The 67-year-old Scot lost to Puerto Rico's Richard Carrion by 56 votes to 39 in a run-off.

 

Yesterday, as reported on insidethegames, both men had allowed Moroccan Nawal El Moutawakel to be elected unopposed, ensuring at least one female representative remains on the 15-member Board.

 

Reedie said: "I congratulate Richard.

 

"I will do everything I can to promote the Movement, perhaps with a special emphasis on the London Games in 2012."

 

It is unusual for the country of the next Host City to have a representative on the Executive Board and means that it is 47 years since Britain had a member at the top table of the Olympic Movement.

 

IOC President Jacques Rogge told Reedie: "I understand the natural disappointment and you are a great sport and come from a country that invented sportsmanship.

 

"You have our total confidence."

 

"I feel honored," she told the assembly. "I assure you I will give my full commitment to work in this wonderful family and to protect the Olympic ideals. Thank you very much for the trust you are putting in me."

 

El Moutawakel became the first woman from a predominantly Muslim nation to win an Olympic medal when she took gold in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

 

She was the first woman from a Muslim country on the IOC when she was inducted in 1998.

 

El Moutawakel had a high-profile role as chair of the IOC Commission that evaluated the bids for the 2012 Olympics.

 

She said: "I feel honored.

 

"I assure you I will give my full commitment to work in this wonderful family and to protect the Olympic ideals.

 

"Thank you very much for the trust you are putting in me."

 

Four other spots on the board were filled in straightforward fashion.

 

Denis Oswald and Mario Vazquez Rana were reconfirmed as representatives of the summer sports federations and national Olympic committees, respectively.

 

Rene Fasel, head of the international ice hockey federation, replaced Italy's Ottavio Cinquanta as the winter sports delegate.

 

And former sprinter Frankie Fredericks of Namibia was elected as Sergeby Bubka's replacement as the athlete representative.

 

Bubka, a former pole vault champion from Ukraine, was then elected as a full member of the IOC, along with international archery federation president Ugur Erdener of Turkey.

 

Also, the IOC picked Durban in South Africa over Hong Kong to hold its General Assembly in 2011, when the host city for the 2018 Winter Games will be selected.

 

It will be the second IOC Session held in Africa, and first since Cairo, Egypt, in 1938.