Rule 50 – What is this?

Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter has prohibits commercial installations and advertising signs in Olympic sites. Rule 50 also states that “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas”.

There are four aims of Rule 50 are to:

• protect athletes
• prevent the over-commercialisation of the Games and to keep the Olympic venues free from advertising (for example the field of play). This is known as the “clean venue” policy.
• prevent the Games from being used as a platform for protests, demonstrations or the promotion of political, religious or racial propaganda.
• define the rules for manufacturers’ identifications and other identifying features on sports uniforms and equipment, to prevent unauthorised commercial, political, religious or racial propaganda

Rule 50 Guidelines for Athletes

Olympic Charter