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Line 1: -- Constant data used by [[Module:Team appearances list]]. --[[ As a note, the begin_year and end_year information is given for most of the competitions with the exception of the Olympics (and related games). This is mainly due to the shear size of those lists (200+ countries). Overall list of games - if marked with s(TBD), no absences have been input Africa Africa Games African Beach Games African Military Games Americas Central American and Caribbean Games Pan American Games Parapan American Games (TBD) Junior Pan American South American Games Beach Games Asian Games Beach Games Indoor and Martial Arts Games Para Ganmes Youth Games Winter East South Southeast West Commonwealth Games Youth Europe European Athletics Championships European Athletics Indoor Championships (TBD) European Championships European Games Mediterranean Games Summer Olympics Paralympics Youth Winter Olympics Paralympics Youth World Deaflympics Winter Deaflympics FEI World Equestrian Games (TBD) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (TBD) Islamic Solidarity Games Military World Games (TBD) Winter Military World Games (TBD) Pacific Games Summer World University Games Winter World University Games World Aquatics Championships World Archery Championships (TBD) World Athletics Championships World Beach Games World Combat Games World Games (TBD) World Athletics Indoor Championships ]]-- local old_names = { -- Games that changed their name at some point ["All-Africa Games"] = "African Games", ["British Empire Games"] = "Commonwealth Games", ["British Empire and Commonwealth Games"] = "Commonwealth Games", ["British Commonwealth Games"] = "Commonwealth Games", ["Southeast Asian Peninsular Games"] = "SEA Games", ["World Championships in Athletics"] = "World Athletics Championships", ["Asian Indoor Games"] = "Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games", ["Southern Cross Games"] = "South American Games", ["World Indoor Championships in Athletics"] = "World Athletics Indoor Championships", ["Southeast Asian Games"] = "SEA Games", ["Summer Universiade"] = "Summer World University Games", ["Winter Universiade"] = "Winter World University Games", -- Countries/entities that changed their name at some point, or have different names over the years ["Individual Olympic Athletes"] = "Independent Olympic Participants", ["Olympic Athletes from Russia"] = "Independent Olympic Participants", ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = "Independent Olympic Participants", ["Individual Neutral Athletes"] = "Independent Olympic Participants", ["Individual Paralympic Athletes"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants", ["Independent Paralympic Athletes"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants", ["RPC"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants", ["Neutral Paralympic Athletes"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants", ["Burma"] = "Myanmar", ["British Guiana"] = "Guyana", ["British Honduras"] = "Belize", ["Ceylon"] = "Sri Lanka", ["Dahomey"] = "Benin", ["Macedonia"] = "North Macedonia", ["Malaya"] = "Malaysia", ["Federation of South Arabia"] = "Aden", ["South Arabia"] = "Aden", ["Swaziland"] = "Eswatini", ["Upper Volta"] = "Burkina Faso", ["Northern Rhodesia"] = "Zambia", ["Rhodesia"] = "Zimbabwe", ["Southern Rhodesia"] = "Zimbabwe", ["Tanganyika"] = "Tanzania", ["FR Yugoslavia"] = "Serbia and Montenegro", ["Formosa"] = "Chinese Taipei", ["Taiwan"] = "Chinese Taipei", ["East Timor"] = "Timor-Leste", ["Gold Coast"] = "Ghana", ["FINA Independent Athletes"] = "FINA athletes", ["FINA Refugee Team"] = "FINA athletes", ["Independent FINA Athletes"] = "FINA athletes", ["Congo-Kinshasa"] = "Democratic Republic of the Congo", ["Zaire"] = "Democratic Republic of the Congo", } local all_competitions = { -----Africa----- ["~~All-Africa~~African Games"] = { 1965, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015}, 2019, 2023, ["Angola"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Benin"] = {1978, 1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Burkina Faso"] = {1973, 1987, 1999}, ["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2007}, ["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1999, 2007}, ["Chad"] = {1973, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007}, ["Comoros"] = {begin_year=2011, 2019}, ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {1973, 1978, 1995}, ["Djibouti"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1973, 1987, 2003, 2007}, ["Guinea"] = {begin_year=1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1999}, ["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1999, 2003}, ["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Liberia"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Libya"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007}, ["Mali"] = {1987, 1991}, ["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1973, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1987, 2003}, ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Niger"] = {1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2007}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007}, ["Sahrawi Republic"] = {begin_year=2015, 2019}, ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=2003}, ["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=1991, 1999, 2007}, ["Somalia"] = {begin_year=1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007}, ["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Sudan"] = {1987, 1991, 1995, 1999}, ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=2003, 2007}, ["Togo"] = {1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1987}, }, ["African Beach Games"] = { 2019, 2023, }, ["African Military Games"] = { 2002, 2024, }, -----~~Asian Games~~Americas----- ["Central American and Caribbean Games"] = { 1926, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1990, 2002}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1982, 1990, 1993, 1998}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1982, 1998}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1993, 1998}, ["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1938}, ["Costa Rica"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["Cuba"] = {2002, 2010}, ["Curaçao"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Dominica"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["French Guiana"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1982, 1993, 1998}, ["Guadeloupe"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Guatemala"] = {1938}, ["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1930, 1935, 1938}, ["Jamaica"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["Martinique"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1946, 1998, end_year=2010}, ["Nicaragua"] = {begin_year=1935}, ["Panama"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Sint Maarten"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=1950}, ["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1938}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1982, 1998}, }, ["Pan American Games"] = { 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1979}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1955}, ["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1963}, ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["Bolivia"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["British West Indies"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1959}, ["Canada"] = {begin_year=1955}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Costa Rica"] = {1963}, ["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {1963}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=2011}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Guatemala"] = {2023}, ["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1959}, ["Haiti"] = {1963}, ["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1975}, ["Independent Athletes Team"] = {begin_year=2023}, ["Nicaragua"] = {1955, 1963, 1979}, ["Paraguay"] = {1959, 1963}, ["Peru"] = {1955}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1971}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1959}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1967}, }, ["Parapan American Games"] = { 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, }, ["Junior Pan American Games"] = { 2021, 2025, }, ["South American Games"] = { 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Chile"] = {2002}, ["Colombia"] = {1990}, ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1994, 1998, 2014, 2018}, ["Panama"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1986, 2002}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1982}, }, ["South American Beach Games"] = { 2009, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2023, }, -----Asia---- ["Asian Games"] = { 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, ~~1985~~1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014}, 2018, 2022, 2026, ["Afghanistan"] = {1970, 1978, 1986, 1998}, ["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2010, end_year=2010}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1986}, ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1954, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1954}, ["Iran"] = {1954, 1962, 1978}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1974, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, end_year=1974}, ["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1986, 1990}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1974, 2010}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Laos"] = {begin_year=1974, 1978, 1986}, ["Lebanon"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Macau"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1954}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=1974, 1986}, ["Myanmar"] = {1986}, ["Nepal"] = {1954, 1962}, ["North Korea"] = {begin_year=1974, 1986, 1994}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1954}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Republic of China"] = {1962, end_year=1970}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1978, 1998}, ["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1954}, ["Syria"] = {1986}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1954, 1978, 1986}, ["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1990}, }, ["Asian Beach Games"] = { 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Individual Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014}, ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Kuwait"] = {2010, 2012, 2016}, ["Macau"] = {2010}, ["Myanmar"] = {2012}, ["North Korea"] = {2010, 2012, 2014, 2016}, ["Palestine"] = {2014, 2016}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014, 2016}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Yemen"] = {2016}, }, ["Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games"] = { 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025, ["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2021}, ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=2007, 2021}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2021}, ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=2009, 2021}, ["China"] = {2021}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2013, 2021}, ["India"] = {2013, 2021}, ["Kuwait"] = {2017, 2021}, ["North Korea"] = {2013, 2021}, ["Pakistan"] = {2009, 2021}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2007, 2009, 2017, 2021}, ["Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2007, 2021}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2021}, --Begin Oceania nations ["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Guam"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["New Caledonia"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Palau"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Tahiti"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, }, ["Asian Para Games"] = { 2010, 2014, 2018}, 2022, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["North Korea"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Yemen"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=2022}, }, ["Asian Youth Games"] = { 2009, 2013, ~~2021}~~2025, ["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2013}, }, ["Asian Winter Games"] = { 1986, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2017}, 2025, 2029, ["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2017}, ["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=2011, 2017}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2025}, ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=2025}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Hong Kong"] = {1990, 2003}, ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Jordan"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1996, 2003}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996, 2003}, ["Lebanon"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Macau"] = {begin_year=2007, 2011}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2003}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["North Korea"] = {1996, 1999}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1996, 2011}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2003, 2017}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1990, 1996, 1999, 2003}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2025}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1996, 1999}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1996, 1999}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=2017}, }, ["East Asian Games"] = { 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013}, ["Guam"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["North Korea"] = {1997, 2001}, }, ["South Asian Games"] = { 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016}, 2019, 2025, ["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2004, end_year=2016}, ~~["Southeast Asian Games"] = {~~ }, ["SEA Games"] = { 1959, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017}, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2027, 2029, ~~["Southeast Asian Peninsular Games"] = {~~ ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1977}, ~~1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975},~~ ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1961, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1993}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2003}, ["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=1977}, ["Khmer Republic"] = {begin_year=1971, end_year=1973}, ["Laos"] = {begin_year=1959, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1959}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1977}, ["South Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1973}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1961}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1989}, }, ["West Asian Games"] = { 1997, 2002, 2005~~, 2016}~~, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=2005}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2002}, }, -----Commonwealth Games----- ["Commonwealth Games"] = { 1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014}, 2018, 2022, 2026, 2030, ["Aden"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1966}, ["Anguilla"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1954, 1974, 1986}, ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1978, 1982, 1986}, ["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1954, 1986}, ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1962, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Bermuda"] = {1950, 1958, 1962}, ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1974, 1978}, ["British North Borneo"] = {begin_year=1958, end_year=1962}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1974, 1982}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1978, 1986}, ["Dominica"] = {1966, begin_year=1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1970}, ["Falkland Islands"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1938, 1990, 1994, 2010}, ["Ghana"] = {begin_year=1954, 1986}, ["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1958}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1970, 1986, 1990, 1994}, ["Guernsey"] = {begin_year=1970}, ["Guyana"] = {1950, 1974, 1986}, ["Hong Kong"] = {1938, 1950, begin_year=1934, 1966, end_year=1994}, ["India"] = {1950, begin_year=1934, 1962, 1986}, ["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1930, end_year=1930}, ["Isle of Man"] = {begin_year=1958}, ["Jamaica"] = {1938, 1950, begin_year=1934, 1986}, ["Jersey"] = {begin_year=1958}, ["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1954, 1986}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Lesotho"] = {1982, begin_year=1974}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1950, 1954, 1986}, ["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1970}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1986, 2018}, ["Malta"] = {begin_year=1958, 1966, 1974, 1978}, ["Mauritius"] = {1986, begin_year=1958}, ["Montserrat"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Nigeria"] = {1962, 1978, 1986, 1998, begin_year=1950}, ["Niue"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1986}, ["Northern Ireland"] = {1950, begin_year=1934}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1954, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {1986, begin_year=1962}, ["Rhodesia and Nyasaland"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1962}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Saint Helena"] = {1986, 1990, 1994, begin_year=1982}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {1966, begin_year=1962, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {1962, begin_year=1958, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Sarawak"] = {begin_year=1958, end_year=1962}, ["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {1962, begin_year=1958, 1974, 1982, 1986}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1958}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {1986, begin_year=1982}, ["South Africa"] = {1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {1954, 1974, 1986, begin_year=1938}, ["Tanzania"] = {begin_year=1962, 1986}, ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=1970, 1986, 2014}, ["Tonga"] = {1978, 1986, begin_year=1974}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1950, begin_year=1934, 1986}, ["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994}, ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1954, 1978, 1986}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Western Samoa"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Zambia"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, 1966, 1986}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1934, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, end_year=2002}, }, ["Commonwealth Youth Games"] = { 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017}, 2023, }, -----European Games----- ["European Athletics Championships"] = { 1934, 1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016}, 2018, 2022, 2024, ["Albania"] = {begin_year=1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2006}, ["Athlete Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2022}, ["Austria"] = {1938, 1946}, ["Authorised Neutral Athletes"] = {begin_year=2016, 2022}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022, 2024}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Bulgaria"] = {1938, 1946, 1950}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1990}, ["Estonia"] = {1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1966, end_year=1990}, ["Germany"] = {1946, 1950, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["West Germany"] = {begin_year=1954, 1958, 1962, end_year=1990}, ["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1966, 1990, 1994}, ["Great Britain"] = {begin_year=1938}, ["Hungary"] = {1950}, ["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1946}, ["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1946}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Latvia"] = {1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=1938, 1950, 1958, 1966, 1982, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022}, ["Lithuania"] = {1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Luxembourg"] = {1998, 2002}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Malta"] = {begin_year=1958, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1978}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Monaco"] = {begin_year=2002, 2022}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Portugal"] = {1946}, ["Romania"] = {1950}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024}, ["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1990, 1994, 1998}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1946, end_year=1990}, ["Spain"] = {begin_year=1950}, ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1950}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {end_year=2002}, }, ["European Athletics Indoor Championships"] = { 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, }, ["European Championships"] = { 2018, 2022, }, ["European Games"] = { 2015}, 2019, 2023, 2027, ["Faroe Islands"] = {2019, 2023}, ["Gibraltar"] = {2019, 2023}, ["Belarus"] = {2023}, ["Russia"] = {2023}, }, ["Mediterranean Games"] = { 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, ~~2017}~~2018, 2022, ["Albania"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=2001, 2005}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1979}, ["Egypt"] = {1959, 1963, 1967}, ["Libya"] = {1983, 1993}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1955, 1959, 1967, 1971}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1959}, ["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=1997, end_year=2005}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Syria"] = {1959, 1967}, ["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1959}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {1955, end_year=1991}, ["United Arab Republic"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1963}, ["Vatican City"] = {begin_year=2022}, }, ----- Olympics ----- Line 51 ⟶ 626: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016}, 2020, 2024, ["Afghanistan"] = {1952, 1976, 1984, 1992, 2000, begin_year=1936}, ["Albania"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1972}, ["Algeria"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1976}, ["Angola"] = {1984, begin_year=1980}, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {1980, begin_year=1976}, ["Argentina"] = {1904, 1912, 1980, begin_year=1900}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Australasia"] = {begin_year=1908, end_year=1912}, ["Austria"] = {1920}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Bahamas"] = {1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Barbados"] = {1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1996, 2024}, ["Belgium"] = {1904, begin_year=1900}, ["Belize"] = {1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Benin"] = {1976, begin_year=1972}, ["Bermuda"] = {1980, begin_year=1936}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Bohemia"] = {1904, begin_year=1900, end_year=1912}, ["Bolivia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1980, begin_year=1936}, ["North Borneo"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1956}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Brazil"] = {1928, begin_year=1920}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["British West Indies"] = {begin_year=1960, end_year=1960}, ["Brunei"] = {1992, 2008, begin_year=1988}, ["Bulgaria"] = {1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948, 1984}, ["Burkina Faso"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1972}, ["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Cambodia"] = {1960, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1956}, ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1964}, ["Canada"] = {1980, begin_year=1900}, ["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {1980, begin_year=1976}, ["Central African Republic"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Chad"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1964}, ["Chile"] = {1900, 1904, 1908, 1932, 1980}, ["China"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1956}, ["Republic of China"] = {1928, begin_year=1924, end_year=1948}, ["Colombia"] = {1952, begin_year=1932}, ["Comoros"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Republic of the Congo"] = {1968, 1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Costa Rica"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, begin_year=1936}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Cuba"] = {1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1936, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1900}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {1984, begin_year=1920, end_year=1992}, ["Denmark"] = {1904}, ["Djibouti"] = {2004, begin_year=1984}, ["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1964}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Ecuador"] = {1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, begin_year=1924}, ["Egypt"] = {1932, 1960, 1964, 1980, begin_year=1912}, ["El Salvador"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Estonia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1920}, ["Ethiopia"] = {1976, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1956}, ["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Finland"] = {begin_year=1908}, ["Fiji"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1956}, ["Gabon"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Germany"] = {1920, 1924, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988}, ["East Germany"] = {1984, begin_year=1968, end_year=1988}, ["West Germany"] = {1980, begin_year=1968, end_year=1988}, ["Ghana"] = {1956, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Guam"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Guatemala"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, begin_year=1952}, ["Guinea"] = {1972, 1976, begin_year=1968}, ["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Guyana"] = {1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Haiti"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1980, begin_year=1900}, ["Honduras"] = {1972, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Hong Kong"] = {1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Hungary"] = {1920, 1984}, ["Iceland"] = {1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, begin_year=1908}, ["Independent Olympic Participants"] = {1996, 2004, 2008, 2020, begin_year=1992, end_year=2024}, ["India"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, begin_year=1900}, ["Indonesia"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Iran"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1900}, ["Iraq"] = {1952, 1956, 1972, 1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Ireland"] = {1936, begin_year=1924}, ["Israel"] = {1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Italy"] = {1904}, ["Ivory Coast"] = {1980, begin_year=1964}, ["Jamaica"] = {1960, begin_year=1948}, ["Japan"] = {1948, 1980, begin_year=1912}, ["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Kenya"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1956}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["North Korea"] = {1984, 1988, 2020, begin_year=1972}, ["South Korea"] = {1980, begin_year=1948}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Kuwait"] = {2016, begin_year=1968}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Laos"] = {1984, begin_year=1980}, ["Latvia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1924}, ["Lebanon"] = {1956, begin_year=1948}, ["Lesotho"] = {1976, begin_year=1972}, ["Liberia"] = {1968, 1976, 1992, begin_year=1956}, ["Libya"] = {1972, 1976, 1984, begin_year=1964}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {1956, 1980, begin_year=1936}, ["Lithuania"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1924}, ["Luxembourg"] = {1904, 1908, 1932, begin_year=1900}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Madagascar"] = {1976, 1988, begin_year=1964}, ["Malawi"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Malaysia"] = {1980, begin_year=1956}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Mali"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Malta"] = {1932, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, begin_year=1928}, ["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Mexico"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, begin_year=1900}, ["Mixed team"] = {begin_year=1896, end_year=1904}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Monaco"] = {1932, 1956, 1980, begin_year=1920}, ["Mongolia"] = {1984, begin_year=1964}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Morocco"] = {1980, begin_year=1960}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Myanmar"] = {1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Nepal"] = {1968, begin_year=1964}, ["Netherlands"] = {1904, begin_year=1900}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {1956, 1980, begin_year=1952, end_year=2008}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1908}, ["Nicaragua"] = {1988, begin_year=1968}, ["Niger"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1964}, ["Nigeria"] = {1976, begin_year=1952}, ["Norway"] = {1980, begin_year=1900}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Pakistan"] = {1980, begin_year=1948}, ["Palau"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Panama"] = {1932, 1936, 1956, 1980, begin_year=1928}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {1980, begin_year=1976}, ["Paraguay"] = {1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Peru"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1952, begin_year=1900}, ["Philippines"] = {1980, begin_year=1924}, ["Poland"] = {1984, begin_year=1924}, ["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1912}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1948}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Refugee Olympic Team"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["ROC"] = {begin_year=2020,end_year=2020}, ["Romania"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948, begin_year=1900}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1996, 2020, 2024}, ["Russian Empire"] = {1904, begin_year=1900, end_year=1912}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Saar"] = {begin_year=1952, end_year=1952}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["San Marino"] = {1964, begin_year=1960}, ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Senegal"] = {begin_year=1964}, ["Serbia"] = {1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, begin_year=1912}, ["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=1996, end_year=2004}, ["Seychelles"] = {1988, begin_year=1980}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {1972, 1976, begin_year=1968}, ["Singapore"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1948}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Somalia"] = {1976, 1980, 1992, begin_year=1972}, ["South Africa"] = {1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1904}, ["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Soviet Union"] = {1984, begin_year=1952, end_year=1988}, ["Spain"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1936, begin_year=1900}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Sudan"] = {1964, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1960}, ["Suriname"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1960}, ["Eswatini"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, -- Formerly Swaziland ["Sweden"] = {1904}, ["Syria"] = {1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Tanzania"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Thailand"] = {1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Togo"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1960, begin_year=1948}, ["Tunisia"] = {1980, begin_year=1960}, ["Turkey"] = {1920, 1932, 1980, begin_year=1908}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Uganda"] = {1976, begin_year=1956}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992, end_year=1992}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["United Arab Republic"] = {begin_year=1960, end_year=1964}, ["United States"] = {1980}, ["United Team of Germany"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1964}, ["Uruguay"] = {1980, begin_year=1924}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1948}, ["Vietnam"] = {1976, 1984, begin_year=1952}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["North Yemen"] = {begin_year=1984, end_year=1988}, ["South Yemen"] = {begin_year=1988, end_year=1988}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {1992, begin_year=1920, end_year=2000}, ["Zambia"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1968, 1972, 1976, begin_year=1928}, }, ["Summer Paralympics"] = { 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016}, 2020, 2024, ["Afghanistan"] = {2000, begin_year=1996}, ["Albania"] = {2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=2012}, ["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Andorra"] = {2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=2012}, ["Angola"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=2012}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Bahamas"] = {1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=1972}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Bangladesh"] = {2012, 2016, 2020, begin_year=2004}, ["Barbados"] = {2016, begin_year=2000}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1996, 2024}, ["Benin"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2020}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Botswana"] = {2012, begin_year=2004}, ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["Brunei"] = {2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=2012}, ["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Burkina Faso"] = {2004, begin_year=1992}, ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Canada"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Central African Republic"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Chile"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Colombia"] = {1984, begin_year=1976}, ["Comoros"] = {begin_year=2012, 2020, 2024}, ["Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Costa Rica"] = {1996, begin_year=1992}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Cuba"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {1976, 1984, begin_year=1972, end_year=1992}, ["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Djibouti"] = {2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=2012}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {2000, begin_year=1992}, ["Ecuador"] = {1980, 1988, begin_year=1976}, ["Egypt"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2024}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Ethiopia"] = {1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, begin_year=1968}, ["Faroe Islands"] = {begin_year=1984, 2024}, ["Fiji"] = {1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1964}, ["Finland"] = {1964}, ["Gabon"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1984, end_year=1984}, ["Ghana"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Greece"] = {begin_year=1976}, ["Guatemala"] = {1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, begin_year=1976}, ["Guinea"] = {2012, begin_year=2004}, ["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Guyana"] = {2024, begin_year=2020}, ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["Hungary"] = {1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["India"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Independent Paralympic Participants"] = {1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, begin_year=1992}, ["Indonesia"] = {1992, begin_year=1976}, ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Jamaica"] = {1976, begin_year=1968}, ["Japan"] = {begin_year=1964}, ["Jordan"] = {1992, begin_year=1984}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Kenya"] = {1976, begin_year=1972}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=2024}, ["North Korea"] = {begin_year=2012, 2020, 2024}, ["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2024}, ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Laos"] = {2004, begin_year=2000}, ["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Lebanon"] = {2004, 2016, begin_year=2000}, ["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Liberia"] = {begin_year=2012, 2016}, ["Libya"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=1984}, ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Luxembourg"] = {1988, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1976}, ["Macau"] = {begin_year=1988, 2024}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Madagascar"] = {2004, 2024, begin_year=2000}, ["Malawi"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Malaysia"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1972}, ["Mali"] = {2004, begin_year=2000}, ["Malta"] = {1976, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004}, ["Mauritania"] = {2008, 2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=2000}, ["Mauritius"] = {2000, begin_year=1996}, ["Mexico"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Myanmar"] = {1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2020, begin_year=1976}, ["Namibia"] = {1996, 2000, begin_year=1992}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Nicaragua"] = {2008, begin_year=2004}, ["Niger"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Norway"] = {1964}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Panama"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Paraguay"] = {begin_year=2020}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, begin_year=1984}, ["Peru"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972}, ["Philippines"] = {1996, begin_year=1988}, ["Poland"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["Portugal"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Refugee Paralympic Team"] = {begin_year=2020}, ["Romania"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1996, 2016, 2020, 2024}, ["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992,end_year=1992}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1988, end_year=1988}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=2000, 2020, 2024}, ["San Marino"] = {2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=2012}, ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Senegal"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2004, end_year=2004}, ["Seychelles"] = {1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020, 2024, begin_year=1992}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {2000, 2004, 2008, begin_year=1996}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {2016, begin_year=2012}, ["Somalia"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["South Africa"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1964}, ["Spain"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Sudan"] = {1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, begin_year=1980}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=2004, 2020}, ["Syria"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=2004, 2024}, ["Tanzania"] = {1996, 2000, begin_year=1992}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2008, 2020}, ["Togo"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2000, 2020}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2020, begin_year=1984}, ["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Turkey"] = {1996, begin_year=1992}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2000, 2020}, ["Uganda"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Vanuatu"] = {2004, 2016, 2020, begin_year=2000}, ["Venezuela"] = {1988, begin_year=1984}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Yemen"] = {1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1992}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {1976, 1992, begin_year=1972, end_year=2000}, ["Zambia"] = {2004, 2016, begin_year=1996}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {1976, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1960}, }, ["Summer Youth Olympics"] = { 2010, 2014}, 2018, ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {2018}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {2018}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {end_year=2010}, ["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2018}, }, ["Winter Olympics"] = { 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014}, 2018, 2022, 2026, ["Albania"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Algeria"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992, 2022}, ["American Samoa"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1976}, ["Argentina"] = {1932, 1936, 1956, begin_year=1928}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Australia"] = {1948, begin_year=1936}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Belarus"] = {2026, begin_year=1994}, ["Belgium"] = {1960, 1968}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1992, 2022}, ["Bolivia"] = {1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, begin_year=1956}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1984}, ["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1936}, ["Cameroon"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=2002}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2010}, ["Chile"] = {1972, 1980, begin_year=1948}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Republic of China"] = {1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Colombia"] = {2014, begin_year=2010}, ["Costa Rica"] = {1994, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1980}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1992}, ["Denmark"] = {1956, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1948}, ["Dominica"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2014}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Egypt"] = {1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1984}, ["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Estonia"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928}, ["Ethiopia"] = {2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=2006}, ["Fiji"] = {1992, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1988}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Germany"] = {1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928}, ["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1968, end_year=1988}, ["West Germany"] = {begin_year=1968, end_year=1988}, ["Ghana"] = {2014, begin_year=2010}, ["Greece"] = {1960, begin_year=1936}, ["Guam"] = {1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1988}, ["Guatemala"] = {1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1988}, ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2022}, ["Honduras"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1992}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Iceland"] = {1972, begin_year=1948}, ["Independent Olympic Participants"] = {2022, begin_year=2014}, ["India"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, begin_year=1964}, ["Iran"] = {1960, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, begin_year=1956}, ["Ireland"] = {1994, begin_year=1992}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Jamaica"] = {2006, begin_year=1988}, ["Japan"] = {1948, begin_year=1928}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Korea"] = {begin_year=2018, end_year=2018}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Kenya"] = {2010, 2014, begin_year=1998, 2022}, ["Latvia"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988}, ["Lebanon"] = {1994, 1998, begin_year=1948}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {1952, begin_year=1936}, ["Lithuania"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928}, ["Luxembourg"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 2002, 2010, begin_year=1928}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Madagascar"] = {2010, 2014, begin_year=2006}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Malta"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Mexico"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1998, 2006, begin_year=1928}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Mongolia"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Morocco"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, begin_year=1968}, ["Nepal"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2002}, ["Netherlands"] = {1932, begin_year=1928}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1988, end_year=1992}, ["New Zealand"] = {1956, 1964, begin_year=1952}, ["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["North Korea"] = {1968, 1976, 1980, 1994, 2002, 2014, 2022, begin_year=1964}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Paraguay"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2014}, ["Peru"] = {2018, begin_year=2010}, ["Philippines"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, begin_year=1972}, ["Portugal"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, 2002, begin_year=1952}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, begin_year=1984}, ["ROC"] = {begin_year=2022,end_year=2022}, ["Romania"] = {1960, begin_year=1928}, ["Russia"] = {2018, 2022, 2026, begin_year=1994}, ["San Marino"] = {1980, 1998, begin_year=1976}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2022}, ["Senegal"] = {1988, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1984}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=1998, end_year=2006}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2018, 2022}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["South Africa"] = {1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2014, 2022, begin_year=1960}, ["South Korea"] = {1952, begin_year=1948}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1988}, ["Spain"] = {begin_year=1936}, ["Eswatini"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1992}, -- Formerly Swaziland ["Tajikistan"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2002}, ["Thailand"] = {2010, begin_year=2002}, ["Togo"] = {begin_year=2014, 2022}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2014, 2022}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994}, ["Turkey"] = {1952, 1972, 1980, begin_year=1936}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992, end_year=1992}, ["United Team of Germany"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1964}, ["Uruguay"] = {2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1998}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Venezuela"] = {2010, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1998}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {2010, 2018, begin_year=1988}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {1932, 1960, 1994, begin_year=1924, end_year=2002}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2014}, }, ["Winter Paralympics"] = { 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014}, 2018, 2022, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Argentina"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1998, 2022}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2022}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022}, ["Belgium"] = {1980, 1998, 2002}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022}, ["Chile"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["China"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1992}, ["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Estonia"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Greece"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Hungary"] = {2014, begin_year=2002}, ["Iceland"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, begin_year=1994}, ["Independent Paralympic Participants"] = {begin_year=2018, 2022}, ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=2022}, ["Italy"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=2014, 2018}, ["Latvia"] = {1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992}, ["Lithuania"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1994}, ["Mexico"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Netherlands"] = {2006, begin_year=1984}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["North Korea"] = {2022, begin_year=2018}, ["Poland"] = {1980}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=2022}, ["Romania"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2018, 2022}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2010, 2022}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Slovenia"] = {2002, begin_year=1998}, ["South Africa"] = {2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1998}, ["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Spain"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=2018, 2022}, ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=2014, 2022}, ["Uganda"] = {1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=2014, 2022}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {end_year=1988}, }, ["Winter Youth Olympics"] = { 2012, 2016}, 2020, 2024, ["Albania"] = {begin_year=2020, 2024}, ["Algeria"] = {begin_year=2024}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2020, 2024}, ["Belarus"] = {2024}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {2016, 2020, 2024}, ["Colombia"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2016, 2020, 2024}, ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=2020, 2024}, ["Eritrea"] = {2016, 2020, 2024}, ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2020, 2024}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=2020}, ["India"] = {2020}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Jamaica"] = {2020}, ["Kenya"] = {2020, 2024}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2020}, ["Luxembourg"] = {2024}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2016, 2024}, ["Monaco"] = {2020}, ["Morocco"] = {2016, 2024}, ["Nepal"] = {2020}, ["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=2024}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=2020, 2024}, ["Peru"] = {2016, 2020, 2024}, ["Philippines"] = {2016}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=2024}, ["Russia"] = {2024}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2020}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=2020}, ["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=2024}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2020, 2024}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=2020, 2024}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2024}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {2016}, }, ----- Misc / World ----- ["Summer Deaflympics"] = { 1924, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, ["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1965}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=2001}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=1953}, ["Austria"] = {begin_year=1931}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1989}, ["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1969}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1928, end_year=1993}, ["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1931}, ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Egypt"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=2005}, ["Greece"] = {begin_year=1957}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1985}, ["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1993, 2001, 2009, 2017}, ["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1973}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1957}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1997, 2013}, ["Malta"] = {begin_year=2001}, ["Mexico"] = {begin_year=1965}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1957}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Saar"] = {begin_year=1953, end_year=1953}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2001}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2001, 2017}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1957, 1985, end_year=1989}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=2005}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2001, 2009}, ["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1997, end_year=1997}, ["United States"] = {begin_year=1935}, ["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=2001, end_year=2001}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1969}, ["Zambia"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1993, end_year=1993}, }, ["Winter Deaflympics"] = { 1949, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2023, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=1975, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2019}, ["Austria"] = {begin_year=1953, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983}, ["China"] = {begin_year=2007, 2019}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, end_year=1993}, ["France"] = {begin_year=1975, 2003, 2007}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=2015}, ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1995, 2015, 2019}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2019}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1987, end_year=1991}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1971, end_year=1991}, ["United States"] = {begin_year=1967}, }, ["FEI World Equestrian Games"] = { 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 }, ["~~Pan~~FIS ~~American~~Alpine ~~Games~~World Ski Championships"] = { ~~1951~~1931, ~~1955~~1932, ~~1959~~1933, ~~1963~~1934, ~~1967~~1935, ~~1971~~1936, ~~1975~~1937, ~~1979~~1938, ~~1983~~1939, ~~1987~~1948, ~~1991~~1950, ~~1995~~1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, ~~1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015},~~ 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, ~~["Summer Universiade"] = {~~ 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, }, ["Islamic Solidarity Games"] = { 2005, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025, }, ["Military World Games"] = { 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, }, ["Winter Military World Games"] = { 2010, 2013, 2017, 2021, }, ["Pacific Games"] = { 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, ["American Samoa"] = {1995}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=2015}, ["Cook Islands"] = {1969, 1975}, ["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Gilbert and Ellice Islands"] = {1969, end_year=1971}, ["Guam"] = {begin_year=1966}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=1999}, ["Nauru"] = {1983, 1987, 1995}, ["New Hebrides"] = {end_year=1979}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=2015}, ["Niue"] = {1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1987, 1995}, ["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1979}, ["Northern Mariana Islands"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983}, ["Palau"] = {begin_year=1999}, ["Samoa"] = {1975, 1987, 1995}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {1987}, ["Tokelau"] = {begin_year=1979, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999}, ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Wallis and Futuna"] = {begin_year=1966}, }, ["Summer World University Games"] = { 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017}, 2019, 2021, 2025, 2027, ["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1985}, ~~["Winter Universiade"] = {~~ ["Australia"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1979}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1989}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1991}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1973, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Malaysia"] = {1989, 1993, 2009, begin_year=1985}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1965, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983,1985,2005, 2009}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Soviet Union"] = {end_year=1991}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1985}, ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1985}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["United States"] = {begin_year=1965}, }, ["Winter World University Games"] = { 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017}, 2019, 2023, 2025, ["Argentina"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2015}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=2009, end_year=2009}, ["Malaysia"] = {2013, 2015, 2023, begin_year=2011}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=2019}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=2007, 2015}, ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1993, 2019}, ["United States"] = {begin_year=1966}, }, ["World Aquatics Championships"] = { 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015}, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, ["Albania"] = {2005, begin_year=2003}, ~~["World Championships in Athletics"] = {~~ ~~1983,~~["American ~~1987,~~Samoa"] ~~1991, 1993, 1995, 1997,~~= ~~1999~~{begin_year=1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, ~~2007~~2015, ~~2009~~2022}, ["Anguilla"] = {begin_year=2023, 2024}, ~~2011, 2013, 2015, 2017},~~ ["Armenia"] = {begin_year = 1994}, } ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1994, 2023}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025}, ~~local all_absences = {~~ ["Belize"] = {begin_year=2025}, ~~----- Olympics -----~~ ["Bermuda"] = {2017}, ~~["Afghanistan Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Bhutan"] = 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~~1904},~~ ["East Germany"] = {end_year=1986}, ~~["Bolivia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["West Germany"] = {end_year=1986}, ~~1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1980},~~ ["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=2023}, ~~["Bolivia Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2015}, ~~1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1998, 2019}, ~~["Brazil Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=2001, 2022}, ~~1928},~~ ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~["Bulgaria Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Kenya"] = {2022, 2023}, ~~1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948, 1984},~~ ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2015}, ~~["Burma Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1978, 2017}, ~~1976},~~ ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~["Cameroon Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["~~Canada Summer Olympics~~Lesotho"] = {2017}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=2011, 2022, 2025}, ~~1980},~~ ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~["Ceylon Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Macau"] = {begin_year=1991, 2022}, ~~1976},~~ ["North Korea"] = {2019, 2022, 2023}, ~~["Chad Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2025}, ~~1976, 1980},~~ ["Mauritania"] = {2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023}, ~~["Chile Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~1900, 1904, 1908, 1932, 1980},~~ ["Monaco"] = {2013, begin_year=1994}, ~~["Chile Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2007}, ~~1972, 1980},~~ ["Myanmar"] = {begin_year=2001, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024}, ~~["China Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022}, ~~1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980},~~ ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {2005, begin_year=2003, end_year=2013}, ~~["Chinese Taipei Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Oman"] = {begin_year=2009, 2013, 2015}, ~~1976, 1980},~~ ["Philippines"] = {2023}, ~~["Chinese Taipei Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025}, ~~1980},~~ ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=2019}, ~~["Republic of China Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Samoa"] = {2011, begin_year=2005}, ~~1928},~~ ["San Marino"] = {2013, begin_year=1994}, ~~["Colombia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=2025}, ~~1952},~~ ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2003, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017}, ~~["Colombia Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ~~2014},~~ ["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=2007, 2009, 2011, 2022, 2025}, ~~["Costa Rica Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Sint Maarten"] = {begin_year=2019}, ~~1948, 1952, 1956, 1960},~~ ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~["Costa Rica Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~1994, 1998, 2010, 2014},~~ ["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=2019}, ~~["Cuba Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Somalia"] = {begin_year=2025}, ~~1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1936, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Soviet Union"] = {end_year=1991}, ~~["Czechoslovakia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Sri Lanka"] = {2015, begin_year=1986}, ~~1984},~~ ["~~Denmark Summer Olympics~~Sudan"] = {2017}, ["Suspended Member Federation"] = {begin_year=2017, 2019, 2024, 2025}, ~~1904},~~ ["Eswatini"] = {2013, begin_year=1998}, -- Formerly Swaziland ~~["Denmark Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~1956, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984},~~ ["Togo"] = {begin_year=1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2022}, ~~["Ecuador Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964},~~ ["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=2022}, ~~["Egypt Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~1932, 1980},~~ ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1994, 2019}, ~~["Egypt Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ~~1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=2019, 2022}, ~~["Estonia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Yemen"] = {2011, begin_year=2005}, ~~1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Yugoslavia "] = {end_year=2003}, ~~["Estonia Winter Olympics"] = {~~ }, ~~1932, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},~~ ["~~Ethiopia~~World ~~Summer~~Archery ~~Games~~Championships"] = { 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, ~~1976, 1984, 1988},~~ 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, ~~["Ethiopia Winter Games"] = {~~ 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, ~~2014},~~ 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, ~~["Fiji Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["United States"] = {begin_year=1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949}, ~~1964, 1980},~~ }, ~~["Fiji Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["World Athletics Championships"] = { ~~1992, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014},~~ 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, ~~["East Germany Summer Olympics"] = {~~ 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, ~~1984},~~ ["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005}, ~~["Germany Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Albania"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987}, ~~1920, 1924, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Germany Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=1987, 2005, 2015, 2017}, ~~1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1991, 2011, 2022}, ~~["West Germany Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Angola"] = {begin_year=1983, 2009, 2017}, ~~1980},~~ ["Anguilla"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Ghana Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1956, 1976, 1980},~~ ["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1980}, ~~["Ghana Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~2014},~~ ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1987, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009}, ~~["Greece Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Athlete Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2017}, ~~1960},~~ ["Austria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Guam Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Authorised Neutral Athletes"] = {begin_year=2017, 2022}, ~~1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~["Guatemala Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1956, 1960, 1964},~~ ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1999}, ~~["Guatemala Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1991, 1999, 2001}, ~~1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Guyana Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1993, 2022}, ~~1976},~~ ["Belgium"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Haiti Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1983, 2013}, ~~1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1980},~~ ["Benin"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001}, ~~["Honduras Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2007}, ~~1972, 1980},~~ ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2017}, ~~["Honduras Winter Olympcis"] = {~~ ["Bolivia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~["Hong Kong Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1980},~~ ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Hungary Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1920, 1984},~~ ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001, 2022}, ~~["Iceland Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1920, 1924, 1928, 1932},~~ ["Burkina Faso"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Iceland Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1972},~~ ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2022}, ~~["India Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1987}, ~~1904, 1908, 1912},~~ ["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995}, ~~["India Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1987}, ~~1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1994},~~ ["Central African Republic"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022}, ~~["Indonesia Summer Olympcis"] = {~~ ["Chad"] = {begin_year=1987, 2009, 2013, 2022}, ~~1964, 1980},~~ ["Chile"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Iraq Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["China"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1952, 1956, 1972, 1976},~~ ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1980}, ~~["Iran Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1980, 1984},~~ ["Comoros"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2007}, ~~["Iran Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999}, ~~1960, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994},~~ ["Costa Rica"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Ireland Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~1936},~~ ["Cuba"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Ireland Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001, 2011}, ~~1994},~~ ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~["Israel Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1983, end_year=1991}, ~~1980},~~ ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001}, ~~["Italy Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1980}, ~~1904},~~ ["Djibouti"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001}, ~~["Ivory Coast Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1987}, ~~1980},~~ ["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1993}, ~~["Jamaica Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["East Germany"] = {end_year=1987}, ~~1960},~~ ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Jamaica Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Egypt"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~2006},~~ ["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Japan Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=1987, 2011, 2022}, ~~1948, 1980},~~ ["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=1997}, ~~["Japan Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~1948},~~ ["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Kenya Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Ethiopia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1976, 1980},~~ ["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=1997}, ~~["Kenya Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~2010, 2014},~~ ["~~Latvia Summer Olympics~~Finland"] = {1980}, ["French Polynesia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995}, ~~1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Gabon"] = {begin_year=1983, 2015, 2017}, ~~["Latvia Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Gambia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1993, 2011, 2022}, ~~["Lebanon Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991}, ~~1956},~~ ["Ghana"] = {begin_year=1983, 2015}, ~~["Lebanon Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993}, ~~1994, 1998},~~ ["Greece"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Liberia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1968, 1976, 1992},~~ ["Guam"] = {begin_year=1987, 2009}, ~~["Liechtenstein Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Guatemala"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1956, 1980},~~ ["Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022}, ~~["Liechtenstein Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1997, 2001, 2009, 2022}, ~~1952},~~ ["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Lithuania Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=1987}, ~~1932, 1936, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Lithuania Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1932, 1936, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Hungary"] = {1980}, ~~["Luxembourg Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1904, 1908, 1932},~~ ["India"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Luxembourg Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999}, ~~1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 2002,~~ ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022}, ~~2010},~~ ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005}, ~~["Madagascar Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1980}, ~~1976, 1988},~~ ["Italy"] = {1980}, ~~["Madagascar Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=1980}, ~~2010, 2014},~~ ["Jamaica"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Malaysia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Japan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1980},~~ ["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1983, 2011}, ~~["Malta Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~1932, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976},~~ ["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Mexico Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1999}, ~~1904, 1908, 1912, 1920},~~ ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2015}, ~~["Mexico Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1983, 2013}, ~~1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1998,~~ ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1993, 2007}, ~~2006},~~ ["Laos"] = {begin_year=1993, 2022}, ~~["Monaco Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~1932, 1956, 1980},~~ ["Lebanon"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Mongolia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1984},~~ ["Liberia"] = {begin_year=1993, 2013}, ~~["Mongolia Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Libya"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022}, ~~1976},~~ ["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=1987, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, end_year=2007}, ~~["Morocco Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~1980},~~ ["~~Morocco Winter Olympics~~Luxembourg"] = {2011}, ["Macau"] = {begin_year=2001, 2022}, ~~1972, 1976, 1980, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006},~~ ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995}, ~~["Myanmar Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Madagascar"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1976},~~ ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Nepal Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 2022}, ~~1968},~~ ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1987}, ~~["Netherlands Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Mali"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1904},~~ ["Malta"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Netherlands Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015}, ~~1932},~~ ["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 2022}, ~~["Netherlands Antilles Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1956, 1980},~~ ["Mexico"] = {1980}, ~~["Netherlands Antilles Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010},~~ ["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2022}, ~~["New Zealand Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001}, ~~1956, 1964},~~ ["Montserrat"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, end_year=2015}, ~~["Nigeria Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2007}, ~~1976},~~ ["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["North Korea Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022}, ~~1984, 1988},~~ ["Myanmar"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001, 2022}, ~~["North Korea Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1991}, ~~1968, 1976, 1980, 1994, 2002, 2014},~~ ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022}, ~~["Norway Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=1983, 2005, 2009, 2013}, ~~1904, 1980},~~ ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1983, end_year=2009}, ~~["Pakistan Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Nicaragua"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Panama Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Niger"] = {begin_year=1991, 1995, 2005, 2015, 2017}, ~~1932, 1936, 1956, 1980},~~ ["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Paraguay Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1995, 2003, 2005, end_year=2007}, ~~1980},~~ ["North Korea"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2022}, ~~["Peru Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ~~1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1952},~~ ["Northern Mariana Islands"] = {begin_year=1991, 1993}, ~~["Philippines Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Norway"] = {begin_year=1980}, ~~1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010},~~ ["Oman"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991, 2005, 2007}, ~~["Poland Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Palau"] = {begin_year=1997}, ~~1984},~~ ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1999}, ~~["Portugal Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991}, ~~1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, 2002},~~ ["Panama"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Puerto Rico Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Papua New Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["Paraguay"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Rhodesia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Peru"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1968, 1972, 1976},~~ ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999}, ~~["Romania Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Poland"] = {1980}, ~~1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948},~~ ["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1980}, ~~["Romania Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1960},~~ ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["San Marino Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=1987, 2007, 2009, 2022}, ~~1964},~~ ["Romania"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["San Marino Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Russia"] = {2017, begin_year=1993, 2019, 2022}, ~~1980, 1998},~~ ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022}, ~~["Senegal Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1988, 1998, 2002, 2014},~~ ["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Singapore Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1964, 1980},~~ ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Somalia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017}, ~~1976, 1980, 1992},~~ ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022}, ~~["South Africa Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1991}, ~~1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 19810, 1984, 1988},~~ ["Senegal"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017}, ~~["South Africa Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ~~1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 19810, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2014},~~ ["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2003, end_year=2005}, ~~["South Korea Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1980},~~ ["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2013}, ~~["South Korea Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017}, ~~1952},~~ ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~["Soviet Union Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~1984},~~ ["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993}, ~~["Spain Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Somalia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991, 2005, 2022}, ~~1904, 1908, 1912, 1936},~~ ["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~["Sri Lanka Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1976},~~ ["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2017}, ~~["Sudan Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ~~1964,~~["Soviet ~~1976~~Union"] = {end_year=1991, 1980}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991}, ~~["Suriname Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Sudan"] = {begin_year=1983, 2019}, ~~1964, 1980},~~ ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1987, 1993, 2022}, ~~["Swaziland Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Syria"] = {begin_year=1983, 2007}, ~~1976, 1980},~~ ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~["Swaziland Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Tanzania"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Sweden Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2011, 2015, 2017}, ~~1904},~~ ["Togo"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001}, ~~["Syria Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017}, ~~1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1976},~~ ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Thailand Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991}, ~~1980},~~ ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Thailand Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1993, 1997, 2013, 2022}, ~~2010},~~ ["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011}, ~~["Trinidad and Tobago Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2009, 2019}, ~~1960},~~ ["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~["Trinidad and Tobago Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~2006, 2010, 2014},~~ ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2019, 2022}, ~~["Tunisia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1980},~~ ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~["Turkey Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1920, 1932, 1980},~~ ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993, 2005}, ~~["Turkey Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007}, ~~1952, 1972, 1980},~~ ["~~Uganda~~Virgin ~~Summer Olympics~~Islands"] = {1980, 2001}, ["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991, 2009, 2017, 2022}, ~~1976},~~ ["Yugoslavia"] = {begin_year=1980, end_year=2001}, ~~["United States Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["West Germany"] = {end_year=1987}, ~~1980},~~ ["Zambia"] = {begin_year=1987}, ~~["Uruguay Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1983}, ~~1980},~~ }, ~~["Uruguay Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["World Beach Games"] = { ~~2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},~~ 2019, 2023, ~~["Venezuela Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ~~2010~~ }, ["~~Vietnam~~World ~~Summer~~Combat ~~Olympics~~Games"] = { ~~1976~~2010, ~~1984}~~2013, 2023, }, ~~["Virgin Islands Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["World Games"] = { ~~1980},~~ 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2025, ~~["Virgin Islands Winter Olympics"] = {~~ ["Israel"] = {begin_year=2005}, ~~2010},~~ ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~["Yugoslavia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ~~1992~~ }, ["~~Yugoslavia~~World ~~Winter~~Athletics ~~Olympics~~Indoor Championships"] = { 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, ~~1932, 1960, 1994},~~ 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024, ~~["Zambia Summer Olympics"] = {~~ ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ~~1976},~~ ["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Greece"] = {begin_year=1987}, }, } return { competitions = all_competitions, old_names = old_names, ~~absences = all_absences,~~ }