1. Created by Ann Spolitak, Monastyryshche School 5

2. The Olympic Truce means a peaceful
period for athletes and spectators to
travel to and from the Olympic Games
safely.

3. Origin
• Place Ancient Greece
• Date 884 B.C.
• Reason to travel safely across
the country to mount
Olympus for the
sporting event of a
religious festival
The Olympic Truce was respected for twelve centuries of
Olympic Games.

4. No Olympic Truce
1916 1940 1944
World War I World War II

5. Modern Olympic Truce
The first modern request for an Olympic Truce
was in 1956 during the Hungarian uprising.
Olympic athletes were fighting with
Hungarian rebels. So, the International
Olympic Committee called for a truce to
enable the athletes to travel to the games in
Melbourne.

6. In 1992 the Olympic Truce helped
the athletes from the former
Republic of Yugoslavia to take part
in the Olympic Games in Barcelona.

7. During 1994 the United Nations and the
IOC used the Olympic Truce to cease fire
in Bosnia for the time of the Lillehammer
Olympics. The Bosnian President agreed
to cease fire in Sarajevo.

8. In 1998 the Japanese winter Olympic games
coincided with the conflicts between the
United States and Iraq. The Japanese
President and the IOC asked the United
States to honour an Olympic Truce.

9. In 2000 North and South Korea showed
respect for the Olympic Truce in the
Sydney games. The athletes of the two
countries marched under one flag at
the opening ceremony .

10. Truce Walls
This tradition started in
Athens in 2004. Athletes,
officials, personalities, and
visitors sign the walls to
support the idea of peace
and understanding through
sport. The Truce Wall is a
symbol of the Olympic Truce.