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The Main Press Centre (MPC) and International Broadcast Centre (IBC) will host the majority of the 21,500 journalists attending the Olympic Games in Athens.

PRESS RELEASES

24 July 2008

IOC STATEMENT

Despite the best efforts of the International Olympic Committee, it seems very unlikely that any Iraqi athlete will compete at the Beijing Olympic Games. The IOC would like to see Iraq’s athletes in Beijing, and is disappointed...
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Death of Mr Kurt Furgler, IOC Honour Member since 2000 (24 July 2008)
IOC awards 2010 & 2012 broadcast rights in Asia* (21 July 2008)
Information for the Media - IOC meetings before and during the Beijing 2008 Games (17 July 2008)
IOC awards 2008 broadcast rights in Sub-Saharan Africa (8 July 2008)
Level of preparations for Beijing 2008 have set a gold standard for future Games (8 July 2008)

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INFORMATION FOR THE MEDIA

24 July 2008

Death of Mr Kurt Furgler, IOC Honour Member since 2000

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is greatly saddened to learn of the death of Mr Kurt Furgler, former President of the Swiss Confederation, at the age of 84. Mr Furgler was named honour member of the IOC in...
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17 July 2008

Information for the Media - IOC meetings before and during the Beijing 2008 Games

IOC meetings before and during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Programme of the IOC Executive Board and Session Meetings Saturday 2 August 2008 Time ...
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© IOC17 June 2008

Olympic Review

The Olympic Review Magazine offers the news and activities of the IOC as well as in-depth feature pieces on topics and issues that matter to the Olympic Movement. First published in 1894 the year the IOC was founded, the Olympic...
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4 June 2008

FOUR CITIES TO COMPETE TO HOST THE 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that Chicago (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and Madrid (Spain) have made it on to the shortlist of cities bidding to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games....
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13 May 2008

IOC donates $1m to Chinese earthquake relief

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) expresses its deepest sympathies to the many thousands of people whose lives and livelihoods have been affected by the Chinese earthquake. In response to this tragic event, the IOC has...
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PERMANENT FILES

17 July 2008

IOC FACTSHEETS - BEIJING 2008

The Games: The Summer Games Roles and responsibilities during the Olympic Games The Olympic Games of Antiquity Sports on the programme of the Summer Games Opening Ceremony of the Summer Games ...
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10 July 2008

IOC Marketing - Guide for Media

As an event that commands the attention of the entire world for two weeks every other year, the Olympic Games are one of the most effective international marketing platforms in the world, reaching billions of people in over 200...
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16 May 2007

IOC launches 2016 Bid Process

New: FOUR CITIES TO COMPETE TO HOST THE 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES Games of the XXXI Olympiad 2016 Working Group Report 2016 Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today launched the...
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