The Olympic movement

The IOC, national Olympic committees, international federations and organising committees: the architecture of the Olympic movement.

The outline, topic by topic

Each topic is weighted the way the exam weighs it.

IOC: what is it?
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The International Olympic Committee, the supreme authority of the Olympic movement, which awards the Games.
It is an association under Swiss law.
An athlete wants to change the high-jump rule. Whom must he address?
- The international athletics federation
- The International Olympic Committee
- His country's National Olympic Committee
- The organising committee of the next Games
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The international athletics federation
A sport's technical rules belong to its international federation.
National Olympic Committee (NOC): what is it?
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The Olympic movement's representative in a country, which enters athletes into the Games.
In France, it is the CNOSF.
Why does the IOC not set each sport's rules itself?
- National Olympic committees set those rules
- Each sport has its international federation, which is responsible for it
- Each organising committee sets the rules of its edition of the Games
- The World Anti-Doping Agency sets the rules of play
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Each sport has its international federation, which is responsible for it
The IOC picks the sports on the programme; federations run the game.
International federation: what is it?
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The body governing a sport worldwide and setting its rules, such as World Athletics or FIFA.
National federations are its members.