heywoodu 13,609 Posted March 25, 2016 #1 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Another idea for a list which I thought could be interesting, which got in my mind thanks to a post in the table tennis thread. Apparently, Fiji will be represented in table tennis for the first time in Olympic history, which got me thinking, which other nations will have these kind of "firsts" in the different sports? - Kosovo doesn't count, as it'll be their first Olympics (same thing for South Sudan?) Nation List Algeria - Sailing Angola - Rowing Aruba - Taekwondo Azerbaijan - Canoeing (Slalom) Benin - Fencing Brazil - Badminton, Field hockey, Gymnastics (Trampoline) Cameroon - Volleyball Cape Verde - Taekwondo Chinese Taipei - Equestrian Colombia - Synchronized swimming Cyprus - Gymnastics (Artistic) Dominican Republic - Cycling (Road), Equestrian, Fencing DR Congo - Taekwondo Egypt - Beach volleyball Fiji - Football, Table tennis Ireland - Field hockey Jamaica - Gymnastics (Artistic) Mauritius - Cycling (Mountain bike) Mongolia - Taekwondo Mozambique - Canoeing (Sprint) Netherlands - Handball New Zealand - Gymnastics (Trampoline) Palestine - Equestrian Peru - Gymnastics (Artistic) Philippines - Table tennis Puerto Rico - Table tennis Qatar - Equestrian, Handball Senegal - Canoeing (Slalom) Tonga - Taekwondo Trinidad and Tobago - Rowing, Gymnastics (Artistic) Zimbabwe - Equestrian, Football Edited April 20, 2016 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted March 25, 2016 #2 Share Posted March 25, 2016 11 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Another idea for a list which I thought could be interesting, which got in my mind thanks to a post in the table tennis thread. Apparently, Fiji will be represented in table tennis for the first time in Olympic history, which got me thinking, which other nations will have these kind of "firsts" in the different sports? - Kosovo doesn't count, as it'll be their first Olympics (same thing for South Sudan?) and refugee team.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,609 Posted March 25, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Just now, hckosice said: and refugee team.. True, although I wouldn't say that's a nation If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,189 Posted March 25, 2016 #4 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) There are plenty of nations that will be making their debut in certain sports. Dominican Republic, Palestine, Qatar, Chinese Taipei and Zimbabwe qualified for the first time ever in equestrian, for example. New sports (golf, rugby) and new nations (Kosovo and South Sudan) shouldn't count here. Edited March 25, 2016 by dcro #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,675 Posted March 25, 2016 #5 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Rugby and Golf doesn't count right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,609 Posted March 25, 2016 Author #6 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Just now, Gianlu33 said: Rugby and Golf doesn't count right? I'm doubting about rugby, because it has been at 4 Olympics, but not in the rugby sevens format... Golf was in the 1900 and 1904 Olympics so technically every country there would be new, but maybe it'd be more interesting if we don't look at rugby and golf indeed. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted March 25, 2016 #7 Share Posted March 25, 2016 4 minutes ago, heywoodu said: True, although I wouldn't say that's a nation Once again a great idea man. interesting thread for SVK it´s not official, but the things looks fine (at least I hope) for our first ever entry in beach volleyball. It´s true that for now our pair "Domi/Nata" are in fact under the qualifying ranking line, but I´m confident here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,609 Posted March 25, 2016 Author #8 Share Posted March 25, 2016 As for The Netherlands, we have 1 new sport thanks to our handball ladies If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,353 Posted March 25, 2016 #9 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Aruba and Cape Verde in Taekwondo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,189 Posted March 25, 2016 #10 Share Posted March 25, 2016 5 minutes ago, intoronto said: Aruba and Cape Verde in Taekwondo Also DR Congo and Tonga in taekwondo. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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