* 1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines ( TAE ) and founds Olympic Airlines.

In all he won five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal, fifty-two United States National Championships, and set sixty-seven world records.

The headquarters of the National Basketball Association in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue ( Manhattan ) | Fifth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States | USA.

Along with the Liverpool Athletic Club, who began holding their own Olympic Festival in the 1860s, Brookes created a National Olympian Association which aimed to encourage such local competition in cities across Britain.

Germany also threatened not to participate after rumours spread that Coubertin had sworn to keep Germany out, but following a letter to the Kaiser denying the accusation, the German National Olympic Committee decided to attend.

Internationally, the International Shooting Sport Federation ( ISSF ) has oversight of all Olympic shooting events worldwide, while National Governing Bodies ( NGBs ) administer the sport within each country.

During the Winter Olympics, the National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) of the constituent countries had not yet been affiliated to the IOC, so the Olympic Flag was used in place of a national flag at the Opening Ceremony and at medals ceremonies, and the Olympic Hymn was played for gold medallists.

She was inducted into the U. S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983, honored with the National Sports Award in 1993, and inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.

* April 21 – The National Olympic Committee of the Soviet Union is formed.

* July 27 – An oil spin begins fouling beaches in Olympic National Park.

The men's tournament marked the second Olympic Games to feature National Hockey League players in history.

The Comite Olympique ( CO ) was composed of local dignitaries and members of the Swiss National Olympic Committee ( COS ).

The proposed equidistant boundary currently marks the northern boundary of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

* Marianne Vos ( 1987 ), National, Olympic and World professional cycling champion

The tallest living specimen is the " Doerner Fir ", ( previously known as the Brummit fir ), tall, at East Fork Brummit Creek in Coos County, Oregon, the stoutest is the " Queets Fir ", diameter, in the Queets River valley, Olympic National Park, Washington.

* Olympic National Park, located on the Olympic Peninsula

The preponderance of power also remained with the Sandinistas through their mass organizations, including the Sandinista Workers ' Federation (), the Luisa Amanda Espinoza Nicaraguan Women's Association (), the National Union of Farmers and Ranchers (), and most importantly the Sandinista Defense Committees ( CDS ).

* European Paralympic Committee, an umbrella organisation of National Paralympic Committees

In 1984, the PNDC created a National Appeals Tribunal to hear appeals from the public tribunals, changed the Citizens ' Vetting Committee into the Office of Revenue Collection and replaced the system of defense committees with Committees for the Defense of the Revolution.

Workers ' Defence Committees ( WDCs ), People's Defence Committees ( PDCs ), Citizens ' Vetting Committees ( CVCs ), Regional Defence Committees ( RDCs ), and National Defence Committees ( NDCs ) were all created to ensure that those at the bottom of society were given the opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.

The IPC has a democratic constitution and structure and is composed of representatives from 174 National Paralympic Committees ( NPC's ), four international organizations of sport for the disabled ( IOSD's ) and five regional organizations.

A total of 11, 028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) competed in 28 sports and 302 events ( a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games ).

Member organizations organize themselves into National and Regional Committees.

This merger was the result of recommendations made by both of the respective Council Executive Boards, the Area Director, the Northeast Region Professional Staff, and the National Strategic Long-Range Planning Committees that neither council could continue to exist financially and they would need to merge to become a new solvent council.

The evaluation of nominations involves consultation between the wide-ranging expertise represented by the organization ’ s membership and its National and Scientific Committees.

ICOMOS is also involved, through its International Secretariat and its National and Scientific Committees, in the preparation of reports on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List.

ICOMOS is composed of its National Committees ( NCs ), to which individuals and institutions apply for membership.

In addition to the National Committees, ICOMOS has a series of International Scientific Committees ( ISCs ), in which experts in certain field of activity within the context of heritage conservation exchange and debate.

The Advisory Committee is composed of the Chairpersons of the National Committees, the Chairpersons of the Interntaional Scientific Committees and the President of ICOMOS as an ex-officio member.

In the table below, the ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by the top ten nations ( in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee ).

* Americas Paralympic Committee, an umbrella organisation of National Paralympic Committees

* Asian Paralympic Committee, an umbrella organisation of National Paralympic Committees

Its National Spinal Injuries Centre is one of the largest specialist spinal units in the world, and the pioneering rehabilitation work carried out there by Sir Ludwig Guttmann led to the development of the Paralympic Games.

* National Paralympic Committee

The United States Olympic Committee ( USOC ) is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee ( NOC ) and National Paralympic Committee ( NPC ) for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various international sports federations.

In the table below, the ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a nation ( in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee ).

In the table below, the ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a nation ( in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee ).

In the table below, the ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a nation ( in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee ).

The following National Paralympic Committees sent delegations to compete.

The hospital's National Spinal Injuries Centre is one of the largest specialist spinal units in the world, and the pioneering rehabilitation work carried out there by Sir Ludwig Guttmann led to the development of the Paralympic Games.

The following National Paralympic Committees are scheduled to send delegations to compete:

While the WADA code has been accepted by numerous sport organizations, leagues, and federations around the world, the overwhelming majority of U. S. professional sport leagues ( NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, MLS ); state athletic federations ( boxing, UFC ); as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) are not signatories of the WADA Code and are often criticized for having less-effective anti-doping programs in comparison to the Olympic, Paralympic and Pan-American movements, as well as those professional sport programs in other countries that have become signatories of the WADA Code.