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Name: Countries Banned from the Olympics
Creator: Rankodex

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Countries Banned from the Olympic Games - Topend Sports; List of Olympic Games scandals and controversies - Wikipedia; Paris 2024: Full list of countries participating in the Summer Olympics - SportStar.

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Countries Banned from the Olympics

Countries Banned from the Olympics: compare 11 countries on 3 metrics.

Sports11 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Jul 31, 2025Original page

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Olympics Ban History

3 values across 11 entries

Year(s) Banned from Olympics

15 values across 23 entries

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Afghanistan	Banned in past	2000 Sydney	Discrimination against women and prohibition of sports
Austria	Banned in past	1920 Antwerp	Role in WWI
Belarus	Banned at present	2024 Paris	Country's role in Russia's ongoing 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Belarusian athletes may compete as ‘Individual Neutral Athletes’, as long as they do not actively support the invasion.
Bulgaria	Banned in past	1920 Antwerp	Role in WWI
Germany	Banned in past	1920 Antwerp, 1924 Paris+1	Role in WWI, Role in WWI+1
Hungary	Banned in past	1920 Antwerp	Role in WWI
Japan	Banned in past	1948 London	Role in WWII
Russia	Banned at present and in past	2016 Rio, 2018 PyeongChang+3	2016-2020: State-sponsored doping program. However, drug-free Russians have often been allowed to compete independently under the banner Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR), 2022-2024: Country's ongoing 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Russian athletes may compete as ‘Individual Neut…
South Africa	Banned in past	1964 Tokyo, 1972 Munich+4	Aparthied policies (all years)
Turkey	Banned in past	1920 Antwerp	Role in WWI
Zimbabwe	Banned in past	1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal	Racial minority government

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Where does this countries banned from the olympics data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Countries Banned from the Olympic Games - Topend Sports; List of Olympic Games scandals and controversies - Wikipedia; Paris 2024: Full list of countries participating in the Summer Olympics - SportStar.