Portugal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
Georgia competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Georgian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 34 competitors, 27 men and 7 women, took part in 39 events in 13 sports.
Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 164 competitors, 111 men and 53 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports.
The Dominican Republic competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. No Dominican athletes were medalists in any events.
Nigeria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
Algeria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. That nation won íts first ever Olympic medals at these Games.
Aruba sent a delegation to compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States from 19 July to 4 August 1996. This was Aruba's third appearance at a Summer Olympic Games since separating from the Netherlands Antilles. The Aruban delegation consisted of three competitors, track and field athlete Miguel Janssen, weightlifter Junior Faro, and cyclist Lucien Dirksz. Janseen was eliminated in the first round of the men's 200 metres, Faro finished 21st in the men's middleweight, and Dirksz failed to finish his event.
Haiti competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Canada competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 107 competitors, 97 men and 10 women, took part in 74 events in 13 sports.
Barbados competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Western Samoa competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Finland competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium for the first time as a fully independent state. It did compete at the previous Olympics, however, only as the Russian-dependent Grand Duchy of Finland. 63 competitors, 62 men and 1 woman, took part in 51 events in 9 sports.
Zaire competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
Costa Rica competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Eighteen competitors, seventeen men and one woman, took part in eighteen events in six sports.
Nauru competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States from 19 July to 4 August 1996. The delegation consisted of three weightlifters; Quincy Detenamo, Gerard Garabwan, and Marcus Stephen. Their best performances were by Detenamo, who came 20th in the men's 76 kg category and Garabwan who finished 24th in the men's 91 kg event. Stephen failed to finish his event, but would later become President of the Republic.
The 13th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from July 23 to August 8, 1999.
The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 11 to March 26, 1995.
Kim Jin-soo is a South Korean former amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. Kim wrestled for the South Korean squad in two editions of the Summer Olympics and came closest to the medal haul in 2000. Outside the Olympic career, Kim collected a total of five medals in a major international tournament, including a gold at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. Worked as a full-time employee for Korean Housing Company, Kim trained throughout his wrestling career for the company's sports club, under his personal coach Kim Chang-duk.
Bakhtiyar Bagasharovich Baiseitov is a Kazakh former amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. Baiseitov wrestled for the Kazakh squad in two editions of the Summer Olympics, finishing eleventh in Atlanta and tenth in Sydney, respectively. Outside the Games, Baiseitov produced a career tally of six medals in a major international competition, including his middleweight titles that he received each at the World Championships and at the Asian Games in 1998. Baiseitov trained throughout his wrestling career for Professional Sport Club Daulet in Almaty under his personal coach and 1988 silver medalist Daulet Turlykhanov of the former Soviet Union.
Takamitsu Katayama is a Japanese former amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. Katayama wrestled for the Japanese squad in two editions of the Summer Olympics, finishing eighth in Atlanta and seventeenth in Sydney, respectively. Outside the Games, Katayama produced a career tally of seven medals in a major international competition, two of which were awarded at the Asian Games. Katayama was also a member of the national wrestling squad under coach and three-time Olympian Yasutoshi Moriyama, while training full time at the Sports Club of Self-Defense Forces in Saitama Prefecture.
