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The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC itself does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games. This table was thus compiled by adding up single entries from the IOC database.[1]

The results are attributed to the IOC country code as currently displayed by the IOC database. Usually, a single code corresponds to a single National Olympic Committee (NOC). When different codes are displayed for different years, medal counts are combined in the case of a simple change of IOC code (such as from HOL to NED for the Netherlands) or simple change of country name (such as from Ceylon to Sri Lanka). As the medals are attributed to each NOC, not all totals include medals won by athletes from that country for another NOC, such as before independence of that country. Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist. The totals of NOCs are not combined with those of their predecessors and successors.

World map showing nations that have won Summer Olympic medals, as of completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
World map showing nations that have won Winter Olympic medals, as of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

List of NOCs with medals (sortable & unranked)

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The table is pre-sorted by the name of each Olympic Committee, but can be displayed as sorted by any other column, such as the total number of gold medals or total number of overall medals. To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze, sort first by the bronze column, then the silver, and then the gold. The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping).

A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.

As of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics, 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games. As of completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics, four National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 30 Summer Olympic Games, with five other NOCs missing a perfect participation record due the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Of the combined 54 Olympic Games, only France, Great Britain and Switzerland have a 100% participation rate.

  Special delegation, not an actual nation
Team Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Afghanistan (AFG) 16 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 2 2
 Albania (ALB) 10 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 2 2
 Algeria (ALG) 15 7 4 9 20 3 0 0 0 0 18 7 4 9 20
 Argentina (ARG) 26 22 27 31 80 20 0 0 0 0 46 22 27 31 80
 Armenia (ARM) 8 2 11 9 22 8 0 0 0 0 16 2 11 9 22
 Australasia (ANZ)[ANZ] 2 3 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 5 12
 Australia (AUS)[AUS][Z] 28 182 192 226 600 20 6 7 6 19 48 188 199 232 619
 Austria (AUT) 29 22 35 44 101 24 71 88 91 250 53 93 123 135 351
 Azerbaijan (AZE) 8 9 16 31 56 7 0 0 0 0 15 9 16 31 56
 Bahamas (BAH) 18 8 2 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 18 8 2 6 16
 Bahrain (BRN) 11 4 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 3 1 8
 Barbados (BAR)[BAR] 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 1
 Belarus (BLR) 7 13 30 42 85 8 8 7 5 20 15 21 37 47 105
 Belgium (BEL) 28 47 57 63 167 22 2 2 4 8 50 49 59 67 175
 Bermuda (BER) 20 1 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 28 1 0 1 2
 Bohemia (BOH)[BOH][Z] 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 4
 Botswana (BOT) 12 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 1 4
 Brazil (BRA) 24 40 49 81 170 9 0 0 0 0 33 40 49 81 170
 British West Indies (BWI)[BWI] 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
 Bulgaria (BUL)[H] 22 57 89 85 231 21 1 2 3 6 43 58 91 88 237
 Burkina Faso (BUR) 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 1
 Burundi (BDI) 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 2
 Cameroon (CMR) 16 3 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 17 3 1 2 6
 Canada (CAN) 28 80 117 156 353 24 77 72 76 225 52 157 189 232 578
 Cape Verde (CPV) 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 1
 Chile (CHI)[I] 25 3 8 4 15 18 0 0 0 0 43 3 8 4 15
 China (CHN)[CHN] 12 303 226 198 727 12 22 32 23 77 24 325 258 221 804
 Colombia (COL) 21 5 16 17 38 3 0 0 0 0 24 5 16 17 38
 Costa Rica (CRC) 17 1 1 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 23 1 1 2 4
 Ivory Coast (CIV)[CIV] 15 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 3 5
 Croatia (CRO) 9 16 15 17 48 9 4 6 1 11 18 20 21 18 59
 Cuba (CUB)[Z] 22 86 70 88 244 0 0 0 0 0 22 86 70 88 244
 Cyprus (CYP) 12 0 2 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 24 0 2 0 2
 Czech Republic (CZE)[CZE] 8 22 22 28 72 8 10 11 13 34 16 32 33 41 106
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)[TCH] 16 49 49 45 143 16 2 8 15 25 32 51 57 60 168
 Denmark (DEN)[Z] 29 50 80 84 214 15 0 1 0 1 44 50 81 84 215
 Djibouti (DJI)[B] 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 1
 Dominica (DMA) 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 1
 Dominican Republic (DOM) 16 4 5 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 5 6 15
 Ecuador (ECU) 16 4 4 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 18 4 4 2 10
 Egypt (EGY)[EGY][Z] 24 9 12 20 41 1 0 0 0 0 25 9 12 20 41
 Eritrea (ERI) 7 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 1
 Estonia (EST) 14 10 9 17 36 11 4 2 2 8 25 14 11 19 44
 Ethiopia (ETH) 15 24 15 23 62 2 0 0 0 0 17 24 15 23 62
 Fiji (FIJ) 16 2 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 19 2 1 1 4
 Finland (FIN) 27 101 85 119 305 24 45 65 65 175 51 146 150 184 480
 France (FRA)[O][P][Z] 30 239 278 299 816 24 41 42 55 138 54 280 320 354 954
 Gabon (GAB) 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 1
 Georgia (GEO) 8 13 15 19 47 8 0 0 0 0 16 13 15 19 47
 Germany (GER)[GER] [Z] 18 218 220 255 693 13 104 98 65 267 31 322 318 320 960
 United Team of Germany (EUA)[EUA] 3 28 54 36 118 3 8 6 5 19 6 36 60 41 137
 East Germany (GDR)[GDR] 5 153 129 127 409 6 39 36 35 110 11 192 165 162 519
 West Germany (FRG)[FRG] 5 56 67 81 204 6 11 15 13 39 11 67 82 94 243
 Ghana (GHA)[GHA] 16 0 1 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 19 0 1 4 5
 Great Britain (GBR)[GBR][Z] 30 298 339 343 980 24 12 5 17 34 54 310 344 360 1,014
 Greece (GRE) 30 36 46 47 129 20 0 0 0 0 50 36 46 47 129
 Grenada (GRN) 11 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1 3 5
 Guatemala (GUA) 15 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 1 1 3
 Guyana (GUY)[GUY] 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 1 1
 Haiti (HAI)[J] 17 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 1 2
 Hong Kong (HKG)[HKG] 18 4 3 6 13 6 0 0 0 0 24 4 3 6 13
 Hungary (HUN) 28 187 161 182 530 24 2 2 6 10 52 189 163 188 540
 Iceland (ISL) 22 0 2 2 4 19 0 0 0 0 41 0 2 2 4
 India (IND)[F] 26 10 10 21 41 11 0 0 0 0 37 10 10 21 41
 Indonesia (INA) 17 10 14 16 40 0 0 0 0 0 17 10 14 16 40
 Iran (IRI)[K] 18 27 29 32 88 12 0 0 0 0 30 27 29 32 88
 Iraq (IRQ) 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 1 1
 Ireland (IRL) 23 15 10 17 42 8 0 0 0 0 31 15 10 17 42
 Israel (ISR) 18 4 6 10 20 8 0 0 0 0 26 4 6 10 20
 Italy (ITA)[M][S] 29 229 201 228 658 24 42 43 56 141 53 271 244 284 799
 Jamaica (JAM)[JAM] 19 27 39 28 94 9 0 0 0 0 28 27 39 28 94
 Japan (JPN) 24 189 162 191 542 22 17 29 30 76 46 206 191 221 618
 Jordan (JOR) 12 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 1 4
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 8 15 25 38 78 8 1 3 4 8 16 16 28 42 86
 Kenya (KEN) 16 39 44 41 124 4 0 0 0 0 20 39 44 41 124
 Kosovo (KOS) 3 3 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 5
 North Korea (PRK) 11 16 18 27 61 9 0 1 1 2 20 16 19 28 63
 South Korea (KOR) 19 109 100 111 320 19 33 30 16 79 38 142 130 127 399
 Kuwait (KUW) 14 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 3 3
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 8 0 5 8 13 8 0 0 0 0 16 0 5 8 13
 Latvia (LAT) 13 4 11 6 21 12 1 3 6 10 25 5 14 12 31
 Lebanon (LBN) 19 0 2 2 4 18 0 0 0 0 37 0 2 2 4
 Liechtenstein (LIE) 19 0 0 0 0 20 2 2 6 10 39 2 2 6 10
 Lithuania (LTU) 11 6 9 15 30 10 0 0 0 0 21 6 9 15 30
 Luxembourg (LUX)[O] 26 2 1 0 3 10 0 2 0 2 36 2 3 0 5
 Malaysia (MAS)[MAS] 15 0 8 7 15 2 0 0 0 0 17 0 8 7 15
 Mauritius (MRI) 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 1
 Mexico (MEX) 25 13 27 37 77 10 0 0 0 0 35 13 27 37 77
 Moldova (MDA) 8 0 3 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 16 0 3 7 10
 Mongolia (MGL) 15 2 12 17 31 15 0 0 0 0 30 2 12 17 31
 Montenegro (MNE) 5 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1
 Morocco (MAR) 16 8 5 13 26 8 0 0 0 0 24 8 5 13 26
 Mozambique (MOZ) 12 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 1 2
 Namibia (NAM) 9 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 5 0 5
 Netherlands (NED)[Z] 28 110 112 134 356 22 53 49 45 147 50 163 161 179 503
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)[AHO][I] 13 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 1
 New Zealand (NZL)[NZL] 25 63 40 54 157 17 2 2 2 6 42 65 42 56 163
 Niger (NIG) 14 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 1 2
 Nigeria (NGR) 18 3 11 13 27 2 0 0 0 0 20 3 11 13 27
North Macedonia North Macedonia (MKD) 8 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 1 2
 Norway (NOR)[Q] 28 65 53 53 171 24 148 134 123 405 52 213 187 176 576
 Pakistan (PAK) 19 4 3 4 11 4 0 0 0 0 23 4 3 4 11
 Panama (PAN) 19 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 1 2 4
 Paraguay (PAR) 14 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 1
 Peru (PER)[L] 20 1 3 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 23 1 3 1 5
 Philippines (PHI) 23 3 5 10 18 6 0 0 0 0 29 3 5 10 18
 Poland (POL) 23 73 93 142 308 24 7 7 9 23 47 80 100 151 331
 Portugal (POR) 26 6 11 15 32 9 0 0 0 0 35 6 11 15 32
 Puerto Rico (PUR) 20 2 2 8 12 8 0 0 0 0 28 2 2 8 12
 Qatar (QAT) 11 2 2 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 2 5 9
 Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1
 Romania (ROU) 23 93 101 123 317 22 0 0 1 1 45 93 101 124 318
 Russia (RUS)[RUS] 6 147 125 150 422 6 46 39 35 120 12 193 164 185 542
 Russian Empire (RU1)[RU1] 3 1 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 8
 Soviet Union (URS)[URS] 9 395 319 296 1,010 9 78 57 59 194 18 473 376 355 1,204
 Unified Team (EUN)[EUN] 1 45 38 29 112 1 9 6 8 23 2 54 44 37 135
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)[OAR] 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 17 1 2 6 9 17
ROC (ROC)[ROC] 1 20 28 23 71 1 5 12 15 32 2 25 40 38 103
 Samoa (SAM) 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1
 Saint Lucia (LCA) 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 2
 San Marino (SMR) 16 0 1 2 3 11 0 0 0 0 27 0 1 2 3
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) 13 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 2 4
 Senegal (SEN) 16 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 0 1
 Serbia (SRB)[SRB] 6 9 8 12 29 4 0 0 0 0 10 9 8 12 29
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)[YUG/SCG] 3 2 4 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 9
 Singapore (SGP) 18 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 19 1 2 3 6
 Slovakia (SVK)[SVK] 8 10 14 9 33 8 4 4 2 10 16 14 18 11 43
 Slovenia (SLO) 9 10 10 11 31 9 4 8 12 24 18 14 18 23 55
 South Africa (RSA) 21 28 36 31 95 7 0 0 0 0 28 28 36 31 95
 Spain (ESP)[Z] 25 53 76 58 187 21 1 1 3 5 46 54 77 61 192
 Sri Lanka (SRI)[SRI] 19 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2 0 2
 Sudan (SUD) 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 1
 Suriname (SUR)[E] 14 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 1 2
 Sweden (SWE)[Z] 29 151 181 182 514 24 65 51 60 176 53 216 232 242 690
 Switzerland (SUI) 30 54 81 79 214 24 63 47 58 168 54 117 128 137 382
 Syria (SYR) 15 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 2 4
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)[TPE][TPE2] 16 9 11 23 43 13 0 0 0 0 29 9 11 23 43
 Tajikistan (TJK) 8 1 1 5 7 4 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 5 7
 Tanzania (TAN)[TAN] 15 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 0 2
 Thailand (THA) 18 11 11 19 41 5 0 0 0 0 23 11 11 19 41
 Togo (TOG) 12 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 1
 Tonga (TGA) 11 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 1
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)[TTO] 19 3 5 11 19 4 0 0 0 0 23 3 5 11 19
 Tunisia (TUN) 16 6 4 8 18 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 4 8 18
 Turkey (TUR) 24 41 29 41 111 18 0 0 0 0 42 41 29 41 111
 Turkmenistan (TKM) 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1
 Uganda (UGA) 17 5 5 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 5 3 13
 Ukraine (UKR) 8 38 41 72 151 8 3 2 4 9 16 41 43 76 160
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 1 2
 United States (USA)[P][Q][R][Z][F] 29 1,105 879 781 2,765 24 114 121 95 330 53 1,219 1,000 876 3,095
 Uruguay (URU) 23 2 2 6 10 1 0 0 0 0 24 2 2 6 10
 Uzbekistan (UZB) 8 18 8 23 49 8 1 0 0 1 16 19 8 23 50
 Venezuela (VEN) 20 3 7 9 19 4 0 0 0 0 24 3 7 9 19
 Vietnam (VIE) 17 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 3 1 5
 Virgin Islands (ISV) 14 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 22 0 1 0 1
 Yugoslavia (YUG)[YUG to 1992] 16 26 29 28 83 14 0 3 1 4 30 26 32 29 87
 Zambia (ZAM)[ZAM] 15 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 2 3
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)[ZIM] 15 3 4 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 16 3 4 1 8
 Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)[AIN] 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 5
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)[IOA] 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2
 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)[IOP] 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
 Mixed team (ZZX)[ZZX] 3 11 6 8 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 6 8 25
Totals 30 5,793 5,764 6,277 17,834 24 1,171 1,169 1,160 3,500 54 6,964 6,933 7,437 21,334

The sum total of gold, silver, and bronze medals are not equal for the following reasons:

  • Some sports (such as boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo, and wrestling) award or have previously awarded two bronze medals per competition.
  • Team sports medals, such as in football or basketball count as one, even if there are multiple players on each team, who get a medal.
  • Some tied performances have resulted in multiple medals of the same colour being awarded for an event. If this tie is for gold or silver, there will be a consequent absence of a silver or bronze medal for that event.
  • Some medals that have been revoked have not been re-awarded.
  • Some early events, such as cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics, had only two entrants.
  • Retroactively awarding gold, silver, and bronze medals for the 1896 and 1900 games results in some anomalies, such as the 100 metre freestyle swimming event in 1896 where no surviving records distinguish the places of those who finished between 3rd and 10th position.

List of NOCs without medals (sortable & unranked)

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After completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics, 64 of the current 206 National Olympic Committees have yet to win an Olympic medal. Seven historic National Olympic Committees are also included in this list.

Team (IOC code) No. Summer No. Winter No. Games
 American Samoa (ASA) 10 2 12
 Andorra (AND) 13 13 26
 Angola (ANG) 11 0 11
 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 12 0 12
 Aruba (ARU) 10 0 10
 Bangladesh (BAN) 11 0 11
 Belize (BIZ)[BIZ] 14 0 14
 Benin (BEN)[BEN] 13 0 13
 Bhutan (BHU) 11 0 11
 Bolivia (BOL) 16 7 23
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 9 8 17
 British Virgin Islands (IVB) 11 2 13
 Brunei (BRU)[A] 7 0 7
 Cambodia (CAM) 11 0 11
 Cayman Islands (CAY) 12 2 14
 Central African Republic (CAF) 12 0 12
 Chad (CHA) 14 0 14
 Comoros (COM) 8 0 8
 Republic of the Congo (CGO) 14 0 14
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)[COD] 12 0 12
 Cook Islands (COK) 10 0 10
 El Salvador (ESA) 13 0 13
Eswatini Eswatini (SWZ)[SWZ] 12 1 13
 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 11 0 11
 The Gambia (GAM) 11 0 11
 Guam (GUM) 10 1 11
 Guinea (GUI) 13 0 13
 Guinea-Bissau (GBS) 8 0 8
 Honduras (HON) 13 1 14
 Kiribati (KIR) 6 0 6
 Laos (LAO) 11 0 11
 Lesotho (LES) 13 0 13
 Liberia (LBR)[C] 14 0 14
 Libya (LBA)[D] 12 0 12
 Madagascar (MAD) 14 3 17
 Malawi (MAW) 12 0 12
 Maldives (MDV) 10 0 10
 Mali (MLI) 15 0 15
 Malta (MLT) 18 3 21
 Marshall Islands (MHL) 5 0 5
 Mauritania (MTN) 11 0 11
 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) 7 0 7
 Monaco (MON)[N] 22 11 33
 Myanmar (MYA)[MYA] 19 0 19
 Nauru (NRU) 8 0 8
 Nepal (NEP)[a] 15 4 19
 Nicaragua (NCA) 14 0 14
 Oman (OMA) 11 0 11
 Palau (PLW) 7 0 7
 Palestine (PLE) 8 0 8
 Papua New Guinea (PNG) 12 0 12
 Rwanda (RWA) 11 0 11
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 8 0 8
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) 10 0 10
 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) 8 0 8
 Seychelles (SEY) 11 0 11
 Sierra Leone (SLE) 13 0 13
 Solomon Islands (SOL) 11 0 11
 Somalia (SOM) 11 0 11
 South Sudan (SSD) 3 0 3
 East Timor (TLS)[I] 6 3 9
 Tuvalu (TUV) 5 0 5
 Vanuatu (VAN) 10 0 10
 Yemen (YEM)[YEM] 9 0 9
 Korea (COR) 0 1 1
Federation of Malaya Malaya (MAL)[MAL] 2 0 2
 North Borneo (NBO)[NBO] 1 0 1
 Republic of China (ROC)[ROC] 3 0 3
 Saar (SAA)[SAA] 1 0 1
 North Yemen (YAR)[YAR] 2 0 2
 South Yemen (YMD)[YMD] 1 0 1
  1. ^ Tejbir Bura was the first and only Nepalese person to receive an Olympic gold medal. During the 1924 Winter Olympic closing ceremony, the IOC awarded a gold medal in alpinism for the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, which recognized 21 mountaineers, including the first athletes to be awarded medals posthumously, seven Indian sherpas who were killed in an avalanche on the third and last attempt to summit.[2][3]

List of defunct historical NOCs and special delegations with medals (sortable & unranked)

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Defunct historical NOCs with medals

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A total of 10 defunct historical NOCs have earned at least one medal.

Team Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Bohemia (BOH)[BOH][Z] 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 4
 British West Indies (BWI)[BWI] 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)[TCH] 16 49 49 45 143 16 2 8 15 25 32 51 57 60 168
 East Germany (GDR)[GDR] 5 153 129 127 409 6 39 36 35 110 11 192 165 162 519
 West Germany (FRG)[FRG] 5 56 67 81 204 6 11 15 13 39 11 67 82 94 243
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)[AHO][I] 13 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 1
 Russian Empire (RU1)[RU1] 3 1 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 8
 Soviet Union (URS)[URS] 9 395 319 296 1,010 9 78 57 59 194 18 473 376 355 1,204
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)[YUG/SCG] 3 2 4 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 9
 Yugoslavia (YUG)[YUG to 1992] 16 26 29 28 83 14 0 3 1 4 30 26 32 29 87
Totals 24 682 603 588 1,873 19 130 119 123 372 43 812 722 711 2,245

Special delegations with medals

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As of completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics, a total of 10 special delegations have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table include the changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions adjudicated up to 20 February 2023.

  Special delegation, not an actual nation
Team Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Australasia (ANZ)[ANZ] 2 3 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 5 12
 Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)[AIN] 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 5
 Refugee Olympic Team (EOR)[EOR] 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1
 United Team of Germany (EUA)[EUA] 3 28 54 36 118 3 8 6 5 19 6 36 60 41 137
 Unified Team (EUN)[EUN] 1 45 38 29 112 1 9 6 8 23 2 54 44 37 135
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)[OAR] 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 17 1 2 6 9 17
ROC (ROC)[ROC] 1 20 28 23 71 1 5 12 15 32 2 25 40 38 103
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)[IOA] 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2
 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)[IOP] 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
 Mixed team (ZZX)[ZZX] 3 11 6 8 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 6 8 25
Totals 18 109 134 106 349 6 24 30 37 91 22 131 164 143 440

Top ten medal rankings (combined NOCs)

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The following is the overall medal tally (top ten nations) with the records of current NOCs combined with those of their precursors (sorted by gold, then silver, then bronze), through 2024.

Complete ranked medals (excluding precursors)

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Summer Olympics (1896–2024)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1,1058797812,765
2 Soviet Union*3953192961,010
3 China303226198727
4 Great Britain298339343980
5 France239278299816
6 Italy229201228658
7 Germany218220255693
8 Japan189162191542
9 Hungary187161182530
10 Australia182192226600
11 East Germany*153129127409
12 Sweden151181182514
13 Russia147125150422
14 Netherlands110112134356
15 South Korea109100111320
16 Finland10185119305
17 Romania93101123317
18 Cuba867088244
19 Canada80117156353
20 Poland7393142308
21 Norway655353171
22 New Zealand634054157
23 Bulgaria578985231
24 West Germany*566781204
25 Switzerland548179214
26 Spain537658187
27 Denmark508084214
28 Czechoslovakia*494945143
29 Belgium475763167
30 Unified Team*453829112
31 Turkey412941111
32 Brazil404981170
33 Kenya394441124
34 Ukraine384172151
35 Greece364647129
36 United Team of Germany*285436118
37 South Africa28363195
38 Jamaica27392894
39 Iran27293288
40 Yugoslavia*26292883
41 Ethiopia24152362
42 Austria223544101
43 Argentina22273180
44 Czech Republic22222872
45 ROC (ROC)*20282371
46 Uzbekistan1882349
47 North Korea16182761
48 Croatia16151748
49 Kazakhstan15253878
50 Ireland15101742
51 Belarus13304285
52 Mexico13273777
53 Georgia13151947
54 Thailand11111941
55 Mixed team*116825
56 Indonesia10141640
57 Slovakia1014933
58 India10102141
59 Slovenia10101131
60 Estonia1091736
61 Azerbaijan9163156
62 Egypt9122041
63 Chinese Taipei9112343
64 Serbia981229
65 Morocco851326
66 Bahamas82616
67 Algeria74920
68 Portugal6111532
69 Lithuania691530
70 Tunisia64818
71 Colombia5161738
72 Uganda55313
73 Latvia411621
74 Israel461020
75 Dominican Republic45615
76 Ecuador44210
77 Hong Kong43613
78 Pakistan43411
79 Bahrain4318
80 Nigeria3111327
81 Chile38415
82 Venezuela37919
83 Trinidad and Tobago351119
84 Philippines351018
85 Australasia*34512
86 Zimbabwe3418
87 Cameroon3126
88 Kosovo3115
89 Mongolia2121731
90 Armenia211922
91 Serbia and Montenegro*2439
92 Puerto Rico22812
93 Uruguay22610
94 Qatar2259
95 Fiji2114
96 Luxembourg2103
97 Russian Empire (RU1)*1438
98 Individual Neutral Athletes*1315
 Peru1315
 Vietnam1315
101 Singapore1236
102 Botswana1214
 Jordan1214
104 Tajikistan1157
105 Grenada1135
 Ivory Coast1135
107 Costa Rica1124
 Panama1124
 Syria1124
110 Guatemala1113
111 Burundi1102
 Saint Lucia1102
113 Bermuda1012
 Independent Olympic Athletes*1012
 Mozambique1012
 Suriname1012
 United Arab Emirates1012
118 Dominica1001
119 Malaysia08715
120 Kyrgyzstan05813
121 Namibia0505
122 Moldova03710
123 Iceland0224
 Lebanon0224
 Saudi Arabia0224
126 Cyprus0202
 Sri Lanka0202
 Tanzania0202
129 Ghana0145
130 Bohemia*0134
131 Independent Olympic Participants*0123
 San Marino0123
 Zambia0123
134 Haiti0112
 Niger0112
 North Macedonia0112
137 Gabon0101
 Montenegro0101
 Netherlands Antilles*0101
 Paraguay0101
 Samoa0101
 Senegal0101
 Sudan0101
 Tonga0101
 Turkmenistan0101
 Virgin Islands0101
147 Kuwait0033
148 Afghanistan0022
 Albania0022
 British West Indies*0022
151 Barbados0011
 Burkina Faso0011
 Cape Verde0011
 Djibouti0011
 Eritrea0011
 Guyana0011
 Iraq0011
 Mauritius0011
 Refugee Olympic Team*0011
 Togo0011
Totals (160 entries)5,7985,7636,27817,839

Winter Olympics (1924–2022)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway148134123405
2 United States11412195330
3 Germany1049865267
4 Soviet Union*785759194
5 Canada777276225
6 Austria718891250
7 Sweden655160176
8 Switzerland634758168
9 Netherlands534945147
10 Russia473935121
11 Finland456565175
12 Italy424356141
13 France414255138
14 East Germany*393635110
15 South Korea33301679
16 China22322377
17 Japan17293076
18 Great Britain1251734
19 West Germany*11151339
20 Czech Republic10111334
21 Unified Team*96823
22 Belarus87520
23 United Team of Germany*86519
24 Poland77923
25 Australia67619
26 ROC*5121532
27 Slovenia481224
28 Croatia46111
29 Slovakia44210
30 Estonia4228
31 Ukraine3249
32 Czechoslovakia*281525
33 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)*26917
34 Hungary22610
 Liechtenstein22610
36 Belgium2248
37 New Zealand2226
38 Latvia13610
39 Kazakhstan1348
40 Bulgaria1236
41 Spain1135
42 Uzbekistan1001
43 Yugoslavia*0314
44 Luxembourg0202
45 North Korea0112
46 Denmark0101
47 Romania0011
Totals (47 entries)1,1711,1691,1603,500

Combined total (1896–2024)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1,2191,0008763,095
2 Soviet Union*4733763551,204
3 China325258221804
4 Germany322318320960
5 Great Britain3103443601,014
6 France280320354954
7 Italy271244284799
8 Sweden216232242690
9 Norway213187176576
10 Japan206191221618
11 Russia194164185543
12 East Germany*192165162519
13 Hungary189163188540
14 Australia188199232619
15 Netherlands163161179503
16 Canada157189232578
17 Finland146150184480
18 South Korea142130127399
19 Switzerland117128137382
20 Austria93123135351
21 Romania93101124318
22 Cuba867088244
23 Poland80100151331
24 West Germany*678294243
25 New Zealand654256163
26 Bulgaria589188237
27 Spain547761192
28 Unified Team*544437135
29 Czechoslovakia*515760168
30 Denmark508184215
31 Belgium495967175
32 Ukraine414376160
33 Turkey412941111
34 Brazil404981170
35 Kenya394441124
36 United Team of Germany*366041137
37 Greece364647129
38 Czech Republic323341106
39 South Africa28363195
40 Jamaica27392894
41 Iran27293288
42 Yugoslavia*26322987
43 ROC (ROC)*254038103
44 Ethiopia24152362
45 Argentina22273180
46 Belarus213747105
47 Croatia20211859
48 Uzbekistan1982350
49 Kazakhstan16284286
50 North Korea16192863
51 Ireland15101742
52 Slovenia14182355
53 Slovakia14181143
54 Estonia14111944
55 Mexico13273777
56 Georgia13151947
57 Thailand11111941
58 Mixed team*116825
59 Indonesia10141640
60 India10102141
61 Azerbaijan9163156
62 Egypt9122041
63 Chinese Taipei9112343
64 Serbia981229
65 Morocco851326
66 Bahamas82616
67 Algeria74920
68 Portugal6111532
69 Lithuania691530
70 Tunisia64818
71 Colombia5161738
72 Latvia5141231
73 Uganda55313
74 Israel461020
75 Dominican Republic45615
76 Ecuador44210
77 Hong Kong43613
78 Pakistan43411
79 Bahrain4318
80 Nigeria3111327
81 Chile38415
82 Venezuela37919
83 Trinidad and Tobago351119
84 Philippines351018
85 Australasia*34512
86 Zimbabwe3418
87 Cameroon3126
88 Kosovo3115
89 Mongolia2121731
90 Armenia211922
91 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)*26917
92 Serbia and Montenegro*2439
93 Luxembourg2305
94 Puerto Rico22812
95 Liechtenstein22610
 Uruguay22610
97 Qatar2259
98 Fiji2114
99 Russian Empire (RU1)*1438
100 Individual Neutral Athletes*1315
 Peru1315
 Vietnam1315
103 Singapore1236
104 Botswana1214
 Jordan1214
106 Tajikistan1157
107 Grenada1135
 Ivory Coast1135
109 Costa Rica1124
 Panama1124
 Syria1124
112 Guatemala1113
113 Burundi1102
 Saint Lucia1102
115 Bermuda1012
 Independent Olympic Athletes*1012
 Mozambique1012
 Suriname1012
 United Arab Emirates1012
120 Dominica1001
121 Malaysia08715
122 Kyrgyzstan05813
123 Namibia0505
124 Moldova03710
125 Iceland0224
 Lebanon0224
 Saudi Arabia0224
128 Cyprus0202
 Sri Lanka0202
 Tanzania0202
131 Ghana0145
132 Bohemia*0134
133 Independent Olympic Participants*0123
 San Marino0123
 Zambia0123
136 Haiti0112
 Niger0112
 North Macedonia0112
139 Gabon0101
 Montenegro0101
 Netherlands Antilles*0101
 Paraguay0101
 Samoa0101
 Senegal0101
 Sudan0101
 Tonga0101
 Turkmenistan0101
 Virgin Islands0101
149 Kuwait0033
150 Afghanistan0022
 Albania0022
 British West Indies*0022
153 Barbados0011
 Burkina Faso0011
 Cape Verde0011
 Djibouti0011
 Eritrea0011
 Guyana0011
 Iraq0011
 Mauritius0011
 Refugee Olympic Team*0011
 Togo0011
Totals (162 entries)6,9696,9327,43821,339

Medal leaders by year

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Summer

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Summer Olympics medal table leaders by year

Number of occurrences

Rank Country Number of games
1  United States (USA) 19 times
2  Soviet Union (URS) 6 times
3  China (CHN) 1 time
 France (FRA)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Germany (GER)
 Unified Team (EUN)

Winter

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Winter Olympics medal table leaders by year

Number of occurrences

Rank Country Number of games
1  Norway (NOR) 10 times
2  Soviet Union (URS) 7 times
3  Germany (GER) 3 times
4  United States (USA) 1 time
 Sweden (SWE)
 East Germany (GDR)
 Canada (CAN)
 Russia (RUS)

Special case of Germany

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If results for East and West Germany are combined, German athletes also won the most gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics, in place of the Soviet Union.

Variations

[edit]

Early Olympics

[edit]

For the 1900 Summer Olympics several countries are credited with appearances that are not considered official by the IOC. Only one of these cases concerns a medal. A gold medal that is officially added to France's total is given to Luxembourg.[4]

Other differences from the official table are based on disagreements about which events were Olympic. This affects several of the events in the 1900 and 1904 Olympics. In addition, some sources include the 1906 Intercalated Games when compiling their medal tables.[5]

Alpinism and aeronautics

[edit]

From 1924 through 1936, the IOC on several occasions awarded gold medals for feats of alpinism and aeronautics that occurred in the preceding four-year Olympiad. In 1924, 1932 and 1936, gold medals were awarded to 25 mountaineers from six nations for expeditions in the Himalayas and the Matterhorn. In 1936, a gold medal was awarded to Hermann Schreiber of Switzerland for crossing the Alps in a glider in 1935, the first time that had been done.[2][6][7][8] Some sources include these IOC awards of gold medals in the overall count.

Australasia

[edit]

Australasia was a combined team of athletes from Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand that competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. When the Olympic Games resumed in 1920 after World War I, the two nations sent separate teams to the Games, and have done so ever since.

Date Team
1896–1904  Australia (AUS)
1908–1912  Australasia (ANZ)
1920–  Australia (AUS)  New Zealand (NZL)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Australasia (ANZ) 2 3 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 5 12
 Australia (AUS) 28 182 192 226 600 20 6 7 6 19 48 188 199 232 619
 New Zealand (NZL) 25 63 40 54 157 17 2 2 2 6 42 65 42 56 163
Total 30 248 236 285 769 20 8 9 8 25 50 256 245 293 794

British West Indies

[edit]

The West Indies Federation,[9][10] also known as the West Indies,[11][12] the Federation of the West Indies[13] or the West Indian Federation,[14][15][16] was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were part of the British Empire, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the Federation.The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state[17] Before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts over how it would be governed or function viably.

Athletes from the West Indies Federation competed under the name Antilles (ANT),[18] renamed to British West Indies (BWI) by the IOC, at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Thirteen competitors—two from Barbados, four from Trinidad, and seven from Jamaica—all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports.[19] The short-lived nation only participated at these single Games, as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago competed independently again in 1964, and Barbados started competing at the 1968 Games.

Date Team
1948–1956  Jamaica (JAM)  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1960  British West Indies (BWI)
1964  Jamaica (JAM)  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1968–  Barbados (BAR)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 British West Indies (BWI) 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
 Jamaica (JAM) 19 27 39 28 94 9 0 0 0 0 28 27 39 28 94
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 19 3 5 11 19 4 0 0 0 0 23 3 5 11 19
 Barbados (BAR) 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 1
Total 19 30 44 42 116 9 0 0 0 0 28 30 44 42 116

Czechoslovakia

[edit]

Czechoslovakia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920, after having competed as Bohemia from 1900 to 1912. The nation sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games when they were part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Czechoslovakia has participated in every Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games of 1924.

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia sent independent teams to the Olympics starting in 1994.

Date Team
1896 as part of  Hungary
1900–1912 as  Bohemia (BOH)
1920–1992  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
1996–  Czech Republic (CZE)  Slovakia (SVK)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Bohemia (BOH) 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 4
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 16 49 49 45 143 16 2 8 15 25 32 51 57 60 168
 Czech Republic (CZE) 8 22 22 28 72 8 10 11 13 34 16 32 33 41 106
 Slovakia (SVK) 8 10 14 9 33 8 4 4 2 10 16 14 18 11 43
Total 27 81 86 85 252 24 16 23 30 69 51 97 109 115 321

Germany

[edit]

Germany has competed under five different designations, including as two separate teams at several Games. Sources vary in how they present the medals won by these teams. The table below shows sourced combinations of these teams, when applied to the updated medal totals from the main table. A part of Germany, Saar, competed independently in the Summer Olympic games in 1952, but failed to win any medals. Due to most lists only listing medal counts, it is possible Saar was included as part of Germany in their calculations. Germany was banned on three occasions (1920, 1924, and 1948).

Date Team
1896–1912 German Empire Germany (GER)
1920–1924 banned
1928–1936 Weimar Republic Nazi Germany Germany (GER)
1948 banned
1952  Saar (SAA)  Germany (GER)
1956–1964  United Team of Germany (EUA)
1968–1988  West Germany (FRG)  East Germany (GDR)
1992–  Germany (GER)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

   Germany (GER) 18 218 220 255 693 13 104 98 65 267 31 322 318 320 960
 Saar (SAA) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 United Team of Germany (EUA) 3 28 54 36 118 3 8 6 5 19 6 36 60 41 137
 East Germany (GDR) 5 153 129 127 409 6 39 36 35 110 11 192 165 162 519
 West Germany (FRG) 5 56 67 81 204 6 11 15 13 39 11 67 82 94 243
Total 27 455 470 499 1424 22 162 155 118 435 49 617 625 617 1859

Kuwait

[edit]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, nine athletes from Kuwait competed as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA), as the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the second time in five years due to governmental interference.[20][21][22] Although not allowed to compete as a sovereign state at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the nation's participants were able to compete as Independent Olympic Athletes under the Olympic flag. At those games, Kuwaiti shooters Fehaid Al-Deehani and Abdullah Al-Rashidi won a gold medal and bronze medal respectively as independent athletes.

Date Team
1968–2012  Kuwait (KUW)
2016  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2016)
2020–  Kuwait (KUW)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Kuwait (KUW) 14 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 3 3
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2016) 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
Total 15 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 4 5

Netherlands Antilles

[edit]

The Netherlands Antilles participated at the Olympic Games from 1952 until 2008 as a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The National Olympic Committee for the Netherlands Antilles was created in 1931 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee from 1950 until 2011 upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.[23]

Aruba left the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Between 1952 until 1984, Aruban athletes competed as part of the Netherlands Antilles. Since the Olympic Games in 1988, athletes from Aruba have competed separately under their own Olympic banner and have participated in each Summer Olympic Games since then.

After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba became part of the Netherlands as special municipalities of the Netherlands. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became separate constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, participants from the five islands competed as independent athletes under the Olympic flag. However, athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles who qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics were allowed to participate independently under the Olympic flag. In addition since then, athletes from the territories that constituted the Netherlands Antilles have the possibility of competing for the Netherlands (as for example Churandy Martina did) or Aruba (as for example Philip Elhage did).[24] Ultimately, three athletes from the Netherlands Antilles participated as Independent Olympic Athletes.

Date Team
1900–1948  Netherlands (NED)
1952–1984  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)
1988–2008  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)  Aruba (ARU)
2012 as part of  Netherlands /
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2012)
2014–  Netherlands (NED)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Netherlands (NED) 28 110 112 134 356 22 53 49 45 147 50 163 161 179 503
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 13 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 1
 Aruba (ARU) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2012) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 28 110 113 134 357 22 53 49 45 147 50 163 162 179 504

China

[edit]

The Republic of China (ROC) participated in its first Summer Olympics in 1932 under the name of China. After the Chinese Civil War, the ROC retreated to the island of Taiwan in 1949, and only Taiwan-based athletes have competed on its behalf since then. In 1971, the ROC was expelled from the United Nations, but was permitted to compete under its official name, flag, and anthem in the 1972 Winter, 1972 Summer, and 1976 Winter Olympics. It was denied official representation in the 1976 Summer Olympics and boycotted it as a result. The 1979 Nagoya Resolution allowed the ROC to compete under the deliberately-ambiguous name "Chinese Taipei"; it protested against this decision and boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics as well, but has competed under this name since the 1984 Winter Olympics.

The Republic of China took part in the Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics, but its four athletes, all of whom were tennis players, withdrew from competition.[25]

Hong Kong first competed at the Olympic Games in 1952, then as a British colony (British Hong Kong). After the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred back to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997, the NOC for the new special administrative region (SAR) of China has now been known as Hong Kong, China.[26]

Date Team
1924–1948  Republic of China (ROC)
1952  China (CHN) Hong Kong Hong Kong (HKG)
1956–1996  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
2000–  Hong Kong (HKG)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Republic of China (ROC) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
 China (CHN) 12 303 226 198 727 12 22 32 23 77 24 325 258 221 804
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 16 9 11 23 43 13 0 0 0 0 29 9 11 23 43
 Hong Kong (HKG) 18 4 3 6 13 6 0 0 0 0 24 4 3 6 13
Total 20 316 240 227 783 14 22 32 23 77 34 338 272 250 860

Russian Federation and the Soviet Union

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The Russian Federation, the Russian Empire, the Olympic Athletes from Russia and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) are sometimes combined outside of IOC sources. The Soviet Union is often combined with the post-union team that competed in 1992.[27][28][29] Some sources combine the Soviet Union and Russia, despite the fact that many republics which subsequently gained or re-gained independence (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan) contributed to the medal tally of the USSR, and there are sources that combine all medals of RU1, URS, EUN, OAR, ROC and RUS.[30][31] On 31 January 1992, the United Nations recognized, without objection, Russia as legal successor of the rights and obligations of the former Soviet Union,[32] but this has no significance in medal tallies.

Date Team
1900–1912  Russian Empire (RU1)
1920  Estonia (EST)
1924–1936  Latvia (LAT)  Lithuania (LTU)
1952–1988  Soviet Union (URS)
1992  Estonia (EST)  Latvia (LAT)  Lithuania (LTU)  Unified Team (EUN)
1994  Russia (RUS)  Belarus (BLR)  Armenia (ARM),  Georgia (GEO),  Kazakhstan (KAZ),  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ),  Moldova (MDA),  Ukraine (UKR),  Uzbekistan (UZB)
1996–2016  Azerbaijan (AZE),  Tajikistan (TJK),  Turkmenistan (TKM)
2018  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)
2020–2022 Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)
2024  Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)

Medal counts:
Russia combined with precursors
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Russia (RUS) 6 147 125 150 422 6 46 39 35 120 12 193 164 185 542
 Russian Empire (RU1) 3 1 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 8
 Soviet Union (URS) 9 395 319 296 1010 9 78 57 59 194 18 473 376 355 1204
 Unified Team (EUN) 1 45 38 29 112 1 9 6 8 23 2 54 44 37 135
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 17 1 2 6 9 17
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 1 20 28 23 71 1 5 12 15 32 2 25 40 38 103
Total 20 608 514 501 1623 18 140 120 126 386 38 748 634 627 2009

Medal counts:
Post-Soviet states (except Russia)
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Estonia (EST) 14 10 9 17 36 11 4 2 2 8 25 14 11 19 44
 Latvia (LAT) 13 4 11 6 21 12 1 3 6 10 25 5 14 12 31
 Lithuania (LTU) 11 6 9 15 30 10 0 0 0 0 21 6 9 15 30
 Armenia (ARM) 8 2 11 9 22 8 0 0 0 0 16 2 11 9 22
 Belarus (BLR) 7 13 30 42 85 8 8 7 5 20 15 21 37 47 105
 Georgia (GEO) 8 13 15 19 47 8 0 0 0 0 16 13 15 19 47
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 8 15 25 38 78 8 1 3 4 8 16 16 28 42 86
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 8 0 5 8 13 8 0 0 0 0 16 0 5 8 13
 Moldova (MDA) 8 0 3 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 16 0 3 7 10
 Ukraine (UKR) 8 38 41 72 151 8 3 2 4 9 16 41 43 76 160
 Uzbekistan (UZB) 8 18 8 23 49 8 1 0 0 1 16 19 8 23 50
 Azerbaijan (AZE) 8 9 16 31 56 7 0 0 0 0 15 9 16 31 56
 Tajikistan (TJK) 8 1 1 5 7 4 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 5 7
 Turkmenistan (TKM) 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1
Total 14 129 185 292 606 12 18 17 21 56 26 147 202 313 662

Yugoslavia

[edit]

Teams from Yugoslavia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920. Yugoslavia has been the designation for Olympic teams from three distinct national entities:

The United Nations[33] affirmed that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had ceased to exist, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) was a new state. All former republics were entitled to state succession, while none of them continued SFR Yugoslavia's international legal personality. As a result of the U.N. resolution, individual FRY athletes were allowed to compete as Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and FRY was not allowed to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro, participated at the Games since 1996. At the 1996[34] and 2000[35] Games, the nation was designated with the same code, Yugoslavia (YUG), as the defunct SFRY. It was rechartered as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 with there being no territorial changes. The Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) designation and code were used at the 2004 Games.[36]

Two of the successor nations (Croatia and Slovenia) began to compete as independent teams at the Olympics starting at the 1992 Winter Games and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1992 Summer Games and as of the 2008 Summer Olympics, all six successor nations, former socialist republics, have participated independently. Kosovo, a former autonomous province, made its Olympic debut as an independent national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Date Team
1912 as part of  Austria (AUT)  Serbia (SRB)
1920–1936 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 W  Croatia (CRO)  Slovenia (SLO) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 S  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)  Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
1994 ban on participation by the UN
1996–2006  North Macedonia (MKD) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
2008–2014  Serbia (SRB)  Montenegro (MNE)
2016–  Serbia (SRB)  Kosovo (KOS)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

  Serbia (SRB) (1912, 2008–current) 6 9 8 12 29 4 0 0 0 0 10 9 8 12 29
  Yugoslavia (YUG) (1920–1992 w) 16 26 29 28 83 14 0 3 1 4 30 26 32 29 87
 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP) (1992 s) 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) (1996–2006) 3 2 4 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 9
 Croatia (CRO) (1992–current) 9 16 15 17 48 9 4 6 1 11 18 20 21 18 59
 Slovenia (SLO) (1992–current) 9 10 10 11 31 9 4 8 12 24 18 14 18 23 55
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (1992 s –current) 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
 North Macedonia (MKD) (1996–current) 8 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 1 2
 Montenegro (MNE) (2008–current) 5 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1
 Kosovo (KOS) (2016–current) 3 3 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 5
Total 26 66 70 75 211 22 8 17 14 39 48 74 87 89 250

Others

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In addition to the teams of Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games mentioned above—Kuwait, Russia, the former Netherlands Antilles, and the former Yugoslavia—several other NOCs were represented by independent Olympic athletes. East Timor's team in 2000 consisted of four athletes competing as Individual Olympic Athletes. In 2012, one independent Olympic athlete represented South Sudan. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, the team from India included one independent Olympic participant.

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All-time medal counts are compiled using various sources, often adding up related results for Russia, Germany, Serbia, the Czech Republic, etc.

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