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Some countries have boycotted the Games on various occasions, either as a protest against the International Olympic Committee or the contemporary politics of other participants. Some countries have also been banned from the Olympics, such as the defeated countries after both World Wars or South Africa under apartheid .
a Italy did not send a team to the 1904 Olympics. However, Track cyclist Frank Bizzoni, an Italian immigrant to the United States, from New Jersey, was of Italian nationality until 1917. [54] a The Union of South Africa did not exist yet in 1904, it was created in 1910 from 4 British colonies and the SANOC was only created in 1907
Rhodesia was also prevented from entering the 1972 Summer Olympics when its invitation was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee following protests by other African countries. Possibly the most famous Olympic boycotts occurred in 1980 and 1984, due to the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. Iran and Albania are the only countries that ...
As of July 24, 2024, the Paris Olympics website states that athletes from 203 National Olympic Committees will compete in the Paris Olympics, as well as athletes from the IOC Refugee Team, which ...
The athletes of 16 countries did not fly their national flags. Instead, Olympic flags were raised, and the Olympic Anthem replaced their national anthems at the medal ceremonies. There was one awards ceremony where three Olympic flags were raised, that being the men's individual pursuit in cycling.
It is a record low for the Opening Ceremony (20.1 million for 1988 in Calgary was the previous record) and a whopping 43 percent below the 2018 Games in South Korea that notched 28.3 million ...
Australia, France, Greece, Switzerland and the United Kingdom are the only countries to be represented at every Olympic Games since their inception in 1896. While countries sometimes miss an Olympics due to a lack of qualified athletes, some choose to boycott a celebration of the Games for various reasons.
Of the 13 teams that are not UN recognized countries, four are geo-politically fraught areas. The other nine of the teams are island regions that sought recognition from the IOC prior to 1996.