Summer Olympics Participating Countries

Following claims that Russia operates a state-sponsored doping program, the nation’s track-and-field athletes were initially banned from the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had ruled out the possibility of overturning the suspension of Russia, and a few Russian athletes had been offered the leverage of competing as neutrals at the 2016 Rio Games. After having found evidence of Russian urine samples “altered” across multiple summer and winter Olympic sports from 2011 to August 2015, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had imposed a ban on all Russian competitors for the Rio Games 2016. Later, the IOC declined to issue a comprehensive ban on Russian athletes. The Committee had deferred decisions on the eligibility of Russian athletes to the international federations (IFs) which are responsible for governing each sport that would be featured in Rio 2016 Olympic Games. As per the latest announcement by IOC president Thomas Bach, the committee has set strict criteria which every Russian athlete must meet/fulfill if he/she intends to participate at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Countries Participating: 205

205 Countries have qualified at least one athlete.

Two Independent Teams: 10 Refugee Olympic Athletes and one Independent Olympic Athletes

Athletes Participating: 11,178 Confirmed

Events‎: ‎306

Sport Disciplines: 42

Venues‎: ‎37

Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony‎: ‎Friday, August 5

Countries Participating in 2016 Rio Summer Olympics Participating Country No of Athletes Participating Country No of Athletes Afghanistan 3 Latvia 31 Albania 5 Lebanon 8 Algeria 63 Lesotho 8 American Samoa 4 Liberia 2 Andorra 5 Libya 7 Angola 25 Liechtenstein 3 Antigua and Barbuda 9 Lithuania 66 Argentina 212 Luxembourg 10 Armenia 32 Macedonia 5 Aruba 7 Madagascar 6 Australia 416 Malawi 5 Austria 66 Malaysia 32 Azerbaijan 55 Maldives 4 Bahamas 32 Mali 6 Bahrain 35 Malta 7 Bangladesh 7 Marshall Islands 5 Barbados 11 Mauritania 2 Belarus 119 Mauritius 12 Belgium 106 Mexico 126 Belize 3 Moldova 20 Benin 6 Monaco 3 Bermuda 7 Mongolia 42 Bhutan 2 Montenegro 34 Bolivia 12 Morocco 49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 Mozambique 6 Botswana 10 Myanmar 7 Brazil (Host) 475 Namibia 10 British Virgin Islands 4 Nauru 2 Brunei 3 Nepal 7 Bulgaria 51 Netherlands 237 Burkina Faso 5 New Zealand 209 Burundi 9 Nicaragua 5 Cambodia 6 Niger 5 Cameroon 23 Nigeria 81 Canada 312 North Korea 31 Cape Verde 5 Norway 59 Cayman Islands 4 Oman 4 Central African Republic 6 Pakistan 7 Chad 2 Palau 5 Chile 41 Palestine 6 China 400 Panama 10 Chinese Taipei 59 Papua New Guinea 8 Colombia 144 Paraguay 11 Comoros 4 Peru 29 Congo 9 Philippines 12 Cook Islands 9 Poland 243 Costa Rica 10 Portugal 92 Croatia 86 Puerto Rico 42 Cuba 118 Qatar 38 Cyprus 15 Refugee Olympic Athletes 9 Czech Republic 103 Romania 98 DR Congo 4 Russia 279 Denmark 121 Rwanda 8 Djibouti 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 Dominica 2 Saint Lucia 5 Dominican Republic 27 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 Ecuador 37 Samoa 8 Egypt 123 San Marino 5 El Salvador 8 São Tomé and Príncipe 3 Equatorial Guinea 2 Saudi Arabia 9 Eritrea 12 Senegal 21 Estonia 42 Serbia 105 Ethiopia 38 Seychelles 10 Federated States of Micronesia 6 Sierra Leone 4 Fiji 51 Singapore 25 Finland 55 Slovakia 51 France 397 Slovenia 62 Gabon 6 Solomon Islands 3 The Gambia 4 Somalia 2 Georgia 40 South Africa 135 Germany 420 South Sudan 3 Ghana 14 South Korea 203 Great Britain 372 Spain 302 Greece 94 Sri Lanka 9 Grenada 6 Sudan 6 Guam 5 Suriname 5 Guatemala 21 eSwatini (Swaziland) 2 Guinea 5 Sweden 152 Guinea-Bissau 5 Switzerland 101 Guyana 6 Syria 7 Haiti 10 Tajikistan 7 Honduras 26 Tanzania 7 Hong Kong 38 Thailand 55 Hungary 151 Timor-Leste 3 Iceland 8 Togo 5 Independent Olympic Athletes 8 Tonga 7 India 124 Trinidad and Tobago 32 Indonesia 28 Tunisia 58 Iran 63 Turkey 102 Iraq 22 Turkmenistan 8 Ireland 80 Tuvalu 1 Israel 48 Uganda 21 Italy 290 Ukraine 198 Ivory Coast 12 United Arab Emirates 12 Jamaica 59 United States 552 Japan 336 Uruguay 17 Jordan 8 Uzbekistan 69 Kazakhstan 105 Vanuatu 4 Kenya 80 Venezuela 86 Kiribati 3 Vietnam 23 Kosovo 8 Virgin Islands 7 Kuwait 0 Yemen 5 Kyrgyzstan 18 Zambia 7 Laos 6 Zimbabwe 35

2016 Rio Paralympics Participating Countries

Countries Participating: 176

165 Countries have qualified at least one athlete.

Athletes Participating: 2882 Confirmed

Events‎: ‎528

Sports‎: ‎23

Venue‎: ‎20

Paralympics Dates - 7 September to 18 September

2016 Paralympics Participating Countries Participating Country No of Athletes Participating Country No of Athletes Afghanistan Lesotho Albania Liberia Algeria Libya Angola Lithuania 13 Argentina 82 Macau 1 Armenia Macedonia 2 Aruba Madagascar Australia 177 Malawi Austria 26 Malaysia Azerbaijan 1 Mali Bahrain Malta Belarus 1 Mauritius Belgium 29 Mexico 66 Benin Moldova Bermuda Mongolia 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 Montenegro Botswana Morocco 10 Brazil 278 Mozambique Bulgaria Myanmar Burkina Faso Namibia 10 Burundi Nepal Cambodia Netherlands 114 Cameroon New Zealand 27 Canada 162 Nicaragua 8 Cape Verde Niger Central African Republic Nigeria Chile 14 North Korea China 308 Norway 8 Colombia 39 Oman Comoros Pakistan Costa Rica Palestine Croatia Panama Cuba 7 Papua New Guinea Cyprus Peru Czech Republic 1 Philippines 5 Denmark 1 Poland 1 DR Congo Portugal 28 Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Ecuador 5 Qatar Egypt Romania 11 El Salvador Rwanda Estonia Samoa Ethiopia São Tomé and Príncipe Faroe Islands 1 Saudi Arabia Fiji Senegal Finland 8 Serbia 2 France 126 Seychelles Gabon Sierra Leone The Gambia Singapore 12 Georgia Slovakia 1 Germany 9 Slovenia 2 Ghana South Africa 45 Great Britain 256 South Korea 11 Greece 54 South Sudan Guatemala Spain 127 Guinea-Bissau Sri Lanka 5 Haiti Sweden 54 Honduras Switzerland 21 Hong Kong 24 Syria Hungary 1 Chinese Taipei 13 Iceland Tajikistan India 7 Tanzania Indonesia 9 Thailand 46 Individual Paralympic Athletes 2 Timor-Leste Iran 95 Tonga Iraq Trinidad and Tobago Ireland 44 Tunisia Israel 30 Turkey 8 Italy 94 Turkmenistan Ivory Coast Uganda Jamaica Ukraine 16 Japan 1 United Arab Emirates 3 Jordan United States 276 Kazakhstan Uruguay 1 Kenya Uzbekistan 1 Kosovo Venezuela 23 Kuwait Vietnam Kyrgyzstan 3 Virgin Islands Laos Zimbabwe 4 Latvia

One of the biggest sporting events, the 2016 Summer Olympics got off to a fabulous start on August 5 in Rio da Janeiro in Brazil. As in the previous events, this year too a large number of countries are participating in the event.It has been estimated that more than 11,178 athletes and 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are taking part in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Kosovo and South Sudan are participating for the first time. As of August 5, 2016, 205 National Olympic Committees have already qualified at least one athlete for the games. One Independent Olympian has also qualified. The IOC finalized for a specific team of Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA), 10 have been chosen to form the team. Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands were the first three countries which qualified athletes for the Games. By winning medals in the team event at the FEI World Equestrian Games held in 2014, these countries qualified four athletes each for the team dressage. Furthermore, this is the first time when the IOC is allowing refugees to compete under the Olympic Flag as Independent Olympians.The Summer Olympic Games began on August 5 and would be held till August 21, 2016, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. 206 countries are competing in Summer Olympics 2016. South Sudan and Kosovo are participating in the event for the first time.