107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation
107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation
107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation
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• Media<br />
Early application deadlines caused some<br />
problems in the press category and led to<br />
many changes just prior to Games-time. In all,<br />
15% of the applications registered were cancelled<br />
due to last-minute changes in personnel.<br />
This situation also occurred at previous<br />
Games, and the timing of the accreditation<br />
procedure for the press should proceed with<br />
this in mind.<br />
For Rights Holders, numbers accredited in<br />
the RT category increased significantly: for<br />
example, CBS brought 200 more personnel<br />
than they sent to Lillehammer.<br />
• NAOC and ORTO’98<br />
A total of 42,817 people were registered in<br />
the NAOC category. The Self-Defense Forces<br />
and competition officials accounted for 7,348<br />
participants, and they were required to submit<br />
application forms. Information on the remaining<br />
35,469 people was gathered from the<br />
Games Staffing System. A total of 3,079 people<br />
from ORTO’98 were accredited in subsections<br />
corresponding to the RT category<br />
(ORTa, ORTb, ORTc).<br />
• Sponsors / Vendors<br />
Most of the Sponsors and vendors working<br />
at the venues were accredited in the “P” category.<br />
A total of 17,668 people were accredited<br />
in this category, including 3,571 participants<br />
from Worldwide Partners, and 3,159 from<br />
Gold Sponsors.<br />
A total of 2,091 cards were issued to NTT<br />
alone for staff carrying out maintenance<br />
checks on telecommunications systems.<br />
The number of accreditation cards issued to<br />
operations staff increased significantly over<br />
the Lillehammer Games. This was due to the<br />
increase in the number of competitions and<br />
venues, and the fact that many volunteers<br />
could only work for a short period of time,<br />
meaning a greater turnover of staff than at<br />
previous Olympic Games.<br />
Calm atmosphere at<br />
the Main Accreditation<br />
Centre (MAC)<br />
Accreditation staff<br />
greeted visitors with a<br />
smile.<br />
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