This is a list of
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...
(IOC) country codes.
Current NOCs
There are 206 current NOCs (
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
s) 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.
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.
Historic NOCs and teams
Codes still in use
Fourteen historical NOCs or teams have codes that are still used in the IOC results database
to refer to past medal winners from these teams.
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.
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
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
for the 1992 Games, reflecting the change in designation from ''Holland''.
* IRN was changed to IRI for
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
for the 1992 Games, reflecting the change in designation to ''Islamic Republic of Iran''.
Special codes for Olympics
Special codes for Paralympics
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.
See also
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Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes
This is a comparison of the IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166-1 three-letter codes, combined into one table for easy reference. Highlighted rows indicate those entries in which the three-letter codes differ from column to column. The last column indicate ...
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List of FIFA country codes
FIFA assigns a three-letter country code (more properly termed a trigram or trigraph) to each of its member and non-member countries. These are the official codes used by FIFA and its continental confederations ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OF ...
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National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
s by continental association:
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Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
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*Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
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European Olympic Committees
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Oceania National Olympic Committees
The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) is an international organization that congregates the 17 National Olympic Committee, National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Oceania.
It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the ...
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Olympic Council of Asia
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a sports governing body, governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. Talal Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was elected as President of the OCA on 8 July 2023. However, on 3 ...
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Pan American Sports Organization
Panam Sports, officially the Pan American Sports Organization (), is an international organization which represents the current 41 National Olympic Committees of the American continents.
It is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee ...
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List of participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games
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List of participating nations at the Winter Olympic Games
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List of CGF country codes
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ISO 3166-1
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