Brunei at the Olympics

Brunei at the Olympic Games

Flag of Brunei
IOC code  BRU
NOC Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council
Websitewww.bruneiolympic.org
Olympic history
Summer Games

Brunei, as Brunei Darussalam, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1988, with a single official but no athletes. The nation returned and sent athletes to compete in the Summer Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004. On each occasion, it was represented by a single athlete.[1] Brunei has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games, and has never won an Olympic medal.

In the 2008 Summer Olympics, Brunei originally planned to participate, but was expelled on the day of the opening ceremony after failing to register any athletes with the IOC.[2]

As of 2010 Brunei was, along with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, one of only three countries never have sent a female athlete to the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee in 2010 announced it would "press" these countries to allow and facilitate women's participation, and shortly thereafter the Qatar Olympic Committee announced that it "hoped to send up to four female athletes in shooting and fencing" to the 2012 Summer Games in London.[1][3] At the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010, for which mixed teams were a requirement, Brunei's three-person delegation did include two girls (Amanda Jia Xin Liew in swimming and Maziah Mahusin in hurdling).[4]

In March 2012, Brunei informed the IOC that it intended for Maziah Mahusin to compete at the London Games. Although Mahusin was unlikely to meet the qualifying standards for the Games, she would be able to compete thanks to the Olympics' principle of universality, which states that "NOCs have the possibility of entering unqualified athletes in athletics and swimming should they not have athletes qualified in these sports".[5][6]

The National Olympic Committee for Brunei was created in 1984 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
United States 1996 Atlanta 1 0 0 0 0 –
Australia 2000 Sydney 2 0 0 0 0 –
Greece 2004 Athens 1 0 0 0 0 –
China 2008 Beijing did not participate
United Kingdom 2012 London 3 0 0 0 0 –
Total 0 0 0 0 –

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Qatar decision to send female athletes to London 2012 increases pressure on Saudi Arabia", Inside the Games, July 1, 2010
  2. ↑ Brunei expelled from Olympics opening ceremony.
  3. ↑ "Inside Lines: Protests at 2012 if Saudis say 'no girls allowed'", The Independent, July 4, 2010
  4. ↑ "Saoudiennes, Qataries et Bruneiennes enfin aux JO ?", Le Monde, 14 March 2012
  5. ↑ "Brunei to Send Its First Female Athlete to the Olympics", International Herald Tribune, 21 March 2012
  6. ↑ "Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012 Tripartite Commission: Invitation Places: Information Paper for NOCs", International Olympic Committee

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