Editing List of IOC country codes (section)

== Special codes for Olympics ==
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!  Code
!  Nation/team
!  Years
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|AIN}} || {{flag IOC|AIN|2024 Summer}}<br />from French ''Athlètes Individuels Neutres'' || 2024 || Used for Russian and Belarusian athletes competing as neutrals due to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<br />The delegation will use a flag and a one-off instrumental anthem assigned by the IOC.
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|ANZ}} || {{flag IOC|ANZ}} || 1908–1912 || Used in the IOC's medal database<ref name="IOCdb" /> to identify the team from [[Australasia at the Olympics|Australasia]], composed of athletes from both [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] for the 1908 and 1912 Games.<br />Both nations competed separately by 1920.
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|COR}} || {{flag IOC|COR|2018 Winter}}<br />from French ''Corée'' || 2018 || Used for the [[Korea women's national ice hockey team|unified Korean women's ice hockey team]] at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |author=IOC |title=Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2018/2018-01-20-Declaration.pdf#_ga=2.100314582.978188483.1516481833-1830756157.1505501543 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2018/2018-01-20-Declaration.pdf#_ga=2.100314582.978188483.1516481833-1830756157.1505501543 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|EOR}} || {{flag IOC|EOR}}<br />from French ''Équipe olympique des réfugiés'' || 2016–2024 || Used for the [[Refugee Olympic Team]], for athletes who have [[Refugee|been displaced]] from their home countries. The IOC code was changed from ROT which was used in 2016.<ref>[https://www.rio2016.com/rot Rio2016.org, 3 June 2016] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805075751/https://www.rio2016.com/rot |date=2016-08-05 }}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|EUA}} || {{flag IOC|EUA}}<br />from French ''Équipe unifiée d'Allemagne'' || 1956–1964 || Used in the IOC's medal database<ref name="IOCdb" /> to identify the [[United Team of Germany]], composed of athletes representing the NOCs of both [[East Germany]] and [[West Germany]] for the 1956–1964 Games.<br />The team was simply known as ''Germany'' in the official reports for those six games at the time.
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|EUN}} || {{flag IOC|EUN}}<br />from French ''Équipe unifiée''|| 1992 || Used in 1992 (both Summer and Winter Games) for the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]], composed of athletes from most of the former [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]] that chose to compete as a unified team.<br />[[Estonia at the Olympics|Estonia]], [[Latvia at the Olympics|Latvia]] and [[Lithuania at the Olympics|Lithuania]] entered separately in 1992, whereas [[Russia at the Olympics|Russia]] and eleven other post-Soviet nations competed independently for the first time in 1994 or 1996.
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|IOP}} || {{flag IOC|IOP|1992 Summer}} || {{hlist|1992|2014}} || Used for ''[[Independent Olympic participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics|independent Olympic participants]]'' at the 1992 Summer Olympics as a designation used for athletes from [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|FR Yugoslavia]] who could not compete as a team due to [[United Nations]] sanctions.<br />At the 1992 Summer Olympics IOP was used as a designation for athletes from the [[Republic of Macedonia]] too.<br />IOP was also used during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by Indian athletes due to the Indian Olympic Association suspension.
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|IOA}} || {{flag IOC|IOA}} || {{hlist|2000|2012|2016}} || Used for ''[[Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Individual Olympic Athletes]]'' in 2000,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf |title=The Results |website=la84foundation.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222411/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> a designation used for athletes from [[Timor-Leste]] before the formation of its NOC.<br />IOA was used again in the 2012 Games, when it stood for ''[[Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Independent Olympic Athletes]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/country/independent-olympic-athletes/index.html |title=Independent Olympic Athletes |website=London2012.com |publisher=London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130228101332/http://www.london2012.com/country/independent-olympic-athletes/index.html |archive-date=2013-02-28}}</ref> comprising athletes from the former [[Netherlands Antilles]] and a runner from [[South Sudan]].<br />The [[Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee]]'s membership from the IOC was withdrawn the previous year, and South Sudan had not yet formed an NOC at the time.<br />IOA was used again in 2016 for athletes from Kuwait as a result of the suspension of its National Olympic Committee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Independent Olympic Athletes |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/ioa |website=Rio2016.com |access-date=3 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202125/https://www.rio2016.com/en/ioa |archive-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|IOC}} || {{flag IOC2|IOC|2010 Asian Games}} || 2010–2012 || Used as the country code for ''[[Kuwait Olympic Committee|Athletes from Kuwait]]'', when the [[Kuwait Olympic Committee]] was suspended the first time, at the [[Athletes from Kuwait at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics|2010 Summer Youth Olympics]], the [[Athletes from Kuwait at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] and the [[Athletes from Kuwait at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Asian Winter Games]];<br />for the second suspension in 2015–2017, athletes from Kuwait were also competing in several international competitions under the IOC flag, but this time in the team of ''Individual Olympic Athletes'' (IOA), including (but not only) in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|MIX}} || {{flag IOC2|MIX|Youth Olympics}} || 2010– || Used as the country code for Mixed NOCs at the [[Youth Olympics]].<ref name="MIX">{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/searchresultpercountry/?athletename=&country=mix&sport2=&games2=&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=true&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true |title=Mixed NOCs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225180629/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/searchresultpercountry/?athletename=&country=mix&sport2=&games2=&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=true&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true |archive-date=2014-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/youth-olympic-games-2018/medals/ |title=Medals – Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires 2018 |website=Olympic Channel |access-date=2018-11-18 |archive-date=2019-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712000308/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/youth-olympic-games-2018/medals/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|OAR}} || {{flag IOC|OAR|2018 Winter}} || 2018 || Used for ''[[Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics|Olympic Athletes from Russia]]'' competing as neutral athletes due to the [[Doping in Russia|state-sponsored doping scandal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-suspends-russian-noc-and-creates-a-path-for-clean-individual-athletes-to-compete-in-pyeongchang-2018-under-the-olympic-flag |title=IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in PyeongChang 2018 under the Olympic Flag |website=Olympic.org |date=24 January 2018}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|ROC}} || [[File:Russian Olympic Committee flag.png|22px]] [[Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the Olympics|ROC]]<br />from the abbreviation for ''Russian Olympic Committee'' || 2020–2022 || Used for ''[[Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the Olympics|Russian Olympic Committee athletes]]'' at the [[Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Summer Olympics]] and [[Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022 Winter Olympics]] following the sanctions due to the [[Doping in Russia|state-sponsored doping scandal]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/02/20/olympics/summer-olympics/russian-team-branded-roc-tokyo-olympics-part-doping-sanctions/ |title=Russian team to be branded as 'ROC' during Tokyo Olympics as part of doping sanctions |date=20 February 2021 |newspaper=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2021-02-19 |title=Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions |language=en |work=Reuters |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-russia/olympics-russia-to-compete-under-roc-acronym-in-tokyo-as-part-of-doping-sanctions-idUSKBN2AJ1UZ |access-date=2021-02-20 |archive-date=2021-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220020504/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-russia/olympics-russia-to-compete-under-roc-acronym-in-tokyo-as-part-of-doping-sanctions-idUSKBN2AJ1UZ |url-status=live}}</ref><br />The delegation used a flag depicting the logo of the [[Russian Olympic Committee]].
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| style="text-align:center;" | {{mono|XXB}} || {{flag IOC|ZZX}} || 1896–1904 || Used in the IOC's medal database to identify medals won by [[mixed team at the Olympics|mixed teams]] of athletes from multiple nations (such as the combination of [[France]] and [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]]), a situation that happened several times in the Games of 1896, 1900, and 1904. Until 2021, the IOC used the code ZZX for mixed teams.<ref name="IOCdb" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/athens-1896/tennis/doubles-men|title=Athens 1896 doubles men Results - Olympic tennis|website=Olympics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421164924/https://www.olympic.org/athens-1896/tennis/doubles-men|archive-date=2021-04-21|url-status=unfit}}</ref>{{efn|ZZX is visible in the page HTML for the mixed team's flag.}} In 2021, the code was changed to MIX, matching the code for mixed teams at the Youth Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896/results/tennis/doubles-men|title=Athens 1896 doubles men Results - Olympic tennis|website=Olympics|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807101359/https://www.olympic.org/athens-1896/tennis/doubles-men|archive-date=2021-08-07}}</ref> In 2024, the code was changed to XXB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896/results/tennis/doubles-men|title=Athens 1896 doubles men Results - Olympic tennis|website=Olympics|access-date=2024-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903184515/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896/results/tennis/doubles-men|archive-date=2024-09-03}}</ref>
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