List of people who have kept the Olympic flag
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The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event featuring both summer and winter sports, held every two years with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. During Olympic Games closing ceremonies, the sitting president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will received the flag from the mayor of the current host city to the mayor of the next host city. The current Olympic Charter requires this person to be the mayor of the next host city,[1] although this has not always been the case. This article lists the people who have had the ceremonial duty to pass the Olympic flag from one to another for them to keep until the closing ceremony of each games.
Closing ceremony
The IOC factsheet on the closing ceremony states: "The mayors of the current host city and next host city join the IOC President. The mayor of the host city hands the flag to the IOC President, who hands it on to the mayor of the next host city.".[2] The Olympic Charter sets out the exact drill that the flag are to be handed by the mayor of the current host city to the another of the next host city. If at a Summer Olympic Games, the flag that is handed over is the Rio flag (formerly the Antwerp flag is used until 1984 in Los Angeles and the Seoul flag is used until the 2012 in London). When at a Winter Olympic Games, the flag that is handed over is the Oslo flag.
Keeper of the Summer Olympic Flag
Keepers of the Winter Olympic Flag
Year | Games | Host city | Keeper of the Olympic flag | Office of keeper | Date | Notes |
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1952 | VI Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Brynjulf Bull | Mayor of Oslo | 14 February 1952 - 25 February 1952 | |
1956 | VII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Mario Rimoldi | Mayor of Cortina d'Ampezzo | 25 February 1952 - 5 February 1956 | |
1960 | VIII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Roy Mikkelsen | Mayor of Auburn | 5 February 1956 - 28 February 1960 | |
1964 | VIX Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Alois Lugger | Mayor of Innsbruck | 28 February 1960 - 9 February 1964 | |
1968 | X Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Léon Martin | Mayor of Grenoble | 9 February 1964 - March 1965 | |
1968 | X Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Hubert Dubedout | Mayor of Grenoble | March 1965 - 18 February 1968 | |
1972 | XI Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Yosaku Harada | Mayor of Saporro | 18 February 1968 - April 1971 | |
1972 | XI Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Takeshi Itagaki | Mayor of Saporro | April 1971 - 13 February 1972 | |
1976 | XII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
William H. McNichols Jr. | Mayor of Denver | 13 February 1972 - 15 November 1972 | |
1976 | XII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Alois Lugger | Mayor of Innsbruck | 15 November 1972 - 9 February 1976 | |
1980 | XIII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Robert Peacock | Mayor of Lake Placid | 9 February 1976 - 23 February 1980 | |
1984 | XIV Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Anto Sučić | Mayor of Sarajevo | 23 February 1980 - 1981 | |
1984 | XIV Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Emerik Blum | Mayor of Sarajevo | 1981 - 1983 | |
1984 | XIV Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Uglješa Uzelac | Mayor of Sarajevo | 1983 - 19 February 1984 | |
1988 | XV Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Ralph Klein | Mayor of Calgary | 19 February 1984 - 28 February 1988 | |
1992 | XVI Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Henri Dujol | Mayor of Albertville | 28 February 1988 - 23 February 1992 | |
1994 | XVII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Audun Tron | Mayor of Lillehammer | 23 February 1992 - 27 February 1994 | |
1998 | XVIII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Tasuku Tsukada | Mayor of Nagano | 27 February 1994 - 22 February 1998 | |
2002 | XIX Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Deedee Corradini | Mayor of Salt Lake City | 22 February 1998 - 3 January 2000 | |
2002 | XIX Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Rocky Anderson | Mayor of Salt Lake City | 3 January 2000 - 24 February 2002 | |
2006 | XX Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Sergio Chiamparino | Mayor of Torino | 24 February 2002 - 26 February 2006 | |
2010 | XXI Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Sam Sullivan | Mayor of Vancouver | 26 February 2006 - 8 December 2008 | |
2010 | XXI Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Gregor Robertson | Mayor of Vancouver | 8 December 2008 - 28 February 2010 | |
2014 | XXII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Anatoly Pakhomov | Mayor of Sochi | 28 February 2010 - 23 February 2014 | |
2018 | XXIII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Seok-Rae Lee | Mayor of Pyeongchang | 23 February 2014 - 30 June 2014 | |
2018 | XXIII Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Shim Jae-kook | Mayor of Pyeongchang | 1 July 2014 - 25 February 2018 | |
2022 | XXIV Winter Olympiad | ![]() |
Chen Jining | Mayor of Beijing | 25 February 2018 - Present |
Keepers of the Summer Youth Olympic Flag
Year | Games | Host city | Keep of the Olympic flag | Office of keeper | Date | Notes |
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2010 | I Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Teo Ser Luck | Mayor of the Northeast District | 14 August 2010 - 26 August 2010 | |
2014 | II Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Ji Jianye | Mayor of Nanjing | 26 August 2010 - 16 October 2013 | |
2014 | II Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Miao Ruilin | Mayor of Nanjing | 16 October 2013 - 28 August 2014 | |
2018 | III Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Mauricio Macri | Chief of Government of Buenos Aires | 28 August 2014 - 9 December 2015 | |
2018 | III Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta | Chief of Government of Buenos Aires | 9 December 2015 - 18 October 2018 | |
2022 | IV Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Soham El Wardini | Mayor of Dakar | 18 October 2018 - Present |
Keepers of the Winter Youth Olympic Flag
Year | Games | Host city | Keeper of the Olympic flag | Office of keeper | Date | Notes |
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2012 | I Winter Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Christine Oppitz-Plörer | Mayor of Innsbruck | 13 January 2012 - 22 January 2012 | |
2016 | II Winter Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Espen Johnsen | Mayor of Lillehammer | 22 January 2012 - 21 February 2016 | |
2020 | III Winter Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Daniel Brélaz | Mayor of Lausanne | 21 February 2016 - 30 June 2016 | |
2020 | III Winter Youth Olympiad | ![]() |
Grégoire Junod | Mayor of Lausanne | 30 June 2016 - Present |
See also
- List of Olympic Games host cities
- List of people who have opened the Olympic Games
- President of the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
References