1996 Olympic Games Gender Verification Services records

By 1960, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) expressed a desire to ensure that athletes were competing from an equal place regarding both performance enhancing drugs and gender-based competition, and the IOC required on-site testing to combat the inequality. By 1996, Sex chromatin testing replaced the previous, more invasive inspections, and was required by the IOC in the Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games' (ACOG) contract. The testing was done through the Polyclinic which was housed in the restricted area of the Olympic Village. The Polyclinic collected identification and samples, conducted a physical assessment, and issued a gender verification, or "GV" card. Emory Genetics Laboratory conducted the testing and positive results were reviewed by the Gender Verification Director with assistance by a board-certified female gynecologist. The Gender Verification Section of the Polyclinic and Emory Genetics Laboratory were opened for twenty-six days in July 1996 and included about 50 trained female volunteers. The IOC stopped requiring whole-scale gender verification in 1999.