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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.

NOC by continent

Africa

  • Comité Olympique Algérien (1963/1964)
  • Comité Olímpico 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 Olímpico Caboverdeano (1989/1993)
  • Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain (1964/1965)
  • Comité Olympique et Sportif Tchadien (1963/1964)
  • Comité Olympique et Sportif des Ã?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 Olímpico 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 Olímpico 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 Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe (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 Olímpico Argentino (1923/1923)
  • Comité Olímpico 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 Olímpico Boliviano (1932/1936)
  • Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (1935/1935)
  • British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (1980/1982)
  • Canadian Olympic Committee (1904/1907)
  • Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (1973/1976)
  • Comité Olímpico de Chile (1934/1934)
  • Comité Olímpico Colombiano (1936/1939)
  • Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica (1953/1954)
  • Comité Olímpico Cubano (1937/1954)
  • Dominica Olympic Committee (1987/1993)
  • Comité Olímpico Dominicano (1946/1962)
  • Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano (1948/1959)
  • Comité Olímpico de El Salvador (1949/1962)
  • The Grenada Olympic Committee (1984/1984)
  • Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco (1947/1947)
  • Guyana Olympic Association (1935/1948)
  • Comité Olympique Haïtien (1914/1924)
  • Comité Olímpico Hondureño (1956/1956)
  • Jamaica Olympic Association Ltd. (1936/1936)
  • Comité Olímpico Mexicano (1923/1923)
  • Nederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité (1931/1950)
  • Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense (1959/1959)
  • Comité Olímpico de Panamá (1934/1947)
  • Comité Olímpico Paraguayo (1970/1970)
  • Comité Olímpico Peruano (1924/1936)
  • Comité Olímpico 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 Olímpico Uruguayo (1923/1923)
  • Comité Olímpico 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 Olímpico 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 Olímpic 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 Olímpico 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 Olímpico 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.

#NOCIOC codeIOC recognition
1FranceFRA1894
-United StatesUSA1894
3AustraliaAUS1895
-GermanyGER1895
-GreeceGRE1895
-HungaryHUN1895
7NorwayNOR1900
8United KingdomGBR1905
-DenmarkDEN1905
10BelgiumBEL1906
11CanadaCAN1907
-FinlandFIN1907
13PortugalPOR1909
14EgyptEGY1910
15TurkeyTUR1911
16AustriaAUT1912
-JapanJPN1912
-LuxembourgLUX1912
-NetherlandsNED1912
-SwitzerlandSUI1912
21SwedenSWE1913
22RomaniaROU1914
23ItalyITA1915
24PolandPOL1919
25New ZealandNZL1920
-SerbiaSRB1920
27IrelandIRL1922
28ArgentinaARG1923
-MexicoMEX1923
-UruguayURU1923
31BulgariaBUL1924
-HaitiHAI1924
-SpainESP1924
34IndiaIND1927
35PhilippinesPHI1929
36ChileCHI1934
37BrazilBRA1935
-IcelandISL1935
-LiechtensteinLIE1935
-VenezuelaVEN1935
41AfghanistanAFG1936
-BermudaBER1936
-BoliviaBOL1936
-JamaicaJAM1936
-MaltaMLT1936
-PeruPER1936
47Sri LankaSRI1937
48ColombiaCOL1939
49GuatemalaGUA1947
-IranIRI1947
-MyanmarMYA1947
-PanamaPAN1947
-South KoreaKOR1947
54GuyanaGUY1948
-IraqIRQ1948
-LebanonLIB1948
-PakistanPAK1948
-Puerto RicoPUR1948
-SingaporeSIN1948
-SyriaSYR1948
-Trinidad and TobagoTRI1948
62Netherlands AntillesAHO1950
-ThailandTHA1950
64Hong KongHKG1951
-NigeriaNGR1951
66BahamasBAH1952
-GhanaGHA1952
-IndonesiaINA1952
-IsraelISR1952
70MonacoMON1953
71Costa RicaCRC1954
-CubaCUB1954
-EthiopiaETH1954
-MalaysiaMAS1954
75FijiFIJ1955
-KenyaKEN1955
-LiberiaLBR1955
-BarbadosBAR1955
79HondurasHON1956
-UgandaUGA1956
81North KoreaPRK1957
-TunisiaTUN1957
83AlbaniaALB1959
-EcuadorECU1959
-MoroccoMAR1959
-NicaraguaNCA1959
-San MarinoSMR1959
-SudanSUD1959
-SurinameSUR1959
90Chinese TaipeiTPE1960
91BeninBEN1962
-Dominican RepublicDOM1962
-El SalvadorESA1962
-MongoliaMGL1962
95CameroonCMR1963
-Côte d'IvoireCIV1963
-JordanJOR1963
-LibyaLBA1963
-MaliMLI1963
-NepalNEP1963
-SenegalSEN1963
102AlgeriaALG1964
-ChadCHA1964
-Democratic Republic
of Congo
COD1964
-MadagascarMAD1964
-NigerNIG1964
-Sierra LeoneSLE1964
-ZambiaZAM1964
109Central African RepublicCAF1965
-GuineaGUI1965
-Saudi ArabiaKSA1965
-TogoTOG1965
113KuwaitKUW1966
114BelizeBIZ1967
-Virgin IslandsISV1967
116Republic of CongoCGO1968
-GabonGAB1968
-MalawiMAW1968
-TanzaniaTAN1968
120ParaguayPAR1970
121Burkina FasoBUR1972
-LesothoLES1972
-MauritiusMRI1972
-SomaliaSOM1972
-SwazilandSWZ1972
126Papua New GuineaPNG1974
127AndorraAND1975
128Antigua and BarbudaANT1976
-Cayman IslandsCAY1976
-GambiaGAM1976
131CyprusCYP1978
132BahrainBRN1979
-ChinaCHN1979
-LaosLAO1979
-MauritaniaMTN1979
-MozambiqueMOZ1979
-SeychellesSEY1979
-VietnamVIE1979
139AngolaANG1980
-BangladeshBAN1980
-BotswanaBOT1980
-QatarQAT1980
-United Arab EmiratesUAE1980
-ZimbabweZIM1980
145YemenYEM1981
146British Virgin IslandsIVB1982
-OmanOMA1982
148BhutanBHU1983
-SamoaSAM1983
-Solomon IslandsSOL1983
151Brunei DarussalamBRU1984
-DjiboutiDJI1984
-Equatorial GuineaGEQ1984
-GrenadaGRN1984
-RwandaRWA1984
-TongaTGA1984
157MaldivesMDV1985
158ArubaARU1986
-Cook IslandsCOK1986
-GuamGUM1986
161American SamoaASA1987
-Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines
VIN1987
-VanuatuVAN1987
164EstoniaEST1991
-LatviaLAT1991
-LithuaniaLTU1991
-NamibiaNAM1991
-South AfricaRSA1991
169ArmeniaARM1993
-AzerbaijanAZE1993
-BelarusBLR1993
-Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH1993
-BurundiBDI1993
-Cape VerdeCPV1993
-ComorosCOM1993
-CroatiaCRO1993
-Czech RepublicCZE1993
-DominicaDMA1993
-MacedoniaMKD1993
-GeorgiaGEO1993
-KazakhstanKAZ1993
-KyrgyztanKGZ1993
-MoldovaMDA1993
-RussiaRUS1993
-Saint Kitts and NevisSKN1993
-Saint LuciaLCA1993
-São Tomé and PríncipeSTP1993
-SlovakiaSVK1993
-SloveniaSLO1993
-TajikistanTJK1993
-TurkmenistanTKM1993
-UkraineUKR1993
-UzbekistanUZB1993
194CambodiaCAM1994
-NauruNRU1994
196Guinea-BissauGBS1995
-PalestinePLE1995
198Federated States
of Micronesia
FSM1997
199EritreaERI1998
200PalauPLW1999
201KiribatiKIR2003
-Timor-LesteTLS2003
203Marshall IslandsMHL2006
204MontenegroMNE2007
-TuvaluTUV2007


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IOC code: BAR
NOC: Barbados Olympic Association
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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 European Olympic Committees is an organization based in Rome, Italy. Its European membership is 48 National Olympic Committees.

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ALB  Albania
AND  Andorra
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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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Olympic Committee of Portugal
Comité Olímpico 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 Olímpico 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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