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List of IOC country codes

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses three-letter abbreviation country codes[1] to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Games. Each geocode usually identifies a National Olympic Committee (NOC), but there are several codes that have been used for other instances in past Games, such as teams composed of athletes from multiple nations, or groups of athletes not formally representing any nation.

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Several of the IOC codes are different from the standard ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes. Other sporting organisations like FIFA use similar country codes to refer to their respective teams, but with some differences. Still others, such as the Commonwealth Games Federation or the Association of Tennis Professionals, use the IOC list verbatim.

Because French is the first reference language of the IOC, followed by English, followed by the host country's language when necessary, most IOC codes have their origins in either French or English.[2][3]

History

The 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Games to feature Initials of Nations to refer to each NOC in the published official reports.[4] However, the codes used at the next few Games were often based on the host nation's language (e.g., GIA for Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics, both held in Italy, from Italian Giappone) or based on the French name for the nation (e.g., AUT for Austria, from Autriche). By the 1972 Winter Olympics, most codes were standardized on the current usage, but several have changed in recent years. Additionally, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, division and unification of Germany, breakup of Yugoslavia, dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and several other instances of geographical renaming have all resulted in code changes.

In addition to this list of over 200 NOCs, the participation of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) at the Paralympic Games requires standardised IOC codes, such as Macau (or as "Macau, China" since 1999) and the Faroe Islands, coded MAC and FRO respectively.[5][6]

Current NOCs

There are 206 current NOCs (National Olympic Committees) within the Olympic Movement. The following tables show the currently used code for each NOC and any different codes used in past Games, per the official reports from those Games. Some of the past code usage is further explained in the following sections. Codes used specifically for a Summer Games only or a Winter Games only, within the same year, are indicated by "S" and "W" respectively.

Code National Olympic Committee Other codes used Link
AFG   Afghanistan
ALB   Albania
ALG   Algeria
  • AGR (1964)
  • AGL (1968 S) from Spanish Argelia
AND   Andorra
ANG   Angola ANO (As referenced in IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Handbook)[7]
ANT   Antigua and Barbuda
ARG   Argentina
ARM   Armenia
ARU   Aruba
ASA   American Samoa AMS[7]
AUS   Australia
AUT   Austria current code from French Autriche
AZE   Azerbaijan
BAH   Bahamas
BAN   Bangladesh
BAR   Barbados BAD (1964)
BDI   Burundi
BEL   Belgium
BEN   Benin
  • DAY (1964)
  • DAH (1968–1976) as Dahomey
BER   Bermuda
BHU   Bhutan
BIH   Bosnia and Herzegovina BSH (1992 S), BOS[7] current code from Bosnian Bosna i Hercegovina
BIZ   Belize HBR (1968–1972) from French Honduras britannique as British Honduras Also BHO[7]
BLR   Belarus
BOL   Bolivia
BOT   Botswana
BRA   Brazil
BRN   Bahrain BHR[7]
BRU   Brunei
BUL   Bulgaria
BUR   Burkina Faso VOL (1972–1984) as Upper Volta Also BKF[7]
CAF   Central African Republic AFC (1968)
CAM   Cambodia
CAN   Canada
CAY   Cayman Islands
CGO   Republic of the Congo
CHA   Chad CHD (1964)
CHI   Chile
  • CIL (1956 W
  • 1960 S) from Italian Cile
CHN   China PRC (1952 S) as People's Republic of China [39]
CIV   Ivory Coast
  • IVC (1964)
  • CML (1968) from Spanish Costa de Marfil
current code from French Côte d'Ivoire
[40]
CMR   Cameroon
COD   Democratic Republic of the Congo
COK   Cook Islands CKI[7]
COL   Colombia
COM   Comoros
CPV   Cape Verde CVD[7]
CRC   Costa Rica COS (1964)
CRO   Croatia
CUB   Cuba
CYP   Cyprus
CZE   Czechia [51]
DEN   Denmark
  • DAN (1960 S
  • 1968 W)
  • DIN (1968 S)
previous codes taken from Italian Danimarca, French Danemark and Spanish Dinamarca
DJI   Djibouti
DMA   Dominica DMN[7]
DOM   Dominican Republic
ECU   Ecuador
EGY   Egypt
previous codes taken from Italian Repubblica Araba Unita, French République Arabe Unie and Spanish República Árabe Unida
ERI   Eritrea
ESA   El Salvador SAL (1964–1976)
ESP   Spain
  • SPA (1956–1964
  • 1968 W)
current code taken from French Espagne or Spanish España
EST   Estonia
ETH   Ethiopia
  • ETI (1960
  • 1968)
FIJ   Fiji FIG (1960) from Italian Figi
FIN   Finland
FRA   France
FSM   Federated States of Micronesia
GAB   Gabon
GAM   The Gambia
GBR   Great Britain
  • GRB (1956 W–1960)
  • GBI (1964)
GBS   Guinea-Bissau
GEO   Georgia
GEQ   Equatorial Guinea
GER   Germany
GHA   Ghana
GRE   Greece
GRN   Grenada
GUA   Guatemala GUT (1964)
GUI   Guinea
GUM   Guam [79]
GUY   Guyana
  • GUA (1960)
  • GUI (1964)
BGU[7]
HAI   Haiti
HKG   Hong Kong, China HOK (1960–1968)
HON   Honduras
HUN   Hungary
  • UNG (1956 W
  • 1960 S) from Italian Ungheria
INA   Indonesia INS (1960)
IND   India
IRI   Iran
  • IRN (1956–1988)
  • IRA (1968 W)
current code from Islamic Republic of Iran
IRL   Ireland current code taken from French Irlande
IRQ   Iraq
  • IRK (1960
  • 1968) from French/Spanish Irak
ISL   Iceland
  • ICE (1960 W
  • 1964 S)
current code taken from French Islande, Icelandic Ísland or Spanish Islandia
ISR   Israel
ISV   Virgin Islands current code taken from French Îles Vierges (des États-Unis) [92]
ITA   Italy
IVB   British Virgin Islands current code taken from French Îles Vierges britanniques [94]
JAM   Jamaica
JOR   Jordan
JPN   Japan
  • GIA (1956 W
  • 1960 S) from Italian Giappone
  • JAP (1960 W)
KAZ   Kazakhstan
KEN   Kenya
KGZ   Kyrgyzstan
KIR   Kiribati
KOR   South Korea
  • COR (1956 W
  • 1960 S
  • 1968 S
  • 1972 S)
previous code taken from Italian Corea, French Corée and Spanish Corea
[102]
KOS   Kosovo [103]
KSA   Saudi Arabia
  • ARS (1968–1976) from French Arabie saoudite
  • SAU (1980–1984)
current code from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
KUW   Kuwait
LAO   Laos [106]
LAT   Latvia
LBA   Libya
  • LYA (1964)
  • LBY (1968 W)
[108]
LBN   Lebanon
  • LEB (1960 W
  • 1964 S)
  • LIB (1964–2016) from French Liban
[109]
LBR   Liberia
LCA   Saint Lucia
LES   Lesotho
LIE   Liechtenstein
  • LIC (1956 W
  • 1964 S
  • 1968 W)
LTU   Lithuania LIT (1992 W)
LUX   Luxembourg
MAD   Madagascar MAG (1964)
MAR   Morocco MRC (1964); current code from French Maroc
MAS   Malaysia MAL (1964–1988)
MAW   Malawi
MDA   Moldova MLD (1994)
MDV   Maldives
MEX   Mexico
MGL   Mongolia MON (1968 W)
MHL   Marshall Islands
MKD   North Macedonia current code taken from Macedonian Македонија/Makedonija [125]
MLI   Mali
MLT   Malta MAT (1960–1964)
MNE   Montenegro
MON   Monaco
MOZ   Mozambique
MRI   Mauritius From French Maurice
MTN   Mauritania
MYA   Myanmar
  • BIR (1948–1960
  • 1968–1988) from French Birmanie
  • BUR (1964) as Burma
NAM   Namibia
NCA   Nicaragua
  • NCG (1964)
  • NIC (1968)
NED   Netherlands
  • OLA (1956 W) from Italian Olanda
  • NET (1960 W)
  • PBA (1960 S) from Italian Paesi Bassi
  • NLD (1964 S)
  • HOL (1968–1988) as Holland
current code taken from Dutch Nederland
NEP   Nepal
NGR   Nigeria
  • NIG (1960 S)
  • NGA (1964)
NIG   Niger NGR (1964)
NOR   Norway
NRU   Nauru
NZL   New Zealand
  • NZE (1960
  • 1968 W)
OMA   Oman
PAK   Pakistan
PAN   Panama
PAR   Paraguay
PER   Peru
PHI   Philippines
  • FIL (1960
  • 1968) from Spanish Filipinas and Italian Filippine
PLE   Palestine
PLW   Palau
PNG   Papua New Guinea
  • NGY (1976–1980)
  • NGU (1984–1988)
POL   Poland
POR   Portugal
PRK   North Korea
  • NKO (1964 S
  • 1968 W)
  • CDN (1968) from French Corée du Nord or Spanish Corea del Norte
current code from People's Republic of Korea
[154]
PUR   Puerto Rico
  • PRI (1960)
  • PRO (1968)
QAT   Qatar
ROU   Romania
  • ROM (1956–1960
  • 1972–2006)
  • RUM (1964–1968) from obsolete spelling Rumania
current code from French Roumanie
RSA   South Africa SAF (1960–1972)
current code from Republic of South Africa
RUS   Russia From 1994 to 2016
RWA   Rwanda
SAM   Samoa WSM (1984–1996) as Western Samoa [161]
SEN   Senegal SGL (1964)
SEY   Seychelles
SGP   Singapore SIN (1959–2016)
SKN   Saint Kitts and Nevis
SLE   Sierra Leone SLA (1968)
SLO   Slovenia
SMR   San Marino SMA (1960–1964)
SOL   Solomon Islands
SOM   Somalia
SRB   Serbia
SRI   Sri Lanka
  • CEY (1948–1964
  • 1972) as Ceylon
  • CEI (1968 S) from Spanish Ceilán
SSD   South Sudan [173]
STP   São Tomé and Príncipe
SUD   Sudan
SUI   Switzerland
  • SVI (1956 W
  • 1960 S) from Italian Svizzera
  • SWI (1960 W
  • 1964 S)
current code from French Suisse
SUR   Suriname
SVK   Slovakia
SWE   Sweden
  • SVE (1956 W
  • 1960 S) from Italian Svezia
  • SUE (1968 S) from Spanish Suecia
SWZ   Eswatini current code from former name Swaziland
SYR   Syria SIR (1968) from Spanish Siria
TAN   Tanzania
TGA   Tonga TON (1984)
THA   Thailand
TJK   Tajikistan [185]
TKM   Turkmenistan
TLS   East Timor current code taken from Portuguese Timor-Leste [187]
TOG   Togo
TPE   Chinese Taipei[8]
TTO   Trinidad and Tobago
  • TRT (1964–1968)
  • TRI (1972–2012)
TUN   Tunisia
TUR   Turkey
TUV   Tuvalu
UAE   United Arab Emirates
UGA   Uganda
UKR   Ukraine
URU   Uruguay URG (1968)
USA   United States
  • SUA (1960 S) from Italian Stati Uniti d'America
  • EUA (1968 S) from French États-Unis d'Amérique or Spanish Estados Unidos de América
UZB   Uzbekistan
VAN   Vanuatu
VEN   Venezuela
VIE   Vietnam
  • VET (1964)
  • VNM (1968–1976)
[202]
VIN   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [203]
YEM   Yemen
ZAM   Zambia NRH (1964) as Northern Rhodesia
ZIM   Zimbabwe RHO (1960–1972) as Rhodesia

Current NPCs

Most National Paralympic Committees (NPC) cover a territory with an active NOC. In these cases the NPC codes matches the IOC codes shown above. The two current NPCs without a corresponding NOC use the following NPC codes.

Code National Paralympic Committee Link
MAC   Macau, China Associação Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau
FRO   Faroe Islands

Historic NOCs and teams

Codes still in use

Fourteen historical NOCs or teams have codes that are still used in the IOC results database[9] to refer to past medal winners from these teams.

Code Nation/Team Other codes used
AHO   Netherlands Antilles
  • ATO (1960)
  • NAN (1964)
code from French Antilles hollandaises
ANZ   Australasia Also AUA[7]
BOH   Bohemia
BWI   British West Indies
  • ANT (1960
  • 1968) from Antilles
  • WID (1964)
EUA   United Team of Germany GER (1956–1964)
code taken from French Équipe unifiée d'Allemagne
EUN   Unified Team code from the French Équipe unifiée or Spanish Equipo Unificado
FRG   West Germany
  • ALL (1968 W) from French Allemagne
  • ALE (1968 S) from Spanish Alemania
  • GER (1972–1976)
code FRG taken from Federal Republic of Germany
GDR   East Germany ADE (1968) from Spanish Alemania Democrática
code GDR taken from German Democratic Republic
RU1   Russian Empire
SCG   Serbia and Montenegro code from Serbian Србија и Црна Гора / Srbija i Crna Gora
TCH   Czechoslovakia
  • CSL (1956 W)
  • CZE (1960 W)
  • CSV (1960 S)
  • CZS (1964 S)
  • CHE (1968 S) from Spanish Checoslovaquia
code taken from French Tchécoslovaquie
URS   Soviet Union SOV (1968 W)
code from French Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques (URSS)
VNM   South Vietnam Code of Republic of Vietnam from 1955 to 1975.[citation needed][10]
YUG   Yugoslavia
  • JUG (1956–1960
  • 1968 W) from Југославија/Jugoslavija in native languages
  • YUS (1964 S)
ZZX   Mixed team

Obsolete codes

Unlike the previous list, these codes no longer appear in the IOC results database. When a past athlete from one of these teams has won a medal, the new code is shown next to them instead.

Code Nation (NOC) Years Notes
BIR   Burma
From French Birmanie
1948–1988 Now   Myanmar (MYA)
CEY   Ceylon
From French Ceylan
1948–1972 Now   Sri Lanka (SRI)
DAH   Dahomey 1964–1976 Now   Benin (BEN)
GUI   British Guiana 1948–1964 Now   Guyana (GUY).
The code former GUI has been reassigned to   Guinea (GUI) in 1965 when its new NOC was recognized by the IOC and used publicly in their first competed games in 1968. All formerly known by BGU[7]
HBR   British Honduras
From French Honduras britannique
1968–1972 Now   Belize (BIZ)
IHO   Dutch East Indies
code from French Indes orientales hollandaises
1934–1938 Now   Indonesia (INA)
KHM   Khmer Republic
From French République khmère
1972 Now   Cambodia (CAM)
MAL   Malaysia
From French Malaisie
1956–1960 Competed independently before the formation of Malaysia in 1963.
Now   Malaysia (MAS)
NBO   North Borneo 1956
NRH   Northern Rhodesia 1964 Now   Zambia (ZAM)
RAU   United Arab Republic
code from French République arabe unie
1960 Now   Egypt (EGY) and   Syria (SYR)
RHO   Rhodesia
also Southern Rhodesia and Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland until it became Zimbabwe in 1980
1960–1972 Now   Zimbabwe (ZIM)
ROC   Republic of China 1932–1976 Medal winners from 1948 and earlier display as   China (CHN), while medal winners from after 1948 display as   Chinese Taipei (TPE) under which the team now competes.
SAA   Saar 1952 Competed independently before rejoining   West Germany (FRG) in 1957
UAR   United Arab Republic 1964–1968 Now   Egypt (EGY)
VOL   Upper Volta 1972–1984 Now   Burkina Faso (BUR)
WSM   Western Samoa 1984–1996 Now   Samoa (SAM)
YAR   North Yemen
code from Yemen Arab Republic
1984–1988 Competed independently before Yemeni unification in 1990.
Now   Yemen (YEM)
YMD   South Yemen
code from Yemen Democratic Republic
1988
ZAI   Democratic Republic of the Congo
From French Zaïre
1972–1996 Now   Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)

Two other significant code changes have occurred, both because of a change in the nation's designation as used by the IOC:

  • HOL was changed to NED for the Netherlands for the 1992 Games, reflecting the change in designation from Holland.
  • IRN was changed to IRI for Iran for the 1992 Games, reflecting the change in designation to Islamic Republic of Iran.

Special codes for Olympics

Code Nation/team Years Notes
ANZ   Australasia 1908–1912 Used in the IOC's medal database[9] to identify the team from Australasia, composed of athletes from both Australia and New Zealand for the 1908 and 1912 Games. Both nations competed separately by 1920.
COR   Korea
from French Corée
2018 Used for the unified Korean women's ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[11]
EOR   Refugee Olympic Team
from French Équipe olympique des réfugiés
2020 Used for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics for athletes to compete who have been displaced from their home countries. The IOC code was changed from ROT which was used in 2016.
EUA   United Team of Germany
from French Équipe unifiée d'Allemagne
1956–1964 Used in the IOC's medal database[9] to identify the United Team of Germany, composed of athletes representing the NOCs of both East Germany and West Germany for the 1956–1964 Games. The team was simply known as Germany in the official reports for those six games at the time.
EUN   Unified Team
from French Équipe unifiée
1992 Used in 1992 (both Summer and Winter Games) for the Unified Team, composed of athletes from most of the ex-republics of the Soviet Union that chose to compete as a unified team. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania entered separately in 1992, whereas Russia and eleven other post-Soviet nations competed independently for the first time in 1994 and/or 1996.
IOP   Independent Olympic Participants
  • 1992
  • 2014
Used for independent Olympic participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics as a designation used for athletes from FR Yugoslavia who could not compete as a team due to United Nations sanctions. At the 1992 Summer Olympics IOP was used as a designation for athletes from the Republic of Macedonia too. IOP was also used during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by Indian athletes due to the Indian Olympic Association suspension.
IOA   Independent Olympic Athletes
  • 2000
  • 2012
  • 2016
Used for Individual Olympic Athletes in 2000,[12] a designation used for athletes from Timor-Leste before the formation of its NOC. IOA was used again in the 2012 Games, when it stood for Independent Olympic Athletes,[13] comprising athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles and a runner from South Sudan. The Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee's membership from the IOC was withdrawn the previous year, and South Sudan had not yet formed an NOC at the time. IOA was used again in 2016 for athletes from Kuwait as a result of the suspension of its National Olympic Committee.[14]
IOC   Athletes from Kuwait 2010–2012 Used as the country code for Athletes from Kuwait, when the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended the first time, at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the 2010 Asian Games and the 2011 Asian Winter Games; for the second suspension in 2015–2017, athletes from Kuwait were also competing in several international competitions under the IOC flag, but this time in the team of Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA), including (but not only) in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
MIX   Mixed-NOCs 2010– Used as the country code for Mixed NOCs at the Youth Olympics.[15][16]
OAR   Olympic Athletes from Russia 2018 Used for Olympic Athletes from Russia competing as neutral athletes due to the state-sponsored doping scandal.[17]
ROC ROC
from the abbreviation for Russian Olympic Committee
2020– Used for Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics following the sanctions due to the state-sponsored doping scandal.[18][19] The delegation used a flag depicting the logo of the Russian Olympic Committee.
ROT   Refugee Olympic Team 2016 Used for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics for athletes to compete who have been displaced from their home countries.[20]
ZZX   Mixed team 1896–1904 Used in the IOC's medal database[9] to identify medals won by mixed teams of athletes from multiple nations (such as the combination of France and Great Britain, for example), a situation that happened several times in the Games of 1896, 1900, and 1904.

Special codes for Paralympics

Code Nation/Team Years Notes
IPP   Independent Paralympic Participants 1992 Used for Independent Paralympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Paralympics as a designation used for athletes from FR Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia who could not compete as a team due to United Nations sanctions.
IPA   Individual Paralympic Athletes
  • 2000
De facto independent East Timor was not yet recognised as a sovereign state, and did not have a recognised National Paralympic Committee. Two athletes from the country gained the opportunity to in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, but they competed officially as Individual Paralympic Athletes, rather than as representatives of an NPC.
IPA   Independent Paralympic Athletes
  • 2016
A team consisting of refugee and asylee Paralympic athletes competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro as Independent Paralympic Athletes.
NPA   Neutral Paralympic Athletes
  • 2018
Used in 2018 for Russian athletes competing as neutral athletes due to the state-sponsored doping scandal. Was to be used in 2022 for Russian athletes competing as neutral athletes due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,[21] however the Russian athletes were ultimately banned before the start of the 2022 Games.
PNA   Paralympic Neutral Athletes Was to be used for Belarusian athletes competing as neutral athletes due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,[21] however the Belarusian athletes were ultimately banned before the start of the 2022 Winter Paralympics and the code was not used.
RPC RPC
from the abbreviation for Russian Paralympic Committee
  • 2020
Used for Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics following the sanctions due to the state-sponsored doping scandal. Was to be used in 2022 as well, however the Russian athletes were ultimately banned due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The delegation used a flag depicting a specially created emblem representing the Russian Paralympic Committee.
RPT   Refugee Paralympic Team 2020

Special codes for World Games

The World Games are a multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are governed by the International World Games Association, under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee.

Code Nation/Team Years Notes
HNL[22]   Iroquois 2022 The Haudenosaunee Nationals (also known as the Iroquois), who invented the sport of lacrosse and which has spiritual significance to them, were initially denied a spot to compete at the 2022 World Games, despite the Haudenosaunee national team's placement at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship, due to not having a recognized NOC and issues concerning other countries recognizing sovereignty; they were given a spot to compete after Ireland agreed to drop out of competition in a show of solidarity.[23][24][25]

See also

References

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  2. ^ As per rule 24 of the Olympic Charter, which writes "The official languages of the IOC are French and English. In the case of divergence between the French and English texts of the Olympic Charter and any other IOC document, the French text shall prevail unless expressly provided otherwise in writing"
  3. ^ "Le français, langue officielle des JO". Linternaute.com. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
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  5. ^ Faroe Islands Archived 2012-12-04 at archive.today
  6. ^ Macau, China Archived 2013-01-03 at archive.today
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  10. ^ "MUNICH 1972 SHOOTING 50M PISTOL 60 SHOTS MIXED RESULTS". Olympic.org.
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  15. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-02-25.
  16. ^ . Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  17. ^ "IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in PyeongChang 2018 under the Olympic Flag". Olympic.org. 24 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Russian team to be branded as 'ROC' during Tokyo Olympics as part of doping sanctions". The Japan Times. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  19. ^ "Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions". Reuters. Reuters. 2021-02-19. from the original on 2021-02-20. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
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  21. ^ a b "Russian and Belarusian athletes to still receive medals at Beijing 2022".
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The International Olympic Committee IOC uses three letter abbreviation country codes 1 to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Games Each geocode usually identifies a National Olympic Committee NOC but there are several codes that have been used for other instances in past Games such as teams composed of athletes from multiple nations or groups of athletes not formally representing any nation The flag of the international Olympic movement The flag of the international Paralympic movement Several of the IOC codes are different from the standard ISO 3166 1 alpha 3 codes Other sporting organisations like FIFA use similar country codes to refer to their respective teams but with some differences Still others such as the Commonwealth Games Federation or the Association of Tennis Professionals use the IOC list verbatim Because French is the first reference language of the IOC followed by English followed by the host country s language when necessary most IOC codes have their origins in either French or English 2 3 Contents 1 History 2 Current NOCs 3 Current NPCs 4 Historic NOCs and teams 4 1 Codes still in use 4 2 Obsolete codes 5 Special codes for Olympics 6 Special codes for Paralympics 7 Special codes for World Games 8 See also 9 References 9 1 SourcesHistory EditThe 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Games to feature Initials of Nations to refer to each NOC in the published official reports 4 However the codes used at the next few Games were often based on the host nation s language e g GIA for Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics both held in Italy from Italian Giappone or based on the French name for the nation e g AUT for Austria from Autriche By the 1972 Winter Olympics most codes were standardized on the current usage but several have changed in recent years Additionally the dissolution of the Soviet Union division and unification of Germany breakup of Yugoslavia dissolution of Czechoslovakia and several other instances of geographical renaming have all resulted in code changes In addition to this list of over 200 NOCs the participation of National Paralympic Committees NPCs at the Paralympic Games requires standardised IOC codes such as Macau or as Macau China since 1999 and the Faroe Islands coded MAC and FRO respectively 5 6 Current NOCs EditThere are 206 current NOCs National Olympic Committees within the Olympic Movement The following tables show the currently used code for each NOC and any different codes used in past Games per the official reports from those Games Some of the past code usage is further explained in the following sections Codes used specifically for a Summer Games only or a Winter Games only within the same year are indicated by S and W respectively Code National Olympic Committee Other codes used LinkAFG Afghanistan 1 ALB Albania 2 ALG Algeria AGR 1964 AGL 1968 S from Spanish Argelia 3 AND Andorra 4 ANG Angola ANO As referenced in IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Handbook 7 5 ANT Antigua and Barbuda 6 ARG Argentina 7 ARM Armenia 8 ARU Aruba 9 ASA American Samoa AMS 7 10 AUS Australia 11 AUT Austria current code from French Autriche 12 AZE Azerbaijan 13 BAH Bahamas 14 BAN Bangladesh 15 BAR Barbados BAD 1964 16 BDI Burundi 17 BEL Belgium 18 BEN Benin DAY 1964 DAH 1968 1976 as Dahomey 19 BER Bermuda 20 BHU Bhutan 21 BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina BSH 1992 S BOS 7 current code from Bosnian Bosna i Hercegovina 22 BIZ Belize HBR 1968 1972 from French Honduras britannique as British Honduras Also BHO 7 23 BLR Belarus 24 BOL Bolivia 25 BOT Botswana 26 BRA Brazil 27 BRN Bahrain BHR 7 28 BRU Brunei 29 BUL Bulgaria 30 BUR Burkina Faso VOL 1972 1984 as Upper Volta Also BKF 7 31 CAF Central African Republic AFC 1968 32 CAM Cambodia CAB 1964 KHM 1972 as Khmer Republic 33 CAN Canada 34 CAY Cayman Islands 35 CGO Republic of the Congo 36 CHA Chad CHD 1964 37 CHI Chile CIL 1956 W1960 S from Italian Cile 38 CHN China PRC 1952 S as People s Republic of China 39 CIV Ivory Coast IVC 1964 CML 1968 from Spanish Costa de Marfilcurrent code from French Cote d Ivoire 40 CMR Cameroon 41 COD Democratic Republic of the Congo COK 1968 as Congo KinshasaZAI 1972 1996 as Zaire 42 COK Cook Islands CKI 7 43 COL Colombia 44 COM Comoros 45 CPV Cape Verde CVD 7 46 CRC Costa Rica COS 1964 47 CRO Croatia 48 CUB Cuba 49 CYP Cyprus 50 CZE Czechia 51 DEN Denmark DAN 1960 S1968 W DIN 1968 S previous codes taken from Italian Danimarca French Danemark and Spanish Dinamarca 52 DJI Djibouti 53 DMA Dominica DMN 7 54 DOM Dominican Republic 55 ECU Ecuador 56 EGY Egypt RAU 19601968 UAR 1964 as United Arab Republic previous codes taken from Italian Repubblica Araba Unita French Republique Arabe Unie and Spanish Republica Arabe Unida 57 ERI Eritrea 58 ESA El Salvador SAL 1964 1976 59 ESP Spain SPA 1956 19641968 W current code taken from French Espagne or Spanish Espana 60 EST Estonia 61 ETH Ethiopia ETI 19601968 62 FIJ Fiji FIG 1960 from Italian Figi 63 FIN Finland 64 FRA France 65 FSM Federated States of Micronesia 66 GAB Gabon 67 GAM The Gambia 68 GBR Great Britain GRB 1956 W 1960 GBI 1964 69 GBS Guinea Bissau 70 GEO Georgia 71 GEQ Equatorial Guinea 72 GER Germany 73 GHA Ghana 74 GRE Greece 75 GRN Grenada 76 GUA Guatemala GUT 1964 77 GUI Guinea 78 GUM Guam 79 GUY Guyana GUA 1960 GUI 1964 BGU 7 80 HAI Haiti 81 HKG Hong Kong China HOK 1960 1968 82 HON Honduras 83 HUN Hungary UNG 1956 W1960 S from Italian Ungheria 84 INA Indonesia INS 1960 85 IND India 86 IRI Iran IRN 1956 1988 IRA 1968 W current code from Islamic Republic of Iran 87 IRL Ireland current code taken from French Irlande 88 IRQ Iraq IRK 19601968 from French Spanish Irak 89 ISL Iceland ICE 1960 W1964 S current code taken from French Islande Icelandic Island or Spanish Islandia 90 ISR Israel 91 ISV Virgin Islands current code taken from French Iles Vierges des Etats Unis 92 ITA Italy 93 IVB British Virgin Islands current code taken from French Iles Vierges britanniques 94 JAM Jamaica 95 JOR Jordan 96 JPN Japan GIA 1956 W1960 S from Italian GiapponeJAP 1960 W 97 KAZ Kazakhstan 98 KEN Kenya 99 KGZ Kyrgyzstan 100 KIR Kiribati 101 KOR South Korea COR 1956 W1960 S1968 S1972 S previous code taken from Italian Corea French Coree and Spanish Corea 102 KOS Kosovo 103 KSA Saudi Arabia ARS 1968 1976 from French Arabie saouditeSAU 1980 1984 current code from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 104 KUW Kuwait 105 LAO Laos 106 LAT Latvia 107 LBA Libya LYA 1964 LBY 1968 W 108 LBN Lebanon LEB 1960 W1964 S LIB 1964 2016 from French Liban 109 LBR Liberia 110 LCA Saint Lucia 111 LES Lesotho 112 LIE Liechtenstein LIC 1956 W1964 S1968 W 113 LTU Lithuania LIT 1992 W 114 LUX Luxembourg 115 MAD Madagascar MAG 1964 116 MAR Morocco MRC 1964 current code from French Maroc 117 MAS Malaysia MAL 1964 1988 118 MAW Malawi 119 MDA Moldova MLD 1994 120 MDV Maldives 121 MEX Mexico 122 MGL Mongolia MON 1968 W 123 MHL Marshall Islands 124 MKD North Macedonia current code taken from Macedonian Makedoniјa Makedonija 125 MLI Mali 126 MLT Malta MAT 1960 1964 127 MNE Montenegro 128 MON Monaco 129 MOZ Mozambique 130 MRI Mauritius From French Maurice 131 MTN Mauritania 132 MYA Myanmar BIR 1948 19601968 1988 from French BirmanieBUR 1964 as Burma 133 NAM Namibia 134 NCA Nicaragua NCG 1964 NIC 1968 135 NED Netherlands OLA 1956 W from Italian OlandaNET 1960 W PBA 1960 S from Italian Paesi BassiNLD 1964 S HOL 1968 1988 as Hollandcurrent code taken from Dutch Nederland 136 NEP Nepal 137 NGR Nigeria NIG 1960 S NGA 1964 138 NIG Niger NGR 1964 139 NOR Norway 140 NRU Nauru 141 NZL New Zealand NZE 19601968 W 142 OMA Oman 143 PAK Pakistan 144 PAN Panama 145 PAR Paraguay 146 PER Peru 147 PHI Philippines FIL 19601968 from Spanish Filipinas and Italian Filippine 148 PLE Palestine 149 PLW Palau 150 PNG Papua New Guinea NGY 1976 1980 NGU 1984 1988 151 POL Poland 152 POR Portugal 153 PRK North Korea NKO 1964 S1968 W CDN 1968 from French Coree du Nord or Spanish Corea del Nortecurrent code from People s Republic of Korea 154 PUR Puerto Rico PRI 1960 PRO 1968 155 QAT Qatar 156 ROU Romania ROM 1956 19601972 2006 RUM 1964 1968 from obsolete spelling Rumaniacurrent code from French Roumanie 157 RSA South Africa SAF 1960 1972 current code from Republic of South Africa 158 RUS Russia From 1994 to 2016 159 RWA Rwanda 160 SAM Samoa WSM 1984 1996 as Western Samoa 161 SEN Senegal SGL 1964 162 SEY Seychelles 163 SGP Singapore SIN 1959 2016 164 SKN Saint Kitts and Nevis 165 SLE Sierra Leone SLA 1968 166 SLO Slovenia 167 SMR San Marino SMA 1960 1964 168 SOL Solomon Islands 169 SOM Somalia 170 SRB Serbia 171 SRI Sri Lanka CEY 1948 19641972 as CeylonCEI 1968 S from Spanish Ceilan 172 SSD South Sudan 173 STP Sao Tome and Principe 174 SUD Sudan 175 SUI Switzerland SVI 1956 W1960 S from Italian SvizzeraSWI 1960 W1964 S current code from French Suisse 176 SUR Suriname 177 SVK Slovakia 178 SWE Sweden SVE 1956 W1960 S from Italian SveziaSUE 1968 S from Spanish Suecia 179 SWZ Eswatini current code from former name Swaziland 180 SYR Syria SIR 1968 from Spanish Siria 181 TAN Tanzania 182 TGA Tonga TON 1984 183 THA Thailand 184 TJK Tajikistan 185 TKM Turkmenistan 186 TLS East Timor current code taken from Portuguese Timor Leste 187 TOG Togo 188 TPE Chinese Taipei 8 RCF 1956 1960 as Republic of China FormosaTWN 1964 1968 as TaiwanROC 1972 1976 as Republic of China 189 TTO Trinidad and Tobago TRT 1964 1968 TRI 1972 2012 190 TUN Tunisia 191 TUR Turkey 192 TUV Tuvalu 193 UAE United Arab Emirates 194 UGA Uganda 195 UKR Ukraine 196 URU Uruguay URG 1968 197 USA United States SUA 1960 S from Italian Stati Uniti d AmericaEUA 1968 S from French Etats Unis d Amerique or Spanish Estados Unidos de America 198 UZB Uzbekistan 199 VAN Vanuatu 200 VEN Venezuela 201 VIE Vietnam VET 1964 VNM 1968 1976 202 VIN Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 203 YEM Yemen 204 ZAM Zambia NRH 1964 as Northern Rhodesia 205 ZIM Zimbabwe RHO 1960 1972 as Rhodesia 206 Current NPCs EditMost National Paralympic Committees NPC cover a territory with an active NOC In these cases the NPC codes matches the IOC codes shown above The two current NPCs without a corresponding NOC use the following NPC codes Code National Paralympic Committee LinkMAC Macau China Associacao Recreativa dos Deficientes de MacauFRO Faroe Islands The Faroese Sport Organisation for DisabledHistoric NOCs and teams EditCodes still in use Edit Fourteen historical NOCs or teams have codes that are still used in the IOC results database 9 to refer to past medal winners from these teams Code Nation Team Other codes usedAHO Netherlands Antilles ATO 1960 NAN 1964 code from French Antilles hollandaisesANZ Australasia Also AUA 7 BOH BohemiaBWI British West Indies ANT 19601968 from AntillesWID 1964 EUA United Team of Germany GER 1956 1964 code taken from French Equipe unifiee d AllemagneEUN Unified Team code from the French Equipe unifiee or Spanish Equipo UnificadoFRG West Germany ALL 1968 W from French AllemagneALE 1968 S from Spanish AlemaniaGER 1972 1976 code FRG taken from Federal Republic of GermanyGDR East Germany ADE 1968 from Spanish Alemania Democraticacode GDR taken from German Democratic RepublicRU1 Russian EmpireSCG Serbia and Montenegro code from Serbian Srbiјa i Crna Gora Srbija i Crna GoraTCH Czechoslovakia CSL 1956 W CZE 1960 W CSV 1960 S CZS 1964 S CHE 1968 S from Spanish Checoslovaquia code taken from French TchecoslovaquieURS Soviet Union SOV 1968 W code from French Union des republiques socialistes sovietiques URSS VNM South Vietnam Code of Republic of Vietnam from 1955 to 1975 citation needed 10 YUG Yugoslavia JUG 1956 19601968 W from Јugoslaviјa Jugoslavija in native languagesYUS 1964 S ZZX Mixed teamObsolete codes Edit Unlike the previous list these codes no longer appear in the IOC results database When a past athlete from one of these teams has won a medal the new code is shown next to them instead Code Nation NOC Years NotesBIR BurmaFrom French Birmanie 1948 1988 Now Myanmar MYA CEY CeylonFrom French Ceylan 1948 1972 Now Sri Lanka SRI DAH Dahomey 1964 1976 Now Benin BEN GUI British Guiana 1948 1964 Now Guyana GUY The code former GUI has been reassigned to Guinea GUI in 1965 when its new NOC was recognized by the IOC and used publicly in their first competed games in 1968 All formerly known by BGU 7 HBR British HondurasFrom French Honduras britannique 1968 1972 Now Belize BIZ IHO Dutch East Indiescode from French Indes orientales hollandaises 1934 1938 Now Indonesia INA KHM Khmer RepublicFrom French Republique khmere 1972 Now Cambodia CAM MAL MalaysiaFrom French Malaisie 1956 1960 Competed independently before the formation of Malaysia in 1963 Now Malaysia MAS NBO North Borneo 1956NRH Northern Rhodesia 1964 Now Zambia ZAM RAU United Arab Republiccode from French Republique arabe unie 1960 Now Egypt EGY and Syria SYR RHO Rhodesiaalso Southern Rhodesia and Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland until it became Zimbabwe in 1980 1960 1972 Now Zimbabwe ZIM ROC Republic of China 1932 1976 Medal winners from 1948 and earlier display as China CHN while medal winners from after 1948 display as Chinese Taipei TPE under which the team now competes SAA Saar 1952 Competed independently before rejoining West Germany FRG in 1957UAR United Arab Republic 1964 1968 Now Egypt EGY VOL Upper Volta 1972 1984 Now Burkina Faso BUR WSM Western Samoa 1984 1996 Now Samoa SAM YAR North Yemencode from Yemen Arab Republic 1984 1988 Competed independently before Yemeni unification in 1990 Now Yemen YEM YMD South Yemencode from Yemen Democratic Republic 1988ZAI Democratic Republic of the CongoFrom French Zaire 1972 1996 Now Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Two other significant code changes have occurred both because of a change in the nation s designation as used by the IOC HOL was changed to NED for the Netherlands for the 1992 Games reflecting the change in designation from Holland IRN was changed to IRI for Iran for the 1992 Games reflecting the change in designation to Islamic Republic of Iran Special codes for Olympics EditCode Nation team Years NotesANZ Australasia 1908 1912 Used in the IOC s medal database 9 to identify the team from Australasia composed of athletes from both Australia and New Zealand for the 1908 and 1912 Games Both nations competed separately by 1920 COR Koreafrom French Coree 2018 Used for the unified Korean women s ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics 11 EOR Refugee Olympic Teamfrom French Equipe olympique des refugies 2020 Used for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics for athletes to compete who have been displaced from their home countries The IOC code was changed from ROT which was used in 2016 EUA United Team of Germanyfrom French Equipe unifiee d Allemagne 1956 1964 Used in the IOC s medal database 9 to identify the United Team of Germany composed of athletes representing the NOCs of both East Germany and West Germany for the 1956 1964 Games The team was simply known as Germany in the official reports for those six games at the time EUN Unified Teamfrom French Equipe unifiee 1992 Used in 1992 both Summer and Winter Games for the Unified Team composed of athletes from most of the ex republics of the Soviet Union that chose to compete as a unified team Estonia Latvia and Lithuania entered separately in 1992 whereas Russia and eleven other post Soviet nations competed independently for the first time in 1994 and or 1996 IOP Independent Olympic Participants 19922014 Used for independent Olympic participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics as a designation used for athletes from FR Yugoslavia who could not compete as a team due to United Nations sanctions At the 1992 Summer Olympics IOP was used as a designation for athletes from the Republic of Macedonia too IOP was also used during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by Indian athletes due to the Indian Olympic Association suspension IOA Independent Olympic Athletes 200020122016 Used for Individual Olympic Athletes in 2000 12 a designation used for athletes from Timor Leste before the formation of its NOC IOA was used again in the 2012 Games when it stood for Independent Olympic Athletes 13 comprising athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles and a runner from South Sudan The Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee s membership from the IOC was withdrawn the previous year and South Sudan had not yet formed an NOC at the time IOA was used again in 2016 for athletes from Kuwait as a result of the suspension of its National Olympic Committee 14 IOC Athletes from Kuwait 2010 2012 Used as the country code for Athletes from Kuwait when the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended the first time at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics the 2010 Asian Games and the 2011 Asian Winter Games for the second suspension in 2015 2017 athletes from Kuwait were also competing in several international competitions under the IOC flag but this time in the team of Individual Olympic Athletes IOA including but not only in the 2016 Summer Olympics MIX Mixed NOCs 2010 Used as the country code for Mixed NOCs at the Youth Olympics 15 16 OAR Olympic Athletes from Russia 2018 Used for Olympic Athletes from Russia competing as neutral athletes due to the state sponsored doping scandal 17 ROC ROCfrom the abbreviation for Russian Olympic Committee 2020 Used for Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics following the sanctions due to the state sponsored doping scandal 18 19 The delegation used a flag depicting the logo of the Russian Olympic Committee ROT Refugee Olympic Team 2016 Used for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics for athletes to compete who have been displaced from their home countries 20 ZZX Mixed team 1896 1904 Used in the IOC s medal database 9 to identify medals won by mixed teams of athletes from multiple nations such as the combination of France and Great Britain for example a situation that happened several times in the Games of 1896 1900 and 1904 Special codes for Paralympics EditCode Nation Team Years NotesIPP Independent Paralympic Participants 1992 Used for Independent Paralympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Paralympics as a designation used for athletes from FR Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia who could not compete as a team due to United Nations sanctions IPA Individual Paralympic Athletes 2000 De facto independent East Timor was not yet recognised as a sovereign state and did not have a recognised National Paralympic Committee Two athletes from the country gained the opportunity to in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney but they competed officially as Individual Paralympic Athletes rather than as representatives of an NPC IPA Independent Paralympic Athletes 2016 A team consisting of refugee and asylee Paralympic athletes competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro as Independent Paralympic Athletes NPA Neutral Paralympic Athletes 2018 Used in 2018 for Russian athletes competing as neutral athletes due to the state sponsored doping scandal Was to be used in 2022 for Russian athletes competing as neutral athletes due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 21 however the Russian athletes were ultimately banned before the start of the 2022 Games PNA Paralympic Neutral Athletes Was to be used for Belarusian athletes competing as neutral athletes due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 21 however the Belarusian athletes were ultimately banned before the start of the 2022 Winter Paralympics and the code was not used RPC RPCfrom the abbreviation for Russian Paralympic Committee 2020 Used for Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics following the sanctions due to the state sponsored doping scandal Was to be used in 2022 as well however the Russian athletes were ultimately banned due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine The delegation used a flag depicting a specially created emblem representing the Russian Paralympic Committee RPT Refugee Paralympic Team 2020Special codes for World Games EditThe World Games are a multi sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games The World Games are governed by the International World Games Association under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee Code Nation Team Years NotesHNL 22 Iroquois 2022 The Haudenosaunee Nationals also known as the Iroquois who invented the sport of lacrosse and which has spiritual significance to them were initially denied a spot to compete at the 2022 World Games despite the Haudenosaunee national team s placement at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship due to not having a recognized NOC and issues concerning other countries recognizing sovereignty they were given a spot to compete after Ireland agreed to drop out of competition in a show of solidarity 23 24 25 See also Edit Olympics portalComparison of IOC FIFA and ISO 3166 country codes List of FIFA country codes Lists of National Olympic Committees by continental association Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa European Olympic Committees Oceania National Olympic Committees Olympic Council of Asia Pan American Sports Organization List of participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games List of participating nations at the Winter Olympic Games List of CGF country codes ISO 3166 1References Edit Olympic Documents Athletes Olympic Games IOC and More PDF Olympic org 18 May 2021 Archived PDF from the original on 2022 10 09 As per rule 24 of the Olympic Charter which writes The official languages of the IOC are French and English In the case of divergence between the French and English texts of the Olympic Charter and any other IOC document the French text shall prevail unless expressly provided otherwise in writing Le francais langue officielle des JO Linternaute com Retrieved 2022 02 22 Mallon Bill Karlsson Ove May 2004 IOC and OCOG Abbreviations for NOCs PDF Journal of Olympic History 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