Olympic Order

E65791
award decoration honour

The Olympic Order is the highest honor bestowed by the International Olympic Committee to recognize individuals or organizations for outstanding service to the Olympic Movement.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Olympic Order (posthumous recognition as former IOC president) 1
The Olympic Order 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf award ⓘ
decoration ⓘ
honour ⓘ
associatedWith Olympic Games ⓘ
Olympic Charter ⓘ
surface form: Olympism
awardedFor distinguished service to the Olympic cause ⓘ
exceptional contribution to the Olympic Movement ⓘ
outstanding service to the Olympic Movement ⓘ
awardingBodyType sports organization ⓘ
ceremonyContext IOC Session ⓘ
surface form: IOC sessions

Olympic events ⓘ
country International ⓘ
createdBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
eligibility individuals ⓘ
organizations ⓘ
field International Olympic movement ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Movement

sport ⓘ
governingDocument Olympic Charter ⓘ
hasGrade bronze ⓘ
gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
hasJurisdiction International Olympic movement ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Movement
hasRecipientType athletes ⓘ
cultural figures ⓘ
political leaders ⓘ
sports administrators ⓘ
sports officials ⓘ
higherAward none ⓘ
inception 1975 ⓘ
isHighestHonorOf International Olympic Committee ⓘ
isPartOf Olympic awards system ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
mottoLanguage French ⓘ
originalLanguageName French ⓘ
presentedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
purpose to recognize outstanding service to the Olympic Movement ⓘ
relatedAward Pierre de Coubertin medal ⓘ
surface form: Pierre de Coubertin Medal
relatedOrganization International Sports Federations ⓘ
National Olympic Committees ⓘ
scope global ⓘ
selectionBy IOC Executive Board ⓘ
surface form: International Olympic Committee Executive Board
status currently awarded ⓘ
symbolUsed Olympic rings ⓘ
typeOfRecognition lifetime achievement ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emil Zátopek → awardReceived → Olympic Order ⓘ
Jacques Rogge → awardReceived → Olympic Order ⓘ
Juan Antonio Samaranch → awardReceived → Olympic Order ⓘ
Peter Ueberroth → awardReceived → Olympic Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Olympic Order
Sebastian Coe → awardReceived → Olympic Order ⓘ
Nadia Comăneci → awarded → Olympic Order ⓘ
Sigfrid Edström → honor → Olympic Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympic Order (posthumous recognition as former IOC president)