Information about National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their country's participation in the Olympic Games. For a list of NOC country codes, see List of IOC country codes.
The first year is the date of creation, the second the date of recognition.
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NOC by continent
Africa
- Comité Olympique Algérien (1963/1964)
- Comité OlÃmpico Angolano (1979/1980)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif Béninois (1962/1962)
- Botswana National Olympic Committee (1978/1980)
- Comité National Olympique et des Sports Burkinabé (1965/1972)
- Comité National Olympique du Burundi (1990/1993)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun (1963/1963)
- Comité OlÃmpico Caboverdeano (1989/1993)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain (1964/1965)
- Comité Olympique et Sportif Tchadien (1963/1964)
- Comité Olympique et Sportif des �les Comores (1979/1993)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais (1964/1964)
- Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire (1962/1963)
- Comité Olympique Congolais (1963/1968)
- Comité National Olympique Djiboutien (1983/1984)
- Egyptian Olympic Committee (1910/1910)
- Comité National Olympique Equato-Guinéen (1980/1984)
- Eritrean National Olympic Committee (1996/1998)
- Ethiopian Olympic Committee (1948/1954)
- Comité Olympique Gabonais (1965/1968)
- Gambia National Olympic Committee (1972/1976)
- Ghana Olympic Committee (1952/1952)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen (1964/1965)
- Comité OlÃmpico da Guiné-Bissau (1992/1995)
- National Olympic Committee Kenya (1955/1955)
- Lesotho National Olympic Committee (1971/1972)
- Liberia National Olympic Committee (1954/1955)
- Libyan Olympic Committee (1962/1963)
- Comité Olympique Malgache (1963/1964)
- Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi (1968/1968)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali (1962/1963)
- Comité Olympique Mauritanien (1962/1979)
- Mauritius Olympic Committee (1971/1972)
- Comité Olympique Marocain (1959/1959)
- Comité OlÃmpico Nacional de Moçambique (1979/1979)
- Namibian National Olympic Committee (1991/1991)
- Comité Olympique et Sportif National du Niger (1964/1964)
- Nigeria Olympic Committee Inc. (1951/1951)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda (1984/1984)
- Comité OlÃmpico de São Tomé e PrÃncipe (1979/1993)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais (1961/1963)
- Seychelles National Olympic Committee (1979/1979)
- National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (1964/1964)
- Somali Olympic Committee (1959/1972)
- South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (1991/1991)
- Sudan Olympic Committee (1956/1959)
- Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (1971/1972)
- Comité National Olympique Togolais (1963/1965)
- Comité National Olympique Tunisien (1957/1957)
- Uganda Olympic Committee (1950/1956)
- Tanzania Olympic Committee (1968/1968)
- National Olympic Committee of Zambia (1964/1964)
- Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (1934/1980)
Americas
- The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association (1966/1976)
- Comité OlÃmpico Argentino (1923/1923)
- Comité OlÃmpico Arubano (1985/1986)
- Bahamas Olympic Association (1952/1952)
- The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (1955/1955)
- Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (1967/1967)
- Bermuda Olympic Association (1935/1936)
- Comité OlÃmpico Boliviano (1932/1936)
- Comitê OlÃmpico Brasileiro (1935/1935)
- British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (1980/1982)
- Canadian Olympic Committee (1904/1907)
- Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (1973/1976)
- Comité OlÃmpico de Chile (1934/1934)
- Comité OlÃmpico Colombiano (1936/1939)
- Comité OlÃmpico de Costa Rica (1953/1954)
- Comité OlÃmpico Cubano (1937/1954)
- Dominica Olympic Committee (1987/1993)
- Comité OlÃmpico Dominicano (1946/1962)
- Comité OlÃmpico Ecuatoriano (1948/1959)
- Comité OlÃmpico de El Salvador (1949/1962)
- The Grenada Olympic Committee (1984/1984)
- Comité OlÃmpico Guatemalteco (1947/1947)
- Guyana Olympic Association (1935/1948)
- Comité Olympique Haïtien (1914/1924)
- Comité OlÃmpico Hondureño (1956/1956)
- Jamaica Olympic Association Ltd. (1936/1936)
- Comité OlÃmpico Mexicano (1923/1923)
- Nederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité (1931/1950)
- Comité OlÃmpico Nicaragüense (1959/1959)
- Comité OlÃmpico de Panamá (1934/1947)
- Comité OlÃmpico Paraguayo (1970/1970)
- Comité OlÃmpico Peruano (1924/1936)
- Comité OlÃmpico de Puerto Rico (1948/1948)
- St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Association (1986/1993)
- St. Lucia Olympic Committee (1987/1993)
- The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee (1982/1987)
- Surinaams Olympisch Comité (1959/1959)
- Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (1946/1948)
- United States Olympic Committee (1894/1894)
- Comité OlÃmpico Uruguayo (1923/1923)
- Comité OlÃmpico Venezolano (1935/1935)
- Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (1967/1967)
Asia
- Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (1935/1936)
- Bahrain Olympic Committee (1978/1979)
- Bangladesh Olympic Association (1979/1980)
- Bhutan Olympic Committee (1983/1983)
- Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council (1984/1984)
- National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (1983/1994)
- Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (1960/1960)
- Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1953/1957)
- Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong China (1950/1951)
- Indian Olympic Association (1927/1927)
- Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia (1946/1952)
- National Olympic Committee of Iraq (1948/1948)
- National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1947/1947)
- Japanese Olympic Committee (1911/1912)
- Jordan Olympic Committee (1957/1963)
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1990/1993)
- Korean Olympic Committee (1946/1947)
- Kuwait Olympic Committee (1957/1966)
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (1991/1993)
- National Olympic Committee of Lao (1975/1979)
- Lebanese Olympic Committee (1947/1948)
- Olympic Council of Malaysia (1953/1954)
- Maldives Olympic Committee (1985/1985)
- Mongolian National Olympic Committee (1961/1962)
- Myanmar Olympic Committee (1947/1947)
- Nepal Olympic Committee (1962/1963)
- Oman Olympic Committee (1982/1982)
- Pakistan Olympic Association (1948/1948)
- Palestine Olympic Committee (1995/1995)
- Chinese Olympic Committee (1910/1979)
- Philippine Olympic Committee (1911/1929)
- Qatar National Olympic Committee (1979/1980)
- Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (1964/1965)
- Singapore National Olympic Council (1947/1948)
- National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (1937/1937)
- Syrian Olympic Committee (1948/1948)
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan (1992/1993)
- Olympic Committee of Thailand (1948/1950)
- Comité OlÃmpico Nacional de Timor-Leste (2003/2003)
- National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan (1990/1993)
- United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee (1979/1980)
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1992/1993)
- Vietnam Olympic Committee (1976/1979)
- Yemen Olympic Committee (1971/1981)
Europe
- National Olympic Committee of Albania (1959/1959)
- Comitè OlÃmpic Andorrà (1971/1975)
- National Olympic Committee of Armenia (1990/1993)
- Österreichisches Olympisches Comité (1908/1912)
- National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic (1992/1993)
- Belarus Olympic Committee (1991/1993)
- Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge - Belgisch Olympisch en Interfederaal Comité (1906/1906)
- Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992/1993)
- Bulgarian Olympic Committee (1923/1924)
- Croatian Olympic Committee (1991/1993)
- The Cyprus National Olympic Committee (1974/1978)
- Czech Olympic Committee (1899/1993)
- National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (1905/1905)
- Estonian Olympic Committee (1923/1991)
- Finnish Olympic Committee (1907/1907)
- Olympic Committee of Macedonia (1992/1993)
- Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (1894/1894)
- Georgian National Olympic Committee (1989/1993)
- German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) (1895/1895)
- British Olympic Association (1905/1905)
- Comité Olympique Hellénique (1894/1895)
- Hungarian Olympic Committee (1895/1895)
- The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland (1921/1935)
- Olympic Council of Ireland (1922/1922)
- The Olympic Committee of Israel (1933/1952)
- Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1908/1915)
- Latvian Olympic Committee (1922/1991)
- Liechtensteinischer Olympischer Sportverband (1935/1935)
- National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (1937/1991)
- Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee (1912/1912)
- Malta Olympic Committee (1928/1936)
- Comité Olympique Monégasque (1907/1953)
- Nederlands Olympisch Comité (1912/1912)
- Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (1900/1900)
- Polish Olympic Committee (1918/1919)
- Comité OlÃmpico de Portugal (1909/1909)
- Comité National Olympique de la République de Moldova (1991/1993)
- Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (1914/1914)
- Russian Olympic Committee (1989/1993)
- Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese (1959/1959)
- Olympic Committee of Serbia (1919/1920)
- Slovak Olympic Committee (1992/1993)
- Olympic Committee of Slovenia (1991/1993)
- Comité OlÃmpico Español (1924/1924)
- Swedish Olympic Committee (1913/1913)
- Swiss Olympic Association (1912/1912)
- National Olympic Committee of Turkey (1908/1911)
- National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (1990/1993)
Oceania
- American Samoa National Olympic Committee (1987/1987)
- Australian Olympic Committee (1895/1895)
- Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (1986/1986)
- Federated States of Micronesia National Olympic Committee (1995/1997)
- Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (1949/1955)
- Guam National Olympic Committee (1976/1986)
- Kiribati National Olympic Committee (2002/2003)
- Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee (2001/2006)
- Nauru Olympic Committee (1991/1994)
- New Zealand Olympic Committee (1911/1920)
- Palau National Olympic Committee (1997/1999)
- Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (1973/1974)
- Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (1983/1983)
- National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (1983/1983)
- Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (1963/1984)
- Vanuatu Amateur Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (1987/1987)
NOC by recognition date
Below is a chronological list of the NOC recognized by the International Olympic Committee, since its foundation in 1894. Many of these NOC were founded many years before its official recognition, while others were immediately accepted after being founded. Former states, nowadays non-extant (e.g. Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, etc.), are not listed, only the current states they have derived into. Non-UN members countries are in italic.| Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) | |
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Africa: ANOCA – Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
America: PASO – Pan American Sports Organisation Asia: OCA – Olympic Council of Asia Europe: EOC – European Olympic Committees Oceania: ONOC – Oceania National Olympic Committees | |
International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 1894. Its membership is 205 National Olympic Committees.
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Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics or The Games[1]) is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad[2]).
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The IOC country codes are three-letter country codes allocated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to all National Olympic Committees and other groups competing in the Olympic Games.
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The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA
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The Egyptian Olympic Committee (Arabic: اللجنة الاولمبية المصرية, abbreviated as EOC
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The Pan American Sports Organisation (acronym: PASO; Spanish: Organización Deportiva Panamericana, ODEPA) is an international organization which represents the current 42 national Olympic committees of the American
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Barbados at the Olympic Games
Flag of Barbados
IOC code: BAR
NOC: Barbados Olympic Association
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Summer Olympic Games appearances
1960* • 1964
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IOC code: BAR
NOC: Barbados Olympic Association
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Summer Olympic Games appearances
1960* • 1964
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The Brazilian Olympic Committee or BOC (Portuguese: Comitê OlÃmpico Brasileiro – COB) is the highest authority in Brazilian sport and the governing body of Brazilian Olympic sport.
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The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is a national, private, not-for-profit organization committed to sport excellence. It is responsible for all aspects of Canada's involvement in the Olympic movement, including Canada's participation in the Olympic and Pan American Games
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United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various international
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The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member countries. The current president is Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah. The oldest member is India, joining in 1900; whereas Timor-Leste is the youngest, joining in 2004.
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The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong (Chinese: 中國香港體育協會暨奧林匹克委員會, in short 港協暨奧委會) is Hong Kong's equivalent
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The Indian Olympic Association is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events.
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The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) is the national Olympic committee in Japan for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Japanese competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Chinese Olympic Committee (Simplified Chinese: 中国奥林匹克委员会, Traditional Chinese: 中國奧林匹克委員會, IOC code: CHN) represents the People's Republic of China in
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The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines.
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The European Olympic Committees is an organization based in Rome, Italy. Its European membership is 48 National Olympic Committees.
Code Nation / IOC designation Notes
ALB Albania
AND Andorra
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Code Nation / IOC designation Notes
ALB Albania
AND Andorra
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The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет
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The Bulgarian Olympic Committee (Български олимпийски комитет, abbreviated as БОК, BOC
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The Croatian Olympic Committee is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
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Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB, German Olympic Sports Confederation) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund (DSB), and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) which dates back 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as
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British Olympic Association (BOA) is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Olympic Games. It was formed on 24 May 1905 by the House of Commons. The first chairman of the association was Lord Desborough.
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The Olympic Council of Ireland or OCI (Irish: Comhairle Oilimpeach na hÉireann) is the national Olympic Committee for the Republic of Ireland. Following the Irish Free State's creation in 1922, the OCI's team has competed at each Olympic Games since 1924.
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The Latvian Olympic Committee (Latvian: Latvijas Olimpiska Komiteja (LOK)) is a non-profit organization that is the National Olympic Committee for Latvia.
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The Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee (French: Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois), abbreviated to COSL, is the National Olympic Committee for Luxembourg.
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Olympic Committee of Portugal
Comité OlÃmpico de Portugal
Official logo of the COP
Formation 26 October, 1909
Type National Olympic Committee
Headquarters Lisbon
Membership 64 sports federations
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Comité OlÃmpico de Portugal
Official logo of the COP
Formation 26 October, 1909
Type National Olympic Committee
Headquarters Lisbon
Membership 64 sports federations
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The Spanish Olympic Committee (in Spanish Comité OlÃmpico Español or COE) is responsible for Spain's participation in the Olympic Games. It was formed on 11 January 1924 in Barcelona.
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The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) (sv: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (SOK)) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run the "Elitprogrammet".
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The Oceania National Olympic Committees (acronym: ONOC) is an international organisation that congregates the 16 national Olympic committees (NOCs) of Oceania.
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The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is the National Olympic Committee in Australia for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Australian competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic
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