Olympic oath
The Olympic oath is the promise made by an active athlete from the host country and a referee at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games to observe the idea of fair play / fairness. The oath was first sworn at the Olympic Summer Games in Antwerp in 1920 by the Belgian fencer Victor Boin .
Versions
Until 1964, the version of the oath was:
- "We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games as honorable fighters, that we will respect the rules of the Games and that we will endeavor to show chivalrous sentiments for the honor of our fatherland and the glory of sport."
The subsequent modification took away the character of an oath and became more of a promise:
- "On behalf of all participants, I promise that we will prove ourselves to be loyal competitors at the Olympic Games, will respect their rules and participate in a chivalrous spirit for the glory of the sport and the honor of our teams."
From the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , the referees were "sworn in" with a similar vow . Since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , the Olympic oath also contains an anti-doping clause, which was passed by the IOC General Assembly in December 1999 .
Up until the 2016 Summer Olympics, the oath read:
- “On behalf of all athletes, I promise that we will take part in the Olympic Games, respecting and following the rules in force, and in doing so undertaking a sport free of doping and drugs, in the true spirit of sportiness, for the glory of the sport and the honor of ours Team."
On September 17, 2017, the IOC announced that at future opening ceremonies an oath would be taken by one athlete, one referee and one coach. This reads:
- “On behalf of all athletes / judges / trainers, I promise that we will take part in the Olympic Games and respect the applicable rules and comply with them in the spirit of fair play. We all commit to sport free from doping and fraud. We do this for the glory of the sport, for the honor of our teams and for the respect of the fundamental principles of the Olympic Movement. "
Speaker
Referee oath
The so-called referee oath is also used at other sporting events, such as world championships. The formula for this is:
- “On my honor, I declare that as a referee I will only be guided by the spirit of sporting fairness and the dignity of sport. I undertake to judge the performance shown conscientiously regardless of the person or the nation. "
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Athletes to take the lead as oaths at future Olympic Games openings are unified - Olympic News. In: olympic.org. Retrieved February 9, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Innsbruck 2012 - Official Report of the IOC (PDF, English). (PDF) In: olympic.org. IOC, p. 73 , accessed January 2, 2016 .