Topicality.The modern Olympic Games are a school of education and upbringing, lifestyle and self-affirmation, a means of national identity and great politics, an arena of culture, everyday life and leisure. Task. To investigate the perception of the general cultural values of the Olympic sport by students of comprehensive secondary schools. Methods. Analysis of literary sources, method of comparative analysis, sociological method (questioning, questionnaire), methods of mathematical statistics. Results. The results of our research have made it possible to state that, generally students have an idea of the important principles of the Olympic sport and give them a different estimation. Conclusions.The humanistic potential of the Olympic sport promotes the forming of universal values, develops a sense of mutual respect, friendship and embodies the pursuit of the harmonious development of the personality.