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As a note, the begin_year and end_year information is given for most of the
Line references for ease of finding subsections (update as necessary)
competitions with the exception of the Olympics (and related games).
Competitions: 8
This is mainly due to the shear size of those lists (200+ countries).
Absences:
Olympics: 97
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-AfricaAfrican 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 GamesAmericas-----
["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, 19851982, 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 58 ⟶ 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
},
["PanFIS AmericanAlpine GamesWorld Ski Championships"] = {
19511931, 19551932, 19591933, 19631934, 19671935, 19711936, 19751937, 19791938, 19831939, 19871948, 19911950, 19951952,
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, 20072015, 20092022},
["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"] = {begin_year=2019},
1952, 1976, 1984, 1992, 2000},
["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Albania Summer Olympics"] = {
["Cameroon"] = {2013, 2017, begin_year=2003},
1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=2019},
["Algeria Summer Olympics"] = {
["Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=2001, 2017, 2019, 2022},
1976},
["Cayman Islands"] = {2013, begin_year=2003},
["Algeria Winter Olympics"] = {
["Central African Republic"] = {begin_year=2009, 2022},
1994, 1998, 2002, 2014},
["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=2007},
["American Samoa Winter Olympics"] = {
["Comoros"] = {begin_year=2007},
1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},
["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Angola Summer Olympics"] = {
["Curaçao"] = {begin_year=2015},
1984},
["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Antigua and Barbuda Summer Olympics"] = {
["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=2013 ,2015, 2017, 2019, 2023},
1980},
["Djibouti"] = {begin_year=2009},
["Argentina Summer Olympics"] = {
["Dominica"] = {begin_year=2023},
1904, 1912, 1980},
["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2017, 2022},
["Argentina Winter Olympics"] = {
["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=2019, 2023},
1932, 1936, 1956},
["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2019, 2022, 2023},
["Australia Winter Olympics"] = {
["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1994},
1948},
["Ethiopia"] = {begin_year=2009, 2017},
["Austria Summer Olympics"] = {
["Faroe Islands"] = {begin_year=2007},
1920},
["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=2003},
["Bahamas Summer Olympics"] = {
["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1998},
1980},
["FINA athletes"] = {begin_year=2015, 2024, 2025},
["Barbados Summer Olympics"] = {
["French Polynesia"] = {end_year=2013},
1980},
["Gabon"] = {begin_year=2015, 2017},
["Belgium Summer Olympics"] = {
["Gambia"] = {begin_year=2013, 2022},
1904},
["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Belgium Winter Olympics"] = {
["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991},
1960, 1968},
["East Germany"] = {end_year=1986},
["Belize Summer Olympics"] = {
["West Germany"] = {end_year=1986},
1980},
["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=2023},
["Benin Summer Olympics"] = {
["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2015},
1976},
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["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=2001, 2022},
1980},
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["Kenya"] = {2022, 2023},
1904},
["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2015},
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["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1978, 2017},
1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1980},
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1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},
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["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=2011, 2022, 2025},
1928},
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1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010},
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["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2025},
1992, 2008},
["Mauritania"] = {2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023},
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["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994},
1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948, 1984},
["Monaco"] = {2013, begin_year=1994},
["Burma Summer Olympics"] = {
["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2007},
1976},
["Myanmar"] = {begin_year=2001, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024},
["Cambodia Summer Olympics"] = {
["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022},
1960, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992},
["Netherlands Antilles"] = {2005, begin_year=2003, end_year=2013},
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["Oman"] = {begin_year=2009, 2013, 2015},
2006, 2010, 2014},
["Canada Summer OlympicsPhilippines"] = {2023},
["Russia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025},
1980},
["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=2019},
["Cayman Islands Summer Olympics"] = {
["Samoa"] = {2011, begin_year=2005},
1980},
["San Marino"] = {2013, begin_year=1994},
["Central African Republic Summer Olympics"] = {
["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=2025},
1972, 1976, 1980},
["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2003, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017},
["Ceylon Summer Olympics"] = {
["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007},
1976},
["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=2007, 2009, 2011, 2022, 2025},
["Chad Summer Olympics"] = {
["Sint Maarten"] = {begin_year=2019},
1976, 1980},
["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Chile Summer Olympics"] = {
["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1994},
1900, 1904, 1908, 1932, 1980},
["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=2019},
["Chile Winter Olympics"] = {
["Somalia"] = {begin_year=2025},
1972, 1980},
["Soviet Union"] = {end_year=1991},
["China Summer Olympics"] = {
["Sri Lanka"] = {2015, begin_year=1986},
1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980},
["Sudan"] = {2017},
["Chinese Taipei Summer Olympics"] = {
["Suspended Member Federation"] = {begin_year=2017, 2019, 2024, 2025},
1976, 1980},
["Eswatini"] = {2013, begin_year=1998}, -- Formerly Swaziland
["Chinese Taipei Winter Olympics"] = {
["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
1980},
["Togo"] = {begin_year=1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2022},
["Republic of China Summer Olympics"] = {
["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
1928},
["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=2022},
["Colombia Summer Olympics"] = {
["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994},
1952},
["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1994, 2019},
["Colombia Winter Olympics"] = {
["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
2014},
["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=2019, 2022},
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["Yemen"] = {2011, begin_year=2005},
1968, 1976},
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1948, 1952, 1956, 1960},
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1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950,
1994, 1998, 2010, 2014},
1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975,
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1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003,
1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1936, 1984, 1988},
2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021,
["Czechoslovakia Summer Olympics"] = {
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1984},
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1904},
1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009,
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19562011, 19722013, 19762015, 19802017, 1984}2019, 2022, 2023,
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["Albania"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987},
2004},
["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1983},
["DR Congo Summer Olympics"] = {
["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=1987, 2005, 2015, 2017},
1972, 1976, 1980},
["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1991, 2011, 2022},
["Ecuador Summer Olympics"] = {
["Angola"] = {begin_year=1983, 2009, 2017},
1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964},
["Anguilla"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Egypt Summer Olympics"] = {
["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1983},
1932, 1980},
["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1980},
["Egypt Winter Olympics"] = {
["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1993},
1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},
["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1987, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009},
["El Salvador Summer Olympics"] = {
["Athlete Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2017},
1976, 1980},
["Austria"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Estonia Summer Olympics"] = {
["Authorised Neutral Athletes"] = {begin_year=2017, 2022},
1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1993},
["Estonia Winter Olympics"] = {
["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1983},
1932, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1999},
["Ethiopia Summer Games"] = {
["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1991, 1999, 2001},
1976, 1984, 1988},
["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Ethiopia Winter Games"] = {
["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1993, 2022},
2014},
["Belgium"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Fiji Summer Olympics"] = {
["Belize"] = {begin_year=1983, 2013},
1964, 1980},
["Benin"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001},
["Fiji Winter Olympics"] = {
1992,["Bermuda"] = 1998{begin_year=1983, 20062003, 20102005, 20142007},
["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2017},
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["Bolivia"] = {begin_year=1983},
1984},
["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1993},
["Gabon Summer Olympics"] = {
["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1983},
1976, 1980},
["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Germany Summer Olympics"] = {
["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1983},
1920, 1924, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001, 2022},
["Germany Winter Olympics"] = {
["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1983},
1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
["Burkina Faso"] = {begin_year=1983},
["West Germany Summer Olympics"] = {
["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1983},
1980},
["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2022},
["Ghana Summer Olympics"] = {
["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1987},
1956, 1976, 1980},
["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995},
["Ghana Winter Olympics"] = {
["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1987},
2014},
["Central African Republic"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
["Greece Winter Olympics"] = {
["Chad"] = {begin_year=1987, 2009, 2013, 2022},
1960},
["Chile"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Guam Winter Olympics"] = {
["China"] = {begin_year=1983},
1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},
["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1980},
["Guatemala Summer Olympics"] = {
["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1983},
1956, 1960, 1964},
["Comoros"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2007},
["Guatemala Winter Olympics"] = {
["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999},
1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},
["Costa Rica"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Guinea Summer Olympics"] = {
["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1993},
1972, 1976},
["Cuba"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Guyana Summer Olympics"] = {
["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001, 2011},
1976},
["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993},
["Haiti Summer Olympics"] = {
["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1983, end_year=1991},
1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1980},
["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001},
["Honduras Summer Olympics"] = {
1972,["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1980},
["Djibouti"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001},
["Honduras Winter Olympcis"] = {
["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1987},
1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},
["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1993},
["Hong Kong Summer Olympics"] = {
["East Germany"] = {end_year=1987},
1980},
["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Hungary Summer Olympics"] = {
["Egypt"] = {begin_year=1983},
1920, 1984},
["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Iceland Summer Olympics"] = {
["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=1987, 2011, 2022},
1920, 1924, 1928, 1932},
["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=1997},
["Iceland Winter Olympics"] = {
["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993},
1972},
["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1983},
["India Summer Olympics"] = {
["Ethiopia"] = {begin_year=1983},
1904, 1908, 1912},
["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=1997},
["India Winter Olympics"] = {
["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1983},
1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1994},
["Finland"] = {1980},
["Indonesia Summer Olympcis"] = {
["French Polynesia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995},
1964, 1980},
["Gabon"] = {begin_year=1983, 2015, 2017},
["Iraq Summer Olympics"] = {
["Gambia"] = {begin_year=1983},
1952, 1956, 1972, 1976},
["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1993, 2011, 2022},
["Iran Summer Olympics"] = {
["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991},
1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1980, 1984},
["Ghana"] = {begin_year=1983, 2015},
["Iran Winter Olympics"] = {
["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993},
1960, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994},
["Greece"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Ireland Summer Olympics"] = {
["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1983},
1936},
["Guam"] = {begin_year=1987, 2009},
["Ireland Winter Olympics"] = {
["Guatemala"] = {begin_year=1983},
1994},
["Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
["Israel Summer Olympics"] = {
["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1997, 2001, 2009, 2022},
1980},
["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Italy Summer Olympics"] = {
["Haiti"] = {begin_year=1987},
1904},
["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Ivory Coast Summer Olympics"] = {
["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1983},
1980},
["Jamaica Summer OlympicsHungary"] = {1980},
["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1983},
1960},
["India"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Jamaica Winter Olympics"] = {
["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999},
2006},
["Iran"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
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["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005},
1948, 1980},
["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1980},
["Japan Winter Olympics"] = {
["Italy"] = {1980},
1948},
["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=1980},
["Kenya Summer Olympics"] = {
["Jamaica"] = {begin_year=1983},
1976, 1980},
["Japan"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Kenya Winter Olympics"] = {
["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1983, 2011},
2010, 2014},
["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1993},
["Kuwait Summer Olympics"] = {
["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1983},
2016},
["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1999},
["Laos Summer Olympics"] = {
["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2015},
1984},
["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1983, 2013},
["Latvia Summer Olympics"] = {
["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1993, 2007},
1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
["Laos"] = {begin_year=1993, 2022},
["Latvia Winter Olympics"] = {
["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1993},
1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
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["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=1983},
1956},
["Liberia"] = {begin_year=1993, 2013},
["Lebanon Winter Olympics"] = {
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1994, 1998},
["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=1987, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, end_year=2007},
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["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1993},
1976},
["Liberia Summer OlympicsLuxembourg"] = {2011},
["Macau"] = {begin_year=2001, 2022},
1968, 1976, 1992},
["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995},
["Libya Summer Olympics"] = {
["Madagascar"] = {begin_year=1983},
1972, 1976, 1984},
["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Liechtenstein Summer Olympics"] = {
["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 2022},
1956, 1980},
["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1987},
["Liechtenstein Winter Olympics"] = {
["Mali"] = {begin_year=1983},
1952},
["Malta"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Lithuania Summer Olympics"] = {
1932,["Marshall 1936,Islands"] = 1948{begin_year=1991, 19561993, 19601995, 19641997, 19682001, 19722003, 19762005, 19802007, 19842011, 19882015},
["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 2022},
["Lithuania Winter Olympics"] = {
["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1983},
1932, 1936, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
["Mexico"] = {1980},
["Luxembourg Summer Olympics"] = {
["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1993},
1904, 1908, 1932},
["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2022},
["Luxembourg Winter Olympics"] = {
["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001},
1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 2002,
["Montserrat"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, end_year=2015},
2010},
["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2007},
["Madagascar Summer Olympics"] = {
["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1983},
1976, 1988},
["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
["Madagascar Winter Olympics"] = {
["Myanmar"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001, 2022},
2010, 2014},
["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1991},
["Malawi Summer Olympics"] = {
["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
1976, 1980},
["Nepal"] = {begin_year=1983, 2005, 2009, 2013},
["Malaysia Summer Olympics"] = {
["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1983, end_year=2009},
1980},
["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1980},
["Mali Summer Olympics"] = {
["Nicaragua"] = {begin_year=1983},
1976},
["Niger"] = {begin_year=1991, 1995, 2005, 2015, 2017},
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["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=1983},
1932, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976},
["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1995, 2003, 2005, end_year=2007},
["Mexico Summer Olympics"] = {
["North Korea"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2022},
1904, 1908, 1912, 1920},
["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1995},
["Mexico Winter Olympics"] = {
["Northern Mariana Islands"] = {begin_year=1991, 1993},
1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1998,
["Norway"] = {begin_year=1980},
2006},
["Oman"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991, 2005, 2007},
["Monaco Summer Olympics"] = {
["Palau"] = {begin_year=1997},
1932, 1956, 1980},
["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1999},
["Mongolia Summer Olympics"] = {
["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991},
1984},
["Panama"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Mongolia Winter Olympics"] = {
["Papua New Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983},
1976},
["Paraguay"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Morocco Summer Olympics"] = {
["Peru"] = {begin_year=1983},
1980},
["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999},
["Morocco Winter Olympics"] = {
["Poland"] = {1980},
1972, 1976, 1980, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006},
["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1980},
["Myanmar Summer Olympics"] = {
["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1983},
1976},
["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Nepal Summer Olympics"] = {
["Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=1987, 2007, 2009, 2022},
1968},
["Romania"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Netherlands Summer Olympics"] = {
["Russia"] = {2017, begin_year=1993, 2019, 2022},
1904},
["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
["Netherlands Winter Olympics"] = {
["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1983},
1932},
["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Netherlands Antilles Summer Olympics"] = {
["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1983},
1956, 1980},
["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Netherlands Antilles Winter Olympics"] = {
["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017},
1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010},
["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
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["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1991},
1956, 1964},
["Senegal"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017},
["Nicaragua Summer Olympics"] = {
["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007},
1988},
["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2003, end_year=2005},
["Niger Summer Olympics"] = {
["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1983},
1976, 1980},
["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2013},
["Nigeria Summer Olympics"] = {
["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017},
1976},
["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993},
["North Korea Summer Olympics"] = {
["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993},
1984, 1988},
["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993},
["North Korea Winter Olympics"] = {
1968,["Somalia"] 1976,= 1980{begin_year=1983, 19941991, 20022005, 20142022},
["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1993},
["Norway Summer Olympics"] = {
["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1983},
1904, 1980},
["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2017},
["Pakistan Summer Olympics"] = {
["Soviet Union"] = {end_year=1991, 1980},
1980},
["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991},
["Panama Summer Olympics"] = {
["Sudan"] = {begin_year=1983, 2019},
1932, 1936, 1956, 1980},
["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1987, 1993, 2022},
["Papua New Guinea Summer Olympics"] = {
["Syria"] = {begin_year=1983, 2007},
1980},
["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1993},
["Paraguay Summer Olympics"] = {
["Tanzania"] = {begin_year=1983},
1980},
["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Peru Summer Olympics"] = {
["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2011, 2015, 2017},
1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1952},
["Togo"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001},
["Philippines Winter Olympics"] = {
["Tonga"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017},
1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010},
["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Poland Summer Olympics"] = {
["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991},
1984},
["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Portugal Winter Olympics"] = {
["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1993, 1997, 2013, 2022},
1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, 2002},
["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011},
["Puerto Rico Winter Olympics"] = {
["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2009, 2019},
2006, 2010, 2014},
["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1983},
["Rhodesia Summer Olympics"] = {
["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1993},
1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1968, 1972, 1976},
["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2019, 2022},
["Romania Summer Olympics"] = {
["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=1983},
1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948},
["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1993},
["Romania Winter Olympics"] = {
["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1983},
1960},
["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993, 2005},
["Russian Empire Summer Olympics"] = {
["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007},
1904},
["Virgin Islands"] = {1980, 2001},
["San Marino Summer Olympics"] = {
["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991, 2009, 2017, 2022},
1964},
["Yugoslavia"] = {begin_year=1980, end_year=2001},
["San Marino Winter Olympics"] = {
["West Germany"] = {end_year=1987},
1980, 1998},
["Zambia"] = {begin_year=1987},
["Saudi Arabia Summer Olympics"] = {
["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1983},
1980},
},
["Senegal Winter Olympics"] = {
["World Beach Games"] = {
1988, 1998, 2002, 2014},
2019, 2023,
["Serbia Summer Olympics"] = {
},
1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972,
["World Combat Games"] = {
1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004},
2010, 2013, 2023,
["Seychelles Summer Olympics"] = {
1988 },
["SierraWorld Leone Summer OlympicsGames"] = {
1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2025,
1972, 1976},
["Israel"] = {begin_year=2005},
["Singapore Summer Olympics"] = {
["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1993},
1964, 1980},
},
["Somalia Summer Olympics"] = {
["World Athletics Indoor Championships"] = {
1976, 1980, 1992},
1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006,
["South Africa Summer Olympics"] = {
19642008, 19682010, 19722012, 19762014, 198102016, 19842018, 1988}2022, 2024,
["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993},
["South Africa Winter Olympics"] = {
["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991},
1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 19810, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2014},
["Greece"] = {begin_year=1987},
["South Korea Summer Olympics"] = {
1980 },
["South Korea Winter Olympics"] = {
1952},
["Soviet Union Summer Olympics"] = {
1984},
["Spain Summer Olympics"] = {
1904, 1908, 1912, 1936},
["Sri Lanka Summer Olympics"] = {
1976},
["Sudan Summer Olympics"] = {
1964, 1976, 1980},
["Suriname Summer Olympics"] = {
1964, 1980},
["Swaziland Summer Olympics"] = {
1976, 1980},
["Swaziland Winter Olympics"] = {
1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},
["Sweden Summer Olympics"] = {
1904},
["Syria Summer Olympics"] = {
1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1976},
["Tanzania Summer Olympics"] = {
1976},
["Thailand Summer Olympics"] = {
1980},
["Thailand Winter Olympics"] = {
2010},
["Togo Summer Olympics"] = {
1976, 1980},
["Trinidad and Tobago Summer Olympics"] = {
1960},
["Trinidad and Tobago Winter Olympics"] = {
2006, 2010, 2014},
["Tunisia Summer Olympics"] = {
1980},
["Turkey Summer Olympics"] = {
1920, 1932, 1980},
["Turkey Winter Olympics"] = {
1952, 1972, 1980},
["Uganda Summer Olympics"] = {
1976},
["United States Summer Olympics"] = {
1980},
["Uruguay Summer Olympics"] = {
1980},
["Uruguay Winter Olympics"] = {
2002, 2006, 2010, 2014},
["Venezuela Winter Olympics"] = {
2010},
["Vietnam Summer Olympics"] = {
1976, 1984},
["Virgin Islands Summer Olympics"] = {
1980},
["Virgin Islands Winter Olympics"] = {
2010},
["Yugoslavia Summer Olympics"] = {
1992},
["Yugoslavia Winter Olympics"] = {
1932, 1960, 1994},
["Zambia Summer Olympics"] = {
1976},
}
 
return {
competitions = all_competitions,
old_names = old_names,
absences = all_absences,
}