Bhutan at the Olympics

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Bhutan at the
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IOC code BHU
NOC Bhutan Olympic Committee
Website bhutanolympiccommittee.org
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Summer appearances

The first Olympics that Bhutan participated in was the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. From its first appearance in 1984 until 2008, Bhutan was only represented by archers at the Olympics (archery is the national sport of Bhutan). [1] In the 2012 London Olympics, Bhutan sent its first non-archer to compete at an olympic games: Kunzang Choden, who competed in the women's 10m air-rifle event. [2] The 2012 Bhutan team contained no men. [3] Bhutan has never won an Olympic medal. In spite of being very mountainous, it has never competed in the Winter Games.

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The Bhutan Olympic Committee was formed in 1983 and recognized by the IOC the same year.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal Rank
1984 Los Angeles 6 0000
1988 Seoul 3 0000
1992 Barcelona 6 0000
1996 Atlanta 2 0000
2000 Sydney 2 0000
2004 Athens 2 0000
2008 Beijing 2 0000
2012 London 2 0000
2016 Rio de Janeiro 2 0000
2020 Tokyo 4 0000
2024 Paris 3 0000
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
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References

  1. Bhutanese Traditional Archery.
  2. "Olympics-Bhutan is happy to be one of smallest nations at Games, Reuters". Reuters. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  3. Bhutan 2012 team.