Ensuring the integrity of sports competitions at Paris 2024

“The assistance of betting entities and intergovernmental organisations such as the Council of Europe and its network of national platforms was also paramount,” Martens added.

Sport-specific pre-Games risk assessments

The monitoring of all Olympic events is essential and has been in place since London 2012. This experience has helped to continuously improve the processes in place and identify breaches more easily. The thorough preparations for Paris 2024 started over a year ago.

Over the past year, the OM Unit PMC monitored all continental games (including Olympic qualifiers), enabling a better understanding of new betting trends in Olympic sports. With the support of Sportradar, the IOC also conducted in-depth risk assessments for each sport on the Olympic programme, which were shared with all Olympic Summer IFs.

Coordinating sports disciplinary and law enforcement action

In the event of a potential breach of the rules, the OM Unit PMC swiftly passes on the information to the IOC Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, and, in line with the relevant procedural rules, a disciplinary process is started, with the possible creation of a Disciplinary Commission. If there is a criminal dimension, the local authorities initiate an investigation in parallel. To optimise the coordination efforts between the sports disciplinary side and the law enforcement authorities at Paris 2024, the IOC, together with the French authorities (including the French betting regulatory authority, “ANJ”), set up a Joint Integrity Unit (JIU), enabling the quick exchange of relevant information and intelligence between both sides.