List of IOC country codes

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This is a list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) country codes.

Current NOCs[edit]

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 [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)[1] [5]
ANT  Antigua and Barbuda [6]
ARG  Argentina [7]
ARM  Armenia [8]
ARU  Aruba [9]
ASA  American Samoa AMS[1] [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)[a] [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[1] current code from Bosnian Bosna i Hercegovina [22]
BIZ  Belize HBR (1968–1972) from French Honduras britannique as British Honduras; also BHO[1] [23]
BLR  Belarus [24]
BOL  Bolivia [25]
BOT  Botswana [26]
BRA  Brazil [27]
BRN  Bahrain BHR[1] [28]
BRU  Brunei [29]
BUL  Bulgaria [30]
BUR  Burkina Faso VOL (1972–1984) as Upper Volta; also BKF[1] [31]
CAF  Central African Republic AFC (1968) [32]
CAM  Cambodia
[33]
CAN  Canada [34]
CAY  Cayman Islands [35]
CGO  Republic of the Congo [36]
CHA  Chad CHD (1964) [37]
CHI  Chile
  • CIL (1956 W
  • 1960 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 Marfil
current code from French Côte d'Ivoire
[40]
CMR  Cameroon [41]
COD  Democratic Republic of the Congo
[42]
COK  Cook Islands CKI[1] [43]
COL  Colombia [44]
COM  Comoros [45]
CPV  Cape Verde CVD[1] [46]
CRC  Costa Rica COS (1964) [47]
CRO  Croatia [48]
CUB  Cuba [49]
CYP  Cyprus [50]
CZE Czech Republic Czechia [51]
DEN  Denmark
  • DAN (1960 S
  • 1968 W)
  • DIN (1968 S)
previous codes taken from Italian Danimarca, French Danemark and Spanish Dinamarca
[52]
DJI  Djibouti [53]
DMA  Dominica DMN[1] [54]
DOM  Dominican Republic [55]
ECU  Ecuador [56]
EGY  Egypt
previous codes taken from Italian Repubblica Araba Unita, French République Arabe Unie and Spanish República Árabe Unida
[57]
ERI  Eritrea [58]
ESA  El Salvador SAL (1964–1976) [59]
ESP  Spain
  • SPA (1956–1964
  • 1968 W)
current code taken from French Espagne or Spanish España
[60]
EST  Estonia [61]
ETH  Ethiopia
  • ETI (1960
  • 1968)
[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 current code taken from French Guinée équatoriale [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[1]
[80]
HAI  Haiti [81]
HKG  Hong Kong, China HOK (1960–1968) [82]
HON  Honduras [83]
HUN  Hungary
  • UNG (1956 W
  • 1960 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 (1960
  • 1968) from French/Spanish Irak
[89]
ISL  Iceland
  • ICE (1960 W
  • 1964 S)
current code taken from French Islande, Icelandic Ísland or Spanish Islandia
[90]
ISR  Israel [91]
ISV  Virgin Islands current code taken from French Îles Vierges (des États-Unis) [92]
ITA  Italy [93]
IVB  British Virgin Islands current code taken from French Îles Vierges britanniques [94]
JAM  Jamaica [95]
JOR  Jordan [96]
JPN  Japan
  • GIA (1956 W
  • 1960 S) from Italian Giappone
  • JAP (1960 W)
[97]
KAZ  Kazakhstan [98]
KEN  Kenya [99]
KGZ  Kyrgyzstan [100]
KIR  Kiribati [101]
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
[104]
KUW  Kuwait [105]
LAO  Laos [106]
LAT  Latvia [107]
LBA  Libya
  • LYA (1964)
  • LBY (1968 W)
[108]
LBN  Lebanon
  • LEB (1960 W
  • 1964 S)
  • LIB (1964–2016) from French Liban
[109]
LBR  Liberia [110]
LCA  Saint Lucia [111]
LES  Lesotho [112]
LIE  Liechtenstein
  • LIC (1956 W
  • 1964 S
  • 1968 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 North Macedonia current code taken from Macedonian Македонија/Makedonija [125]
MLI  Mali [126]
MLT  Malta MAT (1960–1964) [127]
MNE  Montenegro [128]
MON  Monaco [129]
MOZ  Mozambique [130]
MRI  Mauritius [131]
MTN  Mauritania [132]
MYA  Myanmar
  • BIR (1948–1960
  • 1968–1988) from French Birmanie
  • BUR (1964) as Burma
[133]
NAM  Namibia [134]
NCA  Nicaragua
  • NCG (1964)
  • NIC (1968)
[135]
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
[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 (1960
  • 1968 W)
[142]
OMA  Oman [143]
PAK  Pakistan [144]
PAN  Panama [145]
PAR  Paraguay [146]
PER  Peru [147]
PHI  Philippines
  • FIL (1960
  • 1968) 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 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)
[155]
QAT  Qatar [156]
ROU  Romania
  • ROM (1956–1960
  • 1972–2006)
  • RUM (1964–1968) from obsolete spelling Rumania
current 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 (1948–1964
  • 1972) as Ceylon
  • CEI (1968 S) from Spanish Ceilán
[172]
SSD  South Sudan [173]
STP  São Tomé and Príncipe [174]
SUD  Sudan [175]
SUI  Switzerland
  • SVI (1956 W
  • 1960 S) from Italian Svizzera
  • SWI (1960 W
  • 1964 S)
current code from French Suisse
[176]
SUR  Suriname [177]
SVK  Slovakia [178]
SWE  Sweden
  • SVE (1956 W
  • 1960 S) from Italian Svezia
  • SUE (1968 S) from Spanish Suecia
[179]
SWZ Eswatini 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[3]
[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'America
  • EUA (1968 S) from French États-Unis d'Amérique or Spanish Estados Unidos de América
[198]
UZB  Uzbekistan [199]
VAN  Vanuatu [200]
VEN  Venezuela [201]
VIE  Vietnam
[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[edit]

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 The Faroese Sport Organisation for Disabled

Historic NOCs and teams[edit]

Codes still in use[edit]

Fourteen historical NOCs or teams have codes that are still used in the IOC results database[4] 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[1]
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 South Vietnam Code of the State of Vietnam and then Republic of Vietnam from 1952 to 1975.[5][6][7]
YUG  Yugoslavia
  • JUG (1956–1960
  • 1968 W) from Југославија/Jugoslavija in native languages
  • YUS (1964 S)
ZZX  Mixed team

Obsolete 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 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[1]
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  Zaire
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[edit]

Code Nation/team Years Notes
AIN Individual Neutral Athletes
from French Athlètes Individuels Neutres
2024 Used for Russian and Belarusian athletes competing as neutrals due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The delegation used a flag and a one-off instrumental anthem assigned by the IOC.
ANZ  Australasia 1908–1912 Used in the IOC's medal database[4] 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.[8]
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[4] 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,[9] 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,[10] 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.[11]
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.[12][13]
OAR  Olympic Athletes from Russia 2018 Used for Olympic Athletes from Russia competing as neutral athletes due to the state-sponsored doping scandal.[14]
ROC ROC
from the abbreviation for Russian Olympic Committee
2020–2022 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.[15][16] 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.[17]
ZZX  Mixed team 1896–1904 Used in the IOC's medal database[4] 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[edit]

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
  • 2024
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 Russian invasion of Ukraine,[18] however the Russian athletes were ultimately banned before the start of the 2022 Games. Used again in the 2024 Summer Paralympics for both Russian and Belarusian athletes. In 2024, the designation was banned from using the Paralympic flag and instead used a white flag with black letters displaying "NPA" (but still used the Paralympic Anthem).[19]
PNA Paralympic Neutral Athletes Was to be used for Belarusian athletes competing as neutral athletes due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,[18] 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. The delegation used a flag with an altered emblem of the Russian Paralympic Committee (the original emblem being banned due to containing the flag of Russia). Was to be used in 2022 as well, however the Russian athletes were ultimately banned due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
RPT  Refugee Paralympic Team 2020

Special codes for World Games[edit]

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[20] Haudenosaunee 2022 The Haudenosaunee (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.[21][22][23]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Barbados did not send a delegation to the 1964 Summer Olympics, but is nevertheless listed as a participant with an official country code in the official Tokyo 1964 results book.[2]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Official Report 1964 v.2 page 9".
  3. ^ Official name given to the Republic of China for international organizations
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  8. ^ IOC. "Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  9. ^ "The Results" (PDF). la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
  10. ^ "Independent Olympic Athletes". London2012.com. London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2013-02-28.
  11. ^ "Independent Olympic Athletes". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Mixed NOCs". Archived from the original on 2014-02-25.
  13. ^ "Medals - Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires 2018". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions". Reuters. Reuters. 2021-02-19. Archived from the original on 2021-02-20. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  17. ^ Rio2016.org, 3 June 2016 Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ a b "Russian and Belarusian athletes to still receive medals at Beijing 2022". 2 March 2022.
  19. ^ https://www.paralympic.org/news/ipc-publish-neutral-paralympic-athletes-regulations-paris-2024-paralympics
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