the.com/olympic charter
the rulebook that decided the games matter more than the countries hosting them.
means the foundational document setting out the principles, rules, and governance of the olympic movement and its games.
from drafted from pierre de coubertin's founding vision in 1894, when he revived the ancient games as a modern institution and needed rules to keep it from becoming a circus.
amended constantlyrevised almost every year since 1908
bans politicsrule 50 restricts protest at olympic venues
ioc supremacygives the ioc final say over host cities
three partsprinciples, rules, and bye-laws, in that order
for instance
rule 50 — restricts athlete protest, contested loudly at tokyo 2020
rule 40 — limits athlete sponsorships during the games window
host city contract — binds cities like paris 2024 to charter obligations