The World In London: Full List of NOC Countries
For the World In London project, we’ve taken the chronological list of the 204 National Olympic Committes (or NOCs) recognised by the International Olympic Committee from this page on wikipedia. (However, we’re no longer including Netherlands Antilles, who will compete under the Olympic or Dutch flag at London 2012.)
Here’s a list of the countries in full. (Blue means we’ve covered it – click the link and learn more; black means we’re still looking. Get in touch if you want to participate!)
- France
- United States
- Australia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Norway
- Denmark
- Great Britain
- Belgium
- Canada
- Finland
- Portugal
- Egypt
- Turkey
- Austria
- Japan
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Serbia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Romania
- Italy
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Ireland
- Argentina
- Mexico
- Uruguay
- Bulgaria
- Haiti
- India
- Philippines
- Chile
- Brazil
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Venezuela
- Afghanistan
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Jamaica
- Malta
- Peru
- Sri Lanka (then Ceylon)
- Guatemala
- Iran
- Myanmar (then Burma)
- Panama
- South Korea (designated Korea by the IOC)
- Colombia
- Guyana (then British Guiana)
- Iraq
- Lebanon
- Pakistan
- Puerto Rico
- Singapore
- Syria
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Thailand
- Hong Kong
- Nigeria
- Bahamas
- Ghana (then Gold Coast)
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Monaco
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Ethiopia
- Malaysia (then Malaya)
- Barbados
- Fiji
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Honduras
- Uganda
- North Korea
- Tunisia
- Albania
- Ecuador
- Morocco
- Nicaragua
- San Marino
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Chinese Taipei (then Republic of China)
- Benin (then Dahomey)
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Mongolia
- Cameroon
- Côte d’Ivoire (then Ivory Coast)
- Jordan
- Libya
- Mali
- Nepal
- Senegal
- Algeria
- Chad
- Madagascar
- Niger
- Congo
- Sierra Leone
- Zambia
- Central African Republic
- Guinea
- Saudi Arabia
- Togo
- Kuwait
- Belize (then British Honduras)
- Virgin Islands
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Gabon
- Malawi
- Tanzania
- Paraguay
- Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta)
- Lesotho
- Mauritius
- Somalia
- Swaziland
- Papua New Guinea
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Cayman Islands
- Gambia
- Cyprus
- Bahrain
- Laos
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- People’s Republic of China (founded 1952)
- Seychelles
- Vietnam
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Botswana
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
- Zimbabwe
- Yemen
- British Virgin Islands
- Oman
- Bhutan
- Samoa (then Western Samoa)
- Solomon Islands
- Brunei
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Grenada
- Rwanda
- Tonga
- Maldives
- Aruba
- Cook Islands
- Guam
- American Samoa
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Vanuatu
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Namibia
- South Africa
- 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
- Cambodia
- Nauru
- Ginea-Bissau
- Palestine
- Micronesia
- Eritrea
- Palau
- Kiribati
- Timor-Leste
- Marshall Islands
- Montenegro
- Tuvalu
Wish us luck!
