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Abbreviations


The list below concerns the abbreviations that are used on this site. First a number of abbreviations related to the Olympic results pages and thereafter the official abbreviations for each nation
       
WR World record EWR Equals world record
OR Olympic record EOR Equals olympic record
dns Did not start dnf Did not finish
dnq Did not qualify ac Also competed, plac. unknown
dq Disqualified nm No measured result
(d) Drugs Q Qualification through placement
q Qualification through result OC Olympic champion
w Too much wind pts Victory on points
rsc Referee stops contest r Round
ko Knock out ret Retired
wo Walk over    
 
 
AFG Afghanistan LCA St. Lucia
AHO Netherlands Antilles LES Lesotho
ALB Albania LIB Lebanon
ALG Algeria LIE Liechtenstein
AND Andorra LTU Lithuania
ANG Angola LUX Luxembourg
ANT Antigua and Barbuda MAD Madagascar
ANZ Australia & New Zealand MAR Morocco
ARG Argentina MAS Malaysia
ARM Armenia MAW Malawi
ARU Aruba MDA Moldova
ASA American Samoa MDV Maldives
AUS Australia MEX Mexico
AUT Austria MGL Mongolia
AZE Azerbaijan MHL Marshall Islands
BAH Bahamas MKD Macedonia
BAN Bangladesh MLI Mali
BAR Barbados MLT Malta
BDI Burundi MNE Montenegro
BEL Belgium MON Monaco
BEN Benin MOZ Mozambique
BER Bermuda MRI Mauritius
BHU Bhutan MTN Mauritania
BIH Bosnia-Herzegovina MYA Myanmar
BIZ Belize NAM Namibia
BLR Belarus NCA Nicaragua
BOH Bohemia NED Netherlands
BOL Bolivia NEP Nepal
BOT Botswana NGR Nigeria
BRA Brazil NIG Niger
BRN Bahrain NOR Norway
BRU Brunei NRU Nauru
BUL Bulgaria NZL New Zealand
BUR Burkina Faso OMA Oman
BWI British West Indies PAK Pakistan
CAF Central Afr. Republic PAN Panama
CAM Cambodia PAR Paraguay
CAN Canada PER Peru
Cay Cayman Islands PHI Philippines
CGO Congo PLE Palestine
CHA Chad PLW Palau
CHI Chile PNG Papua New Guinea
CHN China POL Poland
CIV Ivory Coast POR Portugal
CMR Cameroon PRK North Korea
COD Dem. Rep. of Congo PUR Puerto Rico
COK Cook Islands QAT Qatar
COL Colombia RHO Rhodesia
COM Comoros ROU Romania
CPV Cape Verde RSA South Africa
CRC Costa Rica RUS Russia
CRO Croatia RWA Rwanda
CUB Cuba SAM Samoa
CYP Cyprus SCG Serbia Montenegro
CZE Czech Republic SEN Senegal
DEN Denmark SEY Seychelles
DJI Djibouti SIN Singapore
DMA Dominica SKN St. Kitts and Nevis
DOM Dominican Republic SLE Sierra Leone
ECU Ecuador SLO Slovenia
EGY Egypt SMR San Marino
ERI Eritrea SOL Solomon Islands
ESA El Salvador SOM Somalia
ESP Spain SRB Serbia
EST Estonia SRI Sri Lanka
ETH Ethiopia STP Sao Tome and Principe
FIJ Fiji Islands SUD Sudan
FIN Finland SUI Switzerland
FRA France SUR Surinam
FRG Federal Rep. of Germany SVK Slovakia
FSM Mikronecia SWE Sweden
GAB Gabon SWZ Swaziland
GAM Gambia SYR Syria
GBR Great Britain TAN Tanzania
GBS Guinea-Bissau TCH Tchekoslovakia
GDR German Dem. Republic TGA Tonga
GEO Georgia THA Thailand
GER Germany TJK Tajikistan
GEQ Equa. Guinea TKM Turkmenistan
GHA Ghana TLS East Timor
GRE Greece TOG Togo
GRN Grenada TPE Taiwan
GUA Guatemala TRI Trinidad og Tobago
GUI Guinea TUN Tunesia
GUM Guam TUR Turkey
GUY Guyana TUV Tuvalu
HAI Haiti UAE United Arab Emirates
HKG Hong Kong UGA Uganda
HON Honduras UKR Ukraine
HUN Hungary URU Uruguay
INA Indonesia USA USA
IND India UZB Uzbekistan
IOP Indep. olymp. particip. VAN Vanuatu
IRI Iran VEN Venezuela
IRL Ireland VIE Vietnam
IRQ Iraq VIN St. Vincent and Gren.
ISL Iceland YEM Yemen
ISR Israel YUG Yugoslavia
ISV Virgin Islands ZAI Zaire
ITA Italy ZAM Zambia
IVB British Virgin Isl. ZIM Zimbabwe
JAM Jamaica    
JOR Jordan    
JPN Japan    
KAZ Kazakhstan    
KEN Kenya    
KGZ Kyrgyzstan    
KIR Kiribati    
KOR South Korea    
KSA Saudi Arabia    
KUW Kuwait    
LAO Laos    
LAT Latvia    
LBA Libya    
LBR Liberia    
       
       
Updated 06.07.2009    
       

 

 
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