| The awards staff devised a plan whereby the
calligraphy staff obtained final results from the EMS terminals and then
personalized the approximately 4,500 first through eighth place diplomas.
The calligraphy supervisor was responsible for obtaining the results and
distributing them among the staff. Each of the names was checked for correct
spelling using a list provided by the Sports Department as a guide. Once
the diplomas were completed, they were filed by country. At the end of
the day, the diplomas were boxed, marked by country and taken to each village
security package drop-off center for distribution to the NOC service center.
Each NOC envoy was responsible for either distributing the diplomas or
giving them to the chef de mission for distribution. The awards staff felt
the key to this particular distribution plan was making the athletes aware
of the procedure so they would know to contact their chefs if the chefs
did not contact them. The Awards Department also offered an auto-pen service
to each of the signees of the athletes' certificates.
While it is customary for IOC and OCOG presidents
to personally sign all diplomas given to first through eighth place finishers,
each gratefully accepted the auto-pen service. Matrixes were made for each
of the four signees, IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch, LAOOC Chairman
Paul Ziffren, LAOOC President Peter V. Ueberroth and LAOOC Executive Vice
President/General Manager Harry Usher. Two staff members worked approximately
80 hours on the autopen machines to apply the signatures.
The approximate numbers of chartermandated
certificates and diplomas were as follows:
o First through eighth place diplomas, 4,510
o Officials commemorative certificates, 5,900;
technical officials/jury members, 2,000;
IOC/NOC, 1,400;
team officials, 2,500
o Athlete participation certificates, 7,000
(Source document: Official
Report 1984, Vol. I, page 223) |
