2001
- Albert Scharf (at the IOC headquarters, Lausanne, January 8, 2001)
- Enrique Sanz (at the IOC headquarters, Lausanne, June 8, 2001)
Sports executives, at the 12th IOC Session, Moscow, July 12, 2001:
- Richard Bunn, Great Britain
- René Burkhalter, Switzerland
- Arnold Green, Estonia
- Félix Savón, Cuba
- Eric Walter, Switzerland, sports journalist, former member of the IOC Press Commission and IOC Radio and Television Commission.
Athletes, at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, July 21, 2001:
- Myriam Bédard (biathlon), Canada
- David Douillet (judo), France
- Kristina Egerszegi (swimming), Hungary
- Cathy Freeman (athletics), Australia
- Kazuyoshi Funaki (ski jumping), Japan
- Alexander Karelin (wrestling), Russia
- Marco Marin (fencing), Italy
- Haile Gebre Selassie (athletics), Ethiopia
- Naim Süleymanoğlu (weightlifting), Turkey
- Pirmin Zurbriggen (alpine skiing), Switzerland
Former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch also received the Olympic Order (Gold grade), at the 112th IOC Session at Moscow.
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