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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]]. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies. |
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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]]. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies. |
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As of 2011, there are 204 NOCs, representing both sovereign nations and other geographical areas. 192 of the 193 [[member states of the United Nations]] have IOC-recognized National Olympic Committees (the exception being [[South Sudan]], which gained its independence on 9 July 2011, and does not yet have a National Olympic Committee<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8632832/London-2012-Olympics-South-Sudan-can-compete-at-Games.html London 2012 Olympics: South Sudan 'can compete at Games'] ''The Telegraph'', 12 July 2011</</ref>), as do 12 other territories: |
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As of 2011, there are 204 NOCs, representing both sovereign nations and other geographical areas. 192 of the 193 member states of the United Nations have IOC-recognized National Olympic Committees (the exception being [[South Sudan]], which gained its independence on 9 July 2011, and does not yet have a National Olympic Committee<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8632832/London-2012-Olympics-South-Sudan-can-compete-at-Games.html London 2012 Olympics: South Sudan 'can compete at Games'] ''The Telegraph'', 12 July 2011</</ref>), as do 12 other territories: |
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* [[Taiwan]] designated as ''[[Chinese Taipei]]'' by the IOC |
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* [[Palestinian Authority]], designated as ''Palestine'' by the IOC |
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* [[Palestine|Palestinian Authority]], designated as ''Palestine'' by the IOC |
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* Four [[territories of the United States]]: [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], and [[United States Virgin Islands]] (designated just ''Virgin Islands'' by the IOC) |
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* Four territories of the [[United States]]: [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], and [[United States Virgin Islands]] (designated just ''Virgin Islands'' by the IOC) |
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* Three [[British overseas territories]]: [[Bermuda]], [[British Virgin Islands]], and [[Cayman Islands]] |
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* Three [[United Kingdom|British overseas territories]]: [[Bermuda]], [[British Virgin Islands]], and [[Cayman Islands]] |
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* One territory from the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] in the Caribbean: [[Aruba]]. The [[Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee|Netherlands Antilles]] lost its status in July 2011 as a result of the [[dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/media?articleid=112731&articlenewsgroup=-1|date=13 January 2011|accessdate=13 January 2011|title=Executive Board concludes first meeting of the new year|publisher=olympic.org ("Official website of the Olympic movement")}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/mr-jose-perurena?articleid=133159|title=Curtain comes down on 123rd IOC Session|uitgever=Olympic.org}}</ref> |
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* One territory from the [[Netherlands|Kingdom of the Netherlands]] in the Caribbean: [[Aruba]]. The [[Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee|Netherlands Antilles]] lost its status in July 2011 as a result of the [[dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/media?articleid=112731&articlenewsgroup=-1|date=13 January 2011|accessdate=13 January 2011|title=Executive Board concludes first meeting of the new year|publisher=olympic.org ("Official website of the Olympic movement")}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/mr-jose-perurena?articleid=133159|title=Curtain comes down on 123rd IOC Session|uitgever=Olympic.org}}</ref> |
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* [[Hong Kong]], a [[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China]] |
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* [[Hong Kong]], a Special Administrative Region of the [[China|People's Republic of China]] |
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* [[Cook Islands]], an [[associated state]] of [[New Zealand]] |
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* [[Cook Islands]], an associated state of [[New Zealand]] |
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The NOCs are all members of the ''[[Association of National Olympic Committees]]'' (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations: |
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The NOCs are all members of the ''[[Association of National Olympic Committees]]'' (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations: |
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| '''1979''' || [[Bahrain]], [[Laos]], [[Mauritania]], [[Mozambique]], [[People's Republic of China]] (founded 1954), [[Seychelles]], [[Vietnam]] |
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| '''1979''' || [[Bahrain]], [[Laos]], [[Mauritania]], [[Mozambique]], [[China|People's Republic of China]] (founded 1954), [[Seychelles]], [[Vietnam]] |
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| '''1980''' || [[Angola]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Botswana]], [[Qatar]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Zimbabwe]] |
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| '''1980''' || [[Angola]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Botswana]], [[Qatar]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Zimbabwe]] |
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| '''1991''' || [[Estonia]] (re-established), [[Latvia]] (re-established), [[Lithuania]] (re-established), [[Namibia]], [[South Africa]] |
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| '''1991''' || [[Estonia]] (re-established), [[Latvia]] (re-established), [[Lithuania]] (re-established), [[Namibia]], [[South Africa]] |
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| '''1993''' || [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Burundi]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Comoros]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Dominica]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Moldova]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Russia]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[São Tomé and Príncipe]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Ukraine]], [[Uzbekistan]] |
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| '''1993''' || [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Burundi]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Comoros]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Dominica]], [[Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Moldova]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Russia]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[São Tomé and Príncipe]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Ukraine]], [[Uzbekistan]] |
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The [[Macau Sports and Olympic Committee]] was founded in 1987 and has attempted to enroll to the IOC since its foundation, but is still not officially recognized and thus no athlete has participated in the Olympic Games under the name "[[Macau|Macau, China]]". It has, however, [[Macau at the Paralympics|participated in the Paralympic Games]]. The [[Faroe Islands]] have a recognised [[National Paralympic Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isf.fo/uk/ |title=Ítróttasamband Føroya | Just another WordPress weblog |publisher=Isf.fo |date= |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> (See [[Faroe Islands at the Paralympics]].) |
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The [[Macau Sports and Olympic Committee]] was founded in 1987 and has attempted to enroll to the IOC since its foundation, but is still not officially recognized and thus no athlete has participated in the Olympic Games under the name "Macau, China". It has, however, participated in the Paralympic Games. The [[Faroe Islands]] have a recognised National Paralympic Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isf.fo/uk/ |title=Ítróttasamband Føroya | Just another WordPress weblog |publisher=Isf.fo |date= |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> |
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Other existing countries/regions with unrecognized Olympic committees: [[Catalonia]],<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0521586151 Freedom for Catalonia?: Catalan Nationalism, Spanish Identity and the Barcelona Olympic Games (Cambridge Cultural Social Sciences) (9780521586153): John Hargreaves: Books]. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref> [[Gibraltar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andalucia.com/gibraltar/sport.htm |title=www.andalucia.com |publisher=www.andalucia.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}}</ref> [[French Polynesia]],<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8195406_ITM Article: Miss Tahiti 2003 stripped of her title. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy]. AccessMyLibrary (2005-06-03). Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref> [[Niue]],<ref>[http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3851-0-0-0&sID=134809 SportingPulse Homepage for Niue Island Sports Association and National Olympic Committee]. Sportingpulse.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref> [[Republic of Kosovo|Kosovo]],<ref>[[Olympic Committee of Kosovo|Olympic Committee of Kosovo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]]. En.wikipedia.org (2009-08-29). Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref> [[Somaliland]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://somalilandolympics.org/ |title=Website ka wasaaradda Dhalinyaradda Iyo Ciyaaraha Somaliland - Homepage |publisher=Somalilandolympics.org |date=2010-01-18 |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> [[New Caledonia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3850-0-0-0 |title=New Caledonia National Olympic Committee |publisher=SportingPulse |date= |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> [[Kurdistan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurdishglobe.net/displayArticle.jsp?id=11301963491D9371927E24F3508532C6 |title=Dispaly Article |publisher=Kurdishglobe.net |date=2010-01-16 |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref><ref>http://www.sportcountries.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/conference_2008/INSCRITS_DEFINITIU.pdf{{dead link|date=August 2010}}</ref> [[Northern Cyprus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.embargoed.org/press_releases.php?id=51 |title=Embargo! Time to end the unjust embargoes against the people of North Cyprus |publisher=Embargoed.org |date= |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> [[Abkhazia]],<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,645068,00.html The ABC Republic: Abkhazia Attempts to Invent Itself - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International]. Spiegel.de. Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref>, [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nativevoices.org/articles/native_plympic_team.htm |title=Native Americans seek recognition |publisher=Nativevoices.org |date=2006-02-27 |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://enewschannels.com/2009/07/10/enc7921_124722.php |title=Jim Thorpe’s Sons Bolster Native American Olympic Dream : Fri, 10 Jul 2009 : eNewsChannels |publisher=Enewschannels.com |date=2009-07-10 |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> the [[Northern Mariana Islands]], [[Anguilla]], [[Montserrat]], and [[Turks and Caicos Islands|Turks & Caicos Islands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canoc.net/component/option,com_contxtd/catid,14/Itemid,32/ |title=CANOC Members |publisher=canoc.net |date= |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> |
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Other existing countries/regions with unrecognized Olympic committees: [[Catalonia]],<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0521586151 Freedom for Catalonia?: Catalan Nationalism, Spanish Identity and the Barcelona Olympic Games (Cambridge Cultural Social Sciences) (9780521586153): John Hargreaves: Books]. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref> [[Gibraltar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andalucia.com/gibraltar/sport.htm |title=www.andalucia.com |publisher=www.andalucia.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}}</ref> [[French Polynesia]],<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8195406_ITM Article: Miss Tahiti 2003 stripped of her title. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy]. AccessMyLibrary (2005-06-03). Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref> [[Niue]],<ref>[http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3851-0-0-0&sID=134809 SportingPulse Homepage for Niue Island Sports Association and National Olympic Committee]. Sportingpulse.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref> [[Kosovo]],<ref>[[Olympic Committee of Kosovo|Olympic Committee of Kosovo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]]. En.wikipedia.org (2009-08-29). Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref> [[Somaliland]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://somalilandolympics.org/ |title=Website ka wasaaradda Dhalinyaradda Iyo Ciyaaraha Somaliland - Homepage |publisher=Somalilandolympics.org |date=2010-01-18 |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> [[New Caledonia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3850-0-0-0 |title=New Caledonia National Olympic Committee |publisher=SportingPulse |date= |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> [[Kurdistan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurdishglobe.net/displayArticle.jsp?id=11301963491D9371927E24F3508532C6 |title=Dispaly Article |publisher=Kurdishglobe.net |date=2010-01-16 |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref><ref>http://www.sportcountries.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/conference_2008/INSCRITS_DEFINITIU.pdf </ref> [[Northern Cyprus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.embargoed.org/press_releases.php?id=51 |title=Embargo! Time to end the unjust embargoes against the people of North Cyprus |publisher=Embargoed.org |date= |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> [[Abkhazia]],<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,645068,00.html The ABC Republic: Abkhazia Attempts to Invent Itself - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International]. Spiegel.de. Retrieved on 2009-10-24.</ref>, [[Native Americans]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nativevoices.org/articles/native_plympic_team.htm |title=Native Americans seek recognition |publisher=Nativevoices.org |date=2006-02-27 |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://enewschannels.com/2009/07/10/enc7921_124722.php |title=Jim Thorpe’s Sons Bolster Native American Olympic Dream : Fri, 10 Jul 2009 : eNewsChannels |publisher=Enewschannels.com |date=2009-07-10 |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> the [[Northern Mariana Islands]], [[Anguilla]], [[Montserrat]], and [[Turks and Caicos Islands|Turks & Caicos Islands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canoc.net/component/option,com_contxtd/catid,14/Itemid,32/ |title=CANOC Members |publisher=canoc.net |date= |accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref> |
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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. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies.
As of 2011, there are 204 NOCs, representing both sovereign nations and other geographical areas. 192 of the 193 member states of the United Nations have IOC-recognized National Olympic Committees (the exception being South Sudan, which gained its independence on 9 July 2011, and does not yet have a National Olympic Committee[1]), as do 12 other territories:
The NOCs are all members of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations:
See the article for each continental association for the complete lists of all NOCs.
List of NOCs by recognition date
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Below is a chronological list of the 204 NOCs recognized by the International Olympic Committee, since its foundation in 1894. Many of these committees were founded many years before their official recognition, while others were immediately accepted after being founded. Former states, nowadays non-existent (e.g. Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands Antilles, etc.), are not listed, only the current states derived from them (f.i. the Czech Olympic Committee representing Bohemia was created and recognized in 1899 already, later transformed into the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee and after the split of Czechoslovakia recognized again in 1993).
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| 1895 | Australia, Germany, Greece, Hungary
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| 1900 | Norway
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| 1905 | Denmark, Great Britain
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| 1906 | Belgium
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| 1909 | Portugal
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| 1911 | Turkey
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| 1912 | Austria, Japan, Philippines, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Serbia,[5] Spain, Switzerland
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| 1913 | Sweden
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| 1914 | Romania
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| 1915 | Italy
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| 1919 | New Zealand, Poland
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| 1922 | Ireland, Latvia
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| 1923 | Argentina, Estonia, Mexico, Uruguay
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| 1924 | Bulgaria, Haiti, Lithuania
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| 1927 | India
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| 1933 | Israel (then Eretz Israel)
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| 1934 | Chile
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| 1935 | Brazil, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Venezuela
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| 1936 | Afghanistan, Bermuda, Bolivia, Jamaica, Malta, Peru
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| 1937 | Sri Lanka (then Ceylon)
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| 1947 | Guatemala, Iran, Myanmar (then Burma), Panama, South Korea (designated Korea by the IOC)
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| 1948 | Colombia, Guyana (then British Guiana), Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago
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| 1950 | Thailand
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| 1951 | Hong Kong, Nigeria
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| 1952 | Bahamas, Ghana (then Gold Coast), Indonesia, Israel (re-established)
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| 1953 | Monaco
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| 1954 | Costa Rica, Cuba, Ethiopia, Malaysia (then Malaya)
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| 1955 | Barbados, Fiji, Kenya, Liberia
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| 1956 | Honduras, Uganda
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| 1957 | North Korea, Tunisia
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| 1959 | Albania, Ecuador, Morocco, Nicaragua, San Marino, Sudan, Suriname
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| 1960 | Chinese Taipei (then Republic of China founded 1922)
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| 1962 | Benin (then Dahomey), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mongolia
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| 1963 | Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire (then Ivory Coast), Jordan, Libya, Mali, Nepal, Senegal
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| 1964 | Algeria, Chad, Madagascar, Niger, Congo, Sierra Leone, Zambia
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| 1965 | Central African Republic, Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Togo
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| 1966 | Kuwait
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| 1967 | Belize (then British Honduras), Virgin Islands
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| 1968 | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Tanzania
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| 1970 | Paraguay
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| 1972 | Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta), Lesotho, Mauritius, Somalia, Swaziland
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| 1974 | Papua New Guinea
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| 1975 | Andorra
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| 1976 | Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Gambia
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| 1978 | Cyprus
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| 1979 | Bahrain, Laos, Mauritania, Mozambique, People's Republic of China (founded 1954), Seychelles, Vietnam
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| 1980 | Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe
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| 1981 | Yemen
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| 1982 | British Virgin Islands, Oman
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| 1983 | Bhutan, Samoa (then Western Samoa), Solomon Islands
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| 1984 | Brunei, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Rwanda, Tonga
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| 1985 | Maldives
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| 1986 | Aruba, Cook Islands, Guam
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| 1987 | American Samoa, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Vanuatu
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| 1991 | Estonia (re-established), Latvia (re-established), Lithuania (re-established), Namibia, South Africa
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| 1993 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominica, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Macedonia, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
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Unrecognized National Olympic CommitteesEdit
The Macau Sports and Olympic Committee was founded in 1987 and has attempted to enroll to the IOC since its foundation, but is still not officially recognized and thus no athlete has participated in the Olympic Games under the name "Macau, China". It has, however, participated in the Paralympic Games. The Faroe Islands have a recognised National Paralympic Committee.[6]
Other existing countries/regions with unrecognized Olympic committees: Catalonia,[7] Gibraltar,[8] French Polynesia,[9] Niue,[10] Kosovo,[11] Somaliland,[12] New Caledonia,[13] Kurdistan,[14][15] Northern Cyprus,[16] Abkhazia,[17], Native Americans,[18][19] the Northern Mariana Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, and Turks & Caicos Islands.[20]
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