International Olympic Day 2022: Theme, History & Significance

Last updated on June 27th, 2022 at 12:19 pm

International Olympic Day 2022: This event was organized by the National Olympic Committees & June 23 will be for Olympic Movement history as a significant day.

Every year on June 23, people around the world celebrate the Olympic Games as International Olympic Day or World Olympic Day. The day offers a chance for everyone to get together and engage in purposeful activity.

The Olympic Day has been closely linked to Olympic Day events all over the world for the past 20 years. The runs are held all over the world to encourage participation in mass athletics.

NOCs host a variety of sporting, cultural, and educational events to mark the occasion that are open to all participants, regardless of their level of athletic ability, age, gender, or socioeconomic standing. 

A few nations have also included the occasion in their curricula for schools.

History: International Olympic Day 2022

At the 42nd IOC Session in St. Moritz, the concept of an Olympic Day was approved. The concept of a global Olympic day was first proposed by Dr. Gruss, a Czech IOC member, at the IOC’s 41st Session in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1948. The objective was to honor the Olympic Movement as a whole.

The date was chosen to commemorate the IOC’s foundation on June 23, 1894, at the Sorbonne in Paris, where Pierre de Coubertin relaunched the Olympic Games.

This event was organized by the National Olympic Committees, and June 23 will go down in Olympic Movement history as a significant day.

Theme: International Olympic Day 2022

Together, For a Peaceful World is this year’s theme, and it will be backed by the hashtags #MoveForPeace and #OlympicDay on social media. 

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The theme of the World Olympic Day in 2022 will be the ability of sport to unite people in harmony and create a better world.

The IOC invites NOCs to develop their own Olympic Day programs in addition to Olympic Day runs. 

NOCs continue to come up with innovative and fun ways for Olympians and athletes to interact and experience new sports on all continents.

There are now more than a hundred participating NOCs, up from 45 in the first round in 1987. Use the hashtags #MoveForPeace and #OlympicDay to mention @olympics on social media if you participate in any activities that promote peace through sport.