List of people who have kept the Olympic flag (Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Giuseppe Sala (mayor of Milan) is one of the people that currently keeps the PyeongChang flag (the other person that kept the PyeongChang flag is mayor of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Gianluca Lorenzi) for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo Mayor Anne Hidalgo currently keeps the Rio flag for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris Mayor Barthélémy Dias currently keeps the Singapore flag for the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar Governor Kim Jin-tae currently keeps the Innsbruck flag for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon Province The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event featuring both summer and winter sports, held every two years with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. During Olympic Games closing ceremonies , the sitting president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) received the flag from the current mayor of the current host city to the current mayor of the next host city. The current Olympic Charter requires this person to be the mayor of the next host city,[1] although this has not always been the case. This article lists the people who have had the ceremonial duty to pass the Olympic flag from one to another for them to keep until the closing ceremony of each games.
Closing ceremony The IOC factsheet on the closing ceremony states: "The mayors of the current host city and next host city join the IOC President. The mayor of the host city hands the flag to the IOC President, who hands it on to the mayor of the next host city."[2] The Olympic Charter sets out the exact drill that the flag are to be handed by the mayor of the current host city to another of the next host city. Three flags were used at the Summer Olympics, the first called the Antwerp flag that was used from 1920 to 1984 when it showed signs of wear. The second is called the Seoul flag that was used from 1988 to 2012. In 2016, the Seoul flag was replaced by the Rio flag, which symbolizes the first edition of the Games that was held in South America. In the Winter Games, the flag used is the PyeongChang flag, which was first used in 2018 to symbolize the first edition of the Winter Games held in mainland Asia. It replaced the Oslo flag that was used from 1952 to 2014. In some editions, a replica of it was used for conservation reasons. In the Summer Youth Olympic Games, the Singapore flag has been used since 2010, while in the Winter Youth Olympic Games, the Innsbruck flag is used. Also for conservation reasons, replicas are used.
With 5 years of keeping the Olympic flag for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, governor Yuriko Koike is the longest keeper of the flag. With 2 years of keeping the Olympic flag for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway , mayor Audun Tron is the shortest keeper of the flag.
Keeper of the Summer Olympic flag Year Games Host city Keeper of the Olympic flag Office of keeper Date 1920 VII Olympiad Antwerp , Belgium Jan De Vos Mayor of Antwerp 14 August 1920 – 12 September 1920 1924 VIII Olympiad Paris , France Auguste Autrand Préfet of the Seine 12 September 1920 – 22 October 1922 Hippolyte Juillard 22 October 1922 – 27 July 1924 1928 IX Olympiad Amsterdam , Netherlands Willem de Vlugt Mayor of Amsterdam 27 July 1924 – 12 August 1928 1932 X Olympiad Los Angeles , United States George E. Cryer Mayor of Los Angeles 12 August 1928 – 1 July 1929 John Clinton Porter 1 July 1929 – 14 August 1932 1936 XI Olympiad Berlin , Germany Heinrich Sahm Governing Mayor of Berlin 14 August 1932 – 19 December 1935 Oskar Maretzky 19 December 1935 – 16 August 1936 1940 XII Olympiad (cancelled) Tokyo , Japan Ushizaka Toratan Mayor of Tokyo 16 August 1936 – 9 May 1937 Kobashi Ichita 9 May 1937 – 16 July 1938 Helsinki , Finland Antti Tulenheimo Mayor of Helsinki 16 July 1938 – 25 November 1939 Olympic programs were suspended from 1939 to 1946 due to World War II 1948 XIV Olympiad London , Great Britain Lord Latham Leader of the London County Council September 1946 – 1947 Isaac Hayward 1947 – 14 August 1948 1952 XV Olympiad Helsinki , Finland Eero Rydman Mayor of Helsinki 14 August 1948 – 3 August 1952 1956 XVI Olympiad Melbourne , Australia William John Brens Mayor of Melbourne 3 August 1952 – 1953 Robert Henry Solly 1953 – 1954 Francis Palmer Selleck 1954 – 9 December 1956 1960 XVII Olympiad Rome , Italy Umberto Tupini Mayor of Rome 9 December 1956 – 10 January 1958 Urbano Cioccetti 10 January 1958 – 11 September 1960 1964 XVIII Olympiad Tokyo , Japan Ryotaro Azuma Governor of Tokyo 11 September 1960 – 24 October 1964 1968 XIX Olympiad Mexico City , Mexico Ernesto P. Uruchurtu Head of Government of Mexico City 24 October 1964 – 14 September 1966 Alfonso Corona del Rosal 14 September 1966 – 27 October 1968 1972 XX Olympiad Munich , West Germany Hans-Jochen Vogel Mayor of Munich 27 October 1968 – 11 June 1972 Georg Kronawitter 11 June 1972 – 10 September 1972 1976 XXI Olympiad Montreal , Canada Jean Drapeau Mayor of Montreal 10 September 1972 – 1 August 1976 1980 XXII Olympiad Moscow , Soviet Union Vladimir Promyslov Mayor of Moscow 1 August 1976 – 3 August 1980 1984 XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles , United States Tom Bradley Mayor of Los Angeles 3 August 1980 – 12 August 1984 1988 XXIV Olympiad Seoul , South Korea Yom Po-hyun Mayor of Seoul 12 August 1984 – 30 February 1987 Kim Yong-rae 30 February 1987 – 2 October 1988 1992 XXV Olympiad Barcelona , Spain Pasqual Maragall Mayor of Barcelona 2 October 1988 – 9 August 1992 1996 XXVI Olympiad Atlanta , United States Maynard Jackson Mayor of Atlanta 9 August 1992 – January 1994 Bill Campbell January 1994 - 4 August 1996 2000 XXVII Olympiad Sydney , Australia Frank Sartor Mayor of Sydney 4 August 1996 – 1 October 2000 2004 XXVIII Olympiad Athens , Greece Dimitris Avramopoulos Mayor of Athens 1 October 2000 – 31 December 2002 Dora Bakoyannis 1 January 2003 – 29 August 2004 2008 XXIX Olympiad Beijing , China Wang Qishan Mayor of Beijing 29 August 2004 – 30 November 2007 Guo Jinlong 30 November 2007 – 24 August 2008 2012 XXX Olympiad London , Great Britain Boris Johnson Mayor of London 24 August 2008 – 12 August 2012 2016 XXXI Olympiad Rio de Janeiro , Brazil Eduardo Paes Mayor of Rio de Janeiro 12 August 2012 – 21 August 2016 2020 XXXII Olympiad Tokyo , Japan Yuriko Koike Governor of Tokyo 21 August 2016 – 8 August 2021 2024 XXXIII Olympiad Paris , France Anne Hidalgo Mayor of Paris 8 August 2021 – present 2028 XXXIV Olympiad Los Angeles , United States Karen Bass Mayor of Los Angeles To start 11 August 2024 2032 XXXV Olympiad Brisbane , Australia Adrian Schrinner or his successor (expected) Mayor of Brisbane To start 30 July 2028
Keepers of the Winter Olympic flag Year Games Host city Keeper of the Olympic flag Office of keeper Date 1952 VI Winter Olympiad Oslo , Norway Brynjulf Bull Mayor of Oslo 14 February 1952 – 25 February 1952 1956 VII Winter Olympiad Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy Mario Rimoldi Mayor of Cortina d'Ampezzo 25 February 1952 – 5 February 1956 1960 VIII Winter Olympiad Squaw Valley , United States Roy Mikkelsen Mayor of Auburn 5 February 1956 – 28 February 1960 1964 VIX Winter Olympiad Innsbruck , Austria Alois Lugger Mayor of Innsbruck 28 February 1960 – 9 February 1964 1968 X Winter Olympiad Grenoble , France Léon Martin Mayor of Grenoble 9 February 1964 – March 1965 Hubert Dubedout March 1965 – 18 February 1968 1972 XI Winter Olympiad Sapporo , Japan Yosaku Harada Mayor of Saporro 18 February 1968 – April 1971 Takeshi Itagaki April 1971 – 13 February 1972 1976 XII Winter Olympiad Denver , United States William H. McNichols Jr. Mayor of Denver 13 February 1972 – 15 November 1972 Vacant 15 November 1972 – 5 February 1973 Innsbruck , Austria Alois Lugger Mayor of Innsbruck 5 February 1973 – 9 February 1976 1980 XIII Winter Olympiad Lake Placid , United States Robert Peacock Mayor of Lake Placid 9 February 1976 – 23 February 1980 1984 XIV Winter Olympiad Sarajevo , SFR Yugoslavia Anto Sučić Mayor of Sarajevo 23 February 1980 – 1981 Emerik Blum 1981 – 1983 Uglješa Uzelac 1983 – 19 February 1984 1988 XV Winter Olympiad Calgary , Canada Ralph Klein Mayor of Calgary 19 February 1984 – 28 February 1988 1992 XVI Winter Olympiad Albertville , France Henri Dujol Mayor of Albertville 28 February 1988 – 23 February 1992 1994 XVII Winter Olympiad Lillehammer , Norway Audun Tron Mayor of Lillehammer 23 February 1992 – 27 February 1994 1998 XVIII Winter Olympiad Nagano, Japan Tasuku Tsukada Mayor of Nagano 27 February 1994 – 22 February 1998 2002 XIX Winter Olympiad Salt Lake City , United States Deedee Corradini Mayor of Salt Lake City 22 February 1998 – 3 January 2000 Rocky Anderson 3 January 2000 – 24 February 2002 2006 XX Winter Olympiad Turin , Italy Sergio Chiamparino Mayor of Turin 24 February 2002 – 26 February 2006 2010 XXI Winter Olympiad Vancouver , Canada Sam Sullivan Mayor of Vancouver 26 February 2006 – 8 December 2008 Gregor Robertson 8 December 2008 – 28 February 2010 2014 XXII Winter Olympiad Sochi , Russia Anatoly Pakhomov Mayor of Sochi 28 February 2010 – 23 February 2014 2018 XXIII Winter Olympiad Pyeongchang , South Korea Lee Seok-rae Mayor of Pyeongchang 23 February 2014 – 30 June 2014 Sim Jae-guk 1 July 2014 – 25 February 2018 2022 XXIV Winter Olympiad Beijing , China Chen Jining Mayor of Beijing 25 February 2018 – 20 February 2022 2026 XXV Winter Olympiad Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy Giuseppe Sala Mayor of Milan 20 February 2022 – present Gianpietro Ghedina Mayor of Cortina d'Ampezzo 20 February 2022 – 13 June 2022 Gianluca Lorenzi 13 June 2022 – present
Keepers of the Summer Youth Olympic flag Keepers of the Winter Youth Olympic flag See also References ^ "Factsheet – The Closing Ceremony of the Games" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011. ^ IOC Factsheet Archived 27 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine