Rather less familiar is the Olympic Order.
The Olympic Order was instituted by the International Olympic Committee in 1974. The Order is the premier honour of the Olympics and is conferred upon those who have rendered outstanding service to the Olympic movement or who are deemed to epitomise the essential ideals of the Olympics. The Order originally comprised three grades (gold, silver and bronze) however the lowest grade (bronze) was abolished in 1984.
At each Olympic games the principal organiser will be invested with the highest grade during the closing ceremony. We can assume that Lord Coe will receive it in this manner.
Insignia: A collar of gold, silver or bronze (depending on the grade) depicting the Olympic Rings flanked on either side by an olive wreath sprig. Recipients also receive a boutonniere, again of gold, silver or bronze.
Recipients are presented with a certificate.
List of Recipients (Source: Wikipedia):
- 1976: Paul Anspach (Bronze), Jesse Owens, Antonio dos Reis Carneiro (Bronze)[1]
- 1979: Marcel Leclef (Bronze)[2]
- 1980: Almicare Rotta[2]
- 1981: Herbert Kunze
- 1982: John Paul II (Gold),[3] Károly Kárpáti
- 1983: Ulrich Wehling, Galina Kulakova, Manfred Ewald, Aleksandr Medved, Esther Roth-Shahamorov,[4] Indira Gandhi,[5] Branko Mikulić (Gold), Nadia Comăneci[6]
- 1984: Peter Ueberroth, Giancarlo Brusati, Milan Ercegan, Primo Nebiolo, Günther Sabetzki, Horst Dassler, Helene Ahrweiler[7]
- 1985: Anton Sailer, Erich Honecker, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Günther Sabetzki, Toni Sailer, Hanji Aoki, Borislav Stanković (second in 2005), King Juan Carlos I of Spain[8]
- 1987: Leon Štukelj, King Rama IX of Thailand (Gold), Kenan Evren (Gold), John Brown, Alberto Juantorena, Jean-Claude Killy, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Rudolf Hellmann[9]
- 1988: Manfred von Brauchitsch, Katarina Witt, Frank King (Gold), Ralph Klein, Reiner Klimke, Jerzy Kukuczka, Prince Rainier III of Monaco (Gold), Antonio Mariscal, Josef Neckermann,Jasdev Singh, Taieb Houichi, Ante Lambasa, Wolf Lyberg, Frederick Ruegsegger,[10] Aladár Gerevich, Mustapha Larfaoui, Arne B. Mollén[11]
- 1989: Larisa Latynina
- 1990: Giulio Andreotti (Gold), Lee Kun-hee, Jonathan Janson, Rudolf Kárpáti, Reizo Koike, Naoto Tajima, Ivan Patzaichin, Lamine Diack, Arnoldo Devonish[12]
- 1993: Willi Daume, Jacques Blanc, Anna Sinilkina, Ted Stevens,[13] Jordi Pujol i Soley, Dražen Petrović (posthumously awarded),[14] Boris Yeltsin (Gold)[15]
- 1994: Gerhard Heiberg, Richard von Weizsäcker (Nr. 43), Nelson Mandela[16]
- 1997: Hendrika Mastenbroek
- 1996: Billy Payne
- 1998: Frédy Girardet, Chung Ju-yung, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg[17]
- 1999: Alexander Tikhonov, Steffi Graf,[18] Antonio Spallino,[19] Bertrand Piccard, Brian Jones[20]
- 2000: Res Brügger, Alberto Tomba,[21] David Coleman, Adolf Ogi (Gold),[22] John Coates (Gold),[23] Alida van den Bos[24]
- 2001: See list below
- 2002: Mitt Romney, Peter Blake (Posthumously awarded), Shirley de la Hunty (Strickland),[25] Wayne Gretzky, Miroslav Subrt, Walter Bush Jr., Shoichi Tomita,[26] Flor Isava-Fonseca,Ashwini Kumar,[27] David Wallechinsky[28]
- 2003: John Williams,[29] Adolf Ogi,[30] Jean Durry[31]
- 2004: Matthias Kleinert, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Francoise Zweifel,[32] Johannes Rau (Gold),[33] Nadia Comăneci[34]
- 2006: Hans Wilhelm Gäb, Valentino Castellani
- 2008: Liu Qi (Gold), He Zhenliang, Liu Jingmin, Deng Pufang, Chen Zhili[35]
- 2009: Thor Nilsen[36]
- 2010: S R Nathan (Gold),[37] Lee Hsien Loong (Gold),[38] Jack Poole (Gold; posthumously awarded), John Furlong (Gold),[39] Ng Eng Hen, Teo Chee Hean, Vivian Balakrishnan[40]
- 2011: Fernando Lima Bello, Kip Keino[41]
- Year unknown: Manfred Germar, Klaus Kotter.
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