Module:Team appearances list/data

-- Constant data used by Module:Team appearances list.

--	As a note, the begin_year and end_year information is given for most of the		competitions with the exception of the Olympics (and related games).		This is mainly due to the shear size of those lists (200+ countries).   Overall list of games - if marked with s(TBD), no absences have been input	    Africa	    	Africa Games	    	African Beach Games	    Americas	    	Central American and Caribbean Games	    	Pan American Games	    	Parapan American Games (TBD)	    	South American Games	    Asian Games	    	  Beach Games	    	  Indoor and Martial Arts Games	    	  Para Ganmes	    	  Youth Games	    	  Winter	    	  East	    	  South	    	  Southeast 	    	  West	    Commonwealth Games	    	Youth	    Europe	    	European Athletics Championships	    	European Athletics Indoor Championships (TBD)	    	European Championships	    	European Games	    	Mediterranean Games	    Summer Olympics	           Paralympics	           Youth	    Winter Olympics	           Paralympics	           Youth	    World	    	Deaflympics	    		Winter Deaflympics	    	FEI World Equestrian Games (TBD)	    	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (TBD)	    	Military World Games (TBD)	    	Winter Military World Games (TBD)	    	Pacific Games	    	Summer Universiade	    	Winter Universiade	    	World Aquatics Championships	    	World Archery Championships (TBD)	    	World Athletics Championships	    	World Beach Games	    	World Games (TBD)	    	World Athletics Indoor Championships -- local old_names = { -- Games that changed their name at some point ["All-Africa Games"] = "African Games", ["British Empire Games"] = "Commonwealth Games", ["British Empire and Commonwealth Games"] = "Commonwealth Games", ["British Commonwealth Games"] = "Commonwealth Games", ["Southeast Asian Peninsular Games"] = "Southeast Asian Games", ["World Championships in Athletics"] = "World Athletics Championships", ["Asian Indoor Games"] = "Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games", ["Southern Cross Games"] = "South American Games", ["Swaziland"] = "Eswatini", ["Individual Olympic Athletes"] = "Independent Olympic Participants", ["Olympic Athletes from Russia"] = "Independent Olympic Participants", ["ROC"] = "Independent Olympic Participants", ["Individual Paralympic Athletes"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants", ["Independent Paralympic Athletes"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants", ["RPC"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants", ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = "Independent Olympic Participants", ["Macedonia"] = "North Macedonia", ["World Indoor Championships in Athletics"] = "World Athletics Indoor Championships" } local all_competitions = { -Africa- ["African Games"] = { 1965, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023,		["Angola"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Benin"] = {1978, 1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Burkina Faso"] = {1973, 1987, 1999}, ["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2007}, ["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1999, 2007}, ["Chad"] = {1973, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007}, ["Comoros"] = {begin_year=2011, 2019}, ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {1973, 1978, 1995}, ["Djibouti"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1973, 1987, 2003, 2007}, ["Guinea"] = {begin_year=1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1999}, ["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1999, 2003}, ["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Liberia"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Libya"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007}, ["Mali"] = {1987, 1991}, ["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1973, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1987, 2003}, ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Niger"] = {1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2007}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007}, ["Sahrawi Republic"] = {begin_year=2015, 2019}, ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=2003}, ["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=1991, 1999, 2007}, ["Somalia"] = {begin_year=1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007}, ["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Sudan"] = {1987, 1991, 1995, 1999}, ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=2003, 2007}, ["Togo"] = {1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1987}, },	["African Beach Games"] = { 2019, 2023,	},

-Americas- ["Central American and Caribbean Games"] = { 1926, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 		1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,		["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1990, 2002}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1982, 1990, 1993, 1998}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1982, 1998}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1993, 1998}, ["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1938}, ["Costa Rica"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["Cuba"] = {2002, 2010}, ["Curaçao"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Dominica"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["French Guiana"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1982, 1993, 1998}, ["Guadeloupe"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Guatemala"] = {1938}, ["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1930, 1935, 1938}, ["Jamaica"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["Martinique"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1946, 1998, end_year=2010}, ["Nicaragua"] = {begin_year=1935}, ["Panama"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1930}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Sint Maarten"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=1950}, ["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1938}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1982, 1998}, },	["Pan American Games"] = { 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995,		1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019,		["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1979}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1955}, ["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1963}, ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["Bolivia"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["British West Indies"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1959}, ["Canada"] = {begin_year=1955}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Costa Rica"] = {1963}, ["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {1963}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=2011}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1959}, ["Haiti"] = {1963}, ["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1975}, ["Nicaragua"] = {1955, 1963, 1979}, ["Paraguay"] = {1959, 1963}, ["Peru"] = {1955}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1971}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1959}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1967}, },	["Parapan American Games"] = { 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023,	},	["South American Games"] = { 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,		["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Chile"] = {2002}, ["Colombia"] = {1990}, ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1994, 1998, 2014, 2018}, ["Panama"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1986, 2002}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1982}, },	-Asia ["Asian Games"] = { 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994,		1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,		["Afghanistan"] = {1970, 1978, 1986, 1998}, ["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2010, end_year=2010}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1986}, ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Burma"] = {end_year=1982}, ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1954, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Ceylon"] = {end_year=1970}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1954}, ["Iran"] = {1954, 1962, 1978}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1974, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, end_year=1974}, ["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1986, 1990}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1974, 2010}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Laos"] = {begin_year=1974, 1978, 1986}, ["Lebanon"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Macau"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1954}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=1974, 1986}, ["Myanmar"] = {1986}, ["Nepal"] = {1954, 1962}, ["North Korea"] = {begin_year=1974, 1986, 1994}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1954}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Republic of China"] = {1962, end_year=1970}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1978, 1998}, ["Singapore"] = {1962}, ["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1954}, ["Syria"] = {1986}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1978}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1954, 1978, 1986}, ["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1990}, },	["Asian Beach Games"] = { 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016,		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Individual Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014}, ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Kuwait"] = {2010, 2012, 2016}, ["Macau"] = {2010}, ["Myanmar"] = {2012}, ["North Korea"] = {2010, 2012, 2014, 2016}, ["Palestine"] = {2014, 2016}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014, 2016}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Yemen"] = {2016}, },	["Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games"] = { 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021,		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2013, 2021}, ["India"] = {2013}, ["Kuwait"] = {2017}, ["North Korea"] = {2013}, ["Pakistan"] = {2009}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2007, 2009, 2017}, ["Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=2007}, --Begin Oceania nations ["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Guam"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["New Caledonia"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Palau"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Tahiti"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=2017}, },	["Asian Para Games"] = { 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["North Korea"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Yemen"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=2022}, },	["Asian Youth Games"] = { 2009, 2013, 2021,		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2013}, },	["Asian Winter Games"] = { 1986, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2017,		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2017}, ["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=2011, 2017}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Hong Kong"] = {1990, 2003}, ["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Jordan"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1996, 2003}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996, 2003}, ["Lebanon"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Macau"] = {begin_year=2007, 2011}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2003}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["North Korea"] = {1996, 1999}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1996, 2011}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2003, 2017}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1990, 1996, 1999, 2003}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2011}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1996, 1999}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1996, 1999}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=2017}, },	["East Asian Games"] = { 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013,		["Guam"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["North Korea"] = {1997, 2001}, },	["South Asian Games"] = { 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016,		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2006}, },	["Southeast Asian Games"] = { 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975,		1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999,		2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019,		["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1977}, ["Burma"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1987}, ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1961, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1993}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2003}, ["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=1977}, ["Khmer Republic"] = {begin_year=1971, end_year=1973}, ["Laos"] = {begin_year=1959, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987}, ["Malaya"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1961}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1965}, ["Myanmar"] = {begin_year=1989}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1977}, ["South Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1973}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1961}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1989}, },	["West Asian Games"] = { 1997, 2002, 2005,		["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=2005}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2002}, },

-Commonwealth Games- ["Commonwealth Games"] = { 1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 		1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,       ["Aden"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1962}, ["Anguilla"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Bahamas"] = {1974, 1986}, ["Bangladesh"] = {1982, 1986}, ["Barbados"] = {1986}, ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1962, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Bermuda"] = {1950, 1958, 1962}, ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1974, 1978}, ["British Guiana"] = {1950}, ["British Honduras"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1966}, ["British North Borneo"] = {begin_year=1958, end_year=1962}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Ceylon"] = {1954, begin_year=1938, end_year=1970}, ["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1974, 1982}, ["Cyprus"] = {1986}, ["Dominica"] = {1966, begin_year=1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1970}, ["Falkland Islands"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1938, 1990, 1994, 2010}, ["Ghana"] = {1986}, ["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1958}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1970, 1986, 1990, 1994}, ["Guyana"] = {1950, 1974, 1986}, ["Hong Kong"] = {1938, 1950, begin_year=1934, 1966, end_year=1994}, ["India"] = {1950, begin_year=1934, 1962, 1986}, ["Isle of Man"] = {begin_year=1958}, ["Jamaica"] = {1938, 1950, begin_year=1934, 1986}, ["Jersey"] = {begin_year=1958}, ["Kenya"] = {1986}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Lesotho"] = {1982, begin_year=1974}, ["Malaya"] = {begin_year=1950, 1954, end_year=1962}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1966, 1986}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1986, end_year=2014}, ["Malta"] = {1966, begin_year=1958, 1974}, ["Malta"] = {1978}, ["Mauritius"] = {1986, begin_year=1958}, ["Montserrat"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Nigeria"] = {1962, 1978, 1986, 1998, begin_year=1950}, ["Niue"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1986}, ["Northern Ireland"] = {1950, begin_year=1934}, ["Pakistan"] = {1974, 1978, 1982, 1986}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {1986, begin_year=1962}, ["Rhodesia and Nyasaland"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1962}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Saint Helena"] = {1986, 1990, 1994, begin_year=1982}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {1982, 1986}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {1966, begin_year=1962, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {1962, begin_year=1958, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Sarawak"] = {begin_year=1958, end_year=1962}, ["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {1962, begin_year=1958, 1974, 1982, 1986}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1958}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {1986, begin_year=1982}, ["South Africa"] = {1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {1954, 1986, begin_year=1938}, ["Tanganyika"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1962}, ["Tanzania"] = {begin_year=1962}, ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=1970, 1986, end_year=2010}, ["Tonga"] = {1978, 1986, begin_year=1974}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1950, begin_year=1934, 1986}, ["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {1982, 1986, 1990, 1994}, ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Uganda"] = {1986}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1982}, ["Western Samoa"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Zambia"] = {1962, 1966, 1986}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, end_year=2002}, },	["Commonwealth Youth Games"] = { 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017	},

-European Games- ["European Athletics Championships"] = { 1934, 1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978,		1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018,		["Albania"] = {begin_year=1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2006}, ["Austria"] = {1938, 1946}, ["Authorised Neutral Athletes"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Bulgaria"] = {1938, 1946, 1950}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1974}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1990}, ["Estonia"] = {1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1966, end_year=1990}, ["Germany"] = {1946, 1950, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["West Germany"] = {begin_year=1954, 1958, 1962, end_year=1990}, ["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1966, 1990, 1994}, ["Great Britain"] = {begin_year=1938}, ["Hungary"] = {1950}, ["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1946}, ["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1946}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1990}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Latvia"] = {1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=1938, 1950, 1958, 1966, 1982, 2002, 2006, 2018}, ["Lithuania"] = {1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990}, ["Luxembourg"] = {1998, 2002}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Malta"] = {begin_year=1958, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1978}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Monaco"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Portugal"] = {1946}, ["Romania"] = {1950}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2016, 2018}, ["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1990, 1994, 1998}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1946, end_year=1990}, ["Spain"] = {begin_year=1950}, ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1950}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {end_year=2002}, },	["European Athletics Indoor Championships"] = { 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 		1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 		1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 		2015, 2017, 2019, 2021,	},	["European Championships"] = { 2018, 2022,	},	["European Games"] = { 2015, 2019,		["Faroe Islands"] = {2019}, ["Gibraltar"] = {2019}, },	["Mediterranean Games"] = { 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993,		1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018,		["Albania"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=2001, 2005}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1979}, ["Egypt"] = {1967}, ["Libya"] = {1983, 1993}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1955, 1959, 1967, 1971}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1959}, ["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1987}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=1997, end_year=2005}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Syria"] = {1967}, ["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1959}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {1955, end_year=1991}, ["United Arab Republic"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1963}, },

- Olympics - ["Summer Olympics"] = { 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952,		1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000,		2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020,		["Afghanistan"] = {1952, 1976, 1984, 1992, 2000, begin_year=1936}, ["Albania"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1972}, ["Algeria"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1976}, ["Angola"] = {1984, begin_year=1980}, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {1980, begin_year=1976}, ["Argentina"] = {1904, 1912, 1980, begin_year=1900}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Australasia"] = {begin_year=1908, end_year=1912}, ["Austria"] = {1920}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Bahamas"] = {1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Barbados"] = {1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Belgium"] = {1904, begin_year=1900}, ["Belize"] = {1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Benin"] = {1976, begin_year=1972}, ["Bermuda"] = {1980, begin_year=1936}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Bohemia"] = {1904, begin_year=1900, end_year=1912}, ["Bolivia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1980, begin_year=1936}, ["North Borneo"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1956}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Brazil"] = {1928, begin_year=1920}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["British West Indies"] = {begin_year=1960, end_year=1960}, ["Brunei"] = {1992, 2008, begin_year=1988}, ["Bulgaria"] = {1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948, 1984}, ["Burkina Faso"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1972}, ["Burma"] = {1976, begin_year=1948, end_year=1988}, ["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Cambodia"] = {1960, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1956}, ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1964}, ["Canada"] = {1980, begin_year=1900}, ["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {1980, begin_year=1976}, ["Central African Republic"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Ceylon"] = {begin_year=1948, end_year=1972}, ["Chad"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1964}, ["Chile"] = {1900, 1904, 1908, 1932, 1980}, ["China"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1956}, ["Republic of China"] = {1928, begin_year=1924, end_year=1948}, ["Colombia"] = {1952, begin_year=1932}, ["Comoros"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Republic of the Congo"] = {1968, 1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Costa Rica"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, begin_year=1936}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Cuba"] = {1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1936, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1900}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {1984, begin_year=1920, end_year=1992}, ["Denmark"] = {1904}, ["Djibouti"] = {2004, begin_year=1984}, ["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1964}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Ecuador"] = {1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, begin_year=1924}, ["Egypt"] = {1932, 1980, begin_year=1912}, ["El Salvador"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Estonia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1920}, ["Ethiopia"] = {1976, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1956}, ["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Finland"] = {begin_year=1908}, ["Fiji"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1956}, ["Gabon"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Germany"] = {1920, 1924, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988}, ["East Germany"] = {1984, begin_year=1968, end_year=1988}, ["West Germany"] = {1980, begin_year=1968, end_year=1988}, ["Ghana"] = {1956, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Guam"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Guatemala"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, begin_year=1952}, ["Guinea"] = {1972, 1976, begin_year=1968}, ["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Guyana"] = {1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Haiti"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1980, begin_year=1900}, ["Honduras"] = {1972, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Hong Kong"] = {1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Hungary"] = {1920, 1984}, ["Iceland"] = {1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, begin_year=1912}, ["Independent Olympic Participants"] = {1996, 2004, 2008, begin_year=1992}, ["India"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, begin_year=1900}, ["Indonesia"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Iran"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1900}, ["Iraq"] = {1952, 1956, 1972, 1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Ireland"] = {1936, begin_year=1924}, ["Israel"] = {1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Italy"] = {1904}, ["Ivory Coast"] = {1980, begin_year=1964}, ["Jamaica"] = {1960, begin_year=1948}, ["Japan"] = {1948, 1980, begin_year=1912}, ["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Kenya"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1956}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["North Korea"] = {1984, 1988, 2020, begin_year=1972}, ["South Korea"] = {1980, begin_year=1948}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Kuwait"] = {2016, begin_year=1968}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Laos"] = {1984, begin_year=1980}, ["Latvia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980,	1984, 1988, begin_year=1924}, ["Lebanon"] = {1956, begin_year=1948}, ["Lesotho"] = {1976, begin_year=1972}, ["Liberia"] = {1968, 1976, 1992, begin_year=1956}, ["Libya"] = {1972, 1976, 1984, begin_year=1964}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {1956, 1980, begin_year=1936}, ["Lithuania"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1924}, ["Luxembourg"] = {1904, 1908, 1932, begin_year=1900}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Madagascar"] = {1976, 1988, begin_year=1964}, ["Malawi"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Malaysia"] = {1980, begin_year=1956}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Mali"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Malta"] = {1932, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, begin_year=1928}, ["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Mexico"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, begin_year=1900}, ["Mixed team"] = {begin_year=1896, end_year=1904}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Monaco"] = {1932, 1956, 1980, begin_year=1920}, ["Mongolia"] = {1984, begin_year=1964}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Morocco"] = {1980, begin_year=1960}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Myanmar"] = {1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Nepal"] = {1968, begin_year=1964}, ["Netherlands"] = {1904, begin_year=1900}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {1956, 1980, begin_year=1952, end_year=2008}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1908}, ["Nicaragua"] = {1988, begin_year=1968}, ["Niger"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1964}, ["Nigeria"] = {1976, begin_year=1952}, ["Norway"] = {1904, 1980, begin_year=1900}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Pakistan"] = {1980, begin_year=1948}, ["Palau"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {1980, begin_year=1976}, ["Paraguay"] = {1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Peru"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1952,	begin_year=1900}, ["Philippines"] = {1980, begin_year=1924}, ["Poland"] = {1984, begin_year=1924}, ["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1912}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1948}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Refugee Olympic Team"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Rhodesia"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, begin_year=1928, end_year=1964}, ["Romania"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948, begin_year=1900}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Russian Empire"] = {1904, begin_year=1900, end_year=1912}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["San Marino"] = {1964, begin_year=1960}, ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Senegal"] = {begin_year=1964}, ["Serbia"] = {1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960,	1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, begin_year=1912}, ["Seychelles"] = {1988, begin_year=1980}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {1972, 1976, begin_year=1968}, ["Singapore"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1948}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Somalia"] = {1976, 1980, 1992, begin_year=1972}, ["South Africa"] = {1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1904}, ["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Soviet Union"] = {1984, begin_year=1952, end_year=1988}, ["Spain"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1936, begin_year=1900}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Sudan"] = {1964, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1960}, ["Suriname"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1960}, ["Eswatini"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, -- Formerly Swaziland ["Sweden"] = {1904}, ["Syria"] = {1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1976, begin_year=1948}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Tanzania"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Thailand"] = {1980, begin_year=1952}, ["Togo"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1960, begin_year=1948}, ["Tunisia"] = {1980, begin_year=1960}, ["Turkey"] = {1920, 1932, 1980, begin_year=1908}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Uganda"] = {1976, begin_year=1956}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992, end_year=1992}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["United States"] = {1980}, ["United Team of Germany"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1964}, ["Uruguay"] = {1980, begin_year=1924}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1948}, ["Vietnam"] = {1976, 1984, begin_year=1952}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["North Yemen"] = {begin_year=1984, end_year=1988}, ["South Yemen"] = {1984, begin_year=1984, end_year=1988}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {1992, begin_year=1920, end_year=2000}, ["Zambia"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1968, 1972, 1976,	begin_year=1928}, },	["Summer Paralympics"] = { 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004,		2008, 2012, 2016, 2020,		["Afghanistan"] = {2000, begin_year=1996}, ["Albania"] = {2016, begin_year=2012}, ["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Andorra"] = {2016, begin_year=2012}, ["Angola"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {2016, begin_year=2012}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Bahamas"] = {1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1972}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Bangladesh"] = {2012, 2016, begin_year=2004}, ["Barbados"] = {2016, begin_year=2000}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Benin"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Botswana"] = {2012, begin_year=2004}, ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["Brunei"] = {2016, begin_year=2012}, ["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Burkina Faso"] = {2004, begin_year=1992}, ["Burma"] = {1980, begin_year=1976, end_year=1984}, ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Canada"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Central African Republic"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Chile"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Colombia"] = {1984, begin_year=1976}, ["Comoros"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Costa Rica"] = {1996, begin_year=1992}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Cuba"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {1976, 1984, begin_year=1972, end_year=1992}, ["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Djibouti"] = {2016, begin_year=2012}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {2000, begin_year=1992}, ["Ecuador"] = {1980, 1988, begin_year=1976}, ["Egypt"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Ethiopia"] = {1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, begin_year=1968}, ["Faroe Islands"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Fiji"] = {1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1964}, ["Finland"] = {1964}, ["Gabon"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Germany"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1984, end_year=1984}, ["West Germany"] = {begin_year=1960, end_year=1988}, ["Ghana"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Greece"] = {begin_year=1976}, ["Guatemala"] = {1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, begin_year=1976}, ["Guinea"] = {2012, begin_year=2004}, ["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["Hungary"] = {1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["India"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1968}, ["Independent Paralympic Participants"] = {1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, begin_year=1992}, ["Indonesia"] = {1992, begin_year=1976}, ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Jamaica"] = {1976, begin_year=1968}, ["Japan"] = {begin_year=1964}, ["Jordan"] = {1992, begin_year=1984}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Kenya"] = {1976, begin_year=1972}, ["North Korea"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Laos"] = {2004, begin_year=2000}, ["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Lebanon"] = {2004, 2016, begin_year=2000}, ["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Liberia"] = {begin_year=2012, 2016}, ["Libya"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1984}, ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Luxembourg"] = {1988, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1976}, ["Macau"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Madagascar"] = {2004, begin_year=2000}, ["Malawi"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Malaysia"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1972}, ["Mali"] = {2004, begin_year=2000}, ["Malta"] = {1976, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004}, ["Mauritania"] = {2008, 2016, begin_year=2000}, ["Mauritius"] = {2000, begin_year=1996}, ["Mexico"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Myanmar"] = {1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, begin_year=1976}, ["Namibia"] = {1996, 2000, begin_year=1992}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Nicaragua"] = {2008, begin_year=2004}, ["Niger"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Norway"] = {1964}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Panama"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, begin_year=1984}, ["Peru"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972}, ["Philippines"] = {1996, begin_year=1988}, ["Poland"] = {begin_year=1972}, ["Portugal"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Refugee Paralympic Team"] = {begin_year=2020}, ["Romania"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1996, 2016}, ["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992,end_year=1992}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1988, end_year=1988}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["San Marino"] = {2016, begin_year=2012}, ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Senegal"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2004, end_year=2004}, ["Seychelles"] = {1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, begin_year=1992}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {2000, 2004, 2008, begin_year=1996}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {2016, begin_year=2012}, ["Somalia"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["South Africa"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1964}, ["Spain"] = {begin_year=1968}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["Sudan"] = {1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1980}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Syria"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Tanzania"] = {1996, 2000, begin_year=1992}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2008}, ["Togo"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, begin_year=1984}, ["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1988}, ["Turkey"] = {1996, begin_year=1992}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Uganda"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1996}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=2004}, ["Vanuatu"] = {2004, 2016, begin_year=2000}, ["Venezuela"] = {1988, begin_year=1984}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=2000}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=2012}, ["Yemen"] = {1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1992}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {1976, 1992, begin_year=1972, end_year=2000}, ["Zambia"] = {2004, 2016, begin_year=1996}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {1988, 1992, begin_year=1980}, },	["Summer Youth Olympics"] = { 2010, 2014, 2018,		["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {2018}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {2018}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {end_year=2010}, ["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2018}, },	["Winter Olympics"] = { 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976,		1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,		["Albania"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Algeria"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992}, ["American Samoa"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1976}, ["Argentina"] = {1932, 1936, 1956, begin_year=1928}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Australia"] = {1948, begin_year=1936}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Belgium"] = {1960, 1968}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Bolivia"] = {1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, begin_year=1956}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, begin_year=1984}, ["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1936}, ["Cameroon"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=2002}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {2018, begin_year=2010}, ["Chile"] = {1972, 1980, begin_year=1948}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {1980, begin_year=1972}, ["Colombia"] = {2014, begin_year=2010}, ["Costa Rica"] = {1994, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1980}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1992}, ["Denmark"] = {1956, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1948}, ["Dominica"] = {2018, begin_year=2014}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Egypt"] = {1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1984}, ["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Estonia"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928}, ["Ethiopia"] = {2014, 2018, begin_year=2006}, ["Fiji"] = {1992, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1988}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Germany"] = {1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928}, ["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1968, end_year=1988}, ["West Germany"] = {begin_year=1968, end_year=1988}, ["Ghana"] = {2014, begin_year=2010}, ["Greece"] = {1960, begin_year=1936}, ["Guam"] = {1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1988}, ["Guatemala"] = {1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1988}, ["Honduras"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=2002}, ["Iceland"] = {1972, begin_year=1948}, ["Independent Olympic Participants"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["India"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, begin_year=1964}, ["Iran"] = {1960, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, begin_year=1956}, ["Ireland"] = {1994, begin_year=1992}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Jamaica"] = {2006, begin_year=1988}, ["Japan"] = {1948, begin_year=1928}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Kenya"] = {2010, 2014, begin_year=1998}, ["Latvia"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976,	1980, 1984, 1988}, ["Lebanon"] = {1994, 1998, begin_year=1948}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {1952, begin_year=1936}, ["Lithuania"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928}, ["Luxembourg"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976,	1980, 1984, 2002, 2010, begin_year=1928}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1998}, ["Madagascar"] = {2010, 2014, begin_year=2006}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Malta"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Mexico"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972,	1976, 1980, 1998, 2006, begin_year=1928}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1984}, ["Mongolia"] = {1976, begin_year=1964}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Morocco"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, begin_year=1968}, ["Nepal"] = {2018, begin_year=2002}, ["Netherlands"] = {1932, begin_year=1928}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1988, end_year=1992}, ["New Zealand"] = {1956, 1964, begin_year=1952}, ["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["North Korea"] = {1968, 1976, 1980, 1994, 2002, 2014, begin_year=1964}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=2006}, ["Paraguay"] = {2018, begin_year=2014}, ["Peru"] = {2018, begin_year=2010}, ["Philippines"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, begin_year=1972}, ["Portugal"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, 2002, begin_year=1952}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, begin_year=1984}, ["Romania"] = {1960, begin_year=1928}, ["Russia"] = {2018, begin_year=1994}, ["San Marino"] = {1980, 1998, begin_year=1976}, ["Senegal"] = {1988, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1984}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2010}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2018}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992}, ["South Africa"] = {1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2014, begin_year=1960}, ["South Korea"] = {1952, begin_year=1948}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1988}, ["Spain"] = {begin_year=1936}, ["Eswatini"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992}, -- Formerly Swaziland ["Tajikistan"] = {2018, begin_year=2002}, ["Thailand"] = {2010, begin_year=2002}, ["Togo"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2014}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994}, ["Turkey"] = {1952, 1972, 1980, begin_year=1936}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992, end_year=1992}, ["United Team of Germany"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1964}, ["Uruguay"] = {2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1998}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994}, ["Venezuela"] = {2010, 2018, begin_year=1998}, ["Virgin Islands"] = {2010, 2018, begin_year=1988}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {1932, 1960, 1994, begin_year=1924, end_year=2002}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {2018, begin_year=2014}, },	["Winter Paralympics"] = { 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,		["Belgium"] = {1980, 1998, 2002}, ["Estonia"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992}, ["Hungary"] = {2014, begin_year=2002}, ["Iceland"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, begin_year=1994}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {2018}, ["Latvia"] = {1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992}, ["Lithuania"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994}, ["Netherlands"] = {2006, begin_year=1984}, ["Poland"] = {1980}, ["Slovenia"] = {2002, begin_year=1998}, ["South Africa"] = {2014, 2018, begin_year=1998}, ["Uganda"] = {1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018}, },	["Winter Youth Olympics"] = { 2012, 2016, 2020,		["Cayman Islands"] = {2016, 2020}, ["Colombia"] = {begin_year=2016}, ["East Timor"] = {2020}, ["Eritrea"] = {2016, 2020}, ["India"] = {2020}, ["Jamaica"] = {2020}, ["Kenya"] = {2020}, ["Monaco"] = {2020}, ["Morocco"] = {2016}, ["Nepal"] = {2020}, ["Peru"] = {2016, 2020}, ["Philippines"] = {2016}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {2016}, },

- Misc / World - ["Summer Deaflympics"] = { 1924, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 		1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021,		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2017}, ["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1965}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=2001}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=1953}, ["Austria"] = {begin_year=1931}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1989}, ["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1969}, ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1928, end_year=1993}, ["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1931}, ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Egypt"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=2005}, ["Greece"] = {begin_year=1957}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1985}, ["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1993, 2001, 2009, 2017}, ["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1973}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1957}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1997, 2013}, ["Malta"] = {begin_year=2001}, ["Mexico"] = {begin_year=1965}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1957}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Saar"] = {begin_year=1953, end_year=1953}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2001}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2001, 2017}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1957, 1985, end_year=1989}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=2005}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2001, 2009}, ["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1997, end_year=1997}, ["United States"] = {begin_year=1935}, ["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=2001, end_year=2001}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1969}, ["Zambia"] = {begin_year=2013}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1993, end_year=1993}, },	["Winter Deaflympics"] = { 1949, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 		1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2023,		["Australia"] = {begin_year=1975, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2019}, ["Austria"] = {begin_year=1953, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983}, ["China"] = {begin_year=2007, 2019}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, end_year=1993}, ["France"] = {begin_year=1975, 2003, 2007}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=2015}, ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1995, 2015, 2019}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2019}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1987, end_year=1991}, ["Russia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1971, end_year=1991}, ["United States"] = {begin_year=1967}, },	["FEI World Equestrian Games"] = { 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	},	["FIS Alpine World Ski Championships"] = { 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1952, 		1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976,		1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001,		2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021	},	["Military World Games"] = { 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023,	},	["Winter Military World Games"] = { 2010, 2013, 2017, 2021,	},	["Pacific Games"] = { 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023,		["American Samoa"] = {1995}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=2015}, ["Cook Islands"] = {1969, 1975}, ["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Gilbert and Ellice Islands"] = {1969, end_year=1971}, ["Guam"] = {begin_year=1966}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=1999}, ["Nauru"] = {1983, 1987, 1995}, ["New Hebrides"] = {end_year=1979}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=2015}, ["Niue"] = {1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1987, 1995}, ["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1979}, ["Northern Mariana Islands"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983}, ["Palau"] = {begin_year=1999}, ["Samoa"] = {1975, 1987, 1995}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {1987}, ["Tokelau"] = {begin_year=1979, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999}, ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Wallis and Futuna"] = {begin_year=1966}, },	["Summer Universiade"] = { 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983,		1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007,		2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019,		["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1985}, ["Australia"] = {begin_year=1967}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1979}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1989}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1991}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1973, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1965, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983,1985,2005, 2009},		["Russia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Soviet Union"] = {end_year=1991}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1985}, ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1985}, ["United States"] = {begin_year=1965}, },	["Winter Universiade"] = { 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989,		1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013,		2015, 2017, 2019,		["Argentina"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2015}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1997}, ["Israel"] = {begin_year=2009, end_year=2009}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2011, end_year=2011}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=2019}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=2007, 2015}, ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=2007}, ["United States"] = {begin_year=1966}, },	["World Aquatics Championships"] = { 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007,		2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019,		["Albania"] = {2005, begin_year=2003}, ["Bermuda"] = {2017}, ["Cameroon"] = {2013, 2017, begin_year=2003}, ["Republic of the Congo"] = {2017}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {2013, begin_year=2003}, ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {2015, 2017}, ["Ecuador"] = {2013}, ["Ethiopia"] = {2017}, ["Gabon"] = {2017}, ["Kuwait"] = {2011}, ["Lesotho"] = {2017}, ["Mauritania"] = {2013, 2015, 2017}, ["Monaco"] = {2013, begin_year=1994}, ["Myanmar"] = {2011, begin_year=2001}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {2005, begin_year=2003, end_year=2013}, ["Samoa"] = {2011, begin_year=2005}, ["San Marino"] = {2013, begin_year=1994}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {2011, begin_year=2005}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {2015, begin_year=1986}, ["Sudan"] = {2017}, ["Eswatini"] = {2013, begin_year=1998}, -- Formerly Swaziland ["Yemen"] = {2011, begin_year=2005}, },	["World Archery Championships"] = { 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 		1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 		1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 		2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021,		["United States"] = {begin_year=1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949}, },	["World Athletics Championships"] = { 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009,		2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019,		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005}, ["Albania"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987}, ["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1991, 2011}, ["Angola"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Anguilla"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Athlete Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2017, end_year=2017}, ["Austria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Authorised Neutral Athletes"] = {begin_year=2017, end_year=2019}, ["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Belgium"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1983, 2013}, ["Benin"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Bolivia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Burkina Faso"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Central African Republic"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Chad"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Chile"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["China"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Comoros"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Costa Rica"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Cuba"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1983, end_year=1991}, ["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Djibouti"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["East Germany"] = {end_year=1987}, ["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Egypt"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Ethiopia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["French Polynesia"] = {begin_year=2009}, ["Gabon"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Gambia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1983, 2011}, ["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Ghana"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Greece"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Guam"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Guatemala"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Haiti"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["India"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Iran"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Jamaica"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Japan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2015}, ["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Laos"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Lebanon"] = {begin_year=1983, 2013}, ["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Liberia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Luxembourg"] = {2011}, ["Macau"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Madagascar"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Mali"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Malta"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=1983,2015}, ["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Myanmar"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Nepal"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Nicaragua"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Niger"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["North Korea"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1995}, ["Northern Mariana Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Norway"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Oman"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Palau"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Panama"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Papua New Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Paraguay"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Peru"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1980}, ["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Romania"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Russia"] = {2017, begin_year=1993, 2019}, ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Senegal"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Serbia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Somalia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Soviet Union"] = {end_year=1991, 1980}, ["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Sudan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Syria"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Tanzania"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["East Timor"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Togo"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Tonga"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017}, ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Yugoslavia"] = {begin_year=1980, end_year=1992}, ["West Germany"] = {end_year=1987}, ["Zaire"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Zambia"] = {begin_year=1983}, ["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1983}, },	["World Beach Games"] = { 2019, 2023,	},	["World Games"] = { 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022,	},	["World Athletics Indoor Championships"] = { 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 		2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018,		["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993}, ["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991}, ["Greece"] = {begin_year=1987}, }, }

return { competitions = all_competitions, old_names = old_names, }