The Governance of the Olympic System: From One to Many Stakeholders

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Figure 1. The classic Olympic system.

Source: Chappelet (1991, p. 67) (acronyms explained in the text).

Figure 2. The regulated Olympic system.

Source: slightly adapted from Chappelet and Kübler Mabbott (2008, p. 18) (acronyms explained in the text).

Figure 3. The current Olympic system.

Source: Author (acronyms explained in the text).

Table 1. Increase in the Olympic system’s main stakeholders over successive Olympiads.

	1894–1900	1900–1960	1960–2010	2010–Today
	Foundation	Classic system	Regulated system	Current system
Primary stakeholders added over the years	IOC (focal organization)	OCOG, NOCs, IFs, NGBs and OLYs	Media and RHBs, GVTs, domestic sponsors, TOP sponsors, CAS, WADA	Elite athletes, Civic groups and INGOs, National courts + other secondary stakeholders
Total number of stakeholders	1	5	11	14+

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