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Olympic Order Recipients (1432)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Roger Jackson CAN ROW Olympics / Administrator / Opening Flagbearer 1964—1990 1997 (Silver)
Yvette Jaggi SUI Other 1997 1997 (Silver)
Hermann Jannsen FRG Other 1985 1985 (Silver)
Jonathan Janson GBR SAL Olympics 1956—1960 1990 (Silver)
Mario Jaramillo ECU Other 1998 1998 (Silver)
HRH Grand Duc Jean LUX Administrator 1946—2019 1998 (Gold)
Michał Jekiel POL Other 1989 1989 (Silver)
Jeong Ju-Yeong KOR Administrator 1982—1984 1998 (Silver)
Sixten Jernberg SWE CCS Olympics 1956—1964 1982 (Bronze)
Harald Jespersen DEN Administrator 1950—1954 1978 (Bronze)
Walther Jhung KOR Other 1976 1976 (Bronze)
Jiang Xiaoyu CHN Administrator 2001—2009 2008 (Silver)
Andrés Jiménez ESP BKB Olympics 1984—1992 1999 (Silver)
Milan Jirásek CZE Administrator 1996—2012 2009 (Silver)
João do Pulo BRA ATH Olympics / Opening Flagbearer / Closing Flagbearer 1976—1980 1982 (Silver)
Pope John Paul II VAT Other 1981 1981 (Gold)
Clarence H. Johnson USA Administrator 1960—1972 1982 (Silver)
Brian Jones GBR Other 1999 1999 (Silver)
R. William Jones GBR Other 1980 1980 (Silver)
Roy Jones, Jr. USA BOX Olympics 1988 1997 (Silver)
JJ Jordan USA Other 1995 1995 (Silver)
Jorge Herrera Barona COL Administrator 1989—1997 1992 (Silver)
Efim Josanu MDA Administrator 1991—2001 2001 (Silver)
Alberto Juantorena CUB ATH Olympics 1972—1980 1987 (Silver)
Josef Jungmann CZE
TCH		 FEN Olympics / Referee 1920—1936 1980 (Bronze)
Grégoire Junod SUI Other 2020 (Silver)
Henrikas Juškevičius LTU
URS		 Other 1981 1981 (Silver)
Boris Kabargin RUS Other 2005 2005 (Silver)
Willi Kaltschmitt GUA BOX Referee / Administrator 1976—2019 2020 (Silver)
Erich Kamper AUT Other 1987 1987 (Silver)
Bob Kane USA Administrator 1977—1981 1982 (Silver)
Athanasios Kantartzis GRE Other 2004 2004 (Silver)
Spyros Kapralos GRE WPO Olympics / Administrator 1980—2025 2005 (Silver)
Ahmed Karabegović BIH
YUG		 Administrator 2001—2002 1984 (Silver)
Aleksandr Karelin RUS
URS
EUN		 WRE Olympics / Torch Bearer / Opening Flagbearer 1988—2014 2001 (Silver)
Islam Karimov UZB Other 1996 1996 (Gold)
Károly Kárpáti HUN WRE Olympics 1928—1936 1981 (Bronze)
Rudolf Kárpáti HUN FEN Olympics / Referee 1948—1976 1990 (Silver)
Kostas Kartalis GRE Other 2005 2005 (Silver)
Gian-Franco Kasper SUI Administrator 1998—2021 2018 (Silver)
Marten Kastermans NED Other 1995 1995 (Silver)
John Kasyoka KEN Administrator 1971—1978 1975 (Bronze)
Taiho Kato JPN Other 1999 1999 (Silver)
Emmanouil Katsiadakis GRE FEN Referee / Other / Administrator 1984—2024 2011 (Silver)
Saburo Kawabuchi JPN FBL Olympics 1964 2016 (Silver)
Eiichi Kawatei JPN Other 2012 2012 (Silver)
Kip Keino KEN ATH Olympics / Administrator / Opening Flagbearer 1964—2017 1994 (Silver)
Kip Keino KEN ATH Olympics / Administrator / Opening Flagbearer 1964—2017 2011 (Silver)
Jack Kelly, Jr. USA ROW Olympics / Administrator 1948—1985 1985 (Silver) (posthumously)
Heinz Kempa GER Other 1994 1994 (Silver)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver USA Other 2001 2001 (Silver)
Kees Kerdel NED Administrator 1970—1986 1987 (Silver) (posthumously)
Stepan Kerkyasharian AUS Other / Administrator 1996—2001 2000 (Silver)
Leri Khabelovi GEO
RUS
URS
EUN		 WRE Olympics / Administrator 1988—2012 2018 (Silver)
Abderrahmane El Khatib MAR Other 1976 1976 (Bronze)
Leonid Khomenkov URS Other 1982 1982 (Bronze)
Toni Khoury LBN Administrator / Opening Flagbearer 1984—2016 1986 (Silver)
L. N. Khurana IND Other 1987 1987 (Silver)
Sir Michael Morris, Lord Killanin IRL Administrator 1950—1999 1980 (Gold)
George Killian USA Administrator 1990—2011 1994 (Silver)
Jean-Claude Killy FRA ALP Olympics / Administrator / Olympic Flagbearer 1964—2015 1987 (Silver)
Jean-Claude Killy FRA ALP Olympics / Administrator / Olympic Flagbearer 1964—2015 1992 (Gold)
Kim Chong-Ha KOR Administrator 1985—1989 1988 (Silver)
Kim Dae-Jung KOR Other 1999 1999 (Silver)
Kim Jae-Yeol KOR Administrator 2022—2026 2018 (Silver)
Kim Jip KOR Other 1989 1989 (Silver)
Kim Ju-Ho KOR Administrator 2017—2019 2018 (Silver)
Kim Jung-Haeng KOR Administrator 2013—2016 2003 (Silver)
Kim Seong-Jip KOR WLF Olympics 1948—1956 1994 (Silver)
Kim Taek-Su KOR Administrator 1974—1983 1983 (Silver) (posthumously)
Frank W. King CAN Administrator 1982 1988 (Gold)
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewińska POL ATH Olympics / Administrator 1964—2018 1981 (Bronze)
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewińska POL ATH Olympics / Administrator 1964—2018 2018 (Silver)
Masaji Kiyokawa JPN SWM Olympics / Administrator 1932—1999 1989 (Silver)
Karl-Heinz Klee AUT Administrator 1994 (Silver)
Ralph Klein CAN Other 1988 1988 (Silver)
Matthias Kleinert GER Other 2004 2004 (Silver)
Åse Kleveland NOR Other 1994 1994 (Silver)
Reiner Klimke GER
FRG		 EDR/EVE Olympics / Non-starter / Opening Flagbearer 1960—1988 1988 (Silver)
Willi Ph. Knecht GER Other 1993 1993 (Silver)
Michael Knight AUS Administrator 1996—2001 2000 (Gold)
Durward Knowles GBR
BAH		 SAL Olympics / Opening Flagbearer 1948—1988 1989 (Silver)
Skip Knuttgen USA Other 1998 1998 (Silver)
Makoto Kobayashi JPN Administrator 1998 (Silver)
Robert Kocharyan ARM Other 2003 2003 (Silver)
Janez Kocijančič SLO Administrator 1991—2020 2020 (Silver) (posthumously)
Lev Kofman RUS Other 1999 1999 (Silver)
Teruji Kogake JPN ATH Olympics 1956 2000 (Silver)
Helmut Kohl GER Other 1999 1999 (Gold)
Reizo Koike JPN SWM Olympics 1932—1936 1990 (Silver)
Yuriko Koike JPN Other 2021 (Gold)
Mauno Koivisto FIN Other 1994 1994 (Gold)
Anatoly Kolesov KAZ
RUS
URS		 WRE Olympics / Other 1964—1998 1998 (Silver)
Vyacheslav Koloskov RUS Other 1992 1992 (Silver)
Ľudovít Komadel TCH
SVK		 SWM Olympics / Non-starter 1948—1952 1992 (Silver)
Paavo Komi FIN Other 2000 2000 (Silver)
Arno Kompatscher ITA Other 2026 (Silver)
Takashi Kondo JPN GAR Olympics / Non-starter / Referee 1932—1964 1989 (Silver)
Gaoussou Koné CIV ATH Olympics 1964—1972 1992 (Silver)
Vasilis Konstantinidis GRE Other 2004 2004 (Silver)
Yury Kopylov RUS Other 2000 2000 (Silver)
Klaus Kotter GER
FRG		 Administrator 1980—1994 1994 (Silver)
Cheick Kouyaté MLI Other 1986 1986 (Silver) (posthumously)
Pál Kovács HUN FEN Olympics / Referee 1936—1964 1984 (Silver*)
Dmitry Kozak RUS Other 2014 2014 (Gold) withdrawn 2022
Aleksandr Kozhukhov RUS Other 1998 1998 (Silver)
Aleksandr Kozlovsky RUS Other 1994 1994 (Silver)
Andrzej Kraśnicki POL Administrator 2010—2023 2023 (Silver)
Aleksey Krasnov RUS Administrator 2014 (Silver)
Michael Krause FRG HOC Olympics 1968—1976 1998 (Silver)
František Kroutil TCH Administrator 1965—1981 1982 (Silver)
Philip O. Krumm USA Administrator 1973—1977 1987 (Silver)
Alain Krzentowski FRA Administrator 1992 (Silver)
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak POL ATH Olympics 1956—1960 1987 (Silver)
Kurt Kucera AUT Other 2002 2002 (Silver)
John Kufuor GHA Other 2005 2005 (Silver)
Jerzy Kukuczka POL Other 1988 1988 (Silver)
Galina Kulakova RUS
URS		 CCS Olympics 1968—1980 1983 (Silver)
Volodymyr Kulyk UKR Other 2004 2004 (Silver)
Sushil Kumar Jain IND Other 2000 2000 (Silver)
Ashwini Kumar IND Administrator 1973—2015 2002 (Silver)
Nodar Kumaritashvili GEO LUG Other 2010 2010 (Silver) (posthumously)
Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu ROU Other 1990 1990 (Silver)
Herbert Kunze FRG Administrator 1966 1981 (Silver)
Yoshio Kuroda JPN Administrator 1998 (Silver)
Maria Kwaśniewska POL ATH Olympics 1936 1979 (Bronze)
Maria Kwaśniewska POL ATH Olympics 1936 1999 (Silver)
Aleksander Kwaśniewski POL Administrator 1988—1991 1997 (Gold)
Minos Kyriakou GRE Administrator 2004—2009 2009 (Silver)
Sven Låftman SWE ATH/SSK Olympics / Referee 1908—1968 1977 (Silver)
Boris Lagutin RUS
URS		 BOX Olympics 1960—1968 1988 (Silver)
Émile Lahoud LBN Other 2003 2003 (Gold)
Vidhya Lakhan FIJ Administrator 2005—2013 2002 (Silver)
Jurin Laksanawisit THA Other 1999 1999 (Silver)
Ante Lambaša CRO
YUG		 Administrator 1980—1984 1988 (Silver)
Jacques Lambert FRA Other 1992 1992 (Silver)
Jean-François Lamour FRA FEN Olympics / Torch Bearer / Opening Flagbearer 1980—2024 1998 (Silver)
Erwin Lanc AUT Administrator 1984—2000 2001 (Silver)
Fernand Landry CAN Other 1996 1996 (Silver)
Dieter von Landsberg-Velen GER Other 1997 1997 (Silver)
Bernard Lapasset FRA Administrator 2008—2016 2022 (Silver)
Mustapha Larfaoui ALG Administrator 1988—2009 1988 (Silver)
Íker Larrauri MEX Other 1993 1993 (Silver)
Francisco Javier Lasuncion Ripa ESP Other 1994 1994 (Silver)
Larisa Latynina URS
UKR		 GAR Olympics 1956—1964 1990 (Silver)
Kikis Lazarides CYP Administrator 1984—2008 2005 (Silver)
Daniel, Comte Le Grelle BEL Other 2001 2001 (Silver)
Marcel Leclef BEL BOB Olympics 1948—1956 1979 (Bronze)
Lee Geon-Hui KOR Administrator 1996—2020 1990 (Silver)
Lee Hsien Loong SGP Other 2010 2010 (Gold)
Lee Hui-Beom KOR Administrator 2016—2019 2018 (Gold)
Lee Sang-Chul KOR Other 2003 2003 (Silver)
Bob Leece AUS Other 2000 2000 (Silver)
Jean-Arnould Leew BEL Other 1986 1986 (Silver)
Joaquín Leguina ESP Other 1994 1994 (Gold)
Nadezhda Lekarska BUL Other 1977—1996 1977 (Bronze)
Nadezhda Lekarska BUL Other 1977—1996 1996 (Silver)
Dezső Lemhényi HUN SWM/WPO Olympics / Non-starter / Coach 1948—1976 1999 (Silver)
Maria Lenk BRA SWM Olympics 1932—1936 2000 (Silver)
Karl Lennartz GER Other 1996 1996 (Silver)
Carol Anne Letheren CAN Administrator 1990—2001 2001 (Silver) (posthumously)
Philippe Leuba SUI Other 2020 (Silver)
Sidney Levy BRA Other 2016 2016 (Silver)
Carl Lewis USA ATH Olympics / Torch Bearer 1984—2024 2001 (Silver)
Mark Lewis USA Administrator 2002 (Silver)
Li Binghua CHN Administrator 2008 2008 (Silver)
Li Dongsheng CHN Other 2008 2008 (Silver)
Li Menghua CHN Administrator 1986—1988 1987 (Silver)
Li Shubin CHN Other 1995 1995 (Silver)
Li Tieying CHN Other 1998 1998 (Silver)
Li Wan CHN Other 1986 1986 (Gold)
Li Xueyong CHN Administrator 2014 (Silver)
Paul Libaud FRA Administrator 1947—1984 1984 (Silver*)
Fernando Lima Bello POR SAL Olympics / Administrator 1968—2021 2009 (Silver)
Petros Linardos GRE Other 2004 2004 (Silver)
Liu Jing CHN Other 2008 2008 (Silver)
Liu Jingmin CHN Administrator 2001—2009 2008 (Silver)
Liu Peng CHN Administrator 2004—2016 2008 (Silver)
Liu Qi CHN Administrator 2001—2009 2008 (Gold)
Liu Yandong CHN Administrator 2008—2009 2008 (Silver)
Liu Yuan CHN Other 2014 2014 (Silver)
Arne Ljungqvist SWE ATH Olympics / Administrator 1952—2012 2012 (Silver)
Juan de la Llera Trens ESP Other 1988 1988 (Silver) (posthumously)
Jorge Llopart ESP ATH Olympics / Olympic Flagbearer 1980—1992 1999 (Silver)
Emrys Lloyd GBR FEN/ROW Olympics / Non-starter / Referee / Opening Flagbearer 1932—1952 1978 (Silver)
Ian Logan SUI Administrator 2020 (Silver)
Anselmo López ESP Other 1977 1977 (Silver)
Gianluca Lorenzi ITA Other 2026 (Silver)
Antonio Losada CHI Other 1983 1983 (Bronze)
Heinz Lösel GER Other 1994 1994 (Silver)
Franz Lotz GER Other 1992 1992 (Silver)
Lu Jindong CHN Other 1989 1989 (Silver)
Lu Shengrong CHN Administrator 1993—2001 2001 (Silver)
John Lucas USA Other 1995 1995 (Silver)
Petru Lucinschi MDA Other 1999 1999 (Gold)
Alois Lugger AUT Administrator 1959 1982 (Silver)
Ian, Baron Luke of Pavenham GBR Administrator 1951—1996 1994 (Silver)
Alain Lunzenfichter FRA Other 1996 1996 (Silver)
Luo Zhijun CHN Administrator 2014 (Silver)
Hero Lupescu ROU Other 1984 1984 (Silver*)