Who wrote the Olympic Anthem?
The music of the Olympic anthem was composed by Spiros Samara, based on the words of Kostas Palama, for the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens in 1896. It was adopted by the International Olympic Committee as its official anthem in 1958 at the Tokyo Session. Learn more Concerning the use of the Olympic anthem: Olympic Charter. Chapter 1, Rule 7.2, p. 20 and its Bye-laws, p.