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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) set up a Sport for All Working Group in 1983 prompted by the booming health and fitness trend. The group was to establish how the Olympic Movement could help and promote such activities.

The continued development of the health and fitness/sport for all trend, which boomed in the 1980s, prompted the IOC President to set up an official IOC Sport for All Commission. The most important aim of the Commission is to encourage the practice of Sport for All, particularly in the developing world, via International Sports Federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and national sports organisations.

The Commission, applying the Fundamental Principles and Rules of the Olympic Charter, will encourage and support the efforts and development of other organisations already involved in Sport for All, thereby further disseminating the health and social benefits to be gained by all members of society through regular physical activity.