Olympic Order
Gold and Silver Olympic Orders
Awarded forContribution to the Olympic Movement
Presented by International Olympic Committee
History
First award1975
Most winsNadia Comăneci Romania (twice: 1984, 2004) and Carlos Arthur Nuzman Brazil (twice: 1992, 2016)
Olympic Order and its miniature badge, produced by GDE Bertoni Milano, Collection Fabio Ferrari

The Olympic Order, established in 1975, is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. It is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport. Traditionally, the IOC bestows the Olympic Order upon the chief national organiser(s) at the closing ceremony of each respective Olympic Games.

History

The Olympic Order was established in May 1975 by the International Olympic Committee as a successor to the Olympic Diploma of Merit. The Olympic Order originally had three grades (gold, silver and bronze).

In 1984, at the 87th IOC Session in Sarajevo (Yugoslavia), it was decided that in future there would be no distinction between the silver and bronze order. The gold order would continue to be awarded to heads of state and for exceptional circumstances.

Design

The insignia of the Olympic Order is in the form of a collar (or chain), in Gold, Silver or Bronze according to grade; the front of the chain depicts the five rings of the Olympic Movement, flanked on either side by kotinos emblem (olive wreath). A lapel badge, in the form of miniature five rings and kotinos in Gold, Silver and Bronze according to grade, is presented to recipients to wear as appropriate.

Recipients

Dr Ulrich Feldhoff sporting his Chain of the Olympic Order

The following is a list of recipients of the Olympic Order. Some no longer have their orders, as they have been withdrawn.[1]

Gold Olympic Order

YearRecipientCountryNote
1975Avery Brundage United States
1980Lord Killanin Ireland
1981Lord Exeter United Kingdom
Pope John Paul II Vatican City[2]
Dr. Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow Senegal
King Olav V Norway
1982Ahmad Shah of Pahang Malaysia
1983Indira Gandhi India[3][4]
1984Branko Mikulić Yugoslavia
François Mitterrand France
Peter Ueberroth United States
1985Nicolae Ceauşescu Romania
Erich Honecker East Germany
King Juan Carlos I Spain[5]
1986Wan Li China
1987King Bhumibol Adulyadej Thailand
General Kenan Evren Turkey
Todor Zhivkov Bulgaria[6]
1988Prince Rainier III Monaco
Prince Bertil Bernadotte Sweden
Frank Edward King Canada
Mario Vázquez Raña Mexico
Park Seh-jik South Korea
1989Raoul Mollet Belgium
Emperor Akihito Japan
Rafael Hernández Colón Puerto Rico
1990Giulio Andreotti Italy
1991Jean de Beaumont France
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi Japan
Willi Daume West Germany
1992Pasqual Maragall Spain
Carlos Arthur Nuzman Brazil[7]
Michel Barnier France
Javier Gómez-Navarro Spain
José Miguel Abad Spain
Jean-Claude Killy France
Jordi Pujol Spain
Leopoldo Rodes Spain
Carlos Salinas de Gotari Mexico
Narcís Serra Spain
Javier Solana Spain
1993Boris Yeltsin Russia[8]
1994Gerhard Heiberg Norway
Richard von Weizsäcker Germany
Nelson Mandela South Africa[9]
Joaquín Leguina Spain
Dr. Mauno Koivisto Finland[10]
King Harald V of Norway Norway
Queen Sonja of Norway Norway
1995Árpád Göncz Hungary
Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe
1996Billy Payne United States
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Greece
Adolphus Drewery United States
Andrew Young United States
Islam Karimov Uzbekistan
1997Blaise Compaore Burkina Faso
Omar Bongo Gabon
Nursultan Nazarbaev Kazakhstan
Elias Hrawi Lebanon
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Léon Mexico
Aleksander Kwaśniewski Poland
Suleyman Demirel Turkey
1998Kim Dae-jung South Korea
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Luxembourg[11]
Eishiro Saito Japan[12]
1999Eduard Shevardnadze Georgia[13][14]
2000Adolf Ogi  Switzerland[15]
Lowitija O'Donohuge Australia
John Coates Australia[16]
2001Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said Oman[17]
Goh Chok Tong Singapore
Vladimir Putin RussiaWithdrawn on 28 February 2022[18][19]
Juan Antonio Samaranch Spain[20][21]
Abdoulaye Wade Senegal
2002Fraser Bullock United States
Jacques Chirac France
Kéba Mbaye Senegal
Mitt Romney United States
2003Emile Lahoud Lebanon
John Howard Australia
2004Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki Greece
Costas Karamanlis Greece[22]
Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria
Johannes Rau Germany[23]
Martinos Simitsek Greece
2005Theodore Angelopoulos Greece
2006Valentino Castellani Italy
2007Kofi Annan Ghana
2008Liu Qi China
2009Jack Poole CanadaPosthumously awarded
2010S. R. Nathan Singapore[24]
Lee Hsien Loong Singapore[25]
John Furlong Canada[26]
2012Lord Coe United Kingdom
Lord Deighton United Kingdom
2013King Willem-Alexander Netherlands
Count Jacques Rogge Belgium[27]
King Felipe VI Spain[28]
Pope Francis Vatican City[29]
Xi Jinping China[30]
2014Dmitry Chernyshenko RussiaWithdrawn on 28 February 2022[18]
Dmitry Kozak RussiaWithdrawn on 28 February 2022[18]
2015Margareta of Romania Romania[31]
2016Carlos Arthur Nuzman Brazil[32]
2018Lee Hee-beom South Korea[33]
Fernando Botero Colombia
Moon Jae-in South Korea[34]
Mauricio Macri Argentina[35]
2020Prokopis Pavlopoulos Greece
Shinzo Abe Japan
2021Seiko Hashimoto Japan
Yoshihide Suga Japan
Yuriko Koike Japan
2022Sun Chunlan China[36]
Cai Qi China[36]
Andrzej Duda  Poland [37]

Silver Olympic Order

YearRecipientCountryNote
1975Mr. Ryotaro Azuma Japan
Mr. Miguel de Capriles United States
Lieutenant-Colonel Rudyard Russell United Kingdom
1976Mr. Paul Anspach Belgium
Mr. Harold Austad New Zealand
Mr. Albert Demaurex  Switzerland
Mr. Dan Ferris United States
Mr. Jesse Owens United States
Mr. Héctor Paysse Reyes Uruguay
Mr. Walter Wülfing West Germany
1977Colonel Sir Michael Ansell United Kingdom
Mrs. Inger Frith Denmark/ United Kingdom
Mr. Sven Låftman Sweden
Mr. Anselmo López Spain
Dr. Rudolf Nemetschke Austria
Mr. Seiji Tabata Japan
1978Prince Bertil Bernadotte Sweden
Bâtonnier René Bondoux France
Colonel Domingos de Sousa Portugal
Mr. Falih Fahmi Iraq
Mr. John Emrys Lloyd United Kingdom
Mr. Adriano Rodoni Italy
Mr. Mario Vázquez Raña Mexico
1979Dr. Haj Omar Boucetta Morocco
General Gustaf Dyrssen Sweden
Mr. Mikio Oda Japan
Er. Harold Madison Wright Canada
1980Professor Arnold H. Beckett United Kingdom
Er. Pablo Cagnasso Argentina
Mr. Franco Carraro Italy
Mr. Benito Castejón Spain
Mr. Claude Collard France
Professor Albert Dirix Belgium
Sir Denis Follows United Kingdom
Mr. Sydney Grange Australia
Mr. Kurt Hasler  Switzerland
Mr. Frederick Holder United Kingdom
Lord Howell United Kingdom
Colonel Raoul Mollet Belgium
Mr. Renato William Jones United Kingdom
Mr. Ignati Novikov Soviet Union
Mr. Charles Palmer United Kingdom
Mr. Henri Pouret France
Mr. Amilcare Rotta Italy[38]
Mr. Anton Skataretiko Yugoslavia
Mr. Bertil Sallfors Sweden
Mr. Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Japan
1981Mr. Gérard d'Aboville France
Mr. Roone Arledge United States
Mr. Jacinto Balleste Spain
Mr. Rafael Barquero Chaves Costa Rica
Mr. Árpád Bogsch United States
Mr. Charles de Coquereaumont France
Mr. David Coward United Kingdom
Dr. Max Danz West Germany
Mr. Jean-Pascal Delamuraz  Switzerland
Mr. Henry Joseph Dieme Senegal
Mr. Bo Ekelund Sweden
Mr. Pierre Ferri France
Mr. Jacques Goddet France
Mr. Gísli Halldórsson Iceland
Dr. Harold W. Henning United States
Mrs. Hideko Hyodo Japan
Mr. Enrikas Juskhevitsus Soviet Union
Mr. Kurt Møller Denmark
Ms. Elena Mukhina Soviet Union[39][40][41]
Mr. Desmond O'Sullivan Ireland
Mr. Adriaan Paulen Netherlands
Mr. Adriano Rodoni Italy
Mr. Abdel Moneim Wahby Egypt
1982Prince Franz Joseph II Liechtenstein
Mr. František Kroutil Czechoslovakia
Mr. Paavo Mikko Honkajuuri Finland
Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda Japan
Mr. José Beracasa Venezuela
Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX Indonesia
General Sven Thofelt Sweden
Mr. Avinash Chandra Chatterji India
Mr. José Ramón Fernández Cuba
Mr. Haim Glowinsky Israel
Mr. Ichiro Hatta Japan
Mr. Clarence H. Johnson United States
Mr. Robert Kane United States
Mr. Alois Lugger Austria
Mr. Fernando Luis Pereira Machado Portugal
Mr. Paul-Rene Martin  Switzerland
Mr. Trendafil Martinski Bulgaria
Mr. Edgar Mercier France
Mr. László Papp Hungary
Mr. João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil
Mr. Giovanni Romagna Italy
Mr. Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales Hong Kong
Mr. Angel Solakov Bulgaria
Mr. Habib Thiam Senegal
Mr. Jukka Uunila Finland
1983Mr. Kouassi Angama Ivory Coast
Mr. Georges Athanassiadis Greece
Sir Gerald Cash Bahamas
Dr. Arpad Csanadi Hungary
Mrs. Betty Cuthbert Australia
Mr. Eduardo Dibos Peru
Mr. Laurent Dona-Fologo Ivory Coast
Lieutenant-General Marin Dragnea Romania
Mr. Jean Drapeau Canada
Mrs. Ilona Elek Hungary
Mr. Massoud Ahmded El-Zantouti Libya
Mr. Manfred Ewald East Germany
Mrs. Marie-Thérèse Eyquem France
Mr. Sisto Favre Italy
Mr. Edgar Fried Austria
Dr. Abdel Halim Muhammad Sudan
Mr. Kim Taik-soo South Korea
Mrs. Galina Kulakova Soviet Union
Mr. Leopoldo de Leon Panama
Mr. Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union
Mr. Roger Menard France
Mr. Chūhei Nambu Japan
Mr. Robert F. Osborne Canada
Mr. Javier Ostos Spain
Mr. Julius Lockington Patching Australia
Mr. Berge Philips Australia
Mr. Gaotang Rong China
Mr. Victor Saneev Soviet Union
Mr. Katsuji Shibata Japan
Mr. Sergei Chalibashvili Soviet Union
Mrs. Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union
1984Mr. Abdelhamid Rachdi Alami Morocco
Mr. Abílio Ferreira d'Almeida Brazil
Mr. Luis Azemar Puig de la Bellacasa Spain
Mr. Motohiko Ban Japan
Mrs. Herma Bauma Austria
Mr. Bo Bengston Sweden
Mr. Jean Borotra France
Mr. Paolo Cappabianca Italy
Mr. Juan Jose Castillo Spain
Mr. Harry H. Cavan United Kingdom
Ms. Nadia Comăneci Romania[42]
Mr. George Craig New Zealand
Dr. Beppe Croce Italy
Mr. Sandy Duncan United Kingdom
Mr. Suat Erler Turkey
Mr. Rene Frank Belgium
Mr. Akira Fujita Japan
Mr. Antonin Himl Czechoslovakia
Mr. Pierre Hirschy  Switzerland
Mr. Bert Isatitsch Austria
Mr. Pal Kovacs Hungary
Mr. Paul Libaud France
Mr. Hero Lupescu Romania
Colonel F. Don Miller United States
Mr. Julio Enrique Monagas Puerto Rico
Mr. Hadj Ibrahim Mbomba Njoya Cameroon
Mr. Renzo Nostini Italy
Mr. Fred B. Oberlander Canada
Mr. Nelson Paillou France
Mr. Marian Renke Poland
Mr. Walter J.M.A. von Rosberg Netherlands Antilles
Mr. Zhong Shitong China
Mr. Olegário Vazquez Rafia Mexico
Mrs. Helene Ahrweiler France[43]
Mr. Abdul Hameed Al-Hajji Kuwait
Mr. Aldo Bergamaschi Italy
Mr. Fred Blay Liberia
Mr. Emeric Blum Yugoslavia
Mr. Tom Bradley  United States
Mr. Gian-Carlo Brusati Italy
Mr. Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia
Mr. Alain Danet France
Mr. Horst Dassler West Germany
Mr. Abdelaziz Elshafei Egypt
Mr. Milan Ercegan Yugoslavia
Mr. Shunji Fujii Japan
Mr. Knolly Henderson Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Paul Högberg Sweden
Mr. Samwel Mbogo Kamau Kenya
Mr. Ahmed Karabegovic Yugoslavia
Mr. Kenjiro Mizuno Japan
Mr. Primo Nebiolo Italy
Mr. Günther Sabetzki West Germany
Mr. Keith Shervington Jamaica
Mr. Baghadi Si-Mohamed Algeria
Mr. Anto Sucic Yugoslavia
Mr. Artur Takac Yugoslavia
Mr. Stanko Tomic Yugoslavia
Mr. Harry Usher United States
Mr. Uglijesa Uzelac Yugoslavia
Mr. Paul Ziffren United States
1985Sir Adetokunbo Ademola Nigeria
Mr. Alexa Haralambie Romania
Sheikh Isa bin Rashed Al Kalifa Bahrain
Mr. Hanji Aoki Japan
Mr. Abdel Azim Ashry Egypt
Mr. Tsegaw Ayele Ethiopia
Mr. Edmund W. Barker Singapore
Mr. Domenico Bruschi San Marino
Mrs. Christine Caron France
Mr. Bud Greenspan United States
Mr. Józef Grudzień Poland
Mr. Hermann Jannsen West Germany
Mr. John B. Kelly Jr. United States
Mr. Ferdinand Siregar Mangombar Indonesia
Mr. Kenkichi Oshima Japan
Lord Porritt New Zealand
Mr. Bedřich Poula Czechoslovakia
Mr. Ludwig Prokop Austria
Mr. André Gustavo Richer Brazil
Mr. Raimundo Saporta Spain
Mr. William Simon United States
Mr. Borislav Stanković Yugoslavia
Mr. Joseph Lluis Vilaseca Spain
Mr. Walter Wasservogel Austria
Mr. Jean Weymann  Switzerland
Mr. Lev Yashin Soviet Union
1986Mr. Carlos Osório de Almeida Brazil
Mr. Lachezar Avramov Bulgaria
Mr. Mahmoud Ba Mauritania
Mr. Bernhard Baier West Germany
Mrs. Liselotl Diem West Germany
Mr. Justin Durand Benin
Mr. Issac Froimovich Chile
Mr. Julio Gerlcin Comelin Colombia
Mr. Carlos de Godo Spain
Mr. Roberto C. Goizueta United States
Mr. Boris Gueorguiev Bulgaria
Mr. Cornelius Kerdel Netherlands
Mr. Antoine Khoui Lebanon
Mr. Jean-Arnould Leew Belgium
Air Vice Marshal C. L. Metha India
Mr. Nikolaos Nissiotis Greece
Mr. Park Chong-kyu South Korea
Mr. Pedro Perez Duenas Cuba
Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Qaatabi South Yemen
Mr. Max Rinkenburger West Germany
Mr. Douglas F. Roby United States
Mr. Julian K. Roosevelt United States
Mr. Roger Rousseau Canada
Mr. Ricardo José Russomando Argentina
Mr. Andrey Starovoytov Soviet Union
Mr. William Thayer Tutt United States
Mr. Tadeusz Ulatowski Poland
Mr. Georges Vichos Greece
Mr. George Wieczisk East Germany
Mr. Huang Zhong China
1987Mr. Francisco Ferreira Alves Portugal
Mr. Abdel Moneim El Bah Libya
Mr. Boris Bakrac Yugoslavia
John Brown Australia[44]
Mr. Gavrila Barani Romania
Mr. John Joseph Brown Australia
Mr. Ramiro Tavares Gonçalves Brazil
Mr. Rudolf Hellmann East Germany
Mr. Chen Jingkai China
Mr. Alberto Juantorena Cuba
Mr. Todor Zhivkov Bulgaria
Mr. Erich Kamper Austria
Mr. L. N. Khurana India[45]
Mr. Jean-Claude Killy France
Mr. Philip Othmar Krumm United States
Colonel Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Poland
Mr. Li Menghua China
Mr. Geoffrey de Navacelle France
Mr. Sergio Orsi Italy
Mr. Lassina Palenfo Ivory Coast
Mr. Marcel Pasche  Switzerland
Mr. Janusz Przedpełski Poland
Mr. Haluk San Turkey
Mr. Teofilo Stevenson Cuba
Mr. Vladimir Stoychev Bulgaria
Mr. Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia
Mr. Brian Wightman Fiji
1988Mr. Ruben Acosta Mexico
Mr. Constantin Andrianov Soviet Union
Mr. Francisco Alguersuari Duran Spain
Mrs. Eileen Anderson United Kingdom
Mr. Juan Jose Castillo Spain
Mr. Joan Creus Spain
Mr. Reiner Klimke West Germany
Mr. Juan de la LIcra Trcns Spain
Mr. Bill Pratt Canada
Mr. Fernando Riba Spain
Mr. Anisio Silva Rocha Brazil
Dr. Joszef Sir Hungary
Katarina Witt East Germany
Ralph Klein Canada
Jerzy Kukuczka Poland
Antonio Mariscal Mexico
Josef Neckermann West Germany
Jasdev Singh India[46][47]
Taieb Houichi Tunisia
Ante Lambasa Yugoslavia
Wolf Lyberg Sweden
Frederick Ruegsegger United States[48]
1989Larisa Latynina Soviet Union
1990Ivan Patzaichin Romania
1992Ludovit Komadel Czechoslovakia
Jesús Alfonso Elizondo Nájera Mexico
1994Vladimir Krivtsov Russia
Shane Gould Australia
1995Eddy Merckx Belgium[49]
Miguel Indurain Spain[50]
Jerald M. Jordan United States[51]
1997Karl Lennartz Germany[52]
Oscar Schmidt Brazil[7]
Ian Buchanan United Kingdom
1998Alexander Gomelsky Russia
Geoffrey Henke Australia[53]
Makoto Kobayashi Japan[12]
Tasuku Tsukada Japan[12]
Goro Yoshimura Japan[12]
1999Brian Tobin Australia[54]
Prince Abdul Hakeem Jefri Bolkiah Brunei[55]
2000Prof. Lowitja O'Donoghue Australia
Norman May Australia
2001Ton Bijkerk Netherlands[56]
Harry Gordon Australia[57]
Cathy Freeman Australia
2002Peter Montgomery Australia
2003Mool Chand Chowhan India[58][59]
2007Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Australia
2008He Zhenliang China
Liu Jingmin China
Deng Pufang China
Chen Zhili China[60]
2010Teo Chee Hean Singapore
Dr. Ng Eng Hen Singapore
Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan Singapore
Dr. Tan Eng Liang Singapore
Chris Chan Singapore
Goh Kee Nguan Singapore
Dr. Francis Chong Singapore
Eric Tan Huck Gim Singapore[61]
Les McDonald Canada[62]
Michael A. Chambers Canada[63]
Nodar Kumaritashvili GeorgiaPosthumously awarded [64]
2011Fernando Lima Bello Portugal
Kip Keino Kenya[65]
Vilnis Baltiņš Latvia[66]
2012Gary Anderson United States[67]
Sir Keith Mills United Kingdom
Lord Moynihan United Kingdom[68]
2015Lord Tevita Poasi Tupou Tonga[69]
Irina Viner Russia[70]
2016Edson Arantes do Nascimento Brazil[71]
Ilse Bechthold Germany
Julio Maglione Uruguay
Anton Geesink NetherlandsPosthumously awarded
Reynaldo González López CubaPosthumously awarded
Peter Tallberg FinlandPosthumously awarded
Risto Nieminen Finland
Vlade Divac Serbia[72]
Narayana Ramachandran India[73]
2018Yeo Hyung-koo South Korea
Kim Jae-youl South Korea
Kim Joo-ho South Korea[74]
2021Toshirō Mutō Japan[75]
2022Gou Zhongwen China[36]
Chen Jining China[36]
Wang Zhengpu China[36]
Zhang Jiandong China[36]
Han Zirong China[36]

Bronze Olympic Order

YearRecipientCountryNote
1975Mr. Charles Debeur Belgium
Mr. Gyula Hegyi Hungary
Mr. John Kasyoka Kenya
Mrs. Lia Manoliu Romania
Mrs. Ellen Preis Austria
Dr. Jacques Thiébault France
1976Mr. Helmut Behrendt East Germany
Mr. Antonio dos Reis Carneiro Brazil[76]
Mr. Walter Jhung South Korea
Mr. Abderrahman Khatib Morocco
Mrs. Zofia Mironova Soviet Union
Mr. Kleanthis Palaiologos Greece
Mr. Haim Wein Israel
1977Mr. Gunnar Hansen Denmark
Mrs. Nadia Lekarska Bulgaria
Mr. Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy
Mr. Alberto Nariño Cheyne Colombia
Mr. Christian d'Oriola France
Mr. Dutta Ray India
Mr. Roberto Richards Aguiar Cuba
Mr. René de Raeve Belgium
1978Mr. Zafar Ali Pakistan
Prof. Dr. Mihailo Andrejević Yugoslavia
Mrs. Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union
Colonel Hassine Hamouda Tunisia
Mr. Harald Jespersen Denmark
Mrs. Ingrid Keller de Schiavoni Guatemala
Mr. Surjit Singh Majithia India
Mr. Paulo Martins Meira Brazil
Mr. Al Oerter United States
Mr. Michel Ravarino Monaco
Mr. Charles Riolo  Switzerland
Mr. Yoshinori Suzuki Japan
Mr. Hugo Virgilio Tedin Argentina
Mr. José Gamarra Zorrilla Bolivia
1979Mr. Jeronymo Baptista Bastos Brazil
Mr. Alfredo Hohagen Díez Canseco Peru
Mrs. Maria Kwaśniewska Poland
Colonel Marcel Leclef Belgium[38]
Mr. Imre Németh Hungary
Mrs. Emmy Schwabe Austria
Mr. Otto Szymiczek Greece
Mrs. Lydia Zanchi  Switzerland
1980Mr. Sigge Bergman Sweden
Mrs. Elisabeth Ferris United Kingdom
Mrs. Dawn Fraser Australia
Mr. Alex Erere United Kingdom
Mrs. Anita DeFrantz United States
Mr. Jean-Claude Ganga Congo
Mr. Marcello Garroni Italy
Mr. Michel Henault France
Mr. John Hennessy United Kingdom
Mr. Luis E. Hurtado Panama
Mr. Joseph Jungmann Czechoslovakia
Mr. Clare McDermott Canada
Mr. Donato Martucci Italy
Mr. Geoffrey Miller United Kingdom
Mr. Robert Pariente France
Mr. John Rodda United Kingdom
Mr. Hussein Sejean Lebanon
Mr. Walter Siegenthaler  Switzerland
Mr. Mustapha Thraya Tunisia
Mr. Alexander Yermakov Soviet Union
1981Mr. Slaheddine Baly Tunisia
Mr. Max Bangerter  Switzerland
Brigadier Henrique Alves Callado Portugal
Mr. Gregor Hradetzky Austria
Mr. Károly Kárpáti Hungary
Dr. J. Raymond Owen United Kingdom
Mrs. Irina Rodnina Soviet Union
Mr. Kenneth A. Ryan Ireland
Mrs. Irena Szewińska Poland
Mr. Eduardo Yáñez Zavala Chile
1982Mr. Waldemar Baszanowski Poland
Mr. Jaime Munoz Camposano Ecuador
Mr. João da Costa Brazil
Mr. Paul Elvstrøm Denmark
Mr. Sinan Erdem Turkey
Mr. Giuseppe Sabelli Fioretti Italy
Mr. Gert Fredriksson Sweden
Mr. Arild Honne Norway
Mr. Sixten Jernberg Sweden
Mr. Leonid Khomenkov Soviet Union
Mr. Guillermo Montoya Sanchez Mexico
Dr. Ridha Mrad Tunisia
Mr. Luis Chiriboga Parra Ecuador
Mr. E. Howard Radford Canada
Mr. Albert Riethausen West Germany
Mr. Donald Rowlands New Zealand
Mr. Toni Sailer Austria
Mr. Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union
Mr. Ulrich Wehling East Germany
Mr. D. J. Williams Bermuda
1983Mr. Antônio Carlos Almeida Braga Brazil
Mr. Nikolai Gueorguiev Bulgaria
Mr. Nigel Hacking United Kingdom
Mr. Erhard Georg Friedrich Hoehne East Germany
Mr. Guipro Koffi Ivory Coast
Dr. Antonio Losada Chile
Mr. Raden Maladi Indonesia
Mr. Janusz Piewcewicz Poland
Mr. Yücel Seçkiner Turkey
Mrs. Esther Roth-Shahamorov Israel[77]
1984Mr. Francisco Alguersvari Duran Spain
Mr. Duarte Manuel de Almeida Bello Portugal
Mr. Siegfried Brietzke West Germany
Mr. Muhammad Naqi Butt Pakistan
Mr. Bogomil Nonev Bulgaria
Mr. Alberto Passadore Uruguay
Mr. Jozsef Szalay Hungary
Mr. Ashenafi Youria Ethiopia

Recipients with missing data

Following is the list of recipients of Olympic Order with some missing data like year of award, country and colour of award.

YearRecipientCountryColourNote
1988Manfred von Brauchitsch West Germany
Arne B. Mollén Norway[78]
Mustapha Larfaoui Algeria
Aladár Gerevich Hungary
1989Larisa Latynina Soviet Union
1990Lee Kun-hee South Korea
Jonathan Janson United Kingdom
Rudolf Kárpáti Hungary
Reizo Koike Japan
Naoto Tajima
Lamine Diack Senegal
Asnoldo Devonish Venezuela[79]
1991Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu Romania
1992Hassan Agabani Sudan[80]
José Azcona Mexico
Jorge Herrera Barona Colombia
Dr. Mário Carvalho Pini Brazil
Itzhak Caspi Israel
Vahit Colakoglu Turkey
Dr. Evie Dennis United States
Deszo Gyarmati Hungary
Kurt Heller AustraliaAwarded posthumously
Raul Ibarra Zapata Mexico
Viacheslav I. Koloskov Russia
Gaoussou Kone Ivory Coast
Carlos Pardo Spain
Mario Pescante Italy
Baaron Pittenger United States
Eduardo Airaldi Rivarola Peru
Carlos Salinas de Gortari Mexico
Gottfried Schoedl Austria
Gursewak Singh India
Prof. Nikos Yalouris Greece
Mrs. Caizhen Zhang China
1993Jacques Blanc France
Anna Sinilkina RussiaSilver[81]
Ted Stevens United States[82]
Jordi Pujol Spain
Dražen Petrović CroatiaPosthumously awarded [83]
1994Vladimir Krivcov Russia
1996Christian Erb  Switzerland
Vladimir Maksimov Russia
1997Chris de Broglio South Africa[84]
Hendrika Mastenbroek Netherlands
Roy Jones Jr. United States
Bob Barney CanadaEstablishing the International Centre for Olympic Studies[85][86]
1998Frédy Girardet  Switzerland
Chung Ju-yung South Korea
Wolf-Dieter Montag Germany[87]
Erica Terpstra Netherlands
Artūras Poviliūnas Lithuania
1999Alexander Tikhonov Russia
Steffi Graf Germany[88]
Antonio Spallino Italy[89]
Bertrand Piccard  Switzerland
Brian Jones England[90]
2000Res Brügger
Alberto Tomba Italy[91]
David Coleman England
Alida van den Bos Netherlands[92]
2001Albert Scharf[93]
Raymond Hahn France
Enrique Sanz Spain[94]
Richard Bunn  Switzerland
Arvydas Sabonis Lithuania[95]
René Burkhalter  Switzerland
Arnold Green Estonia
Félix Savón Cuba
Eric Walter[96]
Myriam Bédard Canada
David Douillet France
Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary
Cathy Freeman Australia
Kazuyoshi Funaki Japan
Aleksandr Karelin Russia
Marco Marin Italy
Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia
Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey[97]
Pirmin Zurbriggen  Switzerland[98]
2002Erwin Lanc Austria
Peter Blake New ZealandPosthumously awarded
Shirley Strickland Australia[99]
Janis Grinbergas Lithuania[100]
Wayne Gretzky Canada
Miroslav Šubrt Czech Republic
Walter Bush United States
Shoichi Tomita Japan[101]
Flor Isava-Fonseca Venezuela
Ashwini Kumar India[102]
David Wallechinsky United States[103]
2003John Williams[104]
Adolf Ogi  Switzerland[105]
Jean Durry France[106]
2004Matthias Kleinert
Francoise Zweifel[107]
Nadia Comăneci Romania[108]
George BolosSilver
2005Shirley Babashoff United States
2006Hans Wilhelm Gäb
2009Thor Nilsen[109]
2012Eiichi Kawatei Japan[110]
David Stern United States
2016Ottavio Cinquanta Italy
Patrick Chamunda Zambia
UnknownDawn Fraser AustraliaSilver
William Berge Phillips
Julius Patching
Herb Elliott
John Devitt
Stepan Kerkyasharian
Sandy Hollway
Jim Sloman
Michael Eyers
Bob Leece
Mick O'Brien
Robert Elphinston
Margaret McLennan
John Fitzgerald
Shirley Strickland
Di Henry
Kerry Stokes
Phillip Walter Coles
Kevan Gosper
Helen Brownlee
David RichmondGold
John Howard
Alexander Tikhonov Soviet Union /  Russian Federation ?
Alexander Karelin
Doug Arnot United StatesSilverServices to London 2012
Mike Loynd
James Bulley United Kingdom
Richard George
Debbie Jevans
Ian Johnston
Gerry Pennell
Jean Tomlin

Trivia

Nadia Comăneci became one of the youngest recipients of the Olympic Order in 1984 when she was only 23 years old at the time of her award. She is also one of the two only athletes to be awarded the Olympic Order twice (1984, 2004), the other one being the Brazilian Carlos Arthur Nuzman.

See also

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