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Olympics: swifter, higher ... but slow to add women execs

The Olympics haven't done well by women historically. After the modern Olympics began in 1896, the powers that be didn't include any running race longer than 800 meters for women until 1972, thinking distance races too strenous for them. In recent years, the Olympics have flung open the doors to female competitors, but the International Olympic Committee remains largely a male bastion. Only 16 of its 115 members are women, and only one woman – Sweden's Gunilla Lindberg – serves on the 15-member board. Here are the board's members and the countries they represent.

• Jacques Rogge (pres.) Belgium
• Gunilla Lindberg Sweden
• Lambis V. Nikolaou Greece
• Chiharu Igaya Japan
• Thomas Bach Germany
• Gerhard Heiberg Norway
• Denis Oswald Switzerland
• Mario Vázquez Raña Mexico
• Ottavio Cinquanta Italy
• Sergey Bubka Ukraine
• Zaiqing Yu China
• Richard L. CarriónPuerto Rico
• Ser Miang Ng Singapore
• Mario Pescante Italy
• Sam Ramsamy South Africa