List of IOC country codes

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses three-letter abbreviation country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Games. Each code usually identifies a National Olympic Committee, 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.

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. 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., COR for Korea, from Corée). 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 standardized IOC codes. namely Macau and the Faroe Islands, coded MAC and FRO respectively.

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.

Code	Nation	Other codes used
AFG	Afghanistan
ALB	Albania
ALG	Algeria	AGR (1964), AGL (1968)
AND	Andorra
ANG	Angola
ANT	Antigua and Barbuda
ARG	Argentina
ARM	Armenia
ARU	Aruba
ASA	American Samoa
AUS	Australia
AUT	Austria
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)
BIZ	Belize	HBR (1968–1972)
BLR	Belarus
BOL	Bolivia
BOT	Botswana
BRA	Brazil
BRN	Bahrain
BRU	Brunei Darusalaam
BUL	Bulgaria
BUR	Burkina Faso	VOL (1972–1984) as Upper Volta
CAF	Central African Republic	AFC (1968)
CAM	Cambodia	CAB (1964), KHM (1972)
CAN	Canada
CAY	Cayman Islands
CGO	Congo
CHA	Chad	CHD (1964)
CHI	Chile	CIL (1956W, 1960)
CHN	China	PRC (1952)
CIV	Côte d'Ivoire	IVC (1964), CML (1968)
CMR	Cameroon
COD	Democratic Republic of the Congo	COK (1968), ZAI (1972–1996)
COK	Cook Islands
COL	Colombia
COM	Comoros
CPV	Cape Verde
CRC	Costa Rica	COS (1964)
CRO	Croatia
CUB	Cuba
CYP	Cyprus
CZE	Czech Republic
DEN	Denmark	DAN (1964, 1968W), DIN (1968)
DJI	Djibouti
DMA	Dominica
DOM	Dominican Republic
ECU	Ecuador
EGY	Egypt	RAU (1960, 1968), UAR (1964)
ERI	Eritrea
ESA	El Salvador	SAL (1964–1976)
ESP	Spain	SPA (1956–1964, 1968W)
EST	Estonia
ETH	Ethiopia	ETI (1960, 1968)
FIJ	Fiji	FIG (1960)
FIN	Finland
FRA	France
GAB	Gabon
GAM	The Gambia
GBR	Great Britain	GRB (1956W–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
GUY	Guyana	GUA (1960), GUI (1964)
HAI	Haiti
HKG	Hong Kong	HOK (1960–1968)
HON	Honduras
HUN	Hungary	UNG (1956W, 1960)
INA	Indonesia	INS (1960)
IND	India
IRI	Iran	IRN (1956–1988), IRA (1968W)
IRL	Ireland
IRQ	Iraq	IRK (1960, 1968)
ISL	Iceland	ICE (1960W, 1964)
ISR	Israel
ISV	Virgin Islands
ITA	Italy
IVB	British Virgin Islands
JAM	Jamaica
JOR	Jordan
JPN	Japan	GIA (1956W, 1960), JAP (1960W)
KAZ	Kazakhstan
KEN	Kenya
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan
KIR	Kiribati
KOR	South Korea	COR (1956W, 1960, 1968, 1972)
KOS	Kosovo
KSA	Saudi Arabia	ARS (1968–1976), SAU (1980–1984)
KUW	Kuwait
LAO	Laos
LAT	Latvia
LBA	Libya	LYA (1964), LBY (1968W)
LBN	Lebanon	LEB (1960W), LIB (1964–2016)
LBR	Liberia
LCA	Saint Lucia
LES	Lesotho
LIE	Liechtenstein	LIC (1956W, 1964, 1968W)
LTU	Lithuania	LIT (1992W)
LUX	Luxembourg
MAD	Madagascar	MAG (1964)
MAR	Morocco	MRC (1964)
MAS	Malaysia	MAL (1964–1988)
MAW	Malawi
MDA	Moldova	MLD (1994)
MDV	Maldives
MEX	Mexico
MGL	Mongolia	MON (1968)
MHL	Marshall Islands
MKD	North Macedonia
MLI	Mali
MLT	Malta	MAT (1960–1964)
MNE	Montenegro
MON	Monaco
MOZ	Mozambique
MRI	Mauritius
MTN	Mauritania
MYA	Myanmar	BIR (1948–1960, 1968–1988), BUR (1964)
NAM	Namibia
NCA	Nicaragua	NCG (1964), NIC (1968)
NED	Netherlands	OLA (1956W), NET (1960W), PBA (1960), NLD (1964), HOL (1968–1988) as Holland
NEP	Nepal
NGR	Nigeria	NIG (1960), NGA (1964)
NIG	Niger	NGR (1964)
NOR	Norway
NRU	Nauru
NZL	New Zealand	NZE (1960, 1968W)
OMA	Oman
PAK	Pakistan
PAN	Panama
PAR	Paraguay
PER	Peru
PHI	Philippines	FIL (1960, 1968)
PLE	Palestine
PLW	Palau
PNG	Papua New Guinea	NGY (1976–1980), NGU (1984–1988)
POL	Poland
POR	Portugal
PRK	North Korea	NKD (1964, 1968W), CDN (1968)
PUR	Puerto Rico	PRI (1960), PRO (1968)
QAT	Qatar
ROU	Romania	ROM (1956–1960, 1972–2006), RUM (1964–1968)
RSA	South Africa	SAF (1960–1972)
RUS	Russia
RWA	Rwanda
SAM	Samoa	WSM (1984–1996) as Western Samoa
SEN	Senegal	SGL (1964)
SEY	Seychelles
SGP	Singapore	SIN (1960–2016)
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)
SSD	South Sudan	IOA (Individual Olympic Athletes, 2012)
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe
SUD	Sudan
SUI	Switzerland	SVI (1956W, 1960), SWI (1960W, 1964)
SUR	Suriname
SVK	Slovakia
SWE	Sweden	SVE (1956W, 1960), SUE (1968)
SWZ	Eswatini
SYR	Syria	SIR (1968)
TAN	Tanzania
TGA	Tonga	TON (1984)
THA	Thailand
TJK	Tajikistan
TKM	Turkmenistan
TLS	Timor Leste	IOA (Individual Olympic Athletes, 2000)
TOG	Togo
TPE	Chinese Taipei	RCF (1956–1960), TWN (1964–1968), ROC (1972–1976)
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	TRT (1964–1968), TRI (1972–2016)
TUN	Tunisia
TUR	Turkey
TUV	Tuvalu
UAE	United Arab Emirates
UGA	Uganda
UKR	Ukraine
URU	Uruguay	URG (1968)
USA	United States	SUA (1960), EUA (1968)
UZB	Uzbekistan
VAN	Vanuatu
VEN	Venezuela
VIE	Vietnam	VET (1964), VNM (1968–1976)
VIN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
YEM	Yemen
ZAM	Zambia	NRH (1964)
ZIM	Zimbabwe	RHO (1960–1972)

Historic NOCs and teams

Codes still in use

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

Code	Nation	Other codes used
AHO	Netherlands Antilles	ATO (1960), NAN (1964)
ANZ	Australasia
BOH	Bohemia
EUA	United Team of Germany	GER (1956–1964)
EUN	Unified Team
FRG	West Germany	ALL (1968W), ALE (1968), GER (1972–1976)
GDR	East Germany	ADE (1968)
RU1	Russian Empire
SAA	Saarland
SCG	Serbia and Montenegro	YUG (1996–2002)
TCH	Czechoslovakia	CSL (1956W), CZE (1960W), CSV (1960), CZS (1964), CHE (1968)
URS	Soviet Union	SOV (1968W)
YUG	Yugoslavia	JUG (1956–1960, 1968W), YUS (1964)
ZZX	Mixed Team

Obsolete codes

Code	Nation (NOC)	Years	Notes
BIR	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BIR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BIR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BIR at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BIR]]	1948–1988	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
CEY	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CEY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CEY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CEY at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CEY]]	1948–1972	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
DAH	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DAH|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DAH]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DAH at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DAH]]	1964–1976	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
HBR	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HBR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HBR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HBR at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HBR]]	1968–1972	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
KHM	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KHM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KHM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KHM at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KHM]]	1972–1976	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
NRH	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NRH|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NRH]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NRH at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NRH]]	1964	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
RAU	Template:Flaglink	1960	Now Template:FlagIOCteam and Template:FlagIOCteam
RHO	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RHO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RHO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RHO at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RHO]]	1960–1972	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
UAR	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UAR at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UAR]]	1964–1968	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
VOL	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VOL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VOL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VOL at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VOL]]	1972–1984	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
YAR	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias YAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias YAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias YAR at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias YAR]]	1984–1988	Competed independently prior to Yemeni unification in 1990. Now Template:FlagIOCteam
YMD	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias YMD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias YMD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias YMD at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias YMD]]	1988
ZAI	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ZAI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ZAI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ZAI at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ZAI]]	1972–1996	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
—	British Guiana	1948–1964	Now Template:FlagIOCteam
—	Gold Coast	1952	Now Template:FlagIOCteam

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

• ANZ is now used in the IOC's medal database to identify the team from Australasia, composed of athletes from both Australia and New Zealand for the 1908 and 1912 Games. By 1920, both nations competed separately.
• EUA is now used in the IOC's medal database to identify the Unified Team of Germany, composed of athletes representing the NOCs of both East Germany and West Germany for the 1956–1964 Games. At the time, the team was simply known as Germany in the official reports for those six Games.
• EUN was 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. Only the Baltic states were able to compete as independent teams in 1992; the other twelve new nations competed independently for the first time in 1994 and/or 1996.
• IOP was used for Independent Olympic Participants in 1992, a designation used for athletes from Yugoslavia who could not compete as a team due to United Nations sanctions.
• IOA was used for Individual Olympic Athletes in 2000, a designation used for athletes from Timor-Leste prior to the formation of its NOC. IOA will be used again in the 2012 Games. In 2012 it stands for Independent Olympic Athletes, which includes 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 has not formed an NOC.
• IOC was used as the country code for Athletes from Kuwait at the 2010 Asian Games, as the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended.
• ZZX is used 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.