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About
Olympic Day Run
In
January 1948 at the 42nd IOC Session in St Moritz,
Switzerland, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
approved the idea of Olympic Day. This celebration would be
used to commemorate the creation of the IOC on 23 June 1894 in
Paris.
Olympic Day was held for the first time on 23 June 1948 with a
total of 9 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) hosting
ceremonies in their respective countries: Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Great Britain, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Uruguay
and Venezuela.
In an effort to encourage all NOCs to commemorate and
celebrate Olympic Day, the IOC Sport for All Commission
launched the Olympic Day Run concept with the objective of
promoting the practice of participation in sport by men, women
and children from all corners of the world and all walks of
life, regardless of athletic ability. The first Olympic Day
Run was held in 1987, over a distance of 10km, with 45
participating NOCs.
While the tradition of holding the Run on the weekend before
or after 23 June continues today, many NOCs are now using
local trends to develop the event into a large country-wide
celebration. The traditional 10km run has been adjusted by
many NOCs in order to attract a greater number of
participants. Distances now vary from 100 metre events for
children to full marathons.
Some countries have incorporated the event into the school
curriculum and in recent years many NOCs have added local
sporting events and cultural exhibitions to the celebration.
Some events are held over half a day, others over a number of
months.
Over the last 17 years, the Olympic Day Run has developed into
the only worldwide celebration of the Olympic Day, and helps
to spread the Olympic ideals to every corner of the world.
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