Samoa competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Rwanda has competed in eight Summer Games. They have never competed in the Winter Games.
Samoa first participated at the Olympic Games in 1984, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
China competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, held in Athens, Greece. The country topped the medal table for the first time.
Fiji competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The country was represented by two athletes competing in two sports. Neither Fijian won any medals.
Samoa competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. The country made its Paralympic début by sending a single athlete, Mose Faatamala, to compete in track and field. Faatamala did not win a medal.
Samoa competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of a single competitor, track and field athlete Mose Faatamala. It was Faatamala's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
Mongolia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The country was represented by three athletes competing in two sports, and did not win any medals.
The Sudan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. It was the country's first appearance at the Games since 1980. The Sudan was represented by two athletes, both competing in the discus event; neither of them won a medal.
Uganda has competed at both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.
Yugoslavia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg. It did not compete at the 1976 Summer Games, but did take part in the inaugural Winter Paralympics that year in Örnsköldsvik. In 1980, 1984 and 1988, it took part in both the Summer and Winter Games.
El Salvador first competed in the Paralympic Games at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. It has participated in the Summer Paralympic Games every four years since that time. El Salvador has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics, and no Salvadorian has ever won a Paralympic medal.
The Philippines made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul and has been fielding athletes up to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games. Powerlifter Adeline Dumapong won her country's first Paralympic medal when she took the bronze medal in the Up to 82.5 kg event, lifting 110 kg in the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.
Samoa competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Olympics, although four other games were first appeared under the name Western Samoa.
Liechtenstein competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 1 athlete, but won no medals. Peter Frommelt, who had previously competed in 1988 and 1992, took part in the Table Tennis Men's Singles 8 event reaching the semi-finals.
Samoa participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9.
Brandon Schuster is a Samoan swimmer who represented Samoa at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He holds multiple Samoan records in swimming.
Samoa competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 7 to 18, 2016, sending two discus athletes, one male and one female. This was Samoa's fifth consecutive Paralympics, with their first Paralympics in 2000. Alefosio ‘Sio’ Laki finished 12th, setting a new personal record. Maggie Aiono finished the Paralympics in 11th place. As of the conclusion of these Paralympics, Samoa has not won a Paralympic medal.
