Lebanon
Land: 10,400km2 Population: 2,126,000
SPORT IN THE COUNTRY
1. TRADITIONAL SPORT AND GAMES
Weightlifting, Wrestling, Archery
2. POPULAR PARTICIPATION SPORT
Football. Basketball, Athletics, Combats Games, Aerobics
3. POPULAR SPECTATOR SPORT
Basketball, Football
4. SPORT LEGISLATION
Law Number 2437(1944)
5. SPORT INFORMATION CENTER
The Educational Center for Research and Development
Address: Dekwanah Main Street, Beirut
Tel: (961)1.482649
6. SPORT PARTICIPATION SURVEY
NA
7. NUMBER OF SPORT CLUB
NA
8. FITNESS TESTlNG PROGRAM
NA
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
Lebanese Olympic Committee
Address: Hazmieh 23 St.Charles Hospital, Beirut
Tel: (961)1.950687 Fax: (961)5.457315
e-mail: lebolymp @cyberia.net.lb
1. FOUNDED YEAR
1946
2. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE
General Souhail Khoury, President of NOC
3. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION
Non-governmental organization
4. OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS
Promoting sport on all levels
Execution of all principles in the Olympic Charter
5. NUMBER OF STAFF
Full-time staff: 3 Part-time staff: 2
6. ANNUAL BUDGET
NA
7. SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
Olympic Day Run
Lebanese Olympic Week
8. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE TARGET GROUPS
1) Adolescents(Age 13 to 16) : Youth Camps, Local Competition Events
2) General people in the community : Olympic Day Run
9. LEADERSHIP TRAlNlNG AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
Courses under the supervision of the Olympic Solidarity
10. NATIONAL PARTNERS
National Federations
Clubs and Schools
11. AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
IOC
12. PRESENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
1) Lack of sports facilities: public sports facilities are non existent.
2) Lack of sport education i.e. for parents, in schools
3) High cost of equipment and club registrations
4) Weak interest in sports
5) Absence of reasonable organization
(From the survey taken in 2000)
