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. Stamp The 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. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allocates three-letter country codes to all National Olympic Committees and other groups competing in the Olympic Games. ...

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 Îles 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)

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: , ACNOA) is an international organization that united the 53 national Olympic committees (NOCs) of Africa. ... The Egyptian Olympic Committee (Arabic: ‎, abbreviated as EOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Egypt and a part of the International Olympic Committee. ...

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)

The Pan American Sports Organisation (acronym: PASO; Spanish: , ODEPA) is an international organization which represents the current 42 national Olympic committees of the American continents. ... Barbados Olympic Association, founded in 1962, is the National Olympic Committee for Barbados. ... The Brazilian Olympic Committee or BOC (Portuguese: Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro – COB) is the highest authority in Brazilian sport and the governing body of Brazilian Olympic sport. ... The Canadian Olympic Committee is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian athletes in the International Olympic Committee and the Pan American Games. ... The 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 sports federations. ...

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)

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member countries. ... The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong is Hong Kongs equivalent of a National Olympic Committee. ... The Indian Olympic Association is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympics and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events. ... The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) is the national Olympic committee in Japan for the Olympic Games movement. ... 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 Peoples Republic of China in international affairs related to the Olympic Movement. ... The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines. ...

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 (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 (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)

The European Olympic Committees is an organization based in Rome, Italy. ... The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь) is one of many national Olympic committees that make up the International Olympic Committee. ... The Bulgarian Olympic Committee (Български олимпийски комитет, abbreviated as БОК, BOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Bulgaria and a part of the International Olympic Committee. ... The Croatian Olympic Committee is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. ... The British Olympic Association (BOA) is responsible for the United Kingdoms participation in the Olympic Games. ... The Olympic Council of Ireland or OCI is the national Olympic Committee for Ireland. ... The Latvian Olympic Committee (Latvian: Latvijas Olimpiska Komiteja (LOK)) is a non-profit organization that is the National Olympic Committee for Latvia. ... The Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee (French: ), abbreviated to COSL, is the National Olympic Committee for Luxembourg. ... The Olympic Committee of Portugal (Portuguese: ; pron. ...

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)

The Oceania National Olympic Committees (acronym: ONOC) is an international organisation that congregates the 16 national Olympic committees (NOCs) of Oceania. ... The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is the national Olympic committee in Australia for the Olympic Games movement. ... The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) was founded on 25 March 1949 and achieved International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition on 20 September 1955. ... The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association) is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting Athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, as well as the Commonwealth Games. ...

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. Stamp The 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. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A map of UN member states and their dependent territories as recognized by the UN. Regions excluded: Antarctica (regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System), Vatican City (the Holy See is a UN observer), the Palestinian territories (Palestine, represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization, is a UN observer), and Western Sahara...

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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 Stamp The 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. ... Anthem Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian 1 Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Croatian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn 2 Albanian 3 Government Semi-presidential republic  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  -  Formation 9th century   -  First unified state c. ... The Democratic Republic of the Congo, called Zaïre between 1971 and 1997, is a nation in central Africa. ... 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Anthem Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, Bright Dawn of May Montenegro() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Official languages Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 Demonym Montenegrin Government Republic  -  President Filip Vujanović  -  Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence due to the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro   -  Declared June 3, 2006... The Association of National Olympic Committees (acronym: ANOC) is an international organization that affiliates the current 203 national Olympic committees (NOCs) recognized by the International Olympic Committee. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 370 pixelsFull resolution (1357 × 628 pixel, file size: 30 KB, MIME type: image/png)  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... The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: , ACNOA) is an international organization that united the 53 national Olympic committees (NOCs) of Africa. ... The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: , ACNOA) is an international organization that united the 53 national Olympic committees (NOCs) of Africa. ... The Pan American Sports Organisation (acronym: PASO; Spanish: , ODEPA) is an international organization which represents the current 42 national Olympic committees of the American continents. ... The Pan American Sports Organisation (acronym: PASO; Spanish: , ODEPA) is an international organization which represents the current 42 national Olympic committees of the American continents. ... The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member countries. ... The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member countries. ... The European Olympic Committees is an organization based in Rome, Italy. ... The European Olympic Committees is an organization based in Rome, Italy. ... The Oceania National Olympic Committees (acronym: ONOC) is an international organisation that congregates the 16 national Olympic committees (NOCs) of Oceania. ... The Oceania National Olympic Committees (acronym: ONOC) is an international organisation that congregates the 16 national Olympic committees (NOCs) of Oceania. ...