What is Rule 50?

The first instance of protest in the Olympics was recorded when USA athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos protested at the podium at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. They were expelled from the Games instantly.

Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter has been in practice for years by the IOC to ensure that no such act is repeated.

It states that, "no form of advertising or other publicity shall be allowed in and above the stadia, venues and other competition areas which are considered as part of the Olympic sites. Commercial installations and advertising signs shall not be allowed in the stadia, venues or other sports grounds. No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."
--来自微水木3.5.11
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FROM 183.195.4.*