| Recipient | Country | Accomplishment(s) | Date | Place |
|---|
| Juan Antonio Samaranch[4] | Spain | Seventh President of the International Olympic Committee | 1997 | — |
| Leon Štukelj[5] | Slovenia | — | 12 November 1999
(awarded posthumously) | — |
| Raymond Gafner | Switzerland | — | 1999 | — |
| Rainier III, Prince of Monaco | Monaco | — | 2000 | — |
| João Havelange | Brazil | — | 2000 | — |
| Gianni Agnelli | Italy | — | 2000 | — |
| Alain Danet | France | — | 2000 | — |
| Kurt Furgler | Switzerland | — | 2000 | — |
| Henry Kissinger | United States | — | 2000 | — |
| Yoshiaki Tsutsumi | Japan | — | 2000 | — |
| Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia | 1952 Summer Olympics | 6 December 2000
(awarded posthumously) | Helsinki, Finland |
| Kéba Mbaye | Senegal | — | 2001 | — |
| Rodolphe Leising | Switzerland | — | 2001 | — |
| Wolf Lyberg | Sweden | — | 2001 | — |
| Spencer Eccles | Un
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