President of the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games

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The president of the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games is the individual who is in charge of leading the Organizing Committee for each Olympic Games. During the opening and closing ceremonies, the president does a speech before the IOC president.

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Lists of presidents

Summer Olympic Games

PresidentGameHost cityHost countryYear
Prince Constantine of Greece Games of the I Olympiad Athens Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Kingdom of Greece 1896
Pierre de Coubertin Games of the II Olympiad Paris Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France 1900
David R. Francis Games of the III Olympiad St. Louis Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg  United States 1904
William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough Games of the IV Olympiad London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1908
Sigfrid Edström Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1912
Henri de Baillet-Latour Games of the VII Olympiad Antwerp Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1920
Pierre de Coubertin Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France 1924
Solko van den Bergh Games of the IX Olympiad Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1928
George Bryant Games of the X Olympiad Los Angeles Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 1932
Joseph Goebbels
Karl Ritter von Halt
Games of the XI Olympiad Berlin Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany 1936
Lord Burghley Games of the XIV Olympiad London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1948
Erik von Frenckell Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1952
Wilfrid Kent Hughes Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1956
Giulio Andreotti Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1960
Juichi Tsushima
Daigoro Yasukawa  [ ja ]
Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1964
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico City Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1968
Willi Daume  [ de ] Games of the XX Olympiad Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1972
Roger Rousseau Games of the XXI Olympiad Montreal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1976
Ignati Novikov  [ ru ] Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1980
Peter Ueberroth Games of the XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1984
Kim Yong-shik
Roh Tae-woo
Park Seh-jik
Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1988
Pasqual Maragall Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1992
Billy Payne Games of the XXVI Olympiad Atlanta Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1996
Gary Pemberton
John Iliffe
Michael Knight
Games of the XXVII Olympiad Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2000
Efstratios Stratigis
Panayiotis Thomopoulos
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Athens Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2004
Liu Qi Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2008
Lord Sebastian Coe Games of the XXX Olympiad London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2012
Carlos Arthur Nuzman Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio de Janeiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2016
Yoshirō Mori
Seiko Hashimoto
Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2021
Tony Estanguet Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris Flag of France.svg  France 2024
Casey Wasserman Games of the XXXIV Olympiad Los Angeles Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2028
Andrew Liveris Games of the XXXV Olympiad Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2032

Winter Olympic Games

PresidentGameHost cityHost countryYear
Pierre de Coubertin I Olympic Winter Games Chamonix Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France 1924
Edmund Schulthess II Olympic Winter Games St Moritz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1928
Godfrey Dewey III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 1932
Joseph Goebbels
Karl Ritter von Halt
IV Olympic Winter Games Garmisch-Partenkirchen Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany 1936
Alfred Schläppi
Heinrich Schläppi
V Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1948
Haakon VII of Norway
Princess Astrid of Norway
Olaf Helset
VI Olympic Winter Games Oslo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1952
Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel VII Olympic Winter Games Cortina d'Ampezzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1956
Prentis Cobb Hale VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg  United States 1960
Bruno Kreisky IX Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1964
Albert Michallon X Olympic Winter Games Grenoble Flag of France.svg  France 1968
Kōgorō Uemura XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1972
Bruno Kreisky XII Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1976
Ron MacKenzie
Rev. J. Bernard Fell
XIII Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1980
Branko Mikulić XIV Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1984
Frank King [1] XV Olympic Winter Games Calgary Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1988
Jean-Claude Killy
Michel Barnier
XVI Olympic Winter Games Albertville Flag of France.svg  France 1992
Gerhard Heiberg XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1994
Eishiro Saito XVIII Olympic Winter Games Nagano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1998
Robert H. Garff
Frank Joklik
Mitt Romney
XIX Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2002
Valentino Castellani XX Olympic Winter Games Turin Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 2006
John Furlong XXI Olympic Winter Games Vancouver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2010
Dmitry Chernyshenko XXII Olympic Winter Games Sochi Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2014
Kim Jin-sun
Cho Yang-ho
Lee Hee-beom
XXIII Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2018
Guo Jinlong
Cai Qi
XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2022
Giovanni Malagò XXV Olympic Winter Games Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2026

Summer Youth Olympic Games


PresidentGameHost cityHost countryYear
Ng Ser Miang I Summer Youth Olympic Games Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 2010
Li Xueyong II Summer Youth Olympic Games Nanjing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2014
Gerardo Werthein III Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2018
Mamadou Ndiaye IV Summer Youth Olympic Games Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2026

Winter Youth Olympic Games

PresidentGameHost cityHost countryYear
Richard Rubatscher I Winter Youth Olympic Games Innsbruck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2012
Siri Hatlen II Winter Youth Olympic Games Lillehammer Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2016
Patrick Baumann
Ira Logan
Virginie Faivre
III Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2020
Choi Moon-soon
Choi Jong-gu
IV Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2024

Other offices held

Presidents of the Olympic Organizing Committee have gone on to or have served in other high offices.

Joseph Goebbels who headed the organizing committees for the 1936 Winter Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics served as Chancellor of Germany for one day in 1945 before committing suicide.

Konstantin Chernenko was the leader of the Soviet Union while also being the President of the OCOG.

Elected office

David R. Francis who headed the organizing committee for the 1904 Summer Olympics served as Governor of Missouri prior to heading the organizing committee. He later briefly served as the United States Ambassador to Russia.

Following the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Mitt Romney ran for Governor of Massachusetts and was elected Governor with nearly 50% of the vote in the election. He served one term as governor. He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 Presidential Election but lost to then-incumbent President Barack Obama. Sixteen years after the Winter Olympics, Romney would go on be to elected Senator for the state of Utah following the midterm election.

Yoshirō Mori who headed the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo until 2021, he served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2000 to 2001.

Michel Barnier who headed of the organizing committee for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville is since the September 5, 2024, the 104th Prime Minister of France.

Other sporting positions

Pierre de Coubertin who headed the organizing committees for the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics as well as the 1924 Winter Olympics was the founder of the modern Olympic movement and International Olympic Committee. He served as President of the International Olympic Committee from 1896 to 1925.

Peter Ueberroth who headed the organizing committee for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles went on to serve as the Commissioner of Baseball from 1984 to 1989.

Sebastian Coe who headed the organizing committee for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London is now serving as the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations. He had also served as the Chairman of the British Olympic Association from 2012 to 2016.

Notes

      References

      1. Canadian Press (May 10, 2018). "Frank King, who brought Olympics to Calgary, dies at 81". CBC .