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Benin at the Olympics

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Benin at the
Olympics
IOC codeBEN
NOCBenin National Olympic and Sports Committee
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer appearances

Benin has been in every Summer Olympic Games held since 1980. Benin has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Benin have been in any Winter Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Benin is BEN.[1] In 1964, it was DAY for Dahomey.[2]

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References

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  1. "Abbreviations, National Olympic Committees," 2009 Annual Report, p. 90 [PDF p. 91 of 94]; retrieved 2012-10-12.
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173351/https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/27246/rec/29 Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]; retrieved 2012-10-12.

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