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The Olympic Cup (French: Coupe Olympique) is an award given annually by the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
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It was instituted by Pierre de Coubertin
Pierre de Coubertin

Pierre de Fr?dy, Baron de Coubertin was a French pedagogue and history who is best known as the founder of the International Olympic Committee....
 in 1906 and is awarded to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement.

Its recipients have included amateur sports clubs, schools, newspapers and national sporting administrations, though it is primarily awarded to groups connected with the organization of the Olympic Games
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
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The Olympic Cup (French: Coupe Olympique) is an award given annually by the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
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It was instituted by Pierre de Coubertin
Pierre de Coubertin

Pierre de Fr?dy, Baron de Coubertin was a French pedagogue and history who is best known as the founder of the International Olympic Committee....
 in 1906 and is awarded to an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic Movement.

Its recipients have included amateur sports clubs, schools, newspapers and national sporting administrations, though it is primarily awarded to groups connected with the organization of the Olympic Games
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
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Recipients of the Olympic Cup

  • 1906 — Touring Club de France
  • 1907 — Henley Royal Regatta
    Henley Royal Regatta

    Henley Royal Regatta is a Sport rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage....
  • 1908 — Sveriges Centralförening för Idrottens Främjande
  • 1909 — Deutsche Turnerschaft
  • 1910 — Ceska obec Sokolska
  • 1911 — Touring Club Italiano
  • 1912 — Union des Sociétés de Gymnastique de France
  • 1913 — Magyar Athletikai Club
  • 1914 — Amateur Athletic Union of America
  • 1915 — Rugby School
    Rugby School

    Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, is regarded as one of the UK's leading co-educational boarding school and is one of the oldest public school in England....
  • 1916 — Confrérie Saint-Michel de Gand
  • 1917 — Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond
  • 1918 — Equipes Sportives du Front Interallié
  • 1919 — Institut Olympique de Lausanne
  • 1920 — Y.M.C.A. International College, Springfield
    Springfield College

    Springfield College is a college located in Springfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. It is located on Watershops Pond, approximately two miles from Springfield's central business district....
  • 1921 — Dansk Idraets Forbund
  • 1922 — Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
  • 1923 — Asociation Sportiva de Cataluna
  • 1924 — Fédération Gymnique et Athlétique Finlandaise
  • 1925 — Comité National d'Education Physique de l'Uruguay
  • 1926 — the Norwegian Skiing Federation
  • 1927 — Colonel Robert M. Thomson
  • 1928 — Junta Nacional Mexicana
  • 1929 — Y.M.C.A. World Committee
  • 1930 — Association Suisse de Football et d'Athlétisme
  • 1931 — National Playing Fields Association, Great Britain
  • 1932 — Deutsche Hochschule für Leibesübungen
  • 1933 — Sociéte Fédérale Suisse de Gymnastique
  • 1934 — Opera Dopolavoro Romea
  • 1935 — National Recreation Association of U.S.A.
  • 1936 — Segas: Union des Sociétés Helléniques de Gymnastique et d'Athlétisme, Athénes
  • 1937 — Oesterreichischer Eislauf Verband
  • 1938 — Königl. Akademie für Körpererziehung in Ungarn
  • 1939 — Kraft durch Freude
    Kraft durch Freude

    Kraft durch Freude was a large state-controlled leisure organization in the Third Reich, a part of the German Labour Front , the national Germany labour organization at that time....
  • 1940 — Svenska Gymnastik - och Idrottsföreningarnas Riksförbund
  • 1941 — Comité Olympique Finlandais
  • 1942 — William May Garland, Los Angeles
  • 1943 — Comite Olimpico Argentino
  • 1944 — City of Lausanne
  • 1945 — Norwegian Athletics Association
  • 1946 — Comite Olimpico Colombiano
  • 1947 — J. Sigfrid Edström, Stockholm, President of the IOC
  • 1948 — The Central Council of Physical Recreation, Great Britain
  • 1949 — Fluminense Football Club
    Fluminense Football Club

    Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded on July 21, 1902. The word Fluminense derives from Latin flumen, "river", rio in Portuguese language....
    , Rio de Janeiro
  • 1950 — Comité Olympique Belge
  • 1950 — New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
  • 1951 — Académie des Sports, Paris
  • 1952 — City of Oslo
  • 1953 — City of Helsinki
  • 1954 — Ecole Féderale de Gymnastique et de Sports, Macolin, Switzerland
  • 1955 — Organizing Committee VIIth Centroamerican and Caribbean Games, Mexico
  • 1955 — Organizing Committee IInd Panamerican Games, Mexico
  • 1956 — No award
  • 1957 — Federazione Sport Silenziosi d'Italia, Milan
  • 1958 — No award
  • 1959 — Panathlon Italiano, Genoa
  • 1960 — Centro Universitario Sportivo Italiano
  • 1961 — Helms Hall Foundation, Los Angeles
  • 1962 — Comite Organizador de los Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos, Barranquilla, Colombia
  • 1963 — Australian British Empire and Commonwealth Games Association
  • 1964 — Southern Californian Committee for the Olympic Games, Los Angeles
  • 1965 — City of Tokyo
  • 1966 — Comité International des Sports Silencieux, Liège
  • 1967 — Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos
  • 1968 — People of Mexico City
  • 1969 — Comité Olympique Polonais
  • 1970 — Organizing Committee of the Asian Games in Bangkok
  • 1971 — Comité Organisateur des Jeux Panaméricains de Cali, Colombia
  • 1972 — Comité Olympique Turc
  • 1972 — City of Sapporo
  • 1973 — People of Munich, Germany
  • 1974 — Comité Olympique Bulgare
  • 1975 — Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano
  • 1976 — Czechoslovakian Physical Culture and Sports Federation
  • 1977 — Comité Olympique Cote-d´lvoire
  • 1978 — Comité Olympique Hellénique
  • 1979 — Organizing Committee of the 1978 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand
  • 1980 — Ginásio Clube Portugues
  • 1981 — Conféderation Suisse, International Olympic Academy
    International Olympic Academy

    As stated on the website of the International Olympic Academy, "The International Olympic Academy functions as a multicultural interdisciplinary centre that aims at studying, enriching and promoting Olympism." ...
    , Olympia
  • 1982 — Racing Club de France
  • 1983 — Comité Olympique de Puerto Rico
  • 1984 — Organizing Committee of the world athletics championship in Helsinki
  • 1985 — Chinese Olympic Committee
  • 1986 — City of Stuttgart
  • 1987 — L'Équipe
    L'Équipe

    L'?quipe is a France nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sports. The paper is noted for coverage of football , rugby football, motorsports and cycling....
  • 1988 — People of Australia
  • 1989 — City of Seoul
  • 1989 — La Gazzetta dello Sport
    La Gazzetta dello Sport

    La Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italy newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. It was first published on 3 April 1896, allowing it to cover the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens....
  • 1990 — Club Athlétique Panhellinios à Athènes
  • 1991 — The Japanese Olympic Committee
  • 1992 — Department de la Savoie, Région Rhone-Alpes
  • 1992 — City of Barcelona
  • 1993 — Comité Olympique Monégasque
  • 1994 — Comité National Olympique et Sportif Francais
  • 1994 — People of Norway
  • 1995 — Korean Olympic Committee
  • 1996 — City of Baden-Baden
    Baden-Baden

    Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe ....
  • 1997 — No award
  • 1998 — People of Nagano, Japan
  • 1999 —
  • 2000 — City of Sydney
  • 2001 —
  • 2002 —
  • 2003 — Team Alinghi
    Alinghi

    Alinghi is a coined name of the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli to challenge for the America's Cup. Bertarelli had raced several smaller yachts named Alinghi previously, but 2003 was his first attempt at the America's Cup....
  • 2004 — People of Athens
  • 2005 — The 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum
    Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum

    The Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum, sometimes referred to as the The 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum, in Lake Placid, New York commemorates the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, which were based in the town....
  • 2006 —
  • 2007 —
  • 2008 — The citizens of Beijing
    Beijing

    is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....


Fluminense Football Club from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the only football club in the world that has ever received the honored prize.

See also

  • Olympic Order
    Olympic Order

    The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement, created by the International Olympic Committee in May 1975 as a successor to the Olympic Certificate previously awarded....
  • Pierre de Coubertin medal
    Pierre de Coubertin medal

    The Pierre de Coubertin medal is a special medal given by the International Olympic Committee to those sportspersons who demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in Olympic Games....


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