Monaco at the Olympics

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Monaco at the
Olympics
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IOC code MON
NOC Comité Olympique Monégasque
Website www.comite-olympique.mc  (in French)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Monaco team with flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony 2010 Opening Ceremony - Monaco entering.jpg
Monaco team with flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
House of Monaco at the 2012 London Olympics Maison de Monaco Londres 2012.JPG
House of Monaco at the 2012 London Olympics
Monaco at the 2014 Winter Olympics, two-man bobsled Two-man bobsleigh, 2014 Winter Olympics, Monaco run 3.JPG
Monaco at the 2014 Winter Olympics, two-man bobsled

Monaco first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since then, missing only the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, United States, the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia, and the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games. Monaco has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1984.

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As of 2024, no athlete from Monaco has ever won an Olympic medal in Summer nor Winter Games, meaning the principality has the most appearances at the Olympics (33, including 22 summer and 11 winter) without ever making it to the podium (Julien Médecin did win a bronze medal for architecture at the 1924 Olympics, but the IOC no longer considers art competition medals as part of the official tally). Its best-ever finish has been sixth place in two-man bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [1]

The National Olympic Committee for Monaco was created in 1907, but not recognized by the International Olympic Committee until 1953.

Former Bronze medal in 1923 Summer games

Julien Médécin received a bronze medal for his design of the Stadium for Monte Carlo in Monaco at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. [2] However, this category of medal in the Olympics was no longer recognized, thus reducing Monaco's count back to zero. [1]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1920 Antwerp 4 0000
1924 Paris 7 0000
1928 Amsterdam 7 0000
1932 Los Angeles did not participate
1936 Berlin 8 0000
1948 London 4 0000
1952 Helsinki 8 0000
1956 Melbourne did not participate
1960 Rome 11 0000
1964 Tokyo 1 0000
1968 Mexico City 2 0000
1972 Munich 5 0000
1976 Montreal 8 0000
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles 8 0000
1988 Seoul 9 0000
1992 Barcelona 2 0000
1996 Atlanta 3 0000
2000 Sydney 4 0000
2004 Athens 3 0000
2008 Beijing 5 0000
2012 London 6 0000
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 0000
2020 Tokyo 6 0000
2024 Paris 7 0000
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total0000

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1984 Sarajevo 1 0000
1988 Calgary 3 0000
1992 Albertville 5 0000
1994 Lillehammer 5 0000
1998 Nagano 4 0000
2002 Salt Lake City 5 0000
2006 Turin 4 0000
2010 Vancouver 3 0000
2014 Sochi 5 0000
2018 Pyeongchang 4 0000
2022 Beijing 3 0000 -
2026 Milano Cortina future event
2030 French Alps
2034 Salt Lake City
Total0000

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References

  1. 1 2 Reynolds, Tim (15 February 2022). "Monaco gets its best Olympic sport finish, 6th in bobsled". Toronto Star . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Associated Press . Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. "Julien Médécin". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.