OLYMPIC COMMITTEES ANOC The Executive Board of the Association of National Olympic Committees met on 7th August 1984 in Los Angeles. The President of the ANOC, Mr. Mario Vazquez Raña, greeted H. E. Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the IOC, H. E. Mr. Louis Guirandou N’Diaye, First Vice-President, and the Director of the IOC, Mrs. Monique Berlioux, who honoured the inaugural session with their presence. Following the suggestion of President Samaranch, who wished to have the opinion of the ANOC at the extraordinary Session of the IOC scheduled for the coming December regarding the problems facing Olympism, the Executive Board decided to call the Assembly General of the ANOC on 7th and 8th November 1984, in Mexico, in order to establish the common viewpoint on the present situation within the Olympic Movement and the future of the Olympic Games, as well as to adopt the objectives of the ANOC for the coming years. A working group, composed of representatives of the five continents, was set up, and is responsible for drawing up a basic document for reflection which will constitute the basis for discussion during the Assembly General. Its members are Messrs. Raoul Mollet for Europe, Lamine Ba for Africa, Libertario Perez for America, Anwar Chowdhry for Asia, and Julius Patching for Oceania. The treasurer, Mr. Anselmo Lopez and the Secretary General, Mr. Marian Renke will act as coordinators and will also take part in the group’s work. OLYMPIC COUNCIL FOR ASIA The General Meeting of the Olympic Council – The creation of the Winter Asian Games, for Asia was held in Seoul on 28th the first to be held in 1986 in Sapporo September 1984 under the presidency, of (JPN). Sheik Fahad AI-Ahmad Al-Sabah, member of – The recommendations of the rules and the IOC in Kuwait. regulations committee as well as those of Each of the 36 National Olympic the various affiliated committees will be Committees belonging to this Council was discussed during the next General Meet- represented by 3 members. At this meeting, ing which will be held in Manama City the following decisions were taken : (BRN). – The Xlth Asian Games will be organised in 1990 in Beijing (CHN) and the Xllth Games in 1994 in Hiroshima (JPN). 791 OLYMPIC COMMITTEES (1946-1965) proposed the introduction of a World Olympic Day in order to promote Olympism. The proposed plan was adopted, a few AUSTRALIA months later, in January 1948 to be precise, The first Australian Games scheduled to be during the 42nd Session in St. Moritz. held in Melbourne at the end of January, The National Olympic Committees were beginning of February, will be international. made responsible for the preparation of this The sports in the programme will not day, the IOC having proposed choosing the necessarily be Olympic since they include dates between 17th and 24th June so as to badminton, squash, bowling and exhibitions commemorate at the same time the anniv- of typically Australian sports like boomerang ersary of its foundation in Paris at the throwing, demonstrations of which will be Sorbonne on 23rd June 1894. given at the opening and closing ceremon- The first Olympic Day was organised in ies. The teams that have already been the month of June 1948 and Mr. Sigfrid entered come from AUS, BUL, CAN, CHN, Edström, President of the IOC at the time, USA, FIJ, FRG, GBR, ITA, JPN, NZL and addressed a message to the youth of the URS. world. Portugal, Greece, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Great Britain, Uruguay, Burma, Venezuela and Belgium were the first countries to organise an Olympic Day. Other countries soon followed. The first Olympic Day in Bulgaria was BRAZIL celebrated in 1954. This year it was held on 21st June and was given particular brilliance An exhibition devoted to Olympism was held in order to mark the 90th anniversary of the in Sao Paulo during the summer. It was creation of the International Olympic Com- organized in cooperation with the Brazilian mittee. Olympic Committee, the national sports federations, the Sao Paulo Association of Physical Training Teachers, the Sao Paulo Sports Journalists Association and the Sao Paulo Philatelists Association. The many visitors to this exhibition thus had an opportunity of gaining an idea of all aspects of Olympism thanks to the large number of graphic, philatelic, photographic and artistic exhibits. BULGARIA Olympic Day in Bulgaria The 41st Session of the IOC was held in Stockholm in 1947. Dr. Joseph Guss, member of the IOC in Czechoslovakia 792 CANADA Six nominations this year for the “Temple of Amateur Sports Fame of Canada” : Gaetan Boucher for his Olympic performances in speed skating : 2 gold medals and one bronze in the XIVth Winter Games at Sarajevo in 1984, and one silver at Lake Placid in 1980 ; Harry E. “Red” Foster, a brilliant athlete of the 20’s and 30’s, a pioneer radio sports broadcaster and the founder of the special Olympic Games of Canada for the Mentally Handicapped – he has also been President of the Temple of Fame since 1975; Den Dryden, one of the great hockey goalkeepers of modern times ; Mr. Ivan Slavkov, visiting the the famous footballer Georges Reed; the exhibition of President of the swimmer, Leslie Cliff and Pat Ramage of Bulgarian Olympic children‘s paintings Montreal for 35 years devoted to skiing. Committee (center) with the organisers. In Sofia, the President of the Bulgarian National Olympic Committee, Ivan Slavkov, recalled in his inauguration speech some of the outstanding landmarks in the history of CHINA Olympism, and the role played by the IOC in defending the democratic principles advo- Sports promotion cated by Pierre de Coubertin himself. About 200 million dollars are spent Numerous other sporting and cultural annually on the development of sport in events were held simultaneously in the China, stated Lu Jindong, one of the officials capital and in the provinces. of the Chinese delegation at the Games of The Bulgarian National Olympic Com- the XXIIIrd Olympiad in Los Angeles. mittee had also arranged to hold the llnd Session of the National Olympic Academy on the 21st June. Finally, and in accordance with the recommendations of the IOC, a big exhibition of children’s drawings on the theme “Sport in my life” was inaugurated on 13th July in the main gallery of the “Flag of Peace” Centre by Ivan Slavkov, in the CYPRUS presence of the Director General of the New address of the Cyprus Olympic Com- Centre, Vladimir Jivkov. A great many child- mittee : ren took part in this competition and over a Address : Corner Grivas Digenis-Demos- hundred drawings were chosen for display. thenis Severis Avenue, Cosmo Building, 4th In connection with this exhibition, offi- floor, P.O. Box 3931, Nicosia – Cyprus. cials from the Bulgarian Olympic Movement Telex: 3255 GEEPEE gave talks on sport and art twice a week for Telephone : 021 - 50875 a period of several months Cables : “OLYMPIC” Cyprus 793 OLYMPIC COMMITTEES of the new President of the Spanish NOC took place at an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Madrid on 17th July last. DJBOUTI Comité Olympique Djiboutien B.P. 16 - Djibouti President : Mohamed Djama Lelabe. Secretary General : Hassan Idriss. FRANCE Alain Calmat, 44 years old, new Minister for Youth and Sport. The UNITED STATES former world skating 3rd National Conference on Injuries to the champion in 1965 Throwing Arm, organized by the USOC’s succeeded very well in Sports Medicine Council and the American reconciling sport and Baseball Federation, will be held at the Point studies. The best Resort, Phoenix, Arizona (USA) from 3rd to skater France has ever 6th January 1985. Intended for coaches and had since Alain Giletti, therapists, this symposium will mainly study world champion in the biomechanical and physiological 1960-1961, he is also a aspects of all injuries caused to the throwing brilliant surgeon, head of a department in a arm in sports like waterpolo, volleyball, hospital in the region of Paris, and took part tennis, etc. Any additional information may in the first heart transplant in France. be obtained from : the Third National Confer- But it is his list of sporting achievements ence on Injuries to the Throwing Arm, c/o that brought him fame and glory. Four times Department of Education Services, Sports champion of France (1958, 1962, 1963, Medicine Division, 1750 East Boulder Street, 1965), in spite of his gifts, he won only a Colorado 80909-5760.’ silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games (Telephone : 303/587 - 4575). in Innsbruck in 1964, missing the gold medal by a hair’s breadth after a fall in a spectacular triple loop, a figure which at the time he was the only one in the world to perform. The following year, he won the world title at Colorado Springs (USA) and gave up competitive skating to devote himself to his SPAIN career as a cardiovascular surgeon. Even so Dr. Calmat did not give up all The Duke of Cadiz, Alphonse of Bourbon, connections with his favourite sport since in first cousin of the King, was elected Presi- 1970, he became an international figure- dent of the Spanish Olympic Committee. He skating judge, in which capacity he took part succeeds Mr. Roman Cuyas, present Span- in several Winter Games, including Sarajevo ish Secretary of State for Sport. The election this year. 794 After the Xlth Winter Games in Sapporo in 1972, he became President of the Skating Committee of the French Ice Sports Federa- tion, from which post he retired in June this year, nevertheless remaining Vice-President. EQUATORIAL GUINEA In these different posts, he did his utmost to Comité national Olympique Equatoguinéen make skating more popular among the general public.