Nicaragua at the Olympics

Nicaragua in the Olympics is a history which includes 11 games in 10 countries and 90+ athletes.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics),  Nicaragua ; retrieved 2012-10-11. Since 1959, Nicaragua has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".Olympics.org,  "Factsheet: The Olympic Movement"; retrieved 2012-10-11.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Nicaragua was NCG. It is now is NCA."Abbreviations, National Olympic Committees," 2009 Annual Report, p. 90 [PDF p. 91 of 94]; retrieved 2012-10-11.

History
The National Olympic Committee for Nicaragua (Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense) was formed in 1959; and it was recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same year.Olympic.org,  Nicaragua; retrieved 2012-10-11.

Nicaragua was first at the Olympic Games in 1968.  

Teams from Nicaragua have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968, except when they boycotted the 1988 Games in support of North Korea.  The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

As of 2012, Nicaragua has never won an Olympic medal.  

The baseball team finished in fourth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics.SR/Olympics, "Nicaragua Baseball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-10-11.

Olympic table Summer
GamesAthletesAthletes by sportMedals20px|Athletics20px|Swimming20px|Baseball20px|Boxing20px|shooting20px|weightlifting20px20px20px Mexico City  1  1 -  -  -  -  - 000 Munich 1972  2  1  - -  1  -  - 000 Montreal 1976  1  1  - -  -  -  - 000 Moscow 1980  4  1  - 1  2  -  - 000 Los Angeles 1984  1  1  - -  -  -  -000 Barcelona 1992  6  1  - -  2  1  2 000 Atlanta 1996  25  2  - 21  1 1  - 000 Sydney 2000  5  1  - 2  -  1  1000 Athens 2004  5  2 -  2  -  1  -000 Bejiing 2008  5  2 -  1  -  1  1000

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

 References 

Other websites 
 Nicaragua profile at London2012.com 

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