Olympic Country Codes

Each country has its own three-letter abbreviation or code that is used during the Olympic Games to represent that country. The following is a list of the 204 "countries" that are recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) as National Olympic Committees. An asterisk (*) indicates a territory and not an independent country; a listing of the independent countries of the world is available.

• Afghanistan - AFG
• Albania - ALB
• Algeria - ALG
• American Samoa* - ASA
• Andorra - AND
• Angola - ANG
• Antigua and Barbuda - ANT
• Argentina - ARG
• Armenia - ARM
• Aruba* - ARU
• Australia - AUS
• Austria - AUT
• Azerbaijan - AZE
• The Bahamas - BAH
• Bahrain - BRN
• Bangladesh - BAN
• Barbados - BAR
• Belarus - BLR
• Belgium - BEL
• Belize - BIZ
• Bermuda* - BER
• Benin - BEN
• Bhutan - BHU
• Bolivia - BOL
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - BIH
• Botswana - BOT
• Brazil - BRA
• British Virgin Islands* - IVB
• Brunei - BRU
• Bulgaria - BUL
• Burkina Faso - BUR
• Burundi - BDI
• Cambodia - CAM
• Cameroon - CMR
• Canada - CAN
• Cape Verde - CPV
• Cayman Islands* - CAY
• Central African Republic - CAF
• Chad - CHA
• Chile - CHI
• China - CHN
• Colombia - COL
• Comoros - COM
• Congo, Republic of the - CGO
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the - COD
• Cook Islands* - COK
• Costa Rica - CRC
• Cote d'Ivoire - CIV
• Croatia - CRO
• Cuba - CUB
• Cyprus - CYP
• Czech Republic - CZE
• Denmark - DEN
• Djibouti - DJI
• Dominica - DMA
• Dominican Republic - DOM
• East Timor (Timor-Leste) - TLS
• Ecuador - ECU
• Egypt - EGY
• El Salvador - ESA
• Equatorial Guinea - GEQ
• Eritrea - ERI

The territory formerly known as Netherlands Antilles (AHO) was dissolved in 2010 and subsequently lost its status as an official National Olympic Committee in 2011.

The Olympic Committee of Kosovo (OCK) was established in 2003 but as of this writing, remains unrecognized as a National Olympic Committee due to Serbia's dispute over Kosovo's independence.