thumb|The [[Olympic flag at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.]]
The following is a list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings.
Olympic Congresses
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||1st||Paris||||1894
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||2nd||Le Havre||||1897
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||3rd ||Brussels||||1905
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||4th||Paris||||1906
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||5th ||Lausanne||||1913
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||6th ||Paris||||1914
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||7th||Lausanne||||1921
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||8th||Prague||||1925
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||9th||Berlin||||1930
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||10th||Varna||||1973
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||11th ||Baden-Baden||||1981
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||12th ||Paris||||1994
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||13th||Copenhagen||||2009
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IOC Sessions
There has been a session during all Olympic Games except the 1900, 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|1st ||style="text-align:center"|1894 || Paris, France
| I Olympic Congress
|Athens of Greece was selected as the host for the Games of the I Olympiad.<br />Paris of France was selected as the host for the Games of the II Olympiad.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3FF"|2nd ||style="text-align:center"|1896 || Athens, Greece
| Games of the I Olympiad
|The French Pierre de Coubertin was elected as the second President of the International Olympic Committee.
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|style="text-align:center"|3rd ||style="text-align:center"|1897 || Le Havre, France
| II Olympic Congress
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|4th ||style="text-align:center"|1901 || Paris, France
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="3"|Separate occasions
|Chicago of United States was selected as the host for the Games of the III Olympiad. These games would later be moved to St. Louis.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|6th ||style="text-align:center"|1904 || London, Great Britain
|Rome of Italy was selected as the host for the Games of the IV Olympiad.
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|style="text-align:center"|48th ||style="text-align:center"|1953 || Mexico City, Mexico
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="3"|Separate occasions
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|style="text-align:center"|49th ||style="text-align:center"|1954 || Athens, Greece
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|50th ||style="text-align:center"|1955 || Paris, France
|Squaw Valley of the United States was selected as the host for the VIII Olympic Winter Games.<br />Rome of Italy was selected as the host for the Games of the XVII Olympiad.
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|style="text-align:center"|56th ||style="text-align:center"|1960 || Squaw Valley, United States
| VIII Olympic Winter Games
|The IOC Meeting was actually conducted at the historic Herbst Auditorium of the Veterans Building in San Francisco (where the United Nations Charter had been signed in 1945).
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3FF"|57th ||style="text-align:center"|1960 || Rome, Italy
| Games of the XVII Olympiad
|Brundage was re-elected as the President of the International Olympic Committee for the second term.
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|style="text-align:center"|58th ||style="text-align:center"|1961 || Athens, Greece
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="3"|Separate occasions
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|style="text-align:center"|59th ||style="text-align:center"|1962 || Moscow, Soviet Union
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|60th ||style="text-align:center"|1963 || Baden-Baden, West Germany
|Session originally awarded to Nairobi, Kenya; moved because Kenya would not issue visas to Portuguese and South African delegates<br/>Mexico City of Mexico was selected as the host for the Games of the XIX Olympiad.
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|style="text-align:center"|71st ||style="text-align:center"|1971 || Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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|style="text-align:center"|74th ||style="text-align:center"|1973 || Sofia, Bulgaria
| X Olympic Congress
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|75th ||style="text-align:center"|1974 || Vienna, Austria
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="2"|Separate occasions
|Lake Placid of the United States was selected as the host for the XIII Olympic Winter Games.<br />Moscow of the Soviet Union was selected as the host for the Games of the XXII Olympiad.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|84th ||style="text-align:center"|1981 || Baden-Baden, West Germany
| XI Olympic Congress
|Calgary of Canada was selected as the host for the XV Olympic Winter Games.<br />Seoul of South Korea was selected as the host for the Games of the XXIV Olympiad.<br />Tennis had been readmitted to the Olympic programme in 1988.
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|style="text-align:center"|92nd ||style="text-align:center"|1987 || Istanbul, Turkey
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|style="text-align:center"|93rd ||style="text-align:center"|1988 || Calgary, Canada
| XV Olympic Winter Games
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|94th ||style="text-align:center"|1988 || Seoul, South Korea
| Games of the XXIV Olympiad
|Lillehammer of Norway was selected as the host for the XVII Olympic Winter Games.
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|style="text-align:center"|102nd ||style="text-align:center"|1994 || Lillehammer, Norway
| XVII Olympic Winter Games
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|style="text-align:center"|103rd ||style="text-align:center"|1994 || Paris, France
| XII Olympic Congress
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|104th ||style="text-align:center"|1995 || Budapest, Hungary
|style="background:#ECECEC"|Separate occasions
|Salt Lake City of the United States was selected as the host for the XIX Olympic Winter Games.
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|style="text-align:center"|113th ||style="text-align:center"|2002 || Salt Lake City, United States
| XIX Olympic Winter Games
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|style="text-align:center"|114th ||style="text-align:center"|2002 || Mexico City, Mexico
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="2"|Separate occasions
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|115th ||style="text-align:center"|2003 || Prague, Czech Republic
|Vancouver of Canada was selected as the host for the XXI Olympic Winter Games.
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|style="text-align:center"|127th ||style="text-align:center"|2014 || Monte Carlo, Monaco
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="2"|Separate occasions
|The Extraordinary Session was hosted by IOC member Albert II, Prince of Monaco.<br />The International Olympic Committee discussed Bach's Olympic Agenda 2020.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|128th ||style="text-align:center"|2015 || Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|Beijing of (the People's Republic of) China was selected as the host for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games.<br />Lausanne of Switzerland was selected as the host for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games.
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|style="text-align:center"|129th ||style="text-align:center"|2016 || Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| Games of the XXXI Olympiad
|Five optional sports, including baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, skateboarding, for the 2020 Summer Olympics were approved.
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|style="text-align:center"|130th ||style="text-align:center"|2017 || Lausanne, Switzerland
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="2"|Separate occasions
|Joint-awarding of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad was approved.<br />Bidding process for XXV Olympic Winter Games was approved.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|131st ||style="text-align:center"|2017 || Lima, Peru
|Paris of France was selected as the host for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad.<br />Los Angeles of the United States was selected as the host for the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad.
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|style="text-align:center"|132nd ||style="text-align:center"|2018 || Pyeongchang, South Korea
| XXIII Olympic Winter Games
|The year of the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games was reverted from 2023 to 2022.<br />The IOC suggested an African city should be host the Summer Youth Olympic Games.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|133rd ||style="text-align:center"|2018 || Buenos Aires, Argentina
| 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games
|Dakar of Senegal was selected as the host for the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games, originally scheduled in 2022, later postponed to 2026 due to operational and economical consequences caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|134th ||style="text-align:center"|2019 || Lausanne, Switzerland
|style="background:#ECECEC" |Separate occasions
|The joint bid from Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo of Italy was selected as the hosts for the XXV Olympic Winter Games.<br/>Four optional sports, including sport climbing, surfing, skateboarding, and breaking (breakdance), for the 2024 Summer Olympics were approved.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|135th ||style="text-align:center"|2020 || Lausanne, Switzerland
| 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games
|Gangwon Province of South Korea was selected as the host for the 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games.
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|style="text-align:center"|136th ||style="text-align:center"|2020 ||
Lausanne, Switzerland (IOC executive board) and virtual meetings
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="2"|Separate occasions
|The postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021 and the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games from 2022 to 2026 was approved. Originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while some IOC executives were working in Lausanne, other work were held virtually.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3FF"|137th ||style="text-align:center"|2021||
Athens, Greece (IOC executive board) and virtual meetings
|Officially opened in a live event in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, which originally had been awarded the Session. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of the works were held virtually.<br/>Bach is re-elected as the President of the International Olympic Committee for a second term.<br />The International Olympic Committee discussed Bach's Olympic Agenda 2020+5.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB"|138th ||style="text-align:center"|2021 || Tokyo, Japan
| Games of the XXXII Olympiad
|Brisbane of Australia was selected as the host for the Games of the XXXV Olympiad.<br>An optional sport proposed for the 2026 Winter Olympics, ski mountaineering, was approved.
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|style="text-align:center"|139th ||style="text-align:center"|2022 || Beijing, China
| XXIV Olympic Winter Games
|Review of the resounding success of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, study of the post-Games use of permanent and temporary Olympic venues released, and a Human Rights Strategic Framework established.
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|style="text-align:center"|140th|| style="text-align:center" |2023 || Lausanne, Switzerland with some virtual meetings
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="2"|Separate occasions
|Extraordinary Session; The IOC's executive board voted to have the International Boxing Association lose its status as the sport's international governing body.
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|style="text-align:center"|141st|| style="text-align:center" |2023 || Mumbai, India
|Five optional sports, including baseball/softball, lacrosse, flag football, cricket and squash, for 2028 Summer Olympics were approved.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB" |142nd|| style="text-align:center" |2024 || Paris, France
| Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
|The French Alps was selected as the hosts for the XXVI Olympic Winter Games. The state of Utah of the United States was selected as the host for the XXVII Olympic Winter Games.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB" |143rd || style="text-align:center" |2025 || Lausanne, Switzerland
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="2"|Separate occasions
|Extraordinary Session; The joint bid from the Dolomites and Valtellina of Italy was selected as the hosts for the 5th Winter Youth Olympic Games.
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3FF" |144th|| style="text-align:center" |2025 || Pylos, Greece
| The Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry was elected as the tenth President of the International Olympic Committee. Boxing was readmitted to the Olympic programme for 2028, after reform efforts succeeded and World Boxing was granted provisional recognition as the sport's international governing body in February 2025.
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|style="text-align:center" |145th || style="text-align:center" |2026 || Milan, Italy
| XXV Olympic Winter Games
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|style="text-align:center; |146th|| style="text-align:center" |2026 || Lausanne, Switzerland
|style="background:#ECECEC" rowspan="2"|Separate occasions
|Extraordinary Session; The International Olympic Committee will discuss Coventry's Fit for the Future agenda.
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|style="text-align:center; |147th || style="text-align:center" |2027 || Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
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|style="text-align:center" |148th || style="text-align:center" |2028 || Los Angeles, United States
| Games of the XXXIV Olympiad
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|style="text-align:center; |149th || style="text-align:center" |2029 || TBA
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|style="text-align:center" |150th || style="text-align:center" |2030 || TBA, France || XXVI Olympic Winter Games
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|style="text-align:center; |151st || style="text-align:center" |2031 || TBA
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|style="text-align:center" |152nd || style="text-align:center" |2032 || Brisbane, Australia
| Games of the XXXV Olympiad
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|style="text-align:center; |153rd || style="text-align:center" |2033 || TBA
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|style="text-align:center" |154th || style="text-align:center" |2034 || Salt Lake City, United States || XXVII Olympic Winter Games
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See also
- FIFA Congress