Athlete | Nation(s) | Sport(s) | Role(s) | Era | Notes |
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Raida Abdallah Bader | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Jordan |
Fatima Abdul Majeed | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Bahrain |
Märtha Adlerstråhle | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1908 | First woman to compete for Sweden |
Joanna Agius | ![]() |
ARC | Olympics / Other | 1980—1988 | First woman to compete for Malta |
Shabana Akhtar | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Pakistan |
Lilí Álvarez | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman (shared) to compete for Spain |
Aguida Fatima Amaral | ![]() ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 2000—2004 | First woman to compete for Timor Leste |
Alice Annum | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Non-starter | 1964—1976 | First woman to compete for Ghana |
Myrna Anselma | ![]() |
FEN | Olympics | 1968 | First woman (shared) to compete for the Netherlands Antilles |
Lina Aristodimou | ![]() |
ALP | Olympics | 1980—1984 | First woman to compete for Cyprus |
İradə Aşumova | ![]() |
SHO | Olympics | 1996—2012 | First woman to compete for Azerbaijan |
Christine Bakombo | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1984—1992 | First woman to compete for Congo (Kinshasa) (competed as Zaire in 1984) |
Direma Banasso | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Togo |
Edwige Bancole | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Benin |
Michelle Baptiste | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1996 | First woman to compete for Saint Lucia |
Jacinta Bartholomew | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Grenada |
Lily Beaurepaire | ![]() |
DIV/SWM | Olympics | 1920 | First woman to compete for Australia (see also: Australasia) |
Christine Béchard | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Mauritius |
Rie Beisenherz | ![]() |
SWM/WPO | Olympics / Non-Medal | 1920 | First woman to compete for the Netherlands |
Tsvetana Berkovska | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Bulgaria |
Arunee, Princess Bhanubandh | ![]() |
SAL | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Thailand |
Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1912—1924 | First woman to compete for Norway |
Phoebe Blair-White | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman (shared) to compete for Ireland |
Nataša Bokal | ![]() |
ALP | Olympics | 1992—2002 | First woman to compete for Slovenia |
Yvette Bonapart | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Suriname |
Mirjana Boševska | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1996—2000 | First woman to compete for Macedonia |
Oarda Bouchabou | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Algeria |
Laverne Bryan | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—1988 | First woman to compete for Antigua and Barbuda |
Marta Bühler | ![]() |
ALP | Olympics / Other | 1968—1972 | First woman to compete for Liechtenstein |
Jeanette Campbell | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics / Other | 1936—1964 | First woman to compete for Argentina |
Anhel Cape | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2000—2004 | First woman to compete for Guinea Bissau |
Russel Carrero | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Nicaragua |
Sofie Castenschiold | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Denmark |
Dipika Chanmugam | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Sri Lanka |
Nelly Chávez | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Bolivia |
Yelena Chernetsova | ![]() |
CCS | Olympics | 1994 | First woman to compete for Kazakhstan |
Karma Chhoden | ![]() |
ARC | Olympics | 1984 | First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan |
Emesia Chizunga | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Malawi |
Annie Choong | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for Malaya |
Lucie Chroustovská | ![]() |
CCS | Olympics | 1994 | First woman to compete for Czech Republic |
Sonam Chuki | ![]() |
ARC | Olympics | 1984 | First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan |
Chung Thị Thanh Lan | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Vietnam |
Manolita Cinco | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for Philippines |
Željka Čižmešija | ![]() ![]() |
FSK | Olympics | 1988—1992 | First woman to compete for Croatia |
Gloria Colón | ![]() |
FEN | Olympics | 1960 | First woman to compete for Puerto Rico |
Charlotte Cooper | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics / Non-starter | 1900—1908 | First woman to compete for Great Britain |
Shelley Cramer | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1976—1992 | First woman to compete for United States Virgin Islands |
Veronica Cummings | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Guam |
Monica Dahl | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1992—1996 | First woman to compete for Namibia |
Olivette Daruhi | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1988 | First woman to compete for Vanuatu |
Rossana de los Ríos | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1992—2000 | First woman (shared) to compete for Paraguay |
Fabienne Diato-Pasetti | ![]() |
SHO | Olympics | 1988—2008 | First woman to compete for Monaco |
Berta Díaz | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1956—1960 | First woman to compete for Cuba |
Fatou Dieng | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Mauritania |
Grace Ann Dinkins | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—2000 | First woman to compete for Liberia |
Gulsara Dodoboeva | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1996—2004 | First woman to compete for Tajikistan |
Dorjgotovyn Pürevloov | ![]() |
CCS | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Mongolia |
Wanda Dubieńska | ![]() |
FEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman to compete for Poland |
Divina Estrella | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1976—1984 | First woman to compete for Dominican Republic |
Graviola Ewing | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Guatamala |
Evelyn Farrell | ![]() ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—1988 | First woman to compete for Aruba |
Nadia Fezzani | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Libya |
Ursel Finger | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Saar |
Diane Francis | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1996 | First woman to compete for Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Isménia do Frederico | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1996—2000 | First woman to compete for Cape Verde |
Rosalie Gangué | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Chad |
Nester Geniwala'a | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Solomon Islands |
Carlota Gooden | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1960 | First woman to compete for Panama |
Heather Gooding | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Barbados |
Elena Gorohova | ![]() |
BTH/CCS | Olympics | 1994—2006 | First woman to compete for Moldova |
Elvira Guerra | ![]() |
EDR | Olympics | 1900 | First woman to compete for Italy |
Claire Guttenstein | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Belgium |
Nebiat Habtemariam | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 2000—2016 | First woman to compete for Eritrea |
Nevine Hafez | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Egypt |
Noor Haki | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Iraq |
Bahya Al-Hamad | ![]() |
SHO | Olympics / YOG / Other | 2010—2012 | First woman to compete for Qatar |
Han Pil-Hwa | ![]() |
SSK | Olympics | 1964—1972 | First woman to compete for North Korea |
Ahamada Haoulata | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Comoros |
Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 2008—2016 | First woman to compete for British Virgin Islands |
Kinue Hitomi | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1928 | First woman to compete for Japan |
Safia Abukar Hussein | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Somalia |
Siololovau Ikavuka | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1988 | First woman to compete for Tonga |
Tyyne Järvi | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Finland |
Jabou Jawo | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—1988 | First woman to compete for Gambia |
Berta Jikeli | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1928 | First woman to compete for Romania |
Marny Jolly | ![]() ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Malaysia |
Georgina Jones | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1900 | First woman (shared) to compete for the United States |
Marion Jones | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1900 | First woman (shared) to compete for the United States |
Hermin Joseph | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Dominica |
Mireille Joseph | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Haiti |
Seuth Khampa | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Laos |
Aminata Konaté | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Guinea |
Laury Koster | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1924 | First woman to compete for Luxembourg |
Marina Kuč | ![]() ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 2004—2008 | First woman to compete for Montenegro |
Tatiana Kutlíková | ![]() |
BTH/CCS | Olympics | 1994—2002 | First woman to compete for Slovakia |
Irene Anita Kwok | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Hong Kong |
María Lardizábal | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Honduras |
Iammogapi Launa | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1984—1988 | First woman to compete for Papua New Guinea |
Maria Lenk | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1932—1936 | First woman to compete for Brazil |
Rinzi Lham | ![]() |
ARC | Olympics | 1984 | First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan |
Li Sen | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1936 | First woman to compete for China |
Zinaida Liepiņa | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1928 | First woman to compete for Latvia |
Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1948—1952 | First woman to compete for the Bermudas |
Lin Chau-Tai | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1960 | First woman to compete for Chinese Taipei |
Nino Luarsabishvili-Uchadze | ![]() |
SHO | Olympics | 1996—2000 | First woman (shared) to compete for Georgia |
Rachida Mahamane | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Niger |
Maziah Mahusin | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / YOG / Other | 2010—2012 | First woman to compete for Brunei |
Felicité Makounawode | ![]() |
JUD | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Central African Republic |
Latifah Al-Maktoum | ![]() |
EJP | Olympics | 2008 | First woman to compete for United Arab Emirates |
Asenate Manoa | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 2008—2012 | First woman to compete for Tuvalu |
Anush Manukyan | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Armenia |
Martha Manzano | ![]() |
DIV | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for Colombia |
Mar Mar Min | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Myanmar (competed as Burma in 1988) |
Anja Margetić | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Bosnia Herzegovina |
Sofia Marinou | ![]() |
TEN | 1906 | 1906 | First woman (shared) to compete for Greece |
Raquel Martínez | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1936 | First woman to compete for Chile |
Claudette Masdammer | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for Guyana (competed as British Guiana in 1956) |
Acacia Mate | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Mozambique |
Aspasia Matsa | ![]() |
TEN | 1906 | 1906 | First woman (shared) to compete for Greece |
Meas Kheng | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Cambodia |
Daniela Menegon | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Swaziland |
Klara Milch | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Austria |
Meg Miners | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1960 | First woman to compete for Zimbabwe (competed as Rhodesia in 1960) |
Lisa Misipeka | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1996—2004 | First woman to compete for American Samoa |
Odette Mistoul | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1984 | First woman to compete for Gabon |
Myriam Mizouni | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1976 | First woman to compete for Tunisia |
Awmima Mohamed | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Sudan |
Amantle Montsho | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 2004—2020 | First woman to compete for Botswana |
Margaret Morel | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Seychelles |
Jane Moulin | ![]() |
EDR | Olympics | 1900 | First woman to compete for France |
Ani Jane Mugrditchian | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Lebanon |
Marcianne Mukamurenzi | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—1992 | First woman to compete for Rwanda |
Irene Muyanga | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Uganda |
Mwinga Mwanjala | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1980—1984 | First woman to compete for Tanzania |
Kaitinano Mwemweata | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 2004 | First woman to compete for Kiribati |
Céléstine N'Drin | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1976—1988 | First woman to compete for Cote d'Ivoire |
Justine Nahimana | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Burundi |
Blanche Nash | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1920 | First woman to compete for South Africa |
Danah Al-Nasrallah | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2004 | First woman to compete for Kuwait |
Samar Nassar | ![]() ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 2000—2004 | First woman to compete for Palestine |
Malak El-Nasser | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Syria |
Olesya Nazarenko | ![]() |
JUD | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Turkmenistan |
Haley Nemra | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 2008—2012 | First woman to compete for the Marshall Islands |
Cécile Ngambi | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1980—2000 | First woman to compete for Cameroon |
Nguyễn Minh Tam | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for South Vietnam |
Ndew Niang | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1976 | First woman to compete for Senegal |
Margaret Northrop | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for Kenya |
Juliana Obiong | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1988—1996 | First woman to compete for Equatorial Guinea |
Anna Ólafsdóttir | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1948 | First woman to compete for Iceland |
Tamara Orejuela | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for Ecuador |
Eugenia Osho-Williams | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1980—1984 | First woman to compete for Sierra Leone |
Mariama Ouiminga | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Burkina Faso |
Park Bong-Sik | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1948 | First woman to compete for South Korea |
Shahana Parveen | ![]() |
SHO | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Bangladesh |
Karin Peckert-Forsmann | ![]() |
ALP | Olympics | 1936 | First woman to compete for Estonia |
Valerie Pedro | ![]() |
WLF | Olympics / Other | 2000 | First woman to compete for Palau |
Sheeva Peo | ![]() |
WLF | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Nauru |
Michele Pessoa | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Angola |
Merilyn Phillips | ![]() |
CRD | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Cayman Islands |
Laura Pierre | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Trinidad and Tobago |
Alena Piirainen | ![]() |
CCS | Olympics | 1994 | First woman to compete for Belarus |
Sortelina Pires | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1996 | First woman to compete for Sao Tome and Principe |
Mantokoane Pitso | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Lesotho |
Nora Polley | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman to compete for India |
Hélène, Countess de Pourtalès | ![]() |
SAL | Olympics | 1900 | First woman to compete for Switzerland |
Claudette Powell | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Bahamas |
Estrella Puente | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Uruguay |
Paula Radziulytė | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1928 | First woman to compete for Lithuania |
Bako Ratsifa | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Madagascar |
Friba Razayee | ![]() |
JUD | Olympics | 2004 | First woman to compete for Afghanistan |
Elsa Rendschmidt | ![]() |
FSK | Olympics | 1908 | First woman to compete for Germany |
Aminath Rishtha | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for the Maldives |
Jean Robotham | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for Costa Rica |
Yevgeniya Roppel | ![]() |
BTH | Olympics / Other | 1994 | First woman to compete for Kyrgyzstan |
Hedwig Rosenbaum | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1900 | First woman to compete for Bohemia |
Jacqueline Ross | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Saint Vincent |
Claudina Rossel | ![]() |
ALP | Olympics / Other | 1988 | First woman to compete for Andorra |
Tracy Ann Route | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 2000—2004 | First woman to compete for the Federated States of Micronesia |
Simin Safamehr | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Iran |
Hana Ali Saleh | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Yemen |
Nino Salukvadze | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
SHO | Olympics / Other | 1988—2020 | First woman (shared) to compete for Georgia |
Graziella Santini | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1976 | First woman to compete for San Marino |
Larissa Schaerer | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1992 | First woman (shared) to compete for Paraguay |
Wojdan Shaherkani | ![]() |
JUD | Olympics | 2012 | First woman to compete for Saudi Arabia |
Fantaye Sirak | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Ethiopia |
Patricia Skinner | ![]() |
FEN | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Zambia (competed as Northern Rhodesia in 1964) |
Milada Skrbková | ![]() ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1920 | First woman to compete for Czechoslovakia (see also: Bohemia) |
Cecil Smith | ![]() |
FSK | Olympics | 1924—1928 | First woman to compete for Canada |
Camille Solis | ![]() |
CRD | Olympics | 1992—1996 | First woman to compete for Belize |
Cecilia Sosa | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for El Salvador |
Jelica Stanojević | ![]() ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1936 | First woman to compete for Yugoslavia |
Iloai Suaniu | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Samoa |
Tang Pui Wah | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Singapore |
Iryna Taranenko-Terelia | ![]() |
CCS | Olympics | 1994—2002 | First woman to compete for Ukraine |
Gizella Tary | ![]() |
FEN | Olympics | 1924—1928 | First woman to compete for Hungary |
Parvati Thapa | ![]() |
SHO | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Nepal |
Cynthia Thompson | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1948 | First woman to compete for Jamaica |
Erin Tierney | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Cook Islands |
Ioanna Tissamenou | ![]() |
TEN | 1906 | 1906 | First woman (shared) to compete for Greece |
Ria Tobing | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for Indonesia |
Rosa Torras | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman (shared) to compete for Spain |
Fatalmoudou Touré | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Mali |
Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics / Other | 1976—1984 | First woman to compete for Fiji |
Afërdita Tusha | ![]() |
SHO | Olympics / Other | 1972 | First woman to compete for Albania |
Larisa Udodova | ![]() ![]() |
FRS | Olympics | 1992—1994 | First woman to compete for Uzbekistan |
María Uribe | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1932 | First woman to compete for Mexico |
Rosario de Vivanco | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1964—1968 | First woman to compete for Peru |
Roda Wais | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Djibouti |
Hilda Wallis | ![]() |
TEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman (shared) to compete for Ireland |
Violet Walrond | ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1920 | First woman to compete for New Zealand |
Olga Winterberg | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Israel |
Ivonne Witteveen | ![]() |
FEN | Olympics | 1968 | First woman (shared) to compete for the Netherlands Antilles |
Mina Wylie | ![]() ![]() |
SWM | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Australasia |
Buthayna Al-Yaqoubi | ![]() |
ATH | Olympics | 2008 | First woman to compete for Oman |