2.    An Olympiad need not be celebrated but neither the order nor the intervals may be alerted.  The International Olympiads    are counted as beginning from the 1st Olympiad of the modern era celebrated at Athens in 1896.

3.    The International Olympic Committee has the sole right to choose the place for the celebration of each Olympiad.

4.    The Olympic Games must include the following events: Athletics, Gymnastics, Combative Sports, Swimming, Equestrian Sports, Pentathalon and Art Competitions.

5.    There is a distinct cycle of Oympic Winter Games which are celebrated in the same year as the other Games.  Starting from the VIIIth Olympiad they take the title of First Olympic Winter Games but the term Olympiad will not be used to describe them.

6.    The International Olympic Committee chooses the place for the celebration of the Olympic Winter Games giving the first refusal to the country holding the current Olympic Games on condition that it can give sufficient guarantees to organize the full program of the Winter Games.

7.    Generally speaking, only those who are natives of a country or naturalized subjects of that country are qualified to compete in the Olympic Games under the colors of that country.

The Olympic Oath⁵
At the opening ceremony of each celebration of the Olympic Games, a representative of the country in which the games are being held pronounces the following oath, all other athletes, their right arms raised, joining in:

    We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games in loyal competition, repecting the regulations which govern them and desirous of participating in them in the true spirit of sportsmanship for the honor of our country and the glory of sport.

In addition to the spoken oath, all participants in the Oympic Games are required to sign this oath, used for the first time at the Winter Games and the games of the XIVth Olympiad in 1948:

    I, the undersigned, declare on my honor, that I am an amateur according to the rules of the International Federation governing my sport, that I have participated in sport solely for the pleasure and for the physical, mental or social benefits I derive therefrom: that sport to me is nothing more than a recreation without material gain of any kind, direct or indirect, and that I am eligible in all respects for participation in the Olympic Games.