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 IOC Country Codes
Niger. Nigeria = NGR, Nicaragua = NCA, Namibia = NAM
Saint Lucia. Liechtenstein = LIE, Sri Lanka = SRI, Laos = LAO
Slovenia. Slovakia = SVK, Sierra Leone = SLE, Senegal = SEN
Cook Islands. Ivory Coast = CIV, Congo = CGO, Croatia = CRO
Tajikistan. Turkmenistan = TKM, Sao Tome and Principe = STP, Tonga = TGA
Papua New Guinea. Guinea = GUI, Panama = PAN, Paraguay = PAR
Congo. Democratic Republic of the Congo = COD, Cameroon = CMR, Comores = COM
Sri Lanka. Suriname = SUR, Saint Kitts and Nevis = SKN, Singapore = SIN
The Netherlands. Norway = NOR, New Zealand = NZL, Nepal = NEP
Guatemala. Guam = GUM, Greece = GRE, Georgia = GEO
(American) Virgin Islands. Ivory Coast = CIV, Israel = ISR, British Virgin Islands = IVB
Nicaragua. Nauru = NRU, Norway = NOR , Nepal = NEP
Guyana. Guatemala = GUA, Guam = GUM, Guinea = GUI
Great Britain. Greece = GRE, Grenada = GRN, Georgia = GEO.
Aruba. Armenia = ARM, Austria = AUT, Australia = AUS
Malta. Maldives = MDV, Malaysia = MAS, Mauritania = MTN
Togo. Tonga = TGA, Trinidad and Tobago = TRI, Tanzania = TAN
Bahamas. Bahrain = BRN, Brunei Darussalem = BRU, Barbados = BAR
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Republic of Moldova = MDA, Democratic People's Republic of Korea = PRK , Myanmar = MYA
Paraguay. Pakistan = PAK, Palau = PLW, Hungary = HUN
Mauritania. Mauritius = MRI, Mozambique = MOZ, Malta = MLT
Antigua and Barbuda. The Netherlands Antilles = HAO, Austria = AUT, Angola = ANG
Vanuatu. Venezuela = VEN, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines = VIN, Vietnam = VIE
Portugal. Poland = POL, Paraguay = PAR, Palau = PLW
United Arab Emirates. Uzbekistan = UZB, Uruguay = URU, Uganda = UGA
ITA. Rome beat cities from 3 separate continents to win the right of hosting the XVIIth (17th) Olympiad. The future King of Greece Constantine II won his country a gold in this Olympics in the Dragon class sailing.
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ESP. This Olympics featured the American "Dream Team" basketball greats who won gold, and also the Unified Team consisting of 12 of the former Soviet states. The Unified Team used the Olympic flag as their flag and won the most medals (112) at this Olympics.
GRE. 10,625 athletes competed for 201 countries in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. USA topped the medals table with 36 golds and 102 total medals, including six golds and two bronzes from "The Baltimore Bullet" swimming sensation Michael Phelps.
Belgium, BEL. Some countries including Germany and Austria were not invited to the 1920 games because they had lost World War I. Budapest was originally chosen to host the 1920 games, but that honor was revoked when they sided with Germany in World War I.
USA. The United States of America has hosted the Olympics 4 times in the 20th century (St. Louis: 1904, Los Angeles: 1932 and 1984, Atlanta: 1996.), and has also hosted the Winter Olympics many times.
Yes. There were no opening or closing ceremonies for the 1900 Olympics in Paris, but in 1924 (also in Paris), the ceremonies were held in the Olympic Stadium of Colombes which had a capacity of 45,000. There were 19 medal sports in 1900 and the same in 1924. The 1900 program included tug of war and Basque Pelota. Only two teams contested in the Basque Pelota. Spain took gold and France took the silver.
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