Nepal (NEP)

Overview

NOCNepal Olympic Committee
Flagbearers43

Participants

Olympic Games 84
Youth Olympic Games 11

Description

The Nepalese National Olympic Committee was founded in 1962, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the IOC session in Baden-Baden, on 17 October 1963. Nepal first competed at the Olympic Games in 1964. Since then, they have missed only the 1968 Olympics.

Nepal has yet to win an Olympic sports medal, but at least one Sherpa, Tejbir Bura was part of the British expedition that was awarded an Olympic gold medal in 1924 for their alpinism efforts. In 1988, Bidhan Lama also won third place in the finweight taekwondo demonstration sport, the best sporting performance by a Nepalese at the Olympic Games. The best sporting performances by Nepaleses in a medal event at the Olympic Games also came in taekwondo, after the sport was promoted; these were the seventh place results of taekwondokas Sangina Baidya (2004 women’s flyweight), Deepak Bista (2008 men’s welterweight), and Nisha Rawal (2016 women’s heavyweight).

This Himalayan country first competed at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002, in Salt Lake City, and reappeared in 2006, 2010, and 2014. There have only been two Nepalese Winter Olympians, both men competing in cross-country skiing. Jay Khadka competed in two events in 2002, while Dachhiri Sherpa competed in the 15 km events in 2006, 2010, and 2014.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1924 Winter Olympics Nepal 1 0 1 Results
1964 Summer Olympics Nepal 6 0 6 Results
1972 Summer Olympics Nepal 2 0 2 Results
1976 Summer Olympics Nepal 1 0 1 Results
1980 Summer Olympics Nepal 10 0 10 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Nepal 10 0 10 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Nepal 13 3 16 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Nepal 1 1 2 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Nepal 3 3 6 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Nepal 2 3 5 Results
2002 Winter Olympics Nepal 1 0 1 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Nepal 3 3 6 Results
2006 Winter Olympics Nepal 1 0 1 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Nepal 4 4 8 Results
2010 Winter Olympics Nepal 1 0 1 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Nepal 2 3 5 Results
2014 Winter Olympics Nepal 1 0 1 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Nepal 3 4 7 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Nepal 1 4 5 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Nepal 2 2 4 Results
2012 Winter Youth Olympics Nepal 1 0 1 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Nepal 1 1 2 Results
2016 Winter Youth Olympics Nepal 1 0 1 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Nepal 1 2 3 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpinism 1 0 1 Results
Archery 1 0 1 Results
Athletics 22 9 31 Results
Boxing 14 0 14 Results
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) 2 0 2 Results
Judo 2 3 5 Results
Shooting 1 7 8 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 6 6 12 Results
Taekwondo 1 2 3 Results
Weightlifting 7 0 7 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 2 0 2 Results
Athletics 1 4 5 Results
Badminton 2 0 2 Results
Judo 0 1 1 Results
Taekwondo 1 0 1 Results

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Tejbir Bura NEP 1 0 0 1