Dal 1988 al 2002 la World
Bridge Federation ha organizzato una manifestazione di respiro mondiale
in collaborazione con il Comitato Olimpico Internazionale denominata "International
Olympic Committee Grand Prix".
La competizione è stata riservata a Squadre Nazionali nelle serie Open e a Squadre Transnazionali nelle serie Women e Juniors.
Le prime tre edizioni si svolsero a Losanna mentre per la quarta ci si spostò a Salt Lake City nello Utah in contemporanea con la disputa delle XIX Olimpiadi Invernali.
Dopo l'edizione del 2002 il Grand Prix fu dismesso.
Competitions for
the IOC Grand Prix were launched in 1998, to support the effort of the WBF
to introduce bridge in the Olympic Games.
Top class national teams were invited to represent the globe in a competition played annually at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Grand Prix was usually contested in two series, open and women, but a Junior series was added later.
The event was repeated in 1999 and 2000, and then again in 2002 when it took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA – site of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
It has since been discontinued.
