List of IOC country codes

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses three-letter abbreviation country codes to call each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Games.^[1]

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Since 1952, the list of IOC country codes has changed as new countries were added. Sometimes the names of countries were changed. Some countries have had as many as four different codes.^[2]

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

A

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
AFG	Afghanistan	Afghanistan National Olympic Committee[3]
AHO	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee	ATO (1960) NAN (1964)
ALB	Albania	National Olympic Committee of Albania[4]
ALG	Algeria	Comité Olympique Algérien[5]	AGR (1964) AGL (1968S)
AND	Andorra	Comitè Olímpic Andorrà[6]
ANG	Angola	Comité Olímpico Angolano[7]
ANT	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association[8]
ARG	Argentina	Comité Olímpico Argentino[9]
ARM	Armenia	National Olympic Committee of Armenia[10]
ARU	Aruba	Comité Olímpico Arubano[11]
ASA	American Samoa	American Samoa National Olympic Committee[12]
AUS	Australia	Australian Olympic Committee[13]	ANZ (1908, 1912)
AUT	Austria	Österreichisches Olympisches Comité[14]
AZE	Azerbaijan	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic[15]

B

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
BAH	Bahamas	Bahamas Olympic Association[16]
BGD	Bangladesh	Bangladesh Olympic Association[17]
BAR	Barbados	Barbados Olympic Association[18]	BAD (1964)
BDI	Burundi	Comité National Olympique du Burundi[19]
BEL	Belgium	Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge[20]
BEN	Benin	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Béninois[21]	DAY (1964) DAH (1968–1976)
BER	Bermuda	Bermuda Olympic Association[22]
BHU	Bhutan	Bhutan Olympic Committee[23]
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina[24]	BSH (1992S)
BIZ	Belize	Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association[25]	HBR (1968–1972)
BLR	Belarus	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus[26]
BOL	Bolivia	Comité Olímpico Boliviano[27]
BOT	Botswana	Botswana National Olympic Committee[28]
BRA	Brazil	Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro[29]
BRN	Bahrain	Bahrain Olympic Committee
BRU	Brunei	Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council[30]
BGR	Bulgaria	Bulgaria Olympic Committee[31]
BUR	Burkina Faso	Comité National Olympique et des Sports Burkinabè[32]	VOL (1972–1984)

C

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
CAF	Central African Republic	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain[33]	AFC (1968)
CAM	Cambodia	National Olympic Committee of Cambodia[34]	CAB (1964) KHM (1972–1976)
CAN	Canada	Canadian Olympic Committee[35]
CAY	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands Olympic Committee[36]
CGO	Republic of the Congo	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais[37]
CHA	Chad	Comité Olympique et Sportif Tchadien[38]	CHD (1964) TCH
CHI	Chile	Comité Olímpico de Chile[39]	CIL (1956W, 1960S)
CHN	China	Chinese Olympic Committee[40]
CIV	Côte d'Ivoire	Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire[41]	IVC (1964) CML (1968)
CMR	Cameroon	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun[42]
COD	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Comité Olympique Congolais[43]	COK (1968) ZAI (1972–1996)
COK	Cook Islands	Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee[44]
COL	Colombia	Comité Olímpico Colombiano[45]
COM	Comoros	Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores[46]
CPV	Cape Verde	Comité Olímpico Caboverdeano[47]
CRC	Costa Rica	Comité Olímpico Nacional de Costa Rica[48]	COS (1964) CTC (1984W)
CRO	Croatia	Croatian Olympic Committee[49]
CUB	Cuba	Comité Olímpico Cubano[50]
CYP	Cyprus	Cyprus National Olympic Committee[51]
CZE	Czechia	Czech Olympic Committee[52]

D

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
DEN	Denmark	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark[53]	DAN (1960S, 1968W) DIN (1968S)
DJI	Djibouti	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Djiboutien[54]
DMA	Dominica	Dominica Olympic Committee[55]
DOM	Dominican Republic	Comité Olímpico Dominicano[56]

E

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
ECU	Ecuador	Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano[57]
EGY	Egypt	Egyptian Olympic Committee[58]	RAU (1960, 1968) UAR (1964)
ERI	Eritrea	Eritrean National Olympic Committee[59]
ESA	El Salvador	Comité Olímpico de El Salvador[60]	SAL (1964–1976)
ESP	Spain	Comité Olímpico Español[61]	SPA (1956–1964, 1968W)
EST	Estonia	Estonian Olympic Committee (Eesti Olümpiakomitee)[62]
ETH	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Olympic Committee[63]	ETI (1960, 1968)

F

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
FIJ	Fiji	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee[64]	FIG (1960)
FIN	Finland	Finnish Olympic Committee[65]
FRA	France	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français[66]
FSM	Micronesia	Federated States of Micronesia National Olympic Committee[67]

G

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
GAB	Gabon	Comité Olympique Gabonais[68]
GAM	Gambia	Gambia National Olympic Committee[69]
GBR	Great Britain	British Olympic Association[70]	GRB (1956W–1960) GBI (1964)
GBS	Guinea-Bissau	Comité Olímpico da Guiné-Bissau[71]
GEO	Georgia	Georgian National Olympic Committee[72]
GEQ	Equatorial Guinea	Comité National Olympique Equato-Guinéen[73]
GER	Germany	Deutscher Olympischer SportBund[74]	ALL (1968W) ALE (1968S) FRG (1980–1988)
GHA	Ghana	Ghana Olympic Committee[75]
GRE	Greece	Comité Olympique Hellénique[76]
GRN	Grenada	Grenada Olympic Committee[77]
GUA	Guatemala	Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco[78]	GUT (1964)
GUI	Guinea	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen[79]
GUM	Guam	Guam National Olympic Committee[80]
GUY	Guyana	Guyana Olympic Association[81]	GUA (1960) GUI (1964)

H

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
HAI	Haiti	Comité Olympique Haïtien[82]
HKG	Hong Kong	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China[83]	HOK (1960–1968)
HON	Honduras	Comité Olímpico Hondureño[84]
HUN	Hungary	Hungarian Olympic Committee[85]	UNG (1956W, 1960S)

I

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
INA	Indonesia	Komite Olimpiade Indonesia[86]	INS (1960)
IND	India	Indian Olympic Association[87]
IRI	Iran	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran[88]	IRN (1956–1988) IRA (1968W)
IRL	Ireland	Olympic Council of Ireland[89]
IRQ	Iraq	National Olympic Committee of Iraq[90]	IRK (1960, 1968)
ISL	Iceland	National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland[91]	ICE (1960W, 1964S)
ISR	Israel	Olympic Committee of Israel[92]
ISV	United States Virgin Islands	Virgin Islands Olympic Committee[93]
ITA	Italy	Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano[94]
IVB	British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee[95]

J

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
JAM	Jamaica	Jamaica Olympic Association[96]
JOR	Jordan	Jordan Olympic Committee[97]
JPN	Japan	Japanese Olympic Committee[98]	GIA (1956W, 1960S) JAP (1960W)

K

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
KAZ	Kazakhstan	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan[99]
KEN	Kenya	National Olympic Committee Kenya[100]
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan[101]
KIR	Kiribati	Kiribati National Olympic Committee[102]
KOR	South Korea	Korean Olympic Committee[103]	COR (1956W, 1960S, 1968S, 1972S)
KSA	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee[104]	ARS (1968–1976) SAU (1980–1984)
KUW	Kuwait	Kuwait Olympic Committee[105]

L

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
LAO	Laos	National Olympic Committee of Lao[106]
LAT	Latvia	Latvian Olympic Committee[107]
LBA	Libya	Libyan Olympic Committee[108]	LYA (1964) LBY (1968W)
LBR	Liberia	Liberia National Olympic Committee[109]
LCA	Saint Lucia	St Lucia Olympic Committee[110]
LES	Lesotho	Lesotho National Olympic Committee[111]
LBN	Lebanon	Lebanese Olympic Committee[112]	LEB (1960W, 1964S), LIB (until Oct 2017)
LIE	Liechtenstein	Liechtensteinischer Olympischer Sportverband[113]	LIC (1956W, 1964S, 1968W)
LTU	Lithuania	National Olympic Committee of Lithuania[114]	LIT (1992W)
LUX	Luxembourg	Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois[115]

M

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
MAD	Madagascar	Comité Olympique Malgache[116]	MAG (1964)
MAR	Morocco	Comité National Olympique Marocain[117]	MRC (1964)
MAS	Malaysia	Olympic Council of Malaysia[118]	MAL (1964–1988)
MAW	Malawi	Malawi Olympic Committee[119]
MDA	Moldova	Comité National Olympique de la République de Moldova[120]	MLD (1994)
MDV	Maldives	Maldives Olympic Committee[121]
MEX	Mexico	Comité Olímpico Mexicano[122]
MNG	Mongolia	Mongolian National Olympic Committee[123]	MON (1968W)
MHL	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee[124]
MKD	Macedonia	Olympic Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia[125]
MLI	Mali	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali[126]
MLT	Malta	Maltese Olympic Committee[127]	MAT (1960–1964)
MNE	Montenegro	Montenegrin Olympic Committee[128]
MON	Monaco	Comité Olympique Monégasque[129]
MOZ	Mozambique	Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique[130]
MRI	Mauritius	Mauritius Olympic Committee[131]
MTN	Mauritania	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Mauritanien[132]
MYA	Myanmar	Myanmar Olympic Committee[133]	BIR (1960, 1968–1988) BUR (1964)

N

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
NAM	Namibia	Namibia National Olympic Committee[134]
NCA	Nicaragua	Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense [135]	NCG (1964) NIC (1968)
NED	Netherlands	Nederlands Olympisch Comité/Nederlandse Sport Federatie[136]	OLA (1956W) NET (1960W) PBA (1960S) NLD (1964S) HOL (1968–1988)
NEP	Nepal	Nepal Olympic Committee[137]
NGR	Nigeria	Nigeria Olympic Committee[138]	NGA (1964)
NIG	Niger	Comité Olympique et Sportif National du Niger[139]	NGR (1964)
NOR	Norway	Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité (Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports)[140]
NRU	Nauru	Nauru Olympic Committee[141]
NZL	New Zealand	New Zealand Olympic Committee[142]	ANZ (1908, 1912) NZE (1960, 1968W)

O

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
OMA	Oman	Oman Olympic Committee[143]

P

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
PAK	Pakistan	Pakistan Olympic Association[144]
PAN	Panama	Comité Olímpico de Panamá[145]
PAR	Paraguay	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo[146]
PER	Peru	Comité Olímpico Peruano[147]
PHI	Philippines	Philippines Olympic Committee[148]	FIL (1960, 1968)
PLE	Palestine	Palestine Olympic Committee[149]
PLW	Palau	Palau National Olympic Committee[150]
PNG	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Sports Federation and Olympic Committee[151]	NGY (1976–1980) NGU (1984–1988)
POL	Poland	Polish Olympic Committee[152]
POR	Portugal	Comité Olímpico de Portugal[153]
PRK	North Korea	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[154]	NKO (1964S, 1968W) CDN (1968)
PUR	Puerto Rico	Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico[155]	PRI (1960) PRO (1968)

Q

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
QAT	Qatar	Qatar Olympic Committee[156]

R

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
ROU	Romania	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee[157]	ROM (1956–1960, 1972–2006) RUM (1964–1968)
RSA	South Africa	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee[158]	SAF (1960–1972)
ROC	Russia	Russia Olympic Committee[159]
RWA	Rwanda	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda[160]

S

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
SAM	Samoa	Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee[161]
SEN	Senegal	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais[162]	SGL (1964)
SEY	Seychelles	Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association[163]
SGP	Singapore	Singapore National Olympic Council[164]	SIN (1959-2016)
SKN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee[165]
SLE	Sierra Leone	National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone[166]	SLA (1968)
SLO	Slovenia	Olympic Committee of Slovenia Association of Sports Federations[167]
SMR	San Marino	Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese[168]	SMA (1960–1964)
SOL	Solomon Islands	National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands[169]
SOM	Somalia	Somali Olympic Committee[170]
SRB	Serbia	Olympic Committee of Serbia[171]
SRI	Sri Lanka	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka[172]	CEY (1960–1972)
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	Comité Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe[173]
SUD	Sudan	Sudan Olympic Cmmittee[174]
SUI	Switzerland	Swiss Olympic Association[175]	SVI (1956W, 1960S) SWI (1960W, 1964S)
SUR	Suriname	Surinaams Olympisch Comité Surinaams[176]
SVK	Slovakia	Slovak Olympic Committee[177]
SWE	Sweden	Swedish Olympic Committee[178]	SVE (1956W, 1960S) SUE (1968S)
SWZ	Swaziland	Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association[179]
SYR	Syria	Syrian Olympic Committee[180]	RAU (1960) SIR (1968)

T

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
TAN	Tanzania	Tanzania Olympic Committee Tanzania Olympic Committee [181]
TGA	Tonga	Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee[182]	TON (1984)
THA	Thailand	National Olympic Committee of Thailand [183]	TAI (1960, 1968)
TJK	Tajikistan	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan[184]
TKM	Turkmenistan	National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan[185]
TLS	Timor-Leste	Comitê Olímpico Nacional de Timor-Leste[186]
TOG	Togo	Comité National Olympique Togolais[187]
TPE	Republic of China[188]	Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee[189]	RCF (1960) TWN (1964–1968) ROC (1972–1976)
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee[190]	TRT (1964–1968)
TUN	Tunisia	Comité National Olympique Tunisien[191]
TUR	Turkey	National Olympic Committee of Turkey[192]
TUV	Tuvalu	Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee[193]

U

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
UAE	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee[194]
UGA	Uganda	Uganda Olympic Committee[195]
UKR	Ukraine	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine [196]
URU	Uruguay	Comité Olímpico Uruguayo[197]	URG (1968)
USA	United States	United States Olympic Committee [198]	SUA (1960S) EUA (1968S)
UZB	Uzbekistan	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan[199]

V

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
VAN	Vanuatu	Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee[200]
VEN	Venezuela	Comité Olímpico Venezolano Comité[201]
VIE	Vietnam	Vietnam Olympic Committee[202]	VET (1964) VNM (1968–1976)
VIN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	St Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee[203]

Y

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
YEM	Yemen	Yemen Olympic Committee[204]

Z

Code	Country	National Organizing Committee (NOC)	Other codes used
ZAM	Zambia	National Olympic Committee of Zambi[205]	NRH (1964)
ZIM	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Olympic Committee[206]	RHO (1960–1972)

Historic NOCs and teams

Some of the National Olympic Committees no longer exist, such as Czechoslovakia, the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, the USSR, the United Arab Republic, and the West Indies Federation.^[207]

Codes still in use

Twelve historical NOCs or teams have codes that are still used in the IOC results database^[208] to refer to past medal winners from these teams.

Code	Nation/Team	Other codes used
ANZ	Australasia
BOH	Bohemia
BWI	West Indies Federation	ANT (1960, 1968), WID (1964)
EUA	Unified Team of Germany	GER (1956–1964)
EUN	Unified Team
FRG	West Germany	ALL (1968W), ALE (1968S), GER (1972–1976)
GDR	East Germany	ADE (1968)
SCG	Serbia and Montenegro	YUG (1996S–2002W)
TCH	Czechoslovakia	CSL (1956W), CZE (1960W), CSV (1960S), CZS (1964S), CHE (1968S)
URS	Soviet Union	SOV (1968W)
YUG	Yugoslavia	JUG (1956–1960, 1968W), YUS (1964S)
ZZX	Mixed teams

Obsolete codes

Code	Nation (NOC)	Years	Notes
BIR	Burma	1948–1988	Now Myanmar (MYA)
CEY	Ceylon	1948–1972	Now Sri Lanka (SRI)
DAH	Dahomey	1964–1976	Now Benin (BEN)
HBR	British Honduras	1968–1972	Now Belize (BIZ)
KHM	Khmer Republic	1972–1976	Now Cambodia (CAM)
MAL	Malaya	1956–1960	Competed independently prior to the formation of Malaysia in 1963. Now Malaysia (MAS)
NBO	North Borneo	1956
NRH	Northern Rhodesia	1964	Now Zambia (ZAM)
RAU	United Arab Republic	1960	Now Egypt (EGY) and Syria (SYR)
RHO	Rhodesia	1960–1972	Now Zimbabwe (ZIM)
ROC	Republic of China	1932–1976	Now Chinese Taipei (TPE)
UAR	United Arab Republic	1964	Now Egypt (EGY)
VOL	Upper Volta	1972–1984	Now Burkina Faso (BUR)
YAR	North Yemen	1984–1988	Competed independently prior to 1990. Now Yemen (YEM)
YMD	South Yemen	1988
ZAI	Zaire	1972–1996	Now DR Congo (COD)
GUI	British Guiana	1948–1964	Now Guyana (GUY)
—	Gold Coast	1952	Now Ghana (GHA)
SAA	Saar	1952	Competed independently prior to rejoining West Germany in 1957.

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