National Olympic Committee

Allocation of the countries to the five continental organizations

A National Olympic Committee ( NOC ) is an organization that represents the interests of the individual country in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and represents and organizes the Olympic movement at the national level. The 206 National Olympic Committees are united in the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which is divided into five continental organizations. General meetings of the ANOC take place every two years. The umbrella organization of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in Europe is the European Olympic Committees .

Current National Olympic Committees

The year of foundation in the following table refers to the first founding of the NOK, without taking into account later name changes through start-ups or mergers with other sports organizations and associations.

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country	Name of the NOK	founding	IOC recognition
Afghanistan	Afghanistan National Olympic Committee	1935	1936
Egypt	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-misriyya	1910	1910
Albania	Komiteti Olimpik Kombëtar Shqiptar	1958	1959
Algeria	Comité Olympique Algérien	1963	1964
American Virgin Islands	Virgin Islands Olympic Committee	1967	1967
American Samoa	American Samoa National Olympic Committee	1987	1987
Andorra	Comitè Olímpic Andorrà	1971	1975
Angola	Comité Olímpico Angolano	1979	1980
Antigua and Barbuda	The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association	1966	1976
Equatorial Guinea	Comité National Olympique Equato-Guinéen	1980	1984
Argentina	Comité Olímpico Argentino	1923	1923
Armenia	National Olympic Committee of Armenia	1990	1993
Aruba	Comité Olímpico Arubano	1985	1986
Azerbaijan	National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan	1992	1993
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Olympic Committee	1948	1954
Australia	Australian Olympic Committee	1895	1895
Bahamas	Bahamas Olympic Association	1952	1952
Bahrain	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-Bahrainiyya	1978	1979
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Olympic Association	1979	1980
Barbados	The Barbados Olympic Association Incorporated	1955	1955
Belgium	Belgian Olympic and Inter-Federal Committee	1906	1906
Belize	Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association	1967	1967
Benin	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Béninois	1962	1962
Bermuda	Bermuda Olympic Association	1935	1936
Bhutan	Bhutan Olympic Committee	1983	1983
Bolivia	Comité Olímpico Boliviano	1932	1936
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Olimpijski Komitet Bosne i Hercegovine	1992	1993
Botswana	Botswana National Olympic Committee	1978	1980
Brazil	Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro	1935	1935
British Virgin Islands	Virgin Islands Olympic Committee	1967	1967
Brunei	Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council	1984	1984
Bulgaria	Balgarski Olimpiyski Komitet	1923	1924
Burkina Faso	Comité National Olympique et des Sports Burkinabè	1965	1972
Burundi	Comité National Olympique du Burundi	1990	1993
Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands Olympic Committee	1973	1976
Chile	Comité Olímpico de Chile	1934	1934
China	Zhongguo Aolinpike Weiyuanhui	1910	1922
Cook Islands	Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee	1986	1986
Costa Rica	Comité Olímpico Nacional de Costa Rica	1953	1954
Denmark	Danmarks Idrætsforbund	1905	1905
Germany	German Olympic Sports Confederation	1895	1895
Dominica	Dominica Olympic Committee	1987	1993
Dominican Republic	Comité Olímpico Dominicano	1946	1962
Djibouti	Comité Olympique Djiboutien	1983	1984
Ecuador	Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano	1946	1962
Ivory Coast	Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire	1962	1963
El Salvador	Comité Olímpico de El Salvador	1949	1962
Eritrea	Eritrean National Olympic Committee	1996	1999
Estonia	Eesti Olümpia Committee	1923	1924
Fiji	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee	1949	1955
Finland	Suomen Olympic Committee	1907	1907
France	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français	1894	1894
Gabon	Comité Olympique Gabonais	1965	1968
Gambia	Gambia National Olympic Committee	1972	1976
Georgia	Georgian National Olympic Committee	1989	1993
Ghana	Ghana Olympic Committee	1952	1952
Grenada	The Grenada Olympic Committee	1984	1984
Greece	Elliniki Olympiaki Epitropi	1894	1895
Guam	Guam National Olympic Committee	1976	1986
Guatemala	Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco	1947	1947
Guinea	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen	1964	1965
Guinea-Bissau	Comité Olímpico da Guiné-Bissau	1992	1995
Guyana	Guyana Olympic Association	1935	1948
Haiti	Comité Olympique Haïtien	1914	1924
Honduras	Comité Olímpico Hondureño	1956	1956
Hong Kong	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong China	1950	1951
India	Indian Olympic Association	1927	1927
Indonesia	Committee Olimpiade Indonesia	1946	1952
Iraq	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-wataniyya al-ʿiraqiyya	1948	1948
Iran	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran	1947	1947
Ireland	Olympic Council of Ireland	1922	1922
Iceland	Íþrótta- og Ólympíusamband Íslands	1921	1935
Israel	Olympic Committee of Israel	1933	1952
Italy	Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano	1908	1915
Jamaica	Jamaica Olympic Association	1936	1936
Japan	Nippon Olympic Iinkai	1911	1912
Yemen	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-yamaniyya	1971	1981
Jordan	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-urdunniyya	1957	1963
Cambodia	National Olympic Committee of Cambodia	1983	1994
Cameroon	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun	1963	1963
Canada	Canadian Olympic Committee	1904	1907
Cape Verde	Comité Olímpico Caboverdeano	1989	1993
Kazakhstan	Qasaqstan Respublikassy Ulttyq Olimpiadalyq komiteti	1990	1993
Qatar	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-qatariyya	1979	1980
Kenya	National Olympic Committee Kenya	1955	1955
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgys Respublikassynyn uluttuk olimpiada komiteti	1991	1993
Kiribati	Kiribati National Olympic Committee	2002	2003
Colombia	Comité Olímpico Colombiano	1936	1939
Comoros	Comité Olympique et Sportif des Îles Comores	1979	1993
Congo, Democratic Republic	Comité Olympique Congolais	1963	1968
Congo, Republic	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais	1964	1964
Kosovo	Komiteti Olimpik i Kosovës	1992	2014
Croatia	Hrvatski olimpijski odbor	1991	1993
Cuba	Comité Olímpico Cubano	1937	1954
Kuwait	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-kuwaitiyya	1957	1966
Laos	National Olympic Committee of Lao	1975	1979
Lesotho	Lesotho National Olympic Committee	1971	1972
Latvia	Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja	1922	1923
Lebanon	Lebanese Olympic Committee	1947	1948
Liberia	Liberia National Olympic Committee	1954	1955
Libya	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-libiyya	1962	1963
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein Olympic Committee	1935	1935
Lithuania	Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas	1922	1923
Luxembourg	Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois	1912	1912
Madagascar	Comité Olympique Malgache	1963	1964
Malawi	Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi	1968	1968
Malaysia	Olympic Council of Malaysia	1953	1954
Maldives	Maldives Olympic Committee	1985	1985
Mali	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali	1962	1963
Malta	Malta Olympic Committee	1928	1936
Morocco	Comité Olympique Marocaine	1959	1959
Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee	2001	2006
Mauritania	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Mauritania	1962	1979
Mauritius	Mauritius Olympic Committee	1971	1972
Mexico	Comité Olímpico Mexicano	1923	1923
Micronesia	Federated States of Micronesia National Olympic Committee	1995	1997
Moldova	Comitetul Național Olimpic și Sportiv din Republica Moldova	1991	1993
Monaco	Comité Olympique Monégasque	1907	1953
Mongolia	National Olympic Committee of Mongolia	1956	1962
Montenegro	Crnogorski olimpijski komitet	2006	2007
Mozambique	Comité Olimpico Nacional de Moçambique	1979	1979
Myanmar	Myanmar Olympic Committee	1947	1947
Namibia	Namibian National Olympic Committee	1990	1991
Nauru	Nauru Olympic Committee	1991	1994
Nepal	Nepal Olympic Committee	1962	1963
New Zealand	New Zealand Olympic Committee	1911	1919
Nicaragua	Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense	1959	1959
Netherlands	Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie	1912	1912
Niger	Comité Olympique et Sportif National du Niger	1964	1964
Nigeria	Nigeria Olympic Committee	1951	1951
North Korea	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1953	1957
North Macedonia	Makedonski Olimpiski Komitet	1992	1993
Norway	Norges idrettsforbund and olympiske and paralympiske committee	1900	1900
Oman	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-ʿumaniyya	1982	1982
Austria	Austrian Olympic Committee	1908	1912
East Timor	Comité Olímpico Nacional de Timor-Leste	2003	2003
Pakistan	Pakistan Olympic Association	1948	1948
Palestine	Palestine Olympic Committee	1995	1995
Palau	Palau National Olympic Committee	1997	1999
Panama	Comité Olímpico de Panamá	1934	1947
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee	1973	1974
Paraguay	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo	1970	1970
Peru	Comité Olímpico Peruano	1924	1936
Philippines	Philippine Olympic Committee	1911	1929
Poland	Polski Komitet Olimpijski	1918	1919
Portugal	Comité Olímpico de Portugal	1909	1909
Puerto Rico	Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico	1948	1948
Rwanda	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda	1984	1984
Romania	Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român	1914	1914
Russia	Olimpijski joins Rossii	1911	1912
St. Kitts and Nevis	St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Association	1986	1993
St. Lucia	St Lucia Olympic Committee	1987	1993
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	The St Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee	1982	1987
Solomon Islands	National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands	1983	1983
Zambia	National Olympic Committee of Zambia	1964	1964
Samoa	Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee	1983	1983
San Marino	Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese	1959	1959
Sao Tome and Principe	Comité Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe	1979	1993
Saudi Arabia	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-ʿarabiyya as-saʿudiyya	1964	1965
Sweden	Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté	1913	1913
Switzerland	Swiss Olympic Association	1912	1912
Senegal	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais	1961	1963
Serbia	Olimpijski Komitet Srbije	1910	1912
Seychelles	Seychelles National Olympic Committee	1979	1979
Sierra Leone	National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone	1964	1964
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Olympic Committee	1934	1959
Singapore	Singapore National Olympic Council	1947	1948
Slovakia	Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor	1992	1993
Slovenia	Olimpijski komite Slovenije	1991	1993
Somalia	Guddiga Olimbikada Soomaaliyeed	1959	1972
Spain	Comité Olímpico Español	1912	1912
Sri Lanka	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka	1937	1937
South Africa	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee	1912	1912
Sudan	Sudan Olympic Committee	1956	1959
South Korea	Korean Olympic Committee	1946	1947
South Sudan	South Sudan National Olympic Committee	2015	2015
Suriname	Surinaam's Olympic Committee	1959	1959
Swaziland	Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association	1971	1972
Syria	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-suriyya	1948	1948
Tajikistan	Kumitai millii olimpii Todschikiston	1992	1993
Taiwan	Zhonghua Aolinpike Weiyuanhui	1960	1960
Tanzania	Tanzania Olympic Committee	1968	1968
Thailand	Olympic Committee of Thailand	1948	1950
Togo	Comité National Olympique Togolais	1963	1965
Tonga	Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee	1963	1984
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee	1946	1948
Chad	Comité Olympique et Sportif Tchadien	1963	1964
Czech Republic	Český olympijský výbor	1899	1899
Tunisia	Comité National Olympique Tunisia	1957	1957
Turkey	Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi	1908	1911
Turkmenistan	Türkmenistanyň Milli Olimpiýa komiteti	1990	1993
Tuvalu	Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee	2004	2007
Uganda	Uganda Olympic Committee	1950	1956
Ukraine	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine	1990	1993
Hungary	Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság	1895	1895
Uruguay	Comité Olímpico Uruguayo	1923	1923
Uzbekistan	Oʻzbekiston Milliy Olimpiya qoʻmitasi	1992	1993
Vanuatu	Vanuatu National Olympic Committee	1987	1987
Venezuela	Comité Olímpico Venezolano	1935	1935
United Arab Emirates	al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-wataniyya bi-Daulat al-Imarat al-ʿarabiyya al-Muttahida	1979	1980
United Kingdom	British Olympic Association	1905	1905
United States	United States Olympic Committee	1894	1894
Vietnam	Uỷ ban Olympic Việt Nam	1951	1951
Belarus	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus	1991	1993
Central African Republic	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain	1964	1965
Cyprus	Cypriot Olympic Committee	1974	1978

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Former National Olympic Committees

As a result of the dissolution or merger of states or changes in the structure, some NOCs were dissolved again. In no case was there a dissolution without replacement.

country	Name of the NOK	founding	resolution
Federal Republic of Germany	National Olympic Committee for Germany	1949	2006
German Democratic Republic	National Olympic Committee for East Germany	1951	1965
German Democratic Republic	National Olympic Committee of the GDR	1965	1990 *
German Empire	Committee for the participation of Germany in the Olympic Games in Athens	1895	1896
German Empire	Committee for the participation of Germany in the Olympic Games in Paris	1899	1900
German Empire	German Committee for the Olympic Games in St. Louis 1904	1903	1904
German Empire	German Reich Committee for the Olympic Games	1904	1917
German Empire	German Reich Committee for Physical Exercise	1917	1925
German Empire	German Olympic Committee	1925	1946 *
Yugoslavia	Jugoslovenski olimpijski komitet	1919	2003 *
Netherlands Antilles	Nederlands Antilliaans Olympic Comité	1931	2010 *
North Borneo	North Borneo Olympic Committee	1953	1963 *
Saarland	National Olympic Committee of the Saarland	1950	1957 *
Serbia and Montenegro	Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro	2003	2006 *
Soviet Union	Olympic Committee of the USSR	1951	1992 *
Czechoslovakia	Československý Olympijský Výbor	1919	1993 *
United Arab Republic	United Arab Republic National Olympic Committee	1958	1972 *
West Indian Federation	West India Islands National Olympic Committee	1958	1962 *

 * End by dissolution of the state.

See also

• List of Olympic team abbreviations

Web links

Commons : National Olympic Committees  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• National Olympic Committees

Individual evidence

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