
100thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1993
101stMonaco Monte Carlo, Monaco1993Sydney selected to host the 2000 Summer Olympics.[8] Beach Volleyball added to the Olympic program in 1996.[9]
102ndNorway Lillehammer, Norway1994
103rdFrance Paris, France1994
104thHungary Budapest, Hungary1995Salt Lake City selected to host the 2002 Winter Olympics.[8]
105thUnited States Atlanta, United States1996
106thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1997Athens selected to host the 2004 Summer Olympics.[8]
107thJapan Nagano, Japan1998
108thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1999
109thSouth Korea Seoul, South Korea1999Turin selected to host the 2006 Winter Olympics.[8]
110thSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland1999
111thAustralia Sydney, Australia2000
112thRussia Moscow, Russia2001Beijing selected to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.[8] Jacques Rogge elected President of the IOC.[10]
113thUnited States Salt Lake City, United States2002
114thMexico Mexico City, Mexico2002
115thCzech Republic Prague, Czech Republic2003Vancouver selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.[8]
116thGreece Athens, Greece2004
117th Singapore2005London selected to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. Baseball and softball removed from the Olympic program in 2012.
118thItaly Turin, Italy2006
119thGuatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala2007Sochi selected to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
120thChina Beijing, People's Republic of China2008
121stDenmark Copenhagen, Denmark2009Rio de Janeiro selected to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Golf and rugby readmitted to the Olympic program in 2016.
122ndCanada Vancouver, Canada2010Nanjing selected to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
123rdSouth Africa Durban, South Africa2011Pyeongchang selected to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
124thUnited Kingdom London, United Kingdom2012
125thArgentina Buenos Aires, Argentina2013Tokyo selected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. Wrestling selected for Olympic program for 2020 and 2024. Thomas Bach elected to succeed Jacques Rogge as IOC President.
126thRussia Sochi, Russia2014 Discussions on ideas that will eventually form a strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, the so-called Olympic Agenda 2020 initiated by IOC President Thomas Bach last year.[11]
127thMonaco Monte Carlo, Monaco2014Extraordinary session to be hosted by IOC member Albert II, Prince of Monaco. The IOC will discuss IOC President Thomas Bach's "Olympic Agenda 2020."[12]
Future sessions
128thMalaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 20152022 Winter Olympics host to be elected. The candidate cities are: Almaty, Kazakhstan; and Beijing, China.
2020 Winter Youth Olympics host to be elected. The candidate cities are: Lausanne, Switzerland; and Brașov, Romania.[13]
129thBrazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2016
130thPeru Lima, Peru[14]20172024 Summer Olympics and 2022 Summer Youth Olympics host to be announced.
131stSouth Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea2018
132nd 20192026 Winter Olympics host to be announced.
133rdJapan Tokyo, Japan2020

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 IOC vote history
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Sessions du Comité international olympique". Olympic Review (International Olympic Committee) 26: 2. March 1951. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  3. ↑ Comité International Olympique (September 1959). "Extract of the minutes of the 47th session — Helsinki 1952 (Palais de la Noblesse" (PDF). Bulletin du Comité International Olympique (34–35): pp. 22. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Olympic review, February 2002, page 19, available online
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "IOC Congresses and sessions". Olympic Review (International Olympic Committee) 188: 428. 1983. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  6. ↑ Olympic Review, N59, October 1972, p. 355, available online
  7. ↑ Olympic Review, N154, August 1980, pp. 410-412, available online
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 Past elections. IOC
  9. ↑ "Chronological Highlights". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
  10. ↑ Olympic Review, August–September 2001, p. 5, available online
  11. ↑ http://www.olympic.org/news/media-resources?articlenewsgroup=-1&articleid=223032
  12. ↑ http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/other_news/1216136825.html
  13. ↑ http://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-shortlists-two-cities-for-3rd-winter-youth-olympic-games-in-2020/242109
  14. ↑ http://www.insidethegames.biz/olympics/1024254-live-day-two-of-the-127th-international-olympic-commission-session]