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 The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening
ceremonies of the Olympic Games. It was spoken in Greek in Athens 2004.
The athlete, from team of the organising country, holds a corner of the
Olympic Flag while speaking the oath:
- In the name of all the competitors I promise that we shall take part in
these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them,
committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs, in the true
spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.
The judge, also from the home nation, does the same, but with a slightly
different oath:
- In the name of all the judges and officials, I promise that we shall
officiate in these Olympic Games with complete impartiality, respecting and
abiding by the rules which govern them in the true spirit of sportsmanship.
History
The Olympic Oath, written by Pierre de Coubertin was first taken by an
athlete at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The first judge's oath was taken
at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
The text of the oath has slightly changed over the years. The oath read by
Victor Boin in 1920 was
- We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games in a spirit of
chivalry, for the honour of our country and for the glory of sport.
Later, "swear" was replaced by "promise" and "country" by "team". The part
concerning doping, was added at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
| 2006 Winter Olympics
medal count |
| Pos |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Germany |
11 |
12 |
6 |
29 |
| 2 |
United States |
9 |
9 |
7 |
25 |
| 3 |
Austria |
9 |
7 |
7 |
23 |
| 4 |
Russia |
8 |
6 |
8 |
22 |
| 5 |
Canada |
7 |
10 |
7 |
24 |
| 6 |
Sweden |
7 |
2 |
5 |
14 |
| 7 |
Korea |
6 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
| 8 |
Switzerland |
5 |
4 |
5 |
14 |
| 9 |
Italy |
5 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
| 10 |
France |
3 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
| Netherlands |
3 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
| 12 |
Estonia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 13 |
Norway |
2 |
8 |
9 |
19 |
| 14 |
China |
2 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
| 15 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| 16 |
Croatia |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| 17 |
Australia |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 18 |
Japan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 19 |
Finland |
0 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
| 20 |
Poland |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 21 |
Belarus |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Bulgaria |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Great Britain |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Slovakia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 25 |
Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 26 |
Latvia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| |
|
84 |
84 |
84 |
252 |
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