Is there an international convention on the 3-letter codes that countries use at events like the Olympics, eg Australia is AUS, Austria is AUT etc?

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The International Standards Organization (ISO) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3 Jun 09 06, 12:55 AM

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