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4 unusual facts about National Olympic Committee


Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players.

Raymond Gafner

He became a member of the Swiss Olympic Committee in 1947 and was the president of the Committee from 1965 until 1985.

Uganda at the Olympics

The National Olympic Committee for Uganda was created in 1950 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1956.

Uzbekistan at the Olympics

The National Olympic Committee for Uzbekistan was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.


Algeria at the Olympics

The National Olympic Committee for Algeria is the Comité Olympique Algérien (Algerian Olympic Committee in English), and was founded in 1963.

Bids for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cities interested in hosting the games had to have their applications confirmed by their respective National Olympic Committees and submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by September 2009.

East Germany at the Olympics

The German Democratic Republic (GDR), often called East Germany, founded a separate National Olympic Committee for socialist East Germany on 22 April 1951 in the Rotes Rathaus of East Berlin.

Nigeria Olympic Committee

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is the National Olympic Committee for Nigeria, responsible for co-ordinating and supporting Nigerian competitors in the Olympic Games.


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Afghanistan National Olympic Committee

The first ever Afghanistan National Olympic Committee Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) was held on Monday, September 28, 2009, at 11 am at Kabul Serena Hotel, as per the statutes approved by the Afghan NOC General Assembly and the IOC.

Ali Adnan

He was due to be the first person to represent Iraq in archery at the Olympic Games, having qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but the entire Iraqi delegation was banned from the Games by the International Olympic Committee due to Iraqi government interference in the Iraqi national Olympic Committee.

Chinese National Olympic Committee

Chinese Olympic Committee (PRC), founded in 1951 as Chinese National Olympic Committee

Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (ROC), founded in 1910 as Chinese National Olympic Committee

Doha Stadium

The decision by the Qataris to build the stadium in Israel came after a meeting between Member of Knesset Ahmad Tibi and Secretary-General of the Qatar National Olympic Committee Sheikh Saud Abdulrahman Al Thani after Tibi expressed his concern on the conditions for sport in Sakhnin.

Faisal Jeylani Aweys

The Somali National Olympic committee has devised a special support program for the Somalia national Taekwondo team to ensure continued success in future tournaments.

National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran

National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a sports governing body situated in Tehran, Iran.

Olympische Hymne

This score was located after the war by the German National Olympic Committee, and copies were made for the organizers of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and for IOC President Juan Samaranch in 1997 for the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.