Nepal at the Olympics
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ "The faceless hero Nepal’s only Olympic Gold medalist in focus". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sports Reference". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ "1924 Chammonix IOC". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ 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
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