What is Somalia at the Olympics?
{{infobox country at games | NOC = SOM | NOCname = Somali Olympic Committee | games = Olympics | year = | flagcaption = | oldcode = | website = {{url|www.nocsom.org }} | location = | competitors = | sports = | flagbearer = | rank = | gold = 0 | silver = 0 | bronze = 0 | officials = | appearances = | app_begin_year = | app_end_year = | summerappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Somalia|competition=Summer Olympics|begin_year=|end_year= }} | winterappearances = | seealso = }} '''[[Somalia]]''' was first at the '''[[Olympic Games]]''' in 1972. They have been in most [[Summer Olympic Games]] since then. Somalia has never been in any [[Winter Olympic Games]]. The nation [[wikt:boycott|boycotted]] the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Games]] along with most other African nations, and also joined the boycott in [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]. Despite the ongoing [[Somali Civil War]], the nation has been able to send small [[wikt:contingent|contingents]] to each Games since 1996. The [[National Olympic Committee]] for Somalia was formed in 1959 and [[wikt:recognize|recognized]] by the [[International Olympic Committee]] in 1972. ==Related pages== * [[List of IOC country codes]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==Other websites == * [http://www.london2012.com/country/somalia/profile/index.html Somalia profile at London2012.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910141640/http://www.london2012.com/country/somalia/profile/index.html |date=2012-09-10 }} *{{cite web |title=Somali Olympic Committee |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/somalia|accessdate=2011-06-13 }} {{Nations at Olympics}} {{sport-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Somalia At The Olympics}} [[Category:Sport in Somalia]] [[Category:Nations at the Olympics]]