List of Abbreviations

Lista de Abreviaturas

At ALLCOMPETITIONS we use the same three-letter abbreviation country codes as the International Olympic Committee (IOC). There are 205 current NOCs (National Olympic Committees) within the Olympic Movement. The following tables show the currently used code for each NOC with its associated flag. Extinct and variation codes are listed in small letters and further explained if necessary. You can use the search engine for a shortcut.

En ALLCOMPETITIONS utilizamos los mismos códigos de países que el Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI). Actualmente hay 205 comités olímpicos nacionales, que se listan aquí junto a su bandera. Los códigos extintos o alternativos están en minúscula. Puedes utilizar el buscador para ir directamente.

NOC Flag Country País Notes / Notas
AFG Afghanistan Afganistán  
AHO Netherlands Antilles Antillas Holandesas (not to be confused with Suriname / no confundir con Surinam)
ALB Albania Albania  
ALG Algeria Argelia  
AND Andorra Andorra  
ANG Angola Angola  
ANT Antigua & Barbuda Antigua & Barbuda  
ARG Argentina Argentina  
ARM Armenia Armenia from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
ARU Aruba Aruba  
ASA American Samoa Samoa Americana (AMS)
AUS Australia Australia  
AUT Austria Austria  
AZE Azerbaijan Azerbaijan from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
BAH Bahamas Bahamas  
BAN Bangladesh Bangladesh  
BAR Barbados Barbados  
BDI Burundi Burundi  
BEL Belgium Bélgica  
BEN Benin Benin former Dahomey
BER Bermuda Bermuda  
BHU Bhutan Bhutan  
BIH Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1991, previously part of Yugoslavia (YUG)
bir   Burma Birmania current Myanmar (MYA)
BIZ Belize Belize  
BLR Belarus Bielorrusia from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
bls   see BLR ver BLR  
BOL Bolivia Bolivia  
bos   see BIH ver BIH  
BOT Botswana Botswana  
BRA Brazil Brasil  
BRN Bahrain Bahrain  
BRU Brunei Brunei  
BUL Bulgaria Bulgaria  
BUR Burkina Faso Burkina Faso former Alto Volta
CAF Central African Republic República Centroafricana  
CAM Cambodia Camboya  
CAN Canada Canadá  
CAY Cayman Islands Islas Caimán  
CGO Republic of the Congo República del Congo Congo-Brazzaville
CHA Chad Chad  
CHI Chile Chile (CHL)
chl   see CHI ver CHI  
CHN People's Republic of China República Popular China  
CIV Ivory Coast (Côte d´Ivoire) Costa de Marfil (IVC)
CMR Cameroon Camerún (CAM)
COD Democratic Republic of the Congo República Democrática del Congo Congo-Kinshasa, former Zaire.
COK Cook Islands Islas Cook  
COL Colombia Colombia  
COM Comoros Comoros  
CPV Cape Verde Cabo Verde  
CRC Costa Rica Costa Rica  
CRO Croatia Croacia from 1991, previously part of Yugoslavia (YUG)
CUB Cuba Cuba  
CYP Cyprus Chipre  
CZE Czech Republic República Checa from Jan. 1, 1993; previously part of Czechoslovakia (TCH)
DEN Denmark Dinamarca  
DJI Djibouti Djibouti  
DMA Dominica Dominica (DMN)
DOM Dominican Republic República Dominicana  
ECU Ecuador Ecuador  
EGY Egypt Egipto  
Eng   England Inglaterra part of GBR
ERI Eritrea Eritrea  
ESA El Salvador El Salvador  
ESP Spain España (SPA)
EST Estonia Estonia from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
ETH Ethiopia Etiopía  
FIJ Fiji Islas Fidji  
FIN Finland Finlandia  
FRA France Francia  
frg   Federal Republic of Germany República Federal Alemana (1948-1990) now part of Germany (GER)
FSM Micronesia Micronesia  
GAB Gabon Gabón  
GAM The Gambia Gambia  
GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland Reino Unido (UK) The United Kingdom is a unitary state consisting of four countries: England (Eng), Scotland (Sco), Wales (Wal), and Northern Ireland (NI).
GBS Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau  
gdr   German Democratic Republic República Democrática Alemana (1948-1990) now part of Germany (GER)
GEO Georgia Georgia from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
GEQ Equatorial Guinea Guinea Ecuatorial  
GER Germany (previous to 1948 and from 1991) Alemania (hasta 1948 y desde 1991) barred from the Olympics in 1924 and 1948 following World Wars I and II. Divided into East Germany (GDR) and West Germany (FRG) after WW II, both countries competed under one flag from 1952-64, then as separate teams from 1968-88. Both countries were reunified into Germany on Oct. 3, 1990.
GHA Ghana Ghana  
GRE Greece Grecia  
GRN Grenada Granada  
GUA Guatemala Guatemala  
GUI Guinea Guinea  
GUM Guam Guam  
GUY Guyana Guyana  
HAI Haiti Haití  
HKG Hong Kong Hong Kong  
hol   see NED ver NED HOL was common until 1991; the official NED is used since.
HON Honduras Honduras  
HUN Hungary Hungría  
INA Indonesia Indonesia  
IND India India  
IRI Iran Irán IRN code was used until 1992; thus designating the Islamic Republic of Iran
IRL Ireland Irlanda (Éire) (IRE)
IRQ Iraq Irak  
ISL Iceland Islandia (ICE)
ISR Israel Israel  
ISV US Virgin Islands Islas Vírgenes Americanas (UVI)
ITA Italy Italia  
IVB British Virgin Islands Islas Vírgenes Británicas  
ivc   see CIV ver CIV  
JAM Jamaica Jamaica  
JOR Jordan Jordania  
JPN Japan Japón (JAP)
KAZ Kazakhstan Kazajistán from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
KEN Kenya Kenia  
KGZ Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
KIR Kiribati Kiribati  
KOR South Korea Corea del Sur  
KSA Saudi Arabia Arabia Saudita (SAU)
KUW Kuwait Kuwait  
kzk   see KAZ ver KAZ  
LAO Laos Laos  
LAT Latvia Letonia from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
LBA Libya Libia  
LBR Liberia Liberia  
LCA Saint Lucia Santa Lucía  
LES Lesotho Lesotho  
LIB Lebanon Líbano  
LIE Liechtenstein Liechtenstein  
lit   see LTU ver LTU  
LTU Lithuania Lituania from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
LUX Luxembourg Luxemburgo  
MAD Madagascar Madagascar  
MAR Morocco Marruecos (MOR)
MAS Malaysia Malasia (MAL)
MAW Malawi Malawi  
MDA Moldova Moldavia (MOL) from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
MDV Maldives Maldivas  
MEX Mexico Méjico  
MGL Mongolia Mongolia  
MHL Marshall Islands Islas Marshall  
MKD Macedonia Macedonia from 1991, previously part of Yugoslavia (YUG). As a result of a dispute with Greece over its name, it is sometimes referred to as Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia (FYROM)
MLI Mali Mali  
MLT Malta Malta  
MNE Montenegro Montenegro from 2006, previously part of Yugoslavia (YUG) and Serbia & Montenegro (SCG)
mol   see MDA see MDA (also MLD)
MON Monaco Mónaco  
MOZ Mozambique Mozambique  
MRI

Mauritius

Islas Mauricio

(MAU)

MTN Mauritania Mauritania  
MYA Myanmar Myanmar (Birmania) former Burma
NAM Namibia Namibia  
NCA Nicaragua Nicaragua (NIC)
NED the Netherlands Holanda (Países Bajos) Although sometimes used to refer to the whole country, Holland is actually a region of the Netherlands, which is the official and most accurate name.
NEP Nepal Nepal  
NGR Nigeria Nigeria (NIG)
NI   Northern Ireland (Ulster) Irlanda del Norte (Ulster) part of GBR
NIG Niger Níger  
NOR Norway Noruega  
nrd   Northern Rhodesia Rodesia del Norte (1924-1964); current Zambia (ZAM)
NRU Nauru Nauru  
NZL New Zealand Nueva Zelanda  
OMA Oman Omán  
PAK Pakistan Pakistán  
PAN Panama Panamá  
PAR Paraguay Paraguay  
PER Peru Perú  
PHI Philippines Filipinas  
PLE Palestine Palestina  
PLW Palau Palau  
PNG Papua New Guinea Papúa Nueva Guinea  
POL Poland Polonia  
POR Portugal Portugal  
PRK North Korea (Korean PDR) Corea del Norte (NKO)
PUR Puerto Rico Puerto Rico  
QAT Qatar Qatar  
rom   see ROU ver ROU ROM code was used until 2006
ROU Romania Rumanía  
RSA South Africa Sudáfrica South Africa (SAF) was banned from 1964-91 for using the apartheid policy in the selection of its teams. It returned in 1992 as the Republic of South Africa (RSA)
RUS Russia Rusia from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
RWA Rwanda Ruanda  
SAM Samoa Samoa  
sau   see KSA ver KSA  
scg   Serbia and Montenegro Serbia y Montenegro Kept YUG code from 1991 to 2003; then SCG until 2006, when split into Serbia (SRB) and Montenegro (MNE)
Sco   Scotland Escocia part of GBR
SEN Sénégal Senegal  
SEY Seychelles Seychelles  
SIN Singapore Singapur  
SKN Saint Kitts and Nevis San Cristóbal y Nieves  
skr   see KOR ver KOR  
SLE Sierra Leone Sierra Leona  
SLO Slovenia Eslovenia from 1991, previously part of Yugoslavia (YUG)
SMR San Marino Republic República de San Marino (RSM)
SOL Solomon Islands Islas Solomón  
SOM Somalia Somalia  
SRB Serbia Serbia from 2006, previously part of Yugoslavia (YUG) and Serbia & Montenegro (SCG)
srd   Southern Rhodesia Rodesia del Sur (1924-1964); then (1964-1980) Rhodesia; current Zimbabwe (ZIM)
SRI Sri Lanka Sri Lanka  
STP São Tome and Principe Santo Tomé y Príncipe  
SUD Sudan Sudán  
SUI Switzerland Suiza (SWZ)
SUR Suriname Surinam  
SVK Slovakia Eslovaquia from Jan. 1, 1993; previously part of Czechoslovakia (TCH)
SWE Sweden Suecia  
SWZ Swaziland Swazilandia  
SYR Syria Siria  
TAN Tanzania Tanzania  
tch   Czechoslovakia Checoslovaquia (1918-1992) then split into Czech Republic (CZE) and Slovakia (SVK)
TGA Tonga Tonga  
THA Thailand Tailandia  
TJK Tadjikistan Tajikistán from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
TKM Turkmenistan Turkmenistán from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
TLS Timor-Leste Timor Oriental  
TOG Togo Togo  
TPE Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Taiwán (China Taipei) (TAI)
TRI Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad y Tobago  
TUN Tunisia Túnez  
TUR Turkey Turquía  
TUV Tuvalu Tuvalu  
UAE United Arab Emirates Emiratos Árabes Unidos  
UGA Uganda Uganda  
UKR Ukraine Ucrania from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
unt   Unified Team Equipo Unificado URS for the 1992 games
urs   Soviet Union (USSR) Unión Soviética (URSS) (1922-1991) dissolved into Armenia (ARM), Azerbaijan (AZE), Belarus (BLR), Estonia (EST), Georgia (GEO), Kazakhstan (KAZ), Kyrgyzstan (KGZ), Latvia (LAT), Lithuania (LTU), Moldova (MDA), Russia (RUS), Tajikistan (TJK), Turkmenistan (TKM), Ukraine (UKR), and Uzbekistan (UZB).
URU Uruguay Uruguay  
USA United States Estados Unidos  
UZB Uzbekistan Uzbekistán from 1992, previously part of the Soviet Union (URS)
VAN Vanuatu Vanuatu  
VEN Venezuela Venezuela  
VIE Vietnam Vietnam  
VIN St. Vincent and the Grenadines San Vicente y Granadinas  
Wal   Wales País de Gales part of GBR
WI   West Indies Indias Occidentales cricket team representing ANT, BAR, DMA, GRN, GUY, JAM, SKN, LCA, VIN, TRI and 5 dependencies
YEM Yemen Yemen  
yug   Former Yugoslavia Antigua Yugoslavia (1918-1991) now split into Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), Croatia (CRO), Macedonia (MKD), Montenegro (MNE), Serbia (SRB), and Slovenia (SLO)
yug   Serbia and Montenegro Serbia y Montenegro (1991-2003) then used SCG code. In 2006 split into Serbia (SRB) and Montenegro (MNE)
zai   Zaire Zaire (1963-1997) now Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)
ZAM Zambia Zambia former Northern Rhodesia
ZIM Zimbabwe Zimbabue former Southern Rhodesia


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