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Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions

In December 2015, the IOC Executive Board approved the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions. This Code aims to provide sports organisations with harmonised regulations to protect all competitions from the risk of manipulation. All National Olympic Committees, International Federations and their respective members at the continental, regional and national levels as well as IOC recognised organisations are called upon to take all appropriate measures within their power to implement this Code by reference, or to implement similar regulations or more stringent than this Code.

For the Press Release related to the Code, click here.
For an Explanatory Note regarding the Code, click here.
For the full text of the Code, click here.
For Model Rules to assist in the implementation of the Code, click here

Click here for more information on how the IOC has worked with its stakeholders over the past years to safeguard the integrity of sport.

Rules in place during the Olympic Games to protect clean athletes:

Since 2006, the IOC Code of Ethics has prevented all participants at the Olympic Games from betting on Olympic events and obliges all participants to report any approach or suspicion of manipulation. Specific rules are drafted for each edition of the Olympic Games (read more here). Click here for the Rules for the Application during the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro of the Articles 7, 9 and 10 of the Code of Ethics and of the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions.