London 2012 Olympic Games Unqualified NOCs

JoshMartini007

Under the newest Olympic charter all new members must be recognized by the United Nations so until someone says something different we can assume Kosovo will not be in the olympics.

South Sudan could send athletes under their own flag, but it is a race against time to become a full member.  If they fail they can still send athletes under the olympic flag.

MHSN

Asian Archery Championship is already done, Bangladesh and Myanmar failed to qualify. they have no chance in final qualifier.

and one thing I forgot, UAE has very good double trap shooters.

and Myanmar will qualify through Asian Weightlifting Championships if they send a team. years ago they were one of the best female teams of the world !!!

JoshMartini007

Forgot the Asian Archery Qualifiers are done.

dcro

Rwanda has very good chance in men's mountain bike. At the African qualification Rwanda was 3rd best country (best 2 earn quotas), but if South Africa qualify by ranking (likely), Rwanda will earn thoser second spot.

JoshMartini007

Congratulations to Central African Republic for qualifying their first athletes in Taekwondo Men's -68kg and Women's -49kg.

Sindo

Strange to see Paraguay and United Arab Emirates in this list.

JoshMartini007

Sindo replied at 2012-1-12 08:26 PM
Strange to see Paraguay and United Arab Emirates in this list.

Yeah there are some countries that have either had bad luck so far or the qualifying event for the sport they are good at hasn't happened yet.


Initially I was surprised that Paraguay hasn't qualified anybody, but doing some quick research the country doesn't send many people to the Olympics if you exclude football.

JoshMartini007

Congratulations to United Arab Emirates for qualifying in Shooting's Men's Trap, Double Trap and Skeet.

JoshMartini007

I've decided to add Men's Handball to Macedonia after their performance in the European Qualifiers, I wasn't expecting them to perform so well.

JoshMartini007

Congratulations to Sierra Leone for qualifying in Women's Long Jump.

Interestingly enough the feat was done back in May, but wasn't approved by IAAF until recently (probably because it was a university meet)

dcro

Palestinian Christian Bruhe (probably not real Palestinian) will likely qualify for London in dressage, he is currently 1st in group F rankings (he just came from nowhere, he wasn't even ranked few days ago...)

JoshMartini007

dcro replied at 2012-2-10 04:10 PM
Palestinian Christian Bruhe (probably not real Palestinian) will likely qualify for London in dressa ...

Doing some quick research and it looks like he was competing for Germany till at least September 2011 (probably until before the last update, or at the very least he didn't compete under Palestine until then).  I'm not sure if he would be allowed to compete at the olympics

A competitor who has represented one country in the Olympic Games, in continental or regional games or in world or regional championships recognised by the relevant IF, and who has changed his nationality or acquired a new nationality, may participate in the Olympic Games to represent his new country provided that at least three years have passed since the competitor last represented his former country. This period may be reduced or even cancelled, with the agreement of the NOCs and IF concerned, by the IOC Executive Board, which takes into account the circumstances of each case.

Of course him competing under the German flag doesn't mean he was representing the country, just that the FEI considered the athlete German until then.  I would like to think that with the update he can represent Palenstine, but we'll have to wait for the final update.

dcro

JoshMartini007 replied at 2012-2-10 07:50 PM
Doing some quick research and it looks like he was competing for Germany till at least September 2 ...

No surprise here, if you want to compete for Germany in dressage at the Olympics, you have to be in top ten in the world.
Hopefully he will compete, that would be great for Palestine. He isn't so bad probably top 30 or 35 place at the Olympics is reachable.

Also, there have been quite a lot of changes in dressage rankings in the past few days. But now, when he is ranked, he will probably be eligible to compete in London. Also, he is eligible to compete because he managed to score more than 64% in two grand prix competitions.

vovanA

strange is that he chose such nation to compete for, I thought Germany has some political misunderstands with Palestine

JoshMartini007

I assume one of his parents is from Palestine