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Country abbreviations at the 2024 Olympics in Paris: Complete list of NOC codes

Here’s your guide to keep on top of the NOC codes at the Olympic Games.

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With the Olympics well and truly underway, at AS USA, we can’t decide what to watch. Fencing’s fun, tennis is always great, and who knew how exciting skateboarding was?

With so much sport on the box, it becomes even more confusing when, let’s be honest, Sweden are taking on Switzerland in the archery and we can’t work out the scores, especially when we’re squinting at the tiny country abbreviations. Is that Luxembourg or Liechtenstein?

With that in mind, here’s the much-needed guide to all the abbreviations for each country at the Olympic Games, organised by continent. You’re welcome.

Africa

  • Algeria - ALG
  • Angola - ANG

  • Benin - BEN

  • Botswana - BOT

  • Burkina Faso - BUR

  • Burundi - BDI

  • Cameroon - CMR

  • Cabo Verde - CPV

  • Central African Republic - CAF

  • Chad - CHA

  • Comoros - COM

  • Congo - CGO

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo - COD

  • Côte d’Ivoire - CIV

  • Djibouti - DJI

  • Egypt - EGY

  • Eritrea - ERI

  • Eswatini - SWZ

  • Ethiopia - ETH

  • Gabon - GAB

  • Gambia - GAM

  • Ghana - GHA

  • Guinea - GUI

  • Guinea-Bissau - GBS

  • Equatorial Guinea - GEQ

  • Kenya - KEN

  • Lesotho - LES

  • Liberia - LBR

  • Libya - LBA

  • Madagascar - MAD

  • Malawi - MAW

  • Mali - MLI

  • Morocco - MAR

  • Mauritius - MRI

  • Mauritania - MTN

  • Mozambique - MOZ

  • Namibia - NAM

  • Niger - NIG

  • Nigeria - NGR

  • Uganda - UGA

  • Rwanda - RWA

  • Sao Tome and Principe - STP

  • Senegal - SEN

  • Seychelles - SEY

  • Sierra Leone - SLE

  • Somalia - SOM

  • South Africa - RSA

  • South Sudan - SSD

  • Sudan - SUD

  • United Republic of Tanzania - TAN

  • Togo - TOG

  • Tunisia - TUN

  • Zambia - ZAM

  • Zimbabwe - ZIM

The Americas

  • Antigua and Barbuda - ANT

  • Argentina - ARG

  • Aruba - ARU

  • Bahamas - BAH

  • Barbados - BAR

  • Belize - BIZ

  • Bermuda - BER

  • Bolivia - BOL

  • Brazil - BRA

  • Cayman Islands - CAY

  • Canada - CAN

  • Chile - CHI

  • Colombia - COL

  • Costa Rica - CRC

  • Cuba - CUB

  • Dominican Republic - DOM

  • Dominica - DMA

  • El Salvador - ESA

  • Ecuador - ECU

  • Grenada - GRN

  • Guatemala - GUA

  • Guyana - GUY

  • Haiti - HAI

  • Honduras - HON

  • Jamaica - JAM

  • Mexico - MEX

  • Nicaragua - NCA

  • Panama - PAN

  • Paraguay - PAR

  • Peru - PER

  • Puerto Rico - PUR

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis - SKN

  • Saint Lucia - LCA

  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines - VIN

  • Suriname - SUR

  • Trinidad and Tobago - TTO

  • United States of America - USA

     

  • Uruguay - URU

     

  • Venezuela - VEN

     

  • Virgin Islands, British - IVB

     

  • Virgin Islands, US - ISV

Asia

  • Afghanistan - AFG

  • Bahrain - BRN

  • Bangladesh - BAN

  • Bhutan - BHU

  • Brunei Darussalam - BRU

  • Cambodia - CAM

  • People’s Republic of China - CHN

  • Republic of Korea - KOR

  • Hong Kong, China - HKG

  • India - IND

  • Indonesia - INA

  • Islamic Republic of Iran - IRI

  • Iraq - IRQ

  • Japan - JPN

  • Jordan - JOR

  • Kazakhstan - KAZ

  • Kyrgyzstan - KGZ

  • Kuwait - KUW

  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic - LAO

  • Lebanon - LBN

  • Malaysia - MAS

  • Maldives - MDV

  • Mongolia - MGL

  • Myanmar - MYA

  • Nepal - NEP

  • Oman - OMA

  • Pakistan - PAK

  • Palestine - PLE

  • Philippines - PHI

  • Qatar - QAT

  • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - PRK

  • Saudi Arabia - KSA

  • Singapore - SGP

  • Sri Lanka - SRI

  • Syrian Arab Republic - SYR

  • Tajikistan - TJK

  • Chinese Taipei - TPE

  • Thailand - THA

  • Democratic Rep. of Timor-Leste - TLS

  • Turkmenistan - TKM

  • United Arab Emirates - UAE

  • Uzbekistan - UZB

  • Vietnam - VIE

  • Yemen - YEM

Europe

  • Albania - ALB

  • Andorra - AND

  • Armenia - ARM

  • Austria - AUT

  • Azerbaijan - AZE

  • Belgium - BEL

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina - BIH

  • Bulgaria - BUL

  • Cyprus - CYP

  • Croatia - CRO

  • Czechia - CZE

  • Denmark - DEN

  • Spain - ESP

  • Estonia - EST

  • Finland - FIN

  • France - FRA

  • Georgia - GEO

  • Germany - GER

  • Great Britain - GBR

  • Greece - GRE

  • Hungary - HUN

  • Ireland - IRL

  • Iceland - ISL

  • Israel - ISR

  • Italy - ITA

  • Kosovo - KOS

  • Latvia - LAT

  • Liechtenstein - LIE

  • Lithuania - LTU

  • Luxembourg - LIE

  • North Macedonia - MKD

  • Malta - MLT

  • Republic of Moldova - MDA

  • Monaco - MON

  • Montenegro - MNE

  • Netherlands - NED

  • Norway - NOR

  • Poland - POL

  • Portugal - POR

  • Romania - ROU

  • San Marino - SMR

  • Serbia - SRB

  • Slovakia - SVK

  • Slovenia - SLO

  • Sweden - SWE

  • Switzerland - SUI

  • Türkiye - TUR

  • Ukraine - UKR

Oceania

  • American Samoa - ASA

  • Australia - AUS

  • Cook Islands - COK

  • Fiji - FIJ

  • Guam - GUM

  • Kiribati - KIR

  • Marshall Islands - MHL

  • Federated States of Micronesia - FSM

  • Nauru - NRU

  • New Zealand - NZL

  • Palau - PLW

  • Papua New Guinea - PNG

  • Solomon Islands - SOL

  • Samoa - SAM

  • Tonga - TGA

  • Tuvalu - TUV

  • Vanuatu - VAN

Hyojin Ban of South Korea bites her gold medal after her 10m Air Rifle Women's Victory Ceremony.Amr AlfikyREUTERS

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The Olympic Games began on July 24 and will run until August 11, when we’ll all have post-tournament depression. Just like the feeling you get when you come back from holiday and have to work.

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