Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...

, as ''Brunei Darussalam'', first participated at the

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in 1988, with a single official but no athletes. The nation returned and sent athletes to compete in the

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in 1996, 2000 and 2004. On each occasion, it was represented by a single athlete."Qatar decision to send female athletes to London 2012 increases pressure on Saudi Arabia"
Inside the Games, July 1, 2010 Brunei has never won an Olympic medal and not participated in the

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. In the

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, Brunei originally planned to participate, but was expelled on the day of the opening ceremony after failing to register any athletes with the IOC. As of 2010 Brunei was, along with

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

and

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, one of only three countries to never have sent a female athlete to the

, despite only having a total of four Olympians beforehand. The

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in 2010 announced it would "press" these countries to allow and facilitate women's participation. At the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010, for which mixed teams were a requirement, Brunei's three-person delegation did include two girls (Amanda Jia Xin Liew in swimming and Maziah Mahusin in hurdling). In March 2012, Brunei informed the IOC that it intended for Maziah Mahusin to compete in London. Although Mahusin was unlikely to meet the qualifying standards for the Games, she would be able to compete thanks to the Olympics' principle of universality, which states that " NOCs have the possibility of entering unqualified athletes in athletics and swimming should they not have athletes qualified in these sports"."Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012 Tripartite Commission: Invitation Places: Information Paper for NOCs"
, International Olympic Committee The

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for Brunei was created in 1984 and recognized by the

that same year.

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

References

External links

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