Olympic Oath

The Olympic Oath (distinct from the Olympic creed) is a solemn promise made by one athlete judge or official and coach at the Opening Ceremony of each Olympic Games. Each oath taker is from the host nation and takes the oath on behalf of all athletes, officials, or coaches at the currently celebrated games. While reciting the oath, the oath taker holds a corner of the Olympic Flag.

The oath taker is usually from the host country. He or she holds a corner of the flag and recites the appropriate oath.

The chosen athlete is a representative of all the participating Olympic competitors and recites the following:

The judge/official, also from the host nation, likewise holds a corner of the flag but takes a slightly different oath:

Since the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, an additional oath is taken by a coach from the host country:

A call for an oath was announced as early as 1906 by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president and founder Pierre de Coubertin in the Revue Olympique (Olympic Review in French). This was done in an effort to ensure fairness impartiality.

The Olympic Oath was first taken at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp by the fencer/water polo player Victor Boin. The first judge's oath was taken at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo by Fumio Asaki.

Victor Boin's oath in 1920 was

In 1961, "swear" was replaced by "promise" and "the honour of our countries" by "the honour of our teams" in an obvious effort to eliminate nationalism at the Olympic Games. Therefore the oath was as follows:

This oath lasted until the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

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