Olympic Oath

The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. It was spoken in Greek in Athens 2004. The athlete, from team of the organising country, holds a corner of the Olympic Flag while speaking the oath:
In the name of all the 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.
The judge, also from the home nation, does the same, but with a slightly different oath:
In the name of all the judges and officials, I promise that we shall officiate in these Olympic Games with complete impartiality, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them in the true spirit of sportsmanship.

History

The Olympic Oath, written by Pierre de Coubertin was first taken by an athlete at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The first judge's oath was taken at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The text of the oath has slightly changed over the years. Victor Boin's oath in 1920 was
We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games in a spirit of chivalry, for the honor of our country and for the glory of sport.
Later, "swear" was replaced by "promise" and "country" by "team". The part concerning doping, was added at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Speakers

The athletes and judges that have taken the Olympic Oath are listed below.
b>Olympic Oath
lympics!!Athlete!!Judge
a href="/encyclopedia/1920-Summer-Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920 Summer Olympics Victor Boin -
a href="/encyclopedia/1924-Winter-Olympics" title="1924 Winter Olympics">1924 Winter Olympics Camille Mandrillon -
a href="/encyclopedia/1924-Summer-Olympics" title="1924 Summer Olympics">1924 Summer Olympics Georges Andr -
a href="/encyclopedia/1928-Winter-Olympics" title="1928 Winter Olympics">1928 Winter Olympics Hans Eidenbenz -
a href="/encyclopedia/1928-Summer-Olympics" title="1928 Summer Olympics">1928 Summer Olympics Henri Dnis -
a href="/encyclopedia/1932-Winter-Olympics" title="1932 Winter Olympics">1932 Winter Olympics Jack Shea -
a href="/encyclopedia/1932-Summer-Olympics" title="1932 Summer Olympics">1932 Summer Olympics George Calnan -
a href="/encyclopedia/1936-Winter-Olympics" title="1936 Winter Olympics">1936 Winter Olympics Wilhelm Bogner -
a href="/encyclopedia/1936-Summer-Olympics" title="1936 Summer Olympics">1936 Summer Olympics Rudolf Ismayr -
a href="/encyclopedia/1948-Winter-Olympics" title="1948 Winter Olympics">1948 Winter Olympics Bibi Torriani -
a href="/encyclopedia/1948-Summer-Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948 Summer Olympics Don Finlay -
a href="/encyclopedia/1952-Winter-Olympics" title="1952 Winter Olympics">1952 Winter Olympics Torbjorn Falkanger -
a href="/encyclopedia/1952-Summer-Olympics" title="1952 Summer Olympics">1952 Summer Olympics Heikki Savolainen -
a href="/encyclopedia/1956-Winter-Olympics" title="1956 Winter Olympics">1956 Winter Olympics Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo -
a href="/encyclopedia/1956-Summer-Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Summer Olympics John Landy
Henri Saint Cyr
-
a href="/encyclopedia/1960-Winter-Olympics" title="1960 Winter Olympics">1960 Winter Olympics Carol Heiss -
a href="/encyclopedia/1960-Summer-Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Summer Olympics Adolfo Consolini -
a href="/encyclopedia/1964-Winter-Olympics" title="1964 Winter Olympics">1964 Winter Olympics Paul Aste -
a href="/encyclopedia/1964-Summer-Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Summer Olympics Takashi Ono -
a href="/encyclopedia/1968-Winter-Olympics" title="1968 Winter Olympics">1968 Winter Olympics Leo Lacroix -
a href="/encyclopedia/1968-Summer-Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968 Summer Olympics Pablo Garrido -
a href="/encyclopedia/1972-Winter-Olympics" title="1972 Winter Olympics">1972 Winter Olympics Keiichi Suzuki Fumio Asaki
a href="/encyclopedia/1972-Summer-Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Summer Olympics Heidi Schller Heinz Pollay
a href="/encyclopedia/1976-Winter-Olympics" title="1976 Winter Olympics">1976 Winter Olympics Werner Delle-Karth Willy Kstinger
a href="/encyclopedia/1976-Summer-Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Summer Olympics Pierre St.-Jean Maurice Fauget
a href="/encyclopedia/1980-Winter-Olympics" title="1980 Winter Olympics">1980 Winter Olympics Eric Heiden Terry McDermott
a href="/encyclopedia/1980-Summer-Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Summer Olympics Nikolay Andrianov Aleksandr Medved
a href="/encyclopedia/1984-Winter-Olympics" title="1984 Winter Olympics">1984 Winter Olympics Bojan Krizaj Dragan Perovic
a href="/encyclopedia/1984-Summer-Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984 Summer Olympics Edwin Moses Sharon Weber
a href="/encyclopedia/1988-Winter-Olympics" title="1988 Winter Olympics">1988 Winter Olympics Pierre Harvey Suzanna Morrow-Francis
a href="/encyclopedia/1988-Summer-Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics Hur Jae Lee Hak-Rae
a href="/encyclopedia/1992-Winter-Olympics" title="1992 Winter Olympics">1992 Winter Olympics Surya Bonaly Pierre Bornat
a href="/encyclopedia/1992-Summer-Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics Luis Doreste Blanco Eugeni Asensio
a href="/encyclopedia/1994-Winter-Olympics" title="1994 Winter Olympics">1994 Winter Olympics Vegard Ulvang Kari Karing
a href="/encyclopedia/1996-Summer-Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996 Summer Olympics Teresa Edwards Hobie Billingsly
a href="/encyclopedia/1998-Winter-Olympics" title="1998 Winter Olympics">1998 Winter Olympics Kenji Ogiwara Junko Hiramatsu
a href="/encyclopedia/2000-Summer-Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Summer Olympics Rechelle Hawkes Peter Kerr
a href="/encyclopedia/2002-Winter-Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics Jimmy Shea Allen Church
a href="/encyclopedia/2004-Summer-Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics Zoe Dimoschaki Lazaros Voreadis

 

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