List of participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games
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National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
s (NOCs), that have participated in the Summer Olympic Games between 1896 and 2008. As of the 2008 Games
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing, all of the current 205 NOCs have participated in at least one edition of the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
, and athletes from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Great Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
have competed in all twenty-six Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
.
Early years
1896 Summer Olympics
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...
, in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
. Eleven nations (Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) are mentioned in the official report for the Games, and the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
(IOC) states that 14 nations were represented.
The NOCs for Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
and Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
each claim that they were represented by a single athlete in Athens.
Other sources also list Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, and the Turkish Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
.
The IOC states that 24 nations participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics
1900 Summer Olympics
The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1900 in Paris, France. No opening or closing ceremonies were held; competitions began on May 14 and ended on October 28. The Games were held as part of...
, in Paris, but additional sources list up to 28 nations, with Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
, and Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
being the additions.
The 1904 Games
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...
, held in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, were poorly organized, with participation of only 12 nations, and many events contested only by athletes from the host United States.
Although the Intercalated Games of 1906
1906 Summer Olympics
The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games in Athens" by the International Olympic Committee...
are no longer considered official Games of the Olympiad by the IOC, they helped restore the Olympic movement. Participation at subsequent Games grew steadily, with 22 nations in London for 1908
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...
and 28 nations in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
for the 1912 Games
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
.
At these two Games (only), one of the delegations was actually a combined team of athletes from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, designated Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...
.
The Games of 1916
1916 Summer Olympics
The anticipated 1916 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were to have been held in Berlin, Germany. However, due to the outbreak of World War I, the games were cancelled.-History:...
, planned for Berlin, were cancelled due to World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.
Inter-war years
After the First World War, the Olympic Games resumed in 19201920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
, in Antwerp. Twenty-nine nations participated, but not Austria, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, Germany, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, or Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, none of which were invited because of their roles in the war. Several newly created European states, such as Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
and Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, made their Olympic debut.
The Games grew rapidly for the 1924 Summer Olympics
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
, in Paris, with 44 nations present,
even though Germany was still not invited back to the Games. This situation would change for the 1928 Games
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
, in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, where Germany returned to join a total of 46 participating nations.
Because of the economic effects of the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
, competitors from only 37 nations—with less than half the number of participants that competed in Amsterdam—travelled to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
for the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
.
The 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
, in Berlin, were attended by 49 nations (a new high) but were highly politicized.
The scheduled Games of 1940
1940 Summer Olympics
The anticipated 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad and originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan, were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II...
in Tokyo and 1944
1944 Summer Olympics
The anticipated 1944 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the XIII Olympiad, were cancelled due to World War II...
in London were each cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
in 1939.
Post-war years and Cold War era
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
, in London, attracted competitors from 59 nations, including 14 that made their Olympic debut; once again, Germany was not invited to take part, and neither was Japan.
The 1952 Games
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
, in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, again set a new high, with 69 nations participating, including the first appearance by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and the return of Germany and Japan.
The 1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...
, attended by 67 nations in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, were the first to be marred by a boycott
Boycott
A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons...
.
Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, and Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
withdrew in response to the Suez Crisis
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, Suez War was an offensive war fought by France, the United Kingdom, and Israel against Egypt beginning on 29 October 1956. Less than a day after Israel invaded Egypt, Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to Egypt and Israel,...
, and the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland withdrew in response to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Interestingly, because of Australian quarantine restrictions, the equestrian events
Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The Equestrian Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm due to the Australian quarantine regulations and included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions...
were held five months earlier in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, with a total of 29 participating nations, including five nations that did not compete in Melbourne.
Participation by African and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n nations increased significantly during the 1960s. A total of 84 nations were represented at the 1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
, in Rome, 94 nations at the 1964 Games
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
, in Tokyo, and 112 nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
, in Mexico City.
The 1968 Games also marked the first time that West Germany and East Germany competed as independent teams. For the previous three Olympiad
Olympiad
An Olympiad is a period of four years, associated with the Olympic Games of Classical Greece. In the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, Olympiads were used as calendar epoch....
s (1956–1964), the two NOCs were jointly represented by a united German team
United Team of Germany
The Unified Team of Germany , competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic...
. The 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
, in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, featured 121 nations, the highest total yet.
The next three Games were each marred by significant boycotts. At the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
, in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, only 92 nations were represented.
Twenty-nine African nations (Ivory Coast
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
and Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
being the only two exceptions) boycotted the Games because of New Zealand's participation, as New Zealand maintained other sporting relations with apartheid South Africa.
The largest Olympic boycott took place at the 1980 Games
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
, in Moscow, when only 81 nations participated.
The United States led the boycott in protest of the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet war in Afghanistan
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Afghan Mujahideen and foreign "Arab–Afghan" volunteers...
, and were joined by more than 60 other nations. In response, the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
, in Los Angeles, were boycotted by the Soviet Union and many of their allies, yet a total of 140 nations did participate.
The 1988 Games
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, marked a new high, with 160 participating nations.
Recent Games
Several events in the 1990s led to a large increase in participating nations at the Olympic Games. After the dissolution of the Soviet UnionDissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the disintegration of the federal political structures and central government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , resulting in the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union between March 11, 1990 and December 25, 1991...
, the Baltic states
Baltic states
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
competed as independent nations for the first time since 1936 at the 1992 Games
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
, in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
The remaining twelve ex-republics of the Soviet Union
Republics of the Soviet Union
The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union...
competed together as the Unified Team
Unified Team
The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée...
for these Games. A single German team competed for the first time since 1964, after the German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
in 1990, while the breakup of Yugoslavia resulted in the Olympic debut of new nations.
The Centennial Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
, in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, were attended by athletes from 197 nations, including 24 nations making their Summer Games debut. Czechoslovakia had split into the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
and Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, and all ex-Soviet republics competed as independent nations. The Games continued to grow, with 199 nations represented in Sydney, for the 2000 Games
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, and 201 nations in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, for the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
.
A record number of nations (204) were represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing, with Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...
and Tuvalu
Tuvalu
Tuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...
making their Olympic debut. After competing together as Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
in 2004, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
sent independent teams to Beijing. Only Brunei
Brunei
Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
failed to participate in the Games, after failing to register any athletes for competition.
Description
This list includes all 205 current NOCs, arranged alphabetically. The three-letter country code is also listed for each NOC. Since the 1960s, these codes have been frequently used by the IOC and each Games organizing committee to identify NOCs, such as within the official report of each Games.Several nations have changed during their Olympic history. Name changes due to geographical renaming
Geographical renaming
Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area. This can range from the uncontroversial change of a street name to a highly disputed change to the name of a country. Some names are changed locally but the new names are not recognised by other countries,...
are explained by footnotes after the nation's name, and other changes are explained by footnotes linked within the table itself. A select number of obsolete nations are also included in the table to more clearly illustrate past Olympic appearances for their successor nations:
- Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
— now represented by fifteen successor NOCs - CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
— now represented by two successor NOCs - East Germany and West GermanyWest GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
— participated as two distinct teams for six Olympiads, but also together as a united team for three Olympiads - YugoslaviaYugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
— now represented by six successor NOCs - Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
— now represented by two separate NOCs
Table legend
| 96 | In the table headings, indicates the Games year, from 1896 through 2008 | |
| • | Participated in the specified Games | |
| H | Host nation for the specified Games | |
| [A] | Additional explanatory comments at the linked footnote | |
| The planned Games of 1916, 1940, and 1944 were cancelled due to world war World war A world war is a war affecting the majority of the world's most powerful and populous nations. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theaters.... s |
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| NOC superseded or preceded by other NOC(s) during these years |
Alphabetical list
| Contents: | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y Z |
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A
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
AFG | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Albania |
ALB | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Algeria |
ALG | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 American Samoa |
ASA | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Andorra |
AND | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Angola |
ANG | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands Antilles |
ANT | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Argentina |
ARG | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
 Armenia |
ARM | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Aruba |
ARU | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Australia |
AUS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | |||||
 Austria |
AUT | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
 Azerbaijan |
AZE | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
B
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Bahamas |
BAH | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
 Brunei |
BRN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bangladesh |
BAN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Barbados |
BAR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||
 Belarus |
BLR | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Belgium |
BEL | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
 Belize |
BIZ | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||
 Benin |
BEN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Bermuda |
BER | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||
 Bhutan |
BHU | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bolivia |
BOL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BIH | see Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Botswana |
BOT | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Brazil |
BRA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
 British Virgin Islands |
IVB | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brunei |
BRU | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bulgaria |
BUL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||
 Burkina Faso |
BUR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Burundi |
BDI | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
C
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cambodia |
CAM | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cameroon |
CMR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Canada |
CAN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
 Cape Verde |
CPV | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cayman Islands |
CAY | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Central African Republic |
CAF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Chad |
CHA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||
 Chile |
CHI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| align=left | |CHN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ' | ROC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | see Chinese Taipei | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Chinese Taipei |
TPE | see Republic of China | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Colombia |
COL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||
 Comoros |
COM | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Republic of the Congo |
CGO | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
COD | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Cook Islands |
COK | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Costa Rica |
CRC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
 Côte d'Ivoire |
CIV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Croatia |
CRO | Austria/Hungary | see Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cuba |
CUB | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
 Cyprus |
CYP | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic |
CZE | see Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia |
TCH | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||
D
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark |
DEN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
 Djibouti |
DJI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dominica |
DMA | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dominican Republic |
DOM | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
E
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ecuador |
ECU | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Egypt |
EGY | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
 El Salvador |
ESA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Equatorial Guinea |
GEQ | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Eritrea |
ERI | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Estonia |
EST | see Russia | • | • | • | • | • | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Ethiopia |
ETH | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
F
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji |
FIJ | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Finland |
FIN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
 France |
FRA | • | H | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
G
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gabon |
GAB | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 The Gambia |
GAM | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Georgia (country) |
GEO | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Germany |
GER | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
 German Democratic Republic |
GDR | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 West Germany |
FRG | • | H | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ghana |
GHA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 United Kingdom |
GBR | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
 Greece |
GRE | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | |||
 Grenada |
GRN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Guam |
GUM | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Guatemala |
GUA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Guinea |
GUI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Guinea-Bissau |
GBS | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Guyana |
GUY | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||
H
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Haiti |
HAI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
 Honduras |
HON | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Hong Kong |
HKG | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
 Hungary |
HUN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
I
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iceland |
ISL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
 India |
IND | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
 Indonesia |
INA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
 Iran |
IRI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
 Iraq |
IRQ | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Republic of Ireland |
IRL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
 Israel |
ISR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
 Italy |
ITA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
J
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jamaica |
JAM | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||
 Japan |
JPN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
 Jordan |
JOR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
K
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan |
KAZ | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kenya |
KEN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Kiribati |
KIR | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 North Korea |
PRK | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 South Korea |
KOR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||
 Kuwait |
KUW | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kyrgyzstan |
KGZ | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
L
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Laos |
LAO | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Latvia |
LAT | see Russia | • | • | • | • | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Lebanon |
LIB | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||
 Lesotho |
LES | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Liberia |
LBR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Libya |
LBA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Liechtenstein |
LIE | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||
 Lithuania |
LTU | see Russia | • | • | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Luxembourg |
LUX | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
M
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Republic of Macedonia |
MKD | see Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Madagascar |
MAD | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||
 Malawi |
MAW | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Malaysia |
MAS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Maldives |
MDV | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mali |
MLI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Malta |
MLT | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | |MHL | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mauritania |
MTN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mauritius |
MRI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mexico |
MEX | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
 Federated States of Micronesia |
FSM | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Moldova |
MDA | see Russia | see Romania | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Monaco |
MON | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
 Mongolia |
MGL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Montenegro |
MNE | see Yugoslavia | see SCG | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Morocco |
MAR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mozambique |
MOZ | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
 MYA |
MYA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||
N
| Nation | Code | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Namibia |
NAM | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Nauru |
NRU | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Nepal |
NEP | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands |
NED | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Netherlands Antilles |
AHO | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand |
NZL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
 Nicaragua |
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 Niger |
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 Palau |
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 Panama |
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 Papua New Guinea |
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 Paraguay |
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 Peru |
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 Philippines |
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 Russia |
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 Rwanda |
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 San Marino |
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 São Tomé and Príncipe |
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 Saudi Arabia |
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 Senegal |
SEN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
 Serbia |
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 Serbia and Montenegro |
SCG | see Yugoslavia | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Seychelles |
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 Sierra Leone |
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 Singapore |
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 Slovakia |
SVK | see Hungary | see Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Slovenia |
SLO | Austria/Hungary | see Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Somalia |
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 South Africa |
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 Soviet Union |
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 Spain |
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 Sri Lanka |
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 Sudan |
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 Suriname |
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 Swaziland |
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 Sweden |
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 Tajikistan |
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 Tanzania |
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 Thailand |
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 Togo |
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 Tonga |
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 Trinidad and Tobago |
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 Tunisia |
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 Turkey |
TUR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
 Turkmenistan |
TKM | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Uganda |
UGA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
 Ukraine |
UKR | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 United Arab Emirates |
UAE | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 United States |
USA | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | * | H | • | • | H | • | • | • | |||
 Uruguay |
URU | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
 Uzbekistan |
UZB | see Russia | see Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States Virgin Islands |
ISV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
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Name changes
Participation notes
- The Bulgarian Olympic CommitteeBulgarian Olympic CommitteeThe Bulgarian Olympic Committee is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Bulgaria and a part of the International Olympic Committee...
claims that Charles ChampaudCharles ChampaudCharles Champaud , Bulgarianized Charles Shampov , was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Champaud competed in the parallel bars, vault, and pommel horse events...
, a SwissSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
gymnastics teacher living in SofiaSofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, competed for the nation in 1896. - ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
claims that one athlete, Luis Subercaseaux ErrázurizLuis SubercaseauxLuis Subercaseaux Errázuriz was a Chilean diplomat and athlete. He is claimed to be the first Chilean and South American sportsman to have competed in the Olympic Games, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....
, competed for the nation in 1896. - Prior to the foundation of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
after World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, athletes from BohemiaBohemiaBohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
(now part of the present-day Czech Republic) competed in 1900, 1908, and 1912. - Some sources consider Léon ThiércelinLéon ThiércelinLéon Thiércelin was a Haitian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual masters foil and épée events at the 1900 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, a competitor in fencing at the 1900 GamesFencing at the 1900 Summer OlympicsAt the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested. Fencers from 19 nations competed.-Medal summary:-Weekly summary:The fencing events were spread out over a good deal of time. The competitions began on Monday, 14 May.-14-20 May:...
, of HaitiHaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
an nationality. - Some sources consider Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed at the 1900 Games, of Persian nationality and therefore the first Olympic appearance by IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - Michel ThéatoMichel ThéatoMichel Johann Théato was a Luxembourgian athlete, and the winner of the marathon at the 1900 Olympics in Paris....
's gold medal in the marathon at the 1900 GamesAthletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's marathonThe men's marathon was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 19, 1900. 13 athletes from five nations competed in the marathon, which used a distance of 40.26 kilometres....
is currently attributed to France, although it has since been discovered that he was born in LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
. - Some sources consider Carlos de Candamo, a competitor in fencing at the 1900 Games, of PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian nationality. - Sources are inconsistent regarding Albert Corey's participation for France in 1904. Although the Games report refers to Corey as a "Frenchman wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association", the IOC attributes his medal in the marathonAthletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's marathonThe men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. The distance of this race was 40 kilometres. The competition was held on 30 August 1904...
to the United States instead of France, and in contradiction, the medal in the four mile team raceAthletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 mile team raceThe men's 4 miles team race was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event was held, though the 1900 Summer Olympics had featured a similar event in the 5000 metre team race. Two teams of five athletes each,...
to a mixed teamMixed team at the 1904 Summer OlympicsEarly Olympic Games allowed for individuals in a team to be from different nations. The International Olympic Committee now groups their results together under the mixed team designation . During the 1904 Summer Olympics two teams comprising international members won medals in different...
composed of athletes from multiple nations instead of just the United States. - In the 1908 and 1912 Games, athletes from Australia and New Zealand competed together as a single team, designated AustralasiaAustralasiaAustralasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...
(ANZ). - Due the partition of Germany after World War II, Germany was represented by two teams at the 1952 Games — Germany and the SaarSaar (protectorate)The Saar Protectorate was a German borderland territory twice temporarily made a protectorate state. Since rejoining Germany the second time in 1957, it is the smallest Federal German Area State , the Saarland, not counting the city-states Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen...
. The Saar was reintegrated back into the Federal Republic of Germany in 1956, and Saar athletes then competed for Germany. East Germany did not contribute athletes to the 1952 team, as the National Olympic Committee for the German Democratic Republic was only granted "provisional" recognition by the IOC in 1955. - For the Games of 1956–1964, Germany participated as a Unified Team, representing the National Olympic Committees of both West Germany and East Germany. Retrospectively, the IOC uses the country code EUA for this team. After the NOC for the German Democratic Republic was granted full recognition by the IOC in 1968, East Germany competed as an independent team.
- CambodiaCambodiaCambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland participated in the equestrian events of the 1956 GamesEquestrian at the 1956 Summer OlympicsThe Equestrian Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm due to the Australian quarantine regulations and included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions...
held in StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
in June, but did not attend the Games in MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
later that year. - Athletes from MalayaFederation of MalayaThe Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...
(MAL) and North BorneoNorth BorneoNorth Borneo was a British protectorate under the sovereign North Borneo Chartered Company from 1882 to 1946. After the war it became a crown colony of Great Britain from 1946 to 1963, known in this time as British North Borneo. It is located on the northeastern end of the island of Borneo. It is...
competed as independent teams at the 1956 Games and Malaya also competed at the 1960 Games, prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. - Athletes from BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, and Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
competed as the British West Indies (BWI) at the 1960 Games. The West Indies FederationWest Indies FederationThe West Indies Federation, also known as the Federation of the West Indies, was a short-lived Caribbean federation that existed from January 3, 1958, to May 31, 1962. It consisted of several Caribbean colonies of the United Kingdom...
only existed as a nation from 1958–1962, so the constituent nations once again competed independently in 1964. - SyriaSyriaSyria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
was part of the United Arab RepublicUnited Arab RepublicThe United Arab Republic , often abbreviated as the U.A.R., was a sovereign union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961, when Syria seceded from the union. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971. The President was Gamal...
in 1960, but it is unknown if any Syrian athletes participated as part of the UAR team. - LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
marched in the opening ceremony of the 1964 Games, but then withdrew from competition. - SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
was part of the Federation of Malaysia in 1964 before gaining independence in 1965. - CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
, EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, MoroccoMoroccoMorocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, and TunisiaTunisiaTunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
competed for the first three days of the 1976 Games before withdrawing in support of the boycott by most African nations.
- Prior to Yemenite unification in 1990, North YemenYemen Arab RepublicThe Yemen Arab Republic , also known as North Yemen or Yemen , was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the western part of what is now Yemen...
participated as the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) in 1984 and 1988, and South YemenPeople's Democratic Republic of YemenThe People's Democratic Republic of Yemen — also referred to as South Yemen, Democratic Yemen or Yemen — was a socialist republic in the present-day southern and eastern Provinces of Yemen...
participated as the Yemen Democratic Republic (YMD) in the 1988 Games. - BruneiBruneiBrunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
's participation in the 1988 Games consisted only of a single official, but no competing athletes. - After the dissolutionDissolution of the Soviet UnionThe dissolution of the Soviet Union was the disintegration of the federal political structures and central government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , resulting in the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union between March 11, 1990 and December 25, 1991...
of the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in 1991, the fifteen ex-republics of the Soviet UnionRepublics of the Soviet UnionThe Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union...
were all represented at the 1992 Games. EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
, LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, and LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
participated as independent teams, and the other twelve nations participated as a combined Unified TeamUnified TeamThe Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée...
(EUN). - Because of United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
sanctions in Security Council Resolution 757United Nations Security Council Resolution 757United Nations Security Council Resolution 757, adopted on May 30, 1992, after reaffirming resolutions 713 , 721 , 724 , 727 , 740 743 , 749 and 752 , the Council condemned the failure of the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to implement Resolution 752.After demanding the...
, athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) competed as Independent Olympic ParticipantsIndependent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer OlympicsDuring the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Macedonia competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Macedonian athletes could not appear under their own flag because their NOC had not been formed...
(IOP) at the 1992 Games. They were not permitted to compete in team sports such as basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, handballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, or water poloWater poloWater polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, and the Olympic flag was used in medal ceremonies. - Athletes from Timor-Leste competed as Individual Olympic AthletesIndividual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer OlympicsFour athletes from East Timor competed as Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-Results by event:- Weightlifting:Men-References:...
(IOA) at the 2000 Games.
See also
- List of participating nations at the Winter Olympic Games
- List of IOC country codes
- Lists of National Olympic CommitteeNational Olympic CommitteeNational Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
s by continental association:- Association of National Olympic Committees of AfricaAssociation of National Olympic Committees of AfricaThe Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa is an international organization that unites the 53 National Olympic Committees of Africa...
- European Olympic CommitteesEuropean Olympic CommitteesThe European Olympic Committees is an organization based in Rome, Italy. Its European membership consists of 49 National Olympic Committees.- Member countries :...
- Oceania National Olympic CommitteesOceania National Olympic CommitteesThe Oceania National Olympic Committees is an international organisation that congregates the 17 National Olympic Committees of Oceania....
- Olympic Council of AsiaOlympic Council of AsiaThe Olympic Council of Asia is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current president is Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah. The oldest NOC is from Japan and Philippines, recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1911; whereas East Timor is...
- Pan American Sports OrganisationPan American Sports OrganisationThe Pan American Sports Organization is an international organization which represents the current 41 National Olympic Committees of the North American and South American continents. It is the Continental Association of the Americas...
- Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
External links
- Olympic Games. International Olympic Committee
- Olympic Review and Revue Olympique. LA84 Foundation