1988 Summer Olympics - Participating NOCs

Participating NOCs

Athletes from 159 nations competed at the Seoul Games. Aruba, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Guam, Maldives, Vanuatu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and South Yemen made their first Olympic appearance at these Games.

In the following list, the number in parentheses indicates the number of athletes from each nation that competed in Seoul:

Participating NOCs
  • Afghanistan (5)
  • Algeria (46)
  • American Samoa (6)
  • Andorra (3)
  • Angola (29)
  • Antigua and Barbuda (16)
  • Argentina (125)
  • Aruba (8)
  • Australia (295)
  • Austria (88)
  • Bahamas (17)
  • Bahrain (11)
  • Bangladesh (6)
  • Barbados (17)
  • Belgium (65)
  • Belize (10)
  • Benin (7)
  • Bermuda (13)
  • Bhutan (3)
  • Bolivia (7)
  • Botswana (8)
  • Brazil (171)
  • British Virgin Islands (3)
  • Bulgaria (186)
  • Burkina Faso (6)
  • Burma (2)
  • Cameroon (15)
  • Canada (379)
  • Cayman Islands (8)
  • Central African Republic (16)
  • Chad (6)
  • Chile (18)
  • China (293)
  • Colombia (43)
  • Congo (9)
  • Cook Islands (6)
  • Costa Rica (16)
  • Côte d'Ivoire (32)
  • Cyprus (9)
  • Czechoslovakia (171)
  • Denmark (92)
  • Djibouti (7)
  • Dominican Republic (16)
  • Ecuador (26)
  • Egypt (54)
  • El Salvador (6)
  • Equatorial Guinea (6)
  • Fiji (24)
  • Finland (79)
  • France (309)
  • Gabon (3)
  • Gambia (7)
  • East Germany (291)
  • West Germany (404)
  • Ghana (18)
  • Great Britain (369)
  • Greece (58)
  • Grenada (6)
  • Guam (20)
  • Guatemala (30)
  • Guinea (8)
  • Guyana (8)
  • Haiti (4)
  • Honduras (7)
  • Hong Kong (49)
  • Hungary (203)
  • Iceland (32)
  • India (46)
  • Indonesia (31)
  • Iran (27)
  • Iraq (31)
  • Ireland (65)
  • Israel (19)
  • Italy (286)
  • Jamaica (35)
  • Japan (289)
  • Jordan (9)
  • Kenya (76)
  • South Korea (467, host nation)
  • Kuwait (31)
  • Laos (6)
  • Lebanon (8)
  • Lesotho (6)
  • Liberia (8)
  • Libya (6)
  • Liechtenstein (12)
  • Luxembourg (8)
  • Malawi (17)
  • Malaysia (13)
  • Maldives (7)
  • Mali (6)
  • Malta (9)
  • Mauritania (6)
  • Mauritius (8)
  • Mexico (91)
  • Monaco (9)
  • Mongolia (28)
  • Morocco (27)
  • Mozambique (6)
  • Nepal (18)
  • Netherlands (192)
  • Netherlands Antilles (3)
  • New Zealand (93)
  • Niger (8)
  • Nigeria (76)
  • Norway (79)
  • Oman (13)
  • Pakistan (31)
  • Panama (6)
  • Papua New Guinea (12)
  • Paraguay (10)
  • Peru (22)
  • Philippines (33)
  • Poland (152)
  • Portugal (68)
  • Puerto Rico (70)
  • Qatar (12)
  • Romania (64)
  • Rwanda (6)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (7)
  • Samoa (11)
  • San Marino (11)
  • Saudi Arabia (14)
  • Senegal (22)
  • Sierra Leone (15)
  • Singapore (8)
  • Solomon Islands (7)
  • Somalia (7)
  • Soviet Union (514)
  • Spain (269)
  • Sri Lanka (6)
  • Sudan (8)
  • Suriname (6)
  • Swaziland (11)
  • Sweden (205)
  • Switzerland (109)
  • Syria (16)
  • Chinese Taipei (90)
  • Tanzania (10)
  • Thailand (16)
  • Togo (6)
  • Tonga (6)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (6)
  • Tunisia (41)
  • Turkey (50)
  • Uganda (25)
  • United Arab Emirates (12)
  • United States (615)
  • Uruguay (14)
  • Vanuatu (6)
  • Venezuela (18)
  • Vietnam (10)
  • Virgin Islands (26)
  • North Yemen (11)
  • South Yemen (8)
  • Yugoslavia (157)
  • Zaire (18)
  • Zambia (31)
  • Zimbabwe (31)
  • Brunei participated in the Opening Ceremonies and Closing Ceremonies, marking its first appearance at the Olympic Games, but its delegation consisted of only one swimming official.

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