List of participating countries

This is a list of every country in the world that has participated at least once in an Olympic event. Note that some countries listed no longer exist, such as the Soviet Union or Bohemia; the countries replacing them are also included.

The letter S on the right of the name denotes a participation in the Summer Olympics; a W denotes a participation in the Winter Olympics.

A
 * Abkhazia
 * Afghanistan S W
 * Akrotiri and Dhekelia
 * Åland
 * Albania S W
 * Algeria S W
 * American Samoa S W
 * Andorra S W
 * Angola S
 * Anguilla
 * Antigua and Barbuda S
 * Argentine S W
 * Armenia S W
 * Aruba S
 * Ascension Island
 * Australia S W
 * Austria S W
 * Azerbaijan S W

B
 * Bahamas S
 * Bahrain S
 * Bangladesh S
 * Barbados S
 * Belarus S W
 * Belgium S W
 * Belize S
 * Benin S
 * Bermnuda S W
 * Bhutan S
 * Bohemia S W
 * Bolivia S
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina S W
 * Botswana S
 * Brazil S W
 * British Virgin Islands S
 * Brunei S
 * Bulgaria S W
 * Burkina Faso S
 * Burundi S

C
 * Cambodia S
 * Cameroon S
 * Canada S W
 * Cape Verde S
 * Cayman Islands S
 * Central African Republic S
 * Chad S
 * Chile S W
 * China S W
 * Chinese Taipei S W
 * Christmas Island
 * Cocos (Keeling) Islands
 * Colombia S
 * Comoros S
 * Congo DR S
 * Republic of the Congo S
 * Cook Islands S
 * Costa Rica S W
 * Côte d'Ivoire S
 * Croatia S W
 * Cuba S
 * Cyprus S W
 * Czech Republic S W
 * Czechoslovakia S W

D
 * Denmark S W
 * Djibouti S
 * Dominica S
 * Dominican Republic S

E
 * Ecuador S
 * Egypt S
 * El Salvador S
 * Equatoria Guinea S
 * Eritrea S
 * Estonia S W
 * Ethiopia S W

F
 * Falkland Islands
 * Faroe Islands
 * Fiji S
 * Finland S W
 * France S W
 * French Polynesia

G
 * Gabon S
 * The Gambia S
 * Georgia S W
 * Germany S W
 * Ghana S
 * Gibraltar
 * Greece S W
 * Greenland
 * Grenada S
 * Guam S W
 * Guatemala S
 * Guernsey
 * Guinea S
 * Guinea-Bissau S
 * Guyana S

H
 * Haiti S
 * Honduras S
 * Hong Kong S W
 * Hungary S W

I
 * Iceland S W
 * India S W
 * Indonesia S
 * Iran S W
 * Iraq S
 * Ireland S W
 * Isle of Man
 * Israel S W
 * Italy S W

J
 * Jamaica S W
 * Japan S W
 * Jersey
 * Jordan S

K
 * Kazakhstan S W
 * Kenya S W
 * Kiribati S
 * Kosovo
 * Kuwait S
 * Kyrgyzstan S W

L
 * Laos S
 * Latvia S W
 * Lebanon S W
 * Lesotho S
 * Liberia S
 * Libya S
 * Liechtenstein S W
 * Lithuania S W
 * Luxembourg S W

M
 * Macao
 * FYR Macedonia S
 * Madagascar S W
 * Malawi S
 * Malaysia S
 * Maldives S
 * Mali S
 * Malta S
 * Marshall Islands S
 * Mauritania S
 * Mauritius S
 * Mayotte
 * Mexico S W
 * Micronesia S
 * Moldova S W
 * Monaco S W
 * Mongolia S W
 * Montenegro
 * Montserrat
 * Morocco S
 * Mozambique S
 * Myanmar S

N
 * Nagorno-Karabakh
 * Namibia S
 * Nauru S
 * Nepal S W
 * Netherlands S W
 * Netherlands Antilles S
 * New Caledonia
 * New Zealand S
 * Nicaragua S
 * Niger S
 * Nigeria S
 * Niue
 * Norfolk Island
 * Northern Cyprus
 * Northern Mariana Islands
 * North Korea S W
 * Norway S W

O
 * Oman S

P
 * Pakistan S
 * Palau S
 * Palestine S
 * Panama S
 * Papua New Guinea S
 * Paraguay S
 * Peru S
 * Philippines S
 * Pitcairn Islands
 * Poland S W
 * Portugal S W
 * Puerto Rico S W

Q
 * Qatar S

R
 * Romania S W
 * Russia S W
 * Rwanda S

S
 * Saint Barthélemy
 * Saint Helena
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis S
 * Saint Lucia S
 * Saint Martin
 * Saint Pierre and Miquelon
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines S
 * Samoa S
 * San Marino S W
 * São Tomé and Príncipe S
 * Saudi Arabia S
 * Senegal S
 * Serbia
 * Serbia-Montenegro S W
 * Seychelles S
 * Sierra Leone S
 * Singapore S
 * Slovakia S W
 * Slovenia S W
 * Solomon Islands S
 * Somalia S
 * South Africa S W
 * South Korea S W
 * South Ossetia
 * Soviet Union S W
 * Spain S W
 * Sri Lanka S
 * Sudan S
 * Suriname S
 * Svalbard
 * Swaziland S
 * Sweden S W
 * Switzerland S W
 * Syria S

T
 * Tajikistan S W
 * Tanzania S
 * Thailand S W
 * Timor-Leste S
 * Togo S
 * Tokelau
 * Tonga S
 * Transnistria
 * Trinidad and Tobago S W
 * Tristan da Cunha
 * Tunisia S
 * Turkey S W
 * Turkmenistan S
 * Turks and Caicos Islands
 * Tuvalu

U
 * Uganda S
 * Ukraine S W
 * Unified Team S W
 * United Arab Emirates S
 * United Kingdom S W
 * United States S W
 * Uruguay S W
 * Uzbekistan S

V
 * Vanuatu S
 * Vatican City
 * Venezuela S W
 * Vietnam S
 * Virgin Islands, British
 * Virgin Islands (USA) S W

W
 * Wallis and Futuna
 * Western Sahara

Y
 * Yemen S
 * Yugoslavia S W

Z
 * Zambia S
 * Zimbabwe S