107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation

printed and issued in advance, resulting in a
substantial reduction in waiting time.
Accreditation Documents
• Application Forms for Accreditation
In order to collect the necessary information
on participants, NAOC sent out a total of
95,000 application forms in 31 different categories.
The first set was sent to members of
the press in February 1997, followed by the
Rights Holders in May, and so on.
According to the IOC Accreditation Guide,
the deadline for the return of application
forms should be two months before the
Games. For the new system, this deadline was
brought forward by two months to October
1997 to give NAOC time to print and send out
the cards in advance. Since the winter World
Cup season had not yet begun by this time,
some NOCs completed more application
forms than were ultimately required, as they
could not know which athletes would qualify.
This increased paperwork was a source of dissatisfaction
for some NOCs.
• Sports Entry Forms
To enter their athletes into competition,
NOCs were required to complete two forms:
the preliminary “Entry by Number” form used
to enter the expected number of athletes, and
the “Entry by Name” form submitted later together
with the “Eligibility” form which listed
the names of individual athletes actually attending
the Games. To simplify matters,
Entry by Name forms were divided into snow
sports and ice sports. NAOC took careful note
of the size of delegations and other relevant
information and held discussions as necessary
at the Chefs de Mission Seminar and other
meetings.
• Image Consent Form
In accordance with advice from the IOC
Legal Affairs Department, all Combined Card
bearers were required to sign a form agreeing
to be filmed, televised and recorded during the
Games. Athletes and officials gave this consent
when signing the Eligibility Form. Other
Card holders signed the image consent form
when having their Combined Card validated.
• Accreditation Guide
The Accreditation Guide, written in English
and French, gave information on all aspects of
accreditation, including details of access
rights, and procedures for re-issuing cards.
These were distributed during Card validation
procedures or when new cards were issued.
12. Accreditation, Security, and Medical Services
With his accreditation
card clearly visible,
Japanese Prime Minister
Ryutaro Hashimoto takes
his seat at the Opening
Ceremony.
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