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First Female Competitors at the Olympics by Country (214)

Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Role(s)	Era	Notes
Raida Abdallah Bader	JOR	ATH	Olympics	1984	First woman to compete for Jordan
Fatima Abdul Majeed	BRN	SWM	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Bahrain
Märtha Adlerstråhle	SWE	TEN	Olympics	1908	First woman to compete for Sweden
Joanna Agius	MLT	ARC	Olympics / Other	1980—1988	First woman to compete for Malta
Shabana Akhtar	PAK	ATH	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Pakistan
Lilí Álvarez	ESP	TEN	Olympics	1924	First woman (shared) to compete for Spain
Aguida Fatima Amaral	IOA TLS	ATH	Olympics / Other	2000—2004	First woman to compete for Timor Leste
Alice Annum	GHA	ATH	Olympics / Non-starter	1964—1976	First woman to compete for Ghana
Myrna Anselma	AHO	FEN	Olympics	1968	First woman (shared) to compete for the Netherlands Antilles
Lina Aristodimou	CYP	ALP	Olympics	1980—1984	First woman to compete for Cyprus
İradə Aşumova	AZE	SHO	Olympics	1996—2012	First woman to compete for Azerbaijan
Christine Bakombo	COD	ATH	Olympics / Other	1984—1992	First woman to compete for Congo (Kinshasa) (competed as Zaire in 1984)
Direma Banasso	TOG	ATH	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Togo
Edwige Bancole	BEN	ATH	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Benin
Michelle Baptiste	LCA	ATH	Olympics / Other	1996	First woman to compete for Saint Lucia
Jacinta Bartholomew	GRN	ATH	Olympics	1984	First woman to compete for Grenada
Lily Beaurepaire	AUS	DIV/SWM	Olympics	1920	First woman to compete for Australia (see also: Australasia)
Christine Béchard	MRI	ATH	Olympics	1984	First woman to compete for Mauritius
Rie Beisenherz	NED	SWM/WPO	Olympics / Non-Medal	1920	First woman to compete for the Netherlands
Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	ATH	Olympics	1952	First woman to compete for Bulgaria
Arunee, Princess Bhanubandh	THA	SAL	Olympics	1964	First woman to compete for Thailand
Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory	NOR	TEN	Olympics	1912—1924	First woman to compete for Norway
Phoebe Blair-White	IRL	TEN	Olympics	1924	First woman (shared) to compete for Ireland
Nataša Bokal	SLO	ALP	Olympics	1992—2002	First woman to compete for Slovenia
Yvette Bonapart	SUR	ATH	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Suriname
Mirjana Boševska	MKD	SWM	Olympics	1996—2000	First woman to compete for Macedonia
Oarda Bouchabou	ALG	TEN	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Algeria
Laverne Bryan	ANT	ATH	Olympics	1984—1988	First woman to compete for Antigua and Barbuda
Marta Bühler	LIE	ALP	Olympics / Other	1968—1972	First woman to compete for Liechtenstein
Jeanette Campbell	ARG	SWM	Olympics / Other	1936—1964	First woman to compete for Argentina
Anhel Cape	GBS	ATH	Olympics	2000—2004	First woman to compete for Guinea Bissau
Russel Carrero	NCA	ATH	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Nicaragua
Sofie Castenschiold	DEN	TEN	Olympics	1912	First woman to compete for Denmark
Dipika Chanmugam	SRI	SWM	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Sri Lanka
Nelly Chávez	BOL	ATH	Olympics	1984	First woman to compete for Bolivia
Yelena Chernetsova	KAZ	CCS	Olympics	1994	First woman to compete for Kazakhstan
Karma Chhoden	BHU	ARC	Olympics	1984	First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan
Emesia Chizunga	MAW	ATH	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Malawi
Annie Choong	MAL	ATH	Olympics	1956	First woman to compete for Malaya
Lucie Chroustovská	CZE	CCS	Olympics	1994	First woman to compete for Czech Republic
Sonam Chuki	BHU	ARC	Olympics	1984	First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan
Chung Thị Thanh Lan	VIE	SWM	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Vietnam
Manolita Cinco	PHI	ATH	Olympics	1956	First woman to compete for Philippines
Željka Čižmešija	CRO YUG	FSK	Olympics	1988—1992	First woman to compete for Croatia
Gloria Colón	PUR	FEN	Olympics	1960	First woman to compete for Puerto Rico
Charlotte Cooper	GBR	TEN	Olympics / Non-starter	1900—1908	First woman to compete for Great Britain
Shelley Cramer	ISV	SWM	Olympics	1976—1992	First woman to compete for United States Virgin Islands
Veronica Cummings	GUM	SWM	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Guam
Monica Dahl	NAM	SWM	Olympics	1992—1996	First woman to compete for Namibia
Olivette Daruhi	VAN	ATH	Olympics / Other	1988	First woman to compete for Vanuatu
Rossana de los Ríos	PAR	TEN	Olympics	1992—2000	First woman (shared) to compete for Paraguay
Fabienne Diato-Pasetti	MON	SHO	Olympics	1988—2008	First woman to compete for Monaco
Berta Díaz	CUB	ATH	Olympics	1956—1960	First woman to compete for Cuba
Fatou Dieng	MTN	ATH	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Mauritania
Grace Ann Dinkins	LBR	ATH	Olympics	1984—2000	First woman to compete for Liberia
Gulsara Dodoboeva	TJK	ATH	Olympics	1996—2004	First woman to compete for Tajikistan
Dorjgotovyn Pürevloov	MGL	CCS	Olympics	1964	First woman to compete for Mongolia
Wanda Dubieńska	POL	FEN	Olympics	1924	First woman to compete for Poland
Divina Estrella	DOM	ATH	Olympics	1976—1984	First woman to compete for Dominican Republic
Graviola Ewing	GUA	ATH	Olympics	1952	First woman to compete for Guatamala
Evelyn Farrell	ARU AHO	ATH	Olympics	1984—1988	First woman to compete for Aruba
Nadia Fezzani	LBA	SWM	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Libya
Ursel Finger	SAA	ATH	Olympics	1952	First woman to compete for Saar
Diane Francis	SKN	ATH	Olympics / Other	1996	First woman to compete for Saint Kitts and Nevis
Isménia do Frederico	CPV	ATH	Olympics / Other	1996—2000	First woman to compete for Cape Verde
Rosalie Gangué	CHA	ATH	Olympics	1992	First woman to compete for Chad
Nester Geniwala'a	SOL	ATH	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Solomon Islands
Carlota Gooden	PAN	ATH	Olympics	1960	First woman to compete for Panama
Heather Gooding	BAR	ATH	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Barbados
Elena Gorohova	MDA	BTH/CCS	Olympics	1994—2006	First woman to compete for Moldova
Elvira Guerra	ITA	EDR	Olympics	1900	First woman to compete for Italy
Claire Guttenstein	BEL	SWM	Olympics	1912	First woman to compete for Belgium
Nebiat Habtemariam	ERI	ATH	Olympics / Other	2000—2016	First woman to compete for Eritrea
Nevine Hafez	EGY	SWM	Olympics	1984	First woman to compete for Egypt
Noor Haki	IRQ	SWM	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Iraq
Bahya Al-Hamad	QAT	SHO	Olympics / YOG / Other	2010—2012	First woman to compete for Qatar
Han Pil-Hwa	PRK	SSK	Olympics	1964—1972	First woman to compete for North Korea
Ahamada Haoulata	COM	ATH	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Comoros
Tahesia Harrigan-Scott	IVB	ATH	Olympics / Other	2008—2016	First woman to compete for British Virgin Islands
Kinue Hitomi	JPN	ATH	Olympics	1928	First woman to compete for Japan
Safia Abukar Hussein	SOM	ATH	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Somalia
Siololovau Ikavuka	TGA	ATH	Olympics / Other	1988	First woman to compete for Tonga
Tyyne Järvi	FIN	SWM	Olympics	1912	First woman to compete for Finland
Jabou Jawo	GAM	ATH	Olympics	1984—1988	First woman to compete for Gambia
Berta Jikeli	ROU	ATH	Olympics	1928	First woman to compete for Romania
Marny Jolly	MAS SGP	SWM	Olympics	1964	First woman to compete for Malaysia
Georgina Jones	USA	TEN	Olympics	1900	First woman (shared) to compete for the United States
Marion Jones	USA	TEN	Olympics	1900	First woman (shared) to compete for the United States
Hermin Joseph	DMA	ATH	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Dominica
Mireille Joseph	HAI	ATH	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Haiti
Seuth Khampa	LAO	ATH	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Laos
Aminata Konaté	GUI	ATH	Olympics	1992	First woman to compete for Guinea
Laury Koster	LUX	SWM	Olympics	1924	First woman to compete for Luxembourg
Marina Kuč	MNE SCG	SWM	Olympics	2004—2008	First woman to compete for Montenegro
Tatiana Kutlíková	SVK	BTH/CCS	Olympics	1994—2002	First woman to compete for Slovakia
Irene Anita Kwok	HKG	SWM	Olympics	1952	First woman to compete for Hong Kong
María Lardizábal	HON	SWM	Olympics	1984	First woman to compete for Honduras
Iammogapi Launa	PNG	ATH	Olympics / Other	1984—1988	First woman to compete for Papua New Guinea
Maria Lenk	BRA	SWM	Olympics	1932—1936	First woman to compete for Brazil
Rinzi Lham	BHU	ARC	Olympics	1984	First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan
Li Sen	CHN	ATH	Olympics	1936	First woman to compete for China
Zinaida Liepiņa	LAT	ATH	Olympics	1928	First woman to compete for Latvia
Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones	BER	ATH	Olympics	1948—1952	First woman to compete for the Bermudas
Lin Chau-Tai	TPE	ATH	Olympics	1960	First woman to compete for Chinese Taipei
Nino Luarsabishvili-Uchadze	GEO	SHO	Olympics	1996—2000	First woman (shared) to compete for Georgia
Rachida Mahamane	NIG	ATH	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Niger
Maziah Mahusin	BRU	ATH	Olympics / YOG / Other	2010—2012	First woman to compete for Brunei
Felicité Makounawode	CAF	JUD	Olympics	1992	First woman to compete for Central African Republic
Latifah Al-Maktoum	UAE	EJP	Olympics	2008	First woman to compete for United Arab Emirates
Asenate Manoa	TUV	ATH	Olympics / Other	2008—2012	First woman to compete for Tuvalu
Anush Manukyan	ARM	SWM	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Armenia
Martha Manzano	COL	DIV	Olympics	1968	First woman to compete for Colombia
Mar Mar Min	MYA	ATH	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Myanmar (competed as Burma in 1988)
Anja Margetić	BIH	SWM	Olympics	1992	First woman to compete for Bosnia Herzegovina
Sofia Marinou	GRE	TEN	1906	1906	First woman (shared) to compete for Greece
Raquel Martínez	CHI	ATH	Olympics	1936	First woman to compete for Chile
Claudette Masdammer	GUY	ATH	Olympics	1956	First woman to compete for Guyana (competed as British Guiana in 1956)
Acacia Mate	MOZ	ATH	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Mozambique
Aspasia Matsa	GRE	TEN	1906	1906	First woman (shared) to compete for Greece
Meas Kheng	CAM	ATH	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Cambodia
Daniela Menegon	SWZ	SWM	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Swaziland
Klara Milch	AUT	SWM	Olympics	1912	First woman to compete for Austria
Meg Miners	RHO	SWM	Olympics	1960	First woman to compete for Zimbabwe (competed as Rhodesia in 1960)
Lisa Misipeka	ASA	ATH	Olympics / Other	1996—2004	First woman to compete for American Samoa
Odette Mistoul	GAB	ATH	Olympics / Other	1984	First woman to compete for Gabon
Myriam Mizouni	TUN	SWM	Olympics	1976	First woman to compete for Tunisia
Awmima Mohamed	SUD	ATH	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Sudan
Amantle Montsho	BOT	ATH	Olympics / Other	2004—2020	First woman to compete for Botswana
Margaret Morel	SEY	ATH	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Seychelles
Jane Moulin	FRA	EDR	Olympics	1900	First woman to compete for France
Ani Jane Mugrditchian	LBN	SWM	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Lebanon
Marcianne Mukamurenzi	RWA	ATH	Olympics	1984—1992	First woman to compete for Rwanda
Irene Muyanga	UGA	ATH	Olympics	1964	First woman to compete for Uganda
Mwinga Mwanjala	TAN	ATH	Olympics	1980—1984	First woman to compete for Tanzania
Kaitinano Mwemweata	KIR	ATH	Olympics / Other	2004	First woman to compete for Kiribati
Céléstine N'Drin	CIV	ATH	Olympics	1976—1988	First woman to compete for Cote d'Ivoire
Justine Nahimana	BDI	ATH	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Burundi
Blanche Nash	RSA	SWM	Olympics	1920	First woman to compete for South Africa
Danah Al-Nasrallah	KUW	ATH	Olympics	2004	First woman to compete for Kuwait
Samar Nassar	JOR PLE	SWM	Olympics	2000—2004	First woman to compete for Palestine
Malak El-Nasser	SYR	ATH	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Syria
Olesya Nazarenko	TKM	JUD	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Turkmenistan
Haley Nemra	MHL	ATH	Olympics / Other	2008—2012	First woman to compete for the Marshall Islands
Cécile Ngambi	CMR	ATH	Olympics / Other	1980—2000	First woman to compete for Cameroon
Nguyễn Minh Tam	VNM	SWM	Olympics	1968	First woman to compete for South Vietnam
Ndew Niang	SEN	ATH	Olympics	1976	First woman to compete for Senegal
Margaret Northrop	KEN	SWM	Olympics	1956	First woman to compete for Kenya
Juliana Obiong	GEQ	ATH	Olympics	1988—1996	First woman to compete for Equatorial Guinea
Anna Ólafsdóttir	ISL	SWM	Olympics	1948	First woman to compete for Iceland
Tamara Orejuela	ECU	SWM	Olympics	1968	First woman to compete for Ecuador
Eugenia Osho-Williams	SLE	ATH	Olympics	1980—1984	First woman to compete for Sierra Leone
Mariama Ouiminga	BUR	ATH	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Burkina Faso
Park Bong-Sik	KOR	ATH	Olympics	1948	First woman to compete for South Korea
Shahana Parveen	BAN	SHO	Olympics	1992	First woman to compete for Bangladesh
Karin Peckert-Forsmann	EST	ALP	Olympics	1936	First woman to compete for Estonia
Valerie Pedro	PLW	WLF	Olympics / Other	2000	First woman to compete for Palau
Sheeva Peo	NRU	WLF	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Nauru
Michele Pessoa	ANG	SWM	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Angola
Merilyn Phillips	CAY	CRD	Olympics	1984	First woman to compete for Cayman Islands
Laura Pierre	TTO	ATH	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Trinidad and Tobago
Alena Piirainen	BLR	CCS	Olympics	1994	First woman to compete for Belarus
Sortelina Pires	STP	ATH	Olympics / Other	1996	First woman to compete for Sao Tome and Principe
Mantokoane Pitso	LES	ATH	Olympics	1992	First woman to compete for Lesotho
Nora Polley	IND	TEN	Olympics	1924	First woman to compete for India
Hélène, Countess de Pourtalès	SUI	SAL	Olympics	1900	First woman to compete for Switzerland
Claudette Powell	BAH	ATH	Olympics	1972	First woman to compete for Bahamas
Estrella Puente	URU	ATH	Olympics	1952	First woman to compete for Uruguay
Paula Radziulytė	LTU	ATH	Olympics	1928	First woman to compete for Lithuania
Bako Ratsifa	MAD	SWM	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Madagascar
Friba Razayee	AFG	JUD	Olympics	2004	First woman to compete for Afghanistan
Elsa Rendschmidt	GER	FSK	Olympics	1908	First woman to compete for Germany
Aminath Rishtha	MDV	ATH	Olympics	1992	First woman to compete for the Maldives
Jean Robotham	CRC	ATH	Olympics	1968	First woman to compete for Costa Rica
Yevgeniya Roppel	KGZ	BTH	Olympics / Other	1994	First woman to compete for Kyrgyzstan
Hedwig Rosenbaum	BOH	TEN	Olympics	1900	First woman to compete for Bohemia
Jacqueline Ross	VIN	ATH	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Saint Vincent
Claudina Rossel	AND	ALP	Olympics / Other	1988	First woman to compete for Andorra
Tracy Ann Route	FSM	SWM	Olympics	2000—2004	First woman to compete for the Federated States of Micronesia
Simin Safamehr	IRI	ATH	Olympics	1964	First woman to compete for Iran
Hana Ali Saleh	YEM	ATH	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Yemen
Nino Salukvadze	GEO URS EUN	SHO	Olympics / Other	1988—2020	First woman (shared) to compete for Georgia
Graziella Santini	SMR	ATH	Olympics	1976	First woman to compete for San Marino
Larissa Schaerer	PAR	TEN	Olympics	1992	First woman (shared) to compete for Paraguay
Wojdan Shaherkani	KSA	JUD	Olympics	2012	First woman to compete for Saudi Arabia
Fantaye Sirak	ETH	ATH	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Ethiopia
Patricia Skinner	ZAM	FEN	Olympics	1964	First woman to compete for Zambia (competed as Northern Rhodesia in 1964)
Milada Skrbková	CZE TCH	TEN	Olympics	1920	First woman to compete for Czechoslovakia (see also: Bohemia)
Cecil Smith	CAN	FSK	Olympics	1924—1928	First woman to compete for Canada
Camille Solis	BIZ	CRD	Olympics	1992—1996	First woman to compete for Belize
Cecilia Sosa	ESA	ATH	Olympics	1968	First woman to compete for El Salvador
Jelica Stanojević	SRB YUG	ATH	Olympics	1936	First woman to compete for Yugoslavia
Iloai Suaniu	SAM	ATH	Olympics	1996	First woman to compete for Samoa
Tang Pui Wah	SGP	ATH	Olympics	1952	First woman to compete for Singapore
Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	UKR	CCS	Olympics	1994—2002	First woman to compete for Ukraine
Gizella Tary	HUN	FEN	Olympics	1924—1928	First woman to compete for Hungary
Parvati Thapa	NEP	SHO	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Nepal
Cynthia Thompson	JAM	ATH	Olympics	1948	First woman to compete for Jamaica
Erin Tierney	COK	ATH	Olympics	1988	First woman to compete for Cook Islands
Ioanna Tissamenou	GRE	TEN	1906	1906	First woman (shared) to compete for Greece
Ria Tobing	INA	SWM	Olympics	1956	First woman to compete for Indonesia
Rosa Torras	ESP	TEN	Olympics	1924	First woman (shared) to compete for Spain
Fatalmoudou Touré	MLI	ATH	Olympics	1980	First woman to compete for Mali
Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	FIJ	ATH	Olympics / Other	1976—1984	First woman to compete for Fiji
Afërdita Tusha	ALB	SHO	Olympics / Other	1972	First woman to compete for Albania
Larisa Udodova	EUN UZB	FRS	Olympics	1992—1994	First woman to compete for Uzbekistan
María Uribe	MEX	ATH	Olympics	1932	First woman to compete for Mexico
Rosario de Vivanco	PER	SWM	Olympics	1964—1968	First woman to compete for Peru
Roda Wais	DJI	ATH	Olympics	2000	First woman to compete for Djibouti
Hilda Wallis	IRL	TEN	Olympics	1924	First woman (shared) to compete for Ireland
Violet Walrond	NZL	SWM	Olympics	1920	First woman to compete for New Zealand
Olga Winterberg	ISR	ATH	Olympics	1952	First woman to compete for Israel
Ivonne Witteveen	AHO	FEN	Olympics	1968	First woman (shared) to compete for the Netherlands Antilles
Mina Wylie	ANZ AUS	SWM	Olympics	1912	First woman to compete for Australasia
Buthayna Al-Yaqoubi	OMA	ATH	Olympics	2008	First woman to compete for Oman