There are altogether _________ candidates in the race to succeed Antonio Samaranch as IOC president.

Hungarian candidate Pal Schmitt has announced he will rotate the Olympic Games on a geographical basis if he is elected president of the International Olympic Committee. The former fencer is one of five candidates in the race to succeed Juan Antonio Samaranch as IOC president. He made the comments Monday in an interview with the Hungarian news agency, MTI. The Olympics have never been held in Africa or South America. The idea of rotating the games by continent has been raised before, but has never been adopted by the IOC. Schmitt also said he wants to streamline the number of sports in the Olympics, call for an increase in the number of women in Olympic leadership positions and lead a fight against doping, with special emphasis on prevention. The election will be held July 16 in Moscow. Jacques Rogge of Belgium, Dick Pound of Canada, Kim Un-young of South Korea and Anita DeFrantz of the United States are also candidates to replace Samaranch.