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2004 OLYMPICS
 
 

Get quick facts about each of the countries participating in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. Select country name or names that begin with:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Y | Z

  A
Albania (ALB)
Algeria (ALG)
American Samoa (ASA)
Andorra (AND)
Angola (ANG)
Antigua and Barbuda
(ANT)
Argentina (ARG)
Armenia (ARM)
Aruba (ARU)
Australia (AUS)
Austria (AUT)
Azerbaijan (AZE)

  B
Bahamas (BAH)
Bahrain (BRN)
Bangladesh (BAN)
Barbados (BAR)
Burundi (BIDI)
Belarus (BLR)
Belgium (BEL)
Belize (BIZ)
Benin (BEN)
Bhutan (BHU)
Bolivia (BOL)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
Botswana (BOT)
Brazil (BRA)
British Virgin Islands
(IVB)
Brunei (BRU)
Bulgaria (BUL)
Burkina Faso (BUR)
British West lndies (BWI)

  C
Cambodia (CAM)
Cameroon (CMR)
Canada (CAN)
Cape Verde (CPV)
Cayrnan Islands (CAY)
Central African Republic (CAF)
Chad (CHA)
Chile (CHI)
China (CHN)
Colombia (COL)
Comoros (COM)
Congo (CGO)
Cook Islands (COK)
Costa Rica (CRC)
Cote d'lvoire (CIV)
Croatia (CRO)
Cuba (CUB)
Cyprus (CYP)
Czech Republic (CZE)

  D
Democratic Republic of Congo (COD)
Denmark (DEN)
Djibouti (DJI)
Dominica (DMA)
Dominican Republic
(DOM)

  E
Ecuador (ECU)
Egypt (EGY)
El Salvador (ESA)
Equatorial Guinea
(GEQ)
Estonia (EST)
Ethiopia (ETH)

  F
Fiji (FIJ)
Finland (FIN)
France (FRA)
  G
Gabon (GAB)
Gambia (GAM)
Georgia (GEO)
Germany (GER)
Ghana (GHA)
Greece (GRE)
Grenada (GRN)
Guam (GUM)
Guatemala (GUA)
Guinea (GUI)
Guinea-Bissau (GBS)
Guyana (GUY)

  H
Haiti (HAI)
Hong Kong (HKG)
Honduras (HON)
Hungary (HUN)

  I
Indonesia (INA)
India (IND)
Iran (IRI)
Ireland (IRL)
Iraq (IRQ)
Iceland (ISL)
Israel (ISR)
Italy (ITA)

  J
Jamaica (JAM)
Japan (JPN)
Jordan (JOR)

  K
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Kenya (KEN)
Kuwait (KUW)
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)

  L
Laos (LAO)
Latvia (LAT)
Lebanon (LIB)
Lesotho (LES)
Liberia (LBR)
Libya (LBA)
Liechtenstein (LIE)
Lithuania (LTU)
Luxembourg (LUX)

  M
Macedonia (MKD)
Madagascar (MAD)
Malaysia (MAS)
Malawi (MAW)
Maldives (MDV)
Mali (MLI)
Malta (MLT)
Mauritania (MTN)
Mauritius (MRI)
Mexico (MEX)
Moldova (MDA)
Monaco (MON)
Mongolia (MGL)
Morocco (MAR)
Mozambique (MOZ)
Myanmar (Burma)
(MYA)

  N
Namibia (NAM)
Nauru (NRU)
Nepal (NEP)
Netherlands (NED)
Netherland Antilles
(AHO)
New Zealand (NZL)
Nicaragua (NCA)
Niger (NIG)
Nigeria (NGR)
North Korea (PRK)
Norway (NOR)

  O
Oman (OMA)

  P
Pakistan (PAK)
Panama (PAN)
Papua New Guinea
(PNG)
Paraguay (PAR)
Peru (PER)
Philippines (PHI)
Poland (POL)
Portugal (POR)
Puerto Rico (PUR)

  Q
Qatar (QAT)

  R
Romania (ROM)
Russia (RUS)
Rwanda (RWA)

  S
Samoa (SAM)
San Marino (SMR)
Sao Tome and Principe (STP)
Saudi Arabia (ARS)
Senegal (SEN)
Seychelles (SEY)
Sierra Leone (SLE)
Singapore (SIN)
Slovakia (SVK)
Slovenia (SLO)
Solomon Islands (SOL)
Somalia (SOM)
South Africa (RSA)
South Korea (KDR)
Spain (ESP)
Sri Lanka (SRI)
St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
St. Lucia (LCA)
St. Vincent (VIN)
Sudan (SUD)
Suriname (SUR)
Swaziland (SWZ)
Sweden (SWE)
Switzerland (SUI)
Syria (SYR)

  T
Taiwan (TPE)
Tajikistan (TJK)
Tanzania (TAN)
Thailand (THA)
Togo (TOG)
Tonga (TGA)
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Tunisia (TUN)
Turkey (TUR)
Turkmenistan (TKM)

  U
Uganda (UGA)
Ukraine (UKR)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
United Kingdom (UK)
United States of America (USA)
Uruguay (URU)
U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)
Uzbekistan (UZB)

  V
Vanuatu (VAN)
Venezuela (VEN)
Vietnam (VIE)

  Y
Yemen (YEM)
Yugoslavia (YUG)
Democratic Yemen (YMD)

  Z
Zaire (ZAI)
Zambia (ZAM)
Zimbabwe (ZIM)
Let's Give These Games a Gold Medal
If Athens will be remembered as a richly atmospheric Olympics, it also had to be credited as modern and well-organized, which no one would have predicted.