Nepal at the Olympics

Nepal at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
2002 2006 2010 2014

Nepal has competed in eleven Summer Games, and in three Winter Olympic Games.

Tejbir Bura, a Nepali national, won an Olympic gold medal in mixed alpinism at the 1924 Winter Olympics for his role member of the 1922 Everest Expedition.^[1] However, as citizens of other countries took part in the expedition as well, the award actually went to a mixed team.^[2] Furthermore, the International Olympic Committee website does not recognize this medal as official.^[3]

Nepal's taekwondo practitioner Bidhan Lama won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, when taekwondo was an exhibition sport.^[4]

The Nepal Olympic Committee was formed in 1962 and recognized in 1963.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1964 Tokyo	6	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	did not participate
1972 Munich	2	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	1	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	13	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	10	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Seoul	16	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	2	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	6	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	5	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	6	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	8	0	0	0	0	–
2012 London	5	0	0	0	0	–
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2002 Salt Lake City	1	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	1	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	1	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	1	0	0	0	0	–
Total		0	0	0	0	–

See also

• Nepal at the Paralympics
• Nepal national under-23 football team
• Nepal Olympic Committee
• Nepal Olympic Museum

References

1. "The faceless hero Nepal’s only Olympic Gold medalist in focus". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
2. "Sports Reference". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
3. "1924 Chammonix IOC". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
4. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikemehalick/the-10-most-populated-countries-to-never-win-an-ol

External links

• "Nepal". International Olympic Committee.
• "Nepal". Sports-Reference.com.
• Nepal Olympic Committee Home page