alleryStart learning →Who founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894?
ALudwig Guttmann
BPierre de Coubertin
CJacques Rogge
DEvangelos Zappas
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Pierre de Coubertin
Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France set up the IOC, which then organised the first modern Games.
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