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national Olympic committee

sports organization
Also known as: NOC

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  • ancient Olympic Games
    In Olympic Games: National Olympic committees, international federations, and organizing committees

    Each country that desires to participate in the Olympic Games must have a national Olympic committee accepted by the IOC. By the early 21st century there were more than 200 such committees.

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  • ancient Olympic Games
    In Olympic Games: Athens, Greece, 2004

    In 2004 a record 201 national Olympic committees were represented. Nearly 11,100 athletes competed in 37 disciplines in 28 sports; women participated in freestyle wrestling and sabre fencing for the first time. American swimming phenomenon Michael Phelps topped the medals table with a record-tying eight (six gold and two bronze).…

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  • ancient Olympic Games
    In Olympic Games: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., 1996

    For the first time, all national Olympic committees (NOCs) invited to compete sent athletes, including each of the former Soviet republics, Burundi, North Korea, the Palestinian Authority, and Hong Kong, which won its first (and last) gold medal before its reunification with China (1997). A record 197 NOCs sent more…

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