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All-time Olympic Games medal table - Wikipedia

The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC itself does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games. This table was thus compiled by adding up single entries from the IOC database.[1]

The results are attributed to the IOC country code as currently displayed by the IOC database. Usually, a single code corresponds to a single National Olympic Committee (NOC). When different codes are displayed for different years, medal counts are combined in the case of a simple change of IOC code (such as from HOL to NED for the Netherlands) or simple change of country name (such as from Ceylon to Sri Lanka). As the medals are attributed to each NOC, not all totals include medals won by athletes from that country for another NOC, such as before independence of that country. Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist. The totals of NOCs are not combined with those of their predecessors and successors.

World map showing nations that have won Summer Olympic medals, as of completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
World map showing nations that have won Winter Olympic medals, as of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

List of NOCs with medals (sortable & unranked)

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The table is pre-sorted by the name of each Olympic Committee, but can be displayed as sorted by any other column, such as the total number of gold medals or total number of overall medals. To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze, sort first by the bronze column, then the silver, and then the gold. The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping).

A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.

As of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics, 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games. As of completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics, four National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 30 Summer Olympic Games, with five other NOCs missing a perfect participation record due the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Of the combined 54 Olympic Games, only France, Great Britain and Switzerland have a 100% participation rate.

  Special delegation, not an actual nation

The sum total of gold, silver, and bronze medals are not equal for the following reasons:

  • Some sports (such as boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo, and wrestling) award or have previously awarded two bronze medals per competition.
  • Team sports medals, such as in football or basketball count as one, even if there are multiple players on each team, who get a medal.
  • Some tied performances have resulted in multiple medals of the same colour being awarded for an event. If this tie is for gold or silver, there will be a consequent absence of a silver or bronze medal for that event.
  • Some medals that have been revoked have not been re-awarded.
  • Some early events, such as cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics, had only two entrants.
  • Retroactively awarding gold, silver, and bronze medals for the 1896 and 1900 games results in some anomalies, such as the 100 metre freestyle swimming event in 1896 where no surviving records distinguish the places of those who finished between 3rd and 10th position.

List of NOCs without medals (sortable & unranked)

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After completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics, 64 of the current 206 National Olympic Committees have yet to win an Olympic medal. Seven historic National Olympic Committees are also included in this list.

Team (IOC code) No. Summer No. Winter No. Games
 American Samoa (ASA) 10 2 12
 Andorra (AND) 13 13 26
 Angola (ANG) 11 0 11
 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 12 0 12
 Aruba (ARU) 10 0 10
 Bangladesh (BAN) 11 0 11
 Belize (BIZ)[BIZ] 14 0 14
 Benin (BEN)[BEN] 13 0 13
 Bhutan (BHU) 11 0 11
 Bolivia (BOL) 16 7 23
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 9 8 17
 British Virgin Islands (IVB) 11 2 13
 Brunei (BRU)[A] 7 0 7
 Cambodia (CAM) 11 0 11
 Cayman Islands (CAY) 12 2 14
 Central African Republic (CAF) 12 0 12
 Chad (CHA) 14 0 14
 Comoros (COM) 8 0 8
 Republic of the Congo (CGO) 14 0 14
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)[COD] 12 0 12
 Cook Islands (COK) 10 0 10
 El Salvador (ESA) 13 0 13
Eswatini Eswatini (SWZ)[SWZ] 12 1 13
 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 11 0 11
 The Gambia (GAM) 11 0 11
 Guam (GUM) 10 1 11
 Guinea (GUI) 13 0 13
 Guinea-Bissau (GBS) 8 0 8
 Honduras (HON) 13 1 14
 Kiribati (KIR) 6 0 6
 Laos (LAO) 11 0 11
 Lesotho (LES) 13 0 13
 Liberia (LBR)[C] 14 0 14
 Libya (LBA)[D] 12 0 12
 Madagascar (MAD) 14 3 17
 Malawi (MAW) 12 0 12
 Maldives (MDV) 10 0 10
 Mali (MLI) 15 0 15
 Malta (MLT) 18 3 21
 Marshall Islands (MHL) 5 0 5
 Mauritania (MTN) 11 0 11
 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) 7 0 7
 Monaco (MON)[N] 22 11 33
 Myanmar (MYA)[MYA] 19 0 19
 Nauru (NRU) 8 0 8
 Nepal (NEP)[a] 15 4 19
 Nicaragua (NCA) 14 0 14
 Oman (OMA) 11 0 11
 Palau (PLW) 7 0 7
 Palestine (PLE) 8 0 8
 Papua New Guinea (PNG) 12 0 12
 Rwanda (RWA) 11 0 11
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 8 0 8
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) 10 0 10
 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) 8 0 8
 Seychelles (SEY) 11 0 11
 Sierra Leone (SLE) 13 0 13
 Solomon Islands (SOL) 11 0 11
 Somalia (SOM) 11 0 11
 South Sudan (SSD) 3 0 3
 Timor-Leste (TLS)[I] 6 3 9
 Tuvalu (TUV) 5 0 5
 Vanuatu (VAN) 10 0 10
 Yemen (YEM)[YEM] 9 0 9
 Korea (COR) 0 1 1
Federation of Malaya Malaya (MAL)[MAL] 2 0 2
 North Borneo (NBO)[NBO] 1 0 1
 Republic of China (ROC)[ROC] 3 0 3
 Saar (SAA)[SAA] 1 0 1
 North Yemen (YAR)[YAR] 2 0 2
 South Yemen (YMD)[YMD] 1 0 1
  1. ^ Tejbir Bura was the first and only Nepalese person to receive an Olympic gold medal. During the 1924 Winter Olympic closing ceremony, the IOC awarded a gold medal in alpinism for the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, which recognized 21 mountaineers, including the first athletes to be awarded medals posthumously, seven Indian sherpas who were killed in an avalanche on the third and last attempt to summit.[2][3]

List of defunct historical NOCs and special delegations with medals (sortable & unranked)

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Defunct historical NOCs with medals

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A total of 10 defunct historical NOCs have earned at least one medal.

Team Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Bohemia (BOH)[BOH][Z] 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 4
 British West Indies (BWI)[BWI] 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)[TCH] 16 49 49 45 143 16 2 8 15 25 32 51 57 60 168
 East Germany (GDR)[GDR] 5 153 129 127 409 6 39 36 35 110 11 192 165 162 519
 West Germany (FRG)[FRG] 5 56 67 81 204 6 11 15 13 39 11 67 82 94 243
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)[AHO][I] 13 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 1
 Russian Empire (RU1)[RU1] 3 1 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 8
 Soviet Union (URS)[URS] 9 395 319 296 1,010 9 78 57 59 194 18 473 376 355 1,204
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)[YUG/SCG] 3 2 4 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 9
 Yugoslavia (YUG)[YUG to 1992] 16 26 29 28 83 14 0 3 1 4 30 26 32 29 87
Totals 24 682 603 588 1,873 19 130 119 123 372 43 812 722 711 2,245

Special delegations with medals

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As of completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics, a total of 10 special delegations have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table include the changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions adjudicated up to 20 February 2023.

  Special delegation, not an actual nation

Team Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Australasia (ANZ)[ANZ] 2 3 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 5 12
 Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)[AIN] 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 5
 Refugee Olympic Team (EOR)[EOR] 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1
 United Team of Germany (EUA)[EUA] 3 28 54 36 118 3 8 6 5 19 6 36 60 41 137
 Unified Team (EUN)[EUN] 1 45 38 29 112 1 9 6 8 23 2 54 44 37 135
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)[OAR] 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 17 1 2 6 9 17
ROC (ROC)[ROC] 1 20 28 23 71 1 5 12 15 32 2 25 40 38 103
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)[IOA] 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2
 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)[IOP] 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
 Mixed team (ZZX)[ZZX] 3 11 6 8 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 6 8 25
Totals 18 109 134 106 349 6 24 30 37 91 22 131 164 143 440

Top ten medal rankings (combined NOCs)

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The following is the overall medal tally (top ten nations) with the records of current NOCs combined with those of their precursors (sorted by gold, then silver, then bronze), through 2024.

Summer Olympics (including precursors)

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Current NOCs combined with records of precursor NOCs:

No. Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 1,105 879 781 2,765
2  Russia (RUS)[I] 608 514 501 1,623
3  Germany (GER)[II] 455 470 499 1,424
4  China (CHN) 303 226 198 727
5  Great Britain (GBR) 298 339 343 980
6  France (FRA) 239 279 306 821
7  Italy (ITA) 229 201 221 651
8  Japan (JPN) 189 162 191 542
9  Hungary (HUN) 187 161 182 530
10  Australia (AUS) 182 192 226 600
  1. ^ incl. Russian Empire (RU1), Soviet Union (URS), Unified Team (EUN), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)
  2. ^ incl. United Team of Germany (EUA), West Germany (FRG), East Germany (GDR)

Summer Olympics (excluding precursors)

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Separate current and precursor NOCs (records not combined):

No. Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 1,105 879 781 2,765
2  Soviet Union (URS) 395 319 296 1,010
3  China (CHN) 303 226 198 727
4  Great Britain (GBR) 298 339 343 980
5  France (FRA) 239 279 306 821
6  Italy (ITA) 229 201 221 651
7  Germany (GER) 218 220 255 693
8  Japan (JPN) 189 162 191 542
9  Hungary (HUN) 187 161 182 530
10  Australia (AUS) 182 192 226 600

Total, all Olympics (including precursors)

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Current NOCs combined with records of precursor NOCs:

No. Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 1,219 1,000 876 3,095
2  Russia (RUS)[I] 748 634 627 2,009
3  Germany (GER)[II] 617 625 617 1,859
4  China (CHN) 325 258 221 804
5  Great Britain (GBR) 310 344 360 1,014
6  France (FRA) 280 320 354 954
7  Italy (ITA) 271 244 284 799
8  Sweden (SWE) 216 232 242 690
9  Norway (NOR) 213 187 176 576
10  Japan (JPN) 206 191 221 618
  1. ^ incl. Russian Empire (RU1), Soviet Union (URS), Unified Team (EUN), Olympics Athletes from Russia (OAR), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)
  2. ^ incl. United Team of Germany (EUA), West Germany (FRG), East Germany (GDR)

Total, all Olympics (excluding precursors)

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Separate current and precursor NOCs (records not combined):

No. Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 1,219 1,000 876 3,095
2  Soviet Union (URS) 473 376 355 1,204
3  China (CHN) 325 258 221 804
4  Germany (GER) 322 318 320 960
5  Great Britain (GBR) 310 344 360 1,014
6  France (FRA) 281 320 360 961
7  Italy (ITA) 271 244 284 799
8  Sweden (SWE) 216 232 242 690
9  Norway (NOR) 213 187 176 576
10  Japan (JPN) 206 191 221 618

Complete ranked medals (excluding precursors)

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Summer Olympics (1896–2024)

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Winter Olympics (1924–2022)

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Combined total (1896–2024)

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Medal leaders by year

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Number of occurrences

Rank Country Number of games
1  United States (USA) 19 times
2  Soviet Union (URS) 6 times
3  China (CHN) 1 time
 France (FRA)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Germany (GER)
 Unified Team (EUN)

Number of occurrences

Rank Country Number of games
1  Norway (NOR) 10 times
2  Soviet Union (URS) 7 times
3  Germany (GER) 3 times
4  United States (USA) 1 time
 Sweden (SWE)
 East Germany (GDR)
 Canada (CAN)
 Russia (RUS)

Special case of Germany

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If results for East and West Germany are combined, German athletes also won the most gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics, in place of the Soviet Union.

For the 1900 Summer Olympics several countries are credited with appearances that are not considered official by the IOC. Only one of these cases concerns a medal. A gold medal that is officially added to France's total is given to Luxembourg.[4]

Other differences from the official table are based on disagreements about which events were Olympic. This affects several of the events in the 1900 and 1904 Olympics. In addition, some sources include the 1906 Intercalated Games when compiling their medal tables.[5]

Alpinism and aeronautics

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From 1924 through 1936, the IOC on several occasions awarded gold medals for feats of alpinism and aeronautics that occurred in the preceding four-year Olympiad. In 1924, 1932 and 1936, gold medals were awarded to 25 mountaineers from six nations for expeditions in the Himalayas and the Matterhorn. In 1936, a gold medal was awarded to Hermann Schreiber of Switzerland for crossing the Alps in a glider in 1935, the first time that had been done.[2][6][7][8] Some sources include these IOC awards of gold medals in the overall count.

Australasia was a combined team of athletes from Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand that competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. When the Olympic Games resumed in 1920 after World War I, the two nations sent separate teams to the Games, and have done so ever since.

Date Team
1896–1904  Australia (AUS)
1908–1912  Australasia (ANZ)
1920–  Australia (AUS)  New Zealand (NZL)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Australasia (ANZ) 2 3 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 5 12
 Australia (AUS) 28 182 192 226 600 20 6 7 6 19 48 188 199 232 619
 New Zealand (NZL) 25 63 40 54 157 17 2 2 2 6 42 65 42 56 163
Total 30 248 236 285 769 20 8 9 8 25 50 256 245 293 794

British West Indies

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The West Indies Federation,[9][10] also known as the West Indies,[11][12] the Federation of the West Indies[13] or the West Indian Federation,[14][15][16] was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were part of the British Empire, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the Federation.The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state[17] Before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts over how it would be governed or function viably.

Athletes from the West Indies Federation competed under the name Antilles (ANT),[18] renamed to British West Indies (BWI) by the IOC, at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Thirteen competitors—two from Barbados, four from Trinidad, and seven from Jamaica—all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports.[19] The short-lived nation only participated at these single Games, as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago competed independently again in 1964, and Barbados started competing at the 1968 Games.

Date Team
1948–1956  Jamaica (JAM)  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1960  British West Indies (BWI)
1964  Jamaica (JAM)  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1968–  Barbados (BAR)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 British West Indies (BWI) 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
 Jamaica (JAM) 19 27 39 28 94 9 0 0 0 0 28 27 39 28 94
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 19 3 5 11 19 4 0 0 0 0 23 3 5 11 19
 Barbados (BAR) 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 1
Total 19 30 44 42 116 9 0 0 0 0 28 30 44 42 116

Czechoslovakia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920, after having competed as Bohemia from 1900 to 1912. The nation sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games when they were part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Czechoslovakia has participated in every Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games of 1924.

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia sent independent teams to the Olympics starting in 1994.

Date Team
1896 as part of  Hungary
1900–1912 as  Bohemia (BOH)
1920–1992  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
1996–  Czech Republic (CZE)  Slovakia (SVK)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Bohemia (BOH) 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 4
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 16 49 49 45 143 16 2 8 15 25 32 51 57 60 168
 Czech Republic (CZE) 8 22 22 28 72 8 10 11 13 34 16 32 33 41 106
 Slovakia (SVK) 8 10 14 9 33 8 4 4 2 10 16 14 18 11 43
Total 27 81 86 85 252 24 16 23 30 69 51 97 109 115 321

Germany has competed under five different designations, including as two separate teams at several Games. Sources vary in how they present the medals won by these teams. The table below shows sourced combinations of these teams, when applied to the updated medal totals from the main table. A part of Germany, Saar, competed independently in the Summer Olympic games in 1952, but failed to win any medals. Due to most lists only listing medal counts, it is possible Saar was included as part of Germany in their calculations. Germany was banned on three occasions (1920, 1924, and 1948).

Date Team
1896–1912 German Empire Germany (GER)
1920–1924 banned
1928–1936 Weimar Republic Germany Nazi Germany Germany (GER)
1948 banned
1952  Saar (SAA)  Germany (GER)
1956–1964  United Team of Germany (EUA)
1968–1988  West Germany (FRG)  East Germany (GDR)
1992–  Germany (GER)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
   Germany (GER) 18 218 220 255 693 13 104 98 65 267 31 322 318 320 960
 Saar (SAA) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 United Team of Germany (EUA) 3 28 54 36 118 3 8 6 5 19 6 36 60 41 137
 East Germany (GDR) 5 153 129 127 409 6 39 36 35 110 11 192 165 162 519
 West Germany (FRG) 5 56 67 81 204 6 11 15 13 39 11 67 82 94 243
Total 27 455 470 499 1424 22 162 155 118 435 49 617 625 617 1859

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, nine athletes from Kuwait competed as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA), as the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the second time in five years due to governmental interference.[20][21][22] Although not allowed to compete as a sovereign state at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the nation's participants were able to compete as Independent Olympic Athletes under the Olympic flag. At those games, Kuwaiti shooters Fehaid Al-Deehani and Abdullah Al-Rashidi won a gold medal and bronze medal respectively as independent athletes.

Date Team
1968–2012  Kuwait (KUW)
2016  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2016)
2020–  Kuwait (KUW)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Kuwait (KUW) 14 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 3 3
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2016) 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
Total 15 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 4 5

Netherlands Antilles

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The Netherlands Antilles participated at the Olympic Games from 1952 until 2008 as a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The National Olympic Committee for the Netherlands Antilles was created in 1931 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee from 1950 until 2011 upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.[23]

Aruba left the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Between 1952 until 1984, Aruban athletes competed as part of the Netherlands Antilles. Since the Olympic Games in 1988, athletes from Aruba have competed separately under their own Olympic banner and have participated in each Summer Olympic Games since then.

After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba became part of the Netherlands as special municipalities of the Netherlands. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became separate constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, participants from the five islands competed as independent athletes under the Olympic flag. However, athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles who qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics were allowed to participate independently under the Olympic flag. In addition since then, athletes from the territories that constituted the Netherlands Antilles have the possibility of competing for the Netherlands (as for example Churandy Martina did) or Aruba (as for example Philip Elhage did).[24] Ultimately, three athletes from the Netherlands Antilles participated as Independent Olympic Athletes.

Date Team
1900–1948  Netherlands (NED)
1952–1984  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)
1988–2008  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)  Aruba (ARU)
2012 as part of  Netherlands /
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2012)
2014–  Netherlands (NED)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Netherlands (NED) 28 110 112 134 356 22 53 49 45 147 50 163 161 179 503
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 13 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 1
 Aruba (ARU) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2012) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 28 110 113 134 357 22 53 49 45 147 50 163 162 179 504

The Republic of China (ROC) participated in its first Summer Olympics in 1932 under the name of China. After the Chinese Civil War, the ROC retreated to the island of Taiwan in 1949, and only Taiwan-based athletes have competed on its behalf since then. In 1971, the ROC was expelled from the United Nations, but was permitted to compete under its official name, flag, and anthem in the 1972 Winter, 1972 Summer, and 1976 Winter Olympics. It was denied official representation in the 1976 Summer Olympics and boycotted it as a result. The 1979 Nagoya Resolution allowed the ROC to compete under the deliberately-ambiguous name "Chinese Taipei"; it protested against this decision and boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics as well, but has competed under this name since the 1984 Winter Olympics.

The Republic of China took part in the Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics, but its four athletes, all of whom were tennis players, withdrew from competition.[25]

Hong Kong first competed at the Olympic Games in 1952, then as a British colony (British Hong Kong). After the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred back to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997, the NOC for the new special administrative region (SAR) of China has now been known as Hong Kong, China.[26]

Date Team
1924–1948  Republic of China (ROC)
1952  China (CHN) Hong Kong Hong Kong (HKG)
1956–1996  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
2000–  Hong Kong (HKG)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Republic of China (ROC) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
 China (CHN) 12 303 226 198 727 12 22 32 23 77 24 325 258 221 804
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 16 9 11 23 43 13 0 0 0 0 29 9 11 23 43
 Hong Kong (HKG) 18 4 3 6 13 6 0 0 0 0 24 4 3 6 13
Total 20 316 240 227 783 14 22 32 23 77 34 338 272 250 860

Russian Federation and the Soviet Union

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The Russian Federation, the Russian Empire, the Olympic Athletes from Russia and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) are sometimes combined outside of IOC sources. The Soviet Union is often combined with the post-union team that competed in 1992.[27][28][29] Some sources combine the Soviet Union and Russia, despite the fact that many republics which subsequently gained or re-gained independence (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan) contributed to the medal tally of the USSR, and there are sources that combine all medals of RU1, URS, EUN, OAR, ROC and RUS.[30][31] On 31 January 1992, the United Nations recognized, without objection, Russia as legal successor of the rights and obligations of the former Soviet Union,[32] but this has no significance in medal tallies.

Date Team
1900–1912  Russian Empire (RU1)
1920  Estonia (EST)
1924–1936  Latvia (LAT)  Lithuania (LTU)
1952–1988  Soviet Union (URS)
1992  Estonia (EST)  Latvia (LAT)  Lithuania (LTU)  Unified Team (EUN)
1994  Russia (RUS)  Belarus (BLR)  Armenia (ARM),  Georgia (GEO),  Kazakhstan (KAZ),  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ),  Moldova (MDA),  Ukraine (UKR),  Uzbekistan (UZB)
1996–2016  Azerbaijan (AZE),  Tajikistan (TJK),  Turkmenistan (TKM)
2018  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)
2020–2022 Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)
2024  Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)

Medal counts:
Russia combined with precursors
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Russia (RUS) 6 147 125 150 422 6 46 39 35 120 12 193 164 185 542
 Russian Empire (RU1) 3 1 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 8
 Soviet Union (URS) 9 395 319 296 1010 9 78 57 59 194 18 473 376 355 1204
 Unified Team (EUN) 1 45 38 29 112 1 9 6 8 23 2 54 44 37 135
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 17 1 2 6 9 17
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 1 20 28 23 71 1 5 12 15 32 2 25 40 38 103
Total 20 608 514 501 1623 18 140 120 126 386 38 748 634 627 2009

Medal counts:
Post-Soviet states (except Russia)
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
 Estonia (EST) 14 10 9 17 36 11 4 2 2 8 25 14 11 19 44
 Latvia (LAT) 13 4 11 6 21 12 1 3 6 10 25 5 14 12 31
 Lithuania (LTU) 11 6 9 15 30 10 0 0 0 0 21 6 9 15 30
 Armenia (ARM) 8 2 11 9 22 8 0 0 0 0 16 2 11 9 22
 Belarus (BLR) 7 13 30 42 85 8 8 7 5 20 15 21 37 47 105
 Georgia (GEO) 8 13 15 19 47 8 0 0 0 0 16 13 15 19 47
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 8 15 25 38 78 8 1 3 4 8 16 16 28 42 86
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 8 0 5 8 13 8 0 0 0 0 16 0 5 8 13
 Moldova (MDA) 8 0 3 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 16 0 3 7 10
 Ukraine (UKR) 8 38 41 72 151 8 3 2 4 9 16 41 43 76 160
 Uzbekistan (UZB) 8 18 8 23 49 8 1 0 0 1 16 19 8 23 50
 Azerbaijan (AZE) 8 9 16 31 56 7 0 0 0 0 15 9 16 31 56
 Tajikistan (TJK) 8 1 1 5 7 4 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 5 7
 Turkmenistan (TKM) 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1
Total 14 129 185 292 606 12 18 17 21 56 26 147 202 313 662

Teams from Yugoslavia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920. Yugoslavia has been the designation for Olympic teams from three distinct national entities:

The United Nations[33] affirmed that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had ceased to exist, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) was a new state. All former republics were entitled to state succession, while none of them continued SFR Yugoslavia's international legal personality. As a result of the U.N. resolution, individual FRY athletes were allowed to compete as Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and FRY was not allowed to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro, participated at the Games since 1996. At the 1996[34] and 2000[35] Games, the nation was designated with the same code, Yugoslavia (YUG), as the defunct SFRY. It was rechartered as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 with there being no territorial changes. The Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) designation and code were used at the 2004 Games.[36]

Two of the successor nations (Croatia and Slovenia) began to compete as independent teams at the Olympics starting at the 1992 Winter Games and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1992 Summer Games and as of the 2008 Summer Olympics, all six successor nations, former socialist republics, have participated independently. Kosovo, a former autonomous province, made its Olympic debut as an independent national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Date Team
1912 as part of  Austria (AUT)  Serbia (SRB)
1920–1936 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 W  Croatia (CRO)  Slovenia (SLO) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 S  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)  Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
1994 ban on participation by the UN
1996–2006  North Macedonia (MKD) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
2008–2014  Serbia (SRB)  Montenegro (MNE)
2016–  Serbia (SRB)  Kosovo (KOS)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)
  Serbia (SRB) (1912, 2008–current) 6 9 8 12 29 4 0 0 0 0 10 9 8 12 29
  Yugoslavia (YUG) (1920–1992 w) 16 26 29 28 83 14 0 3 1 4 30 26 32 29 87
 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP) (1992 s) 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) (1996–2006) 3 2 4 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 9
 Croatia (CRO) (1992–current) 9 16 15 17 48 9 4 6 1 11 18 20 21 18 59
 Slovenia (SLO) (1992–current) 9 10 10 11 31 9 4 8 12 24 18 14 18 23 55
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (1992 s –current) 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
 North Macedonia (MKD) (1996–current) 8 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 1 2
 Montenegro (MNE) (2008–current) 5 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1
 Kosovo (KOS) (2016–current) 3 3 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 5
Total 26 66 70 75 211 22 8 17 14 39 48 74 87 89 250

In addition to the teams of Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games mentioned above—Kuwait, Russia, the former Netherlands Antilles, and the former Yugoslavia—several other NOCs were represented by independent Olympic athletes. East Timor's team in 2000 consisted of four athletes competing as Individual Olympic Athletes. In 2012, one independent Olympic athlete represented South Sudan. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, the team from India included one independent Olympic participant.

Obsolete nations notes

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  • GHA Prior to Ghana's independence in 1957, Gold Coast participated in the 1952 Games.
  • GUY Prior to Guyana's independence in 1966, British Guiana participated from 1948 to 1964.
  • HKG Totals of Hong Kong (HKG) includes all medals won by athletes representing the Hong Kong National Olympic Committee, designated as "Hong Kong" from 1952 to 1996 and "Hong Kong, China" since 2000.
  • MKD North Macedonia was known as Macedonia, or more formally the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia due to a naming dispute with Greece, between 1996 and 2018.
  • MYA Myanmar was known as Burma (BIR) between 1948 and 1988.
  • SAM Samoa was known as Western Samoa between 1984 and 1996.
  • SRI Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon (CEY) between 1948 and 1972.
  • SWZ Eswatini was known as Swaziland between 1972 and 2016.
  • TAN Although Tanganyika and Zanzibar had already merged to form Tanzania in April 1964, the nation was designated Tanganyika in the official report of the 1964 Games.
  • ZAM Zambia achieved independence on the last day of the 1964 Games, but had participated as Northern Rhodesia (NRH) during those Games.
  • ZIM Prior to Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, Southern Rhodesia participated as Rhodesia (RHO) in 1928, 1960, and 1964 Games.

Participation notes

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  • A Brunei's participation in the 1988 Games consisted only of a single official, but no competing athletes. This participation is not counted in Brunei's participation total.
  • B Djibouti at the 2004 Games took part in the Opening Ceremony, but neither athlete competed, so this participation is not counted in Djibouti's participation total.
  • C Liberia's athletes withdrew from 1980 Games after marching in the Opening Ceremony and took part in the boycott. This participation is not counted in Liberia's participation total.
  • D Libya marched in the opening ceremony of the 1964 Games, but then withdrew from competition. This participation is not counted in Libya's participation total.
  • E Suriname at the 1960 Games took part in the Opening Ceremony, but its lone athlete withdrew from Games due to a scheduling error. Participation of Suriname at the 1960 Games not recognized by IOC, so this participation is not counted in Suriname's participation total.

Disputed participation notes

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The nationalities of many medalists at the 1904 Olympics are disputed as many competitors were recent immigrants to the United States who had not yet been granted US citizenship.

  • Pa Pb Sources are inconsistent regarding Albert Corey's participation in 1904, who immigrated to the United States from France. The Games report refers to Corey as a "Frenchman wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association", but the IOC retroactively attributes his medal in the marathon to the United States, and in contradiction, the medal in the four mile team race (that was won by a team of three Americans and Corey) to a mixed team composed of athletes from multiple nations instead of just the United States.[43]
  • Qa Qb The International Olympic Committee considers Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen who immigrated from Norway to the United States to have competed for the United States. Each man won a gold medal.[44] In 2012, Norwegian historians however found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, and that Hansen, who was registered as an "alien" (foreigner) as late as 1925, probably never received American citizenship. The historians have therefore petitioned the IOC to have the athletes registered as Norwegians.[45][46] In May 2013, it was reported that the Norwegian Olympic Committee had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in the IOC's medal database.[47]
  • R Bob Fowler, an American marathon runner who competed at the 1904 Games, was a native Newfoundlander, Newfoundland is occasionally listed as a separate country at the 1904 Olympics, and would be listed as an historical NOC without medals.[48] Participation of Newfoundland at the 1904 Games is not recognized by the IOC.
  • S In 2009, historians from the International Society of Olympic Historians discovered that cyclist Frank Bizzoni was an Italian citizen when he competed in 1904 being granted US citizenship in 1917.[49][50] However, the IOC does not officially recognize Italy's participation in the 1904 Olympics.
  • Fm The IOC counts one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals won by American fencer Albertson Van Zo Post for Cuba instead of the United States. The one silver and one bronze medal won by American Charles Tatham are also counted for Cuba instead of the United States.
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All-time medal counts are compiled using various sources, often adding up related results for Russia, Germany, Serbia, the Czech Republic, etc.

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