RESULTS OF THE OLYMPIC ART AND SPORT CONTEST 2000

Lausanne, 29th March 2000

Graphic works category

Prize Title of the work Author Country/NOC

1st prize The Fire of Olympus Miss Darya Moroz Belarus

2nd prize Clinging Mr Chen, Chi-Ran Chinese Taipei

3rd prize Olympic Sport Mr Zakria Mohamed Soliman Egypt

Diplomas National Wrestling Mr Telman Abbasov Azerbaijan

March forward Miss Huang Dan China

Fast detail Mr Guillermo Arriaga Maya Colombia

Free from power Miss Chung Tai-fu Hong Kong, China

Swimjam in Clarke House Orange Mr Julian Jarrett Namibia

Sculptures category

Prize Title of the work Author Country/NOC

1st prize Olympic Chain Mr Ante Guberina Croatia

2nd prize Baseball Mr Levan Vardosanidze Georgia

3rd prize Sphere Miss Deborah Clare Veronica West Australia

Diplomas Wrestling Fund Mr Zakir Mehtiyev Azerbaijan

Speed Mr Konstantin Kostuchenko Belarus

Régate Mr Pío Pérez Echevarría Spain

Frustration Miss Megan Russell United States

Competitors Mr Grzegorz Witek Poland

The jury was composed of eminent personalities from the arts world, including Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow, Prof. Wang Hongian from the Beijing School of Fine Arts, Betty Churcher, art historian and former director of the National Gallery of Australia, and the Mexican Iker Larrauri, an artist, who designed the museography for the Museum of Ethnography in Mexico and the Olympic Museum.

All the works selected for the contest will now be divided between the Olympic Museum and the Espace Arlaud, where they will be on display from 6th April to 25th June 2000. The 16 prize-winning works will then be sent to Sydney where they will be exhibited during the Games of the XXVII Olympiad.