The

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

(''DR Congo'') first participated at the

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in 1968, when it was known as ''Congo Kinshasa''. The nation's next Olympic appearance was sixteen years later in 1984, when it was known as

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

. The nation has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, but has never participated in the

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. By the 2000 Games, the nation was once again designated ''Democratic Republic of the Congo''. No athlete from DR Congo has ever won an Olympic medal, making it the second most populous country in the world never to have done so, after Bangladesh.The 10 Most Populous Countries To Never Win An Olympic Medal
/ref> The National Olympic Committee for DR Congo was created in 1963 and recognized by the

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Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

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