It also approved the event programme for the Paris 2024 Games, which are to be centred on gender equality and youth.
The move is part of the reforms of Olympic Agenda 2020 while the decision, according to the IOC, will help to make the Olympic Games Paris 2024 fit for a post-coronavirus world.
"If we really want to have Olympics that are attractive and understandable, corresponding with the rhythm of modern society and its lifestyle, we have to be there with the new proposals," Robert Korzeniowski, a former racewalker who won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships, told Danuta Isler.