The aim of FIMS is to assist athletes in achieving optimal performance by maximizing their genetic potential, health, nutrition, and high-quality medical care and training.

[1] The international sports federations were also founded at the time that the Olympic Games were re-established.

[2] The main purpose of this Association was to cooperate with the international sports federations and the International Olympic Committee to provide the best medical care for the athletes competing in the Summer and Winter Olympics.

At least 280 sports physicians from 20 countries attended the meeting, and they had the opportunity to study many of the athletes taking part in the Games through the collection of anthropometric, cardiovascular, physiological and metabolic data.

FIMS supports national and continental scientific meetings, hosts a biennial FIMS Sports Medicine Congress,[5] hosts regular team physician development courses on all continents, and distributes publications on important sports medicine matters on a regular basis.