On 30 May 1983, the 21 International Federations governing the sports included at the time on the programme of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games decided to form the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations – ASOIF. The members of ASOIF have since grown to 28 International Federations and five Associate Member International Federations (sports which are on the Olympic Programme of Tokyo 2020).
ASOIF is governed by an executive body, the Council, which consists of eight individual members, all of which are leaders of Summer Olympic International Federations, and the ASOIF Executive Director. The ASOIF administration is presently located in Lausanne and is lead by the ASOIF Executive Director.
