What Country Is BER in the Olympics? IOC Country Codes Used at Tokyo 2020

The letters BER stand for Bermuda, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The British overseas territory earned its first-ever Olympic gold medal with Bermuda's Flora Duffy winning the women's triathlon event on Tuesday.

Duffy took the lead in the running portion of the triathlon, which included a 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-kilometer bike ride, followed by a 10-kilometer run, according to the Tokyo 2020 website.

The four-lap run of the final race saw Duffy win with a time of 1:55.36, which was a minute and 14 seconds ahead of the U.K.'s Georgia Taylor-Brown, the 2020 world champion who took the silver medal.

BER is among the country and territory codes designated for the 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) recognized by the IOC.

Among the other recognized NOCs is ROC, which stands for the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia has been banned from major sporting events since 2019 due to a doping scandal. The country is under a two-year ban for major and repeated doping offenses.

The ROC provides a way for Russian athletes to compete at Tokyo 2020 even though they aren't able to represent Russia.

Russian athletes who can prove they weren't linked with the doping scandal and that they have remained clean have been allowed to compete at this year's Olympics under an ROC flag.

The IOC is the only authority that can recognize a NOC. The IOC website says: "Together with the International Sport Federations, the NOCs are a constituent of the Olympic Movement under the leadership of the IOC.

"The mission of the NOCs is to develop, promote and protect the Olympic Movement in their respective countries, in accordance with the Olympic Charter," the website explains.

IOC Country and Territory Codes at Tokyo 2020

Below are the IOC codes for the 206 NOCs recognized by the IOC, as outlined at the Tokyo Olympics website.

1. Afghanistan – AFG
2. Albania – ALB
3. Algeria – ALG
4. American Samoa – ASA
5. Andorra – AND
6. Angola – ANG
7. Antigua and Barbuda – ANT
8. Argentina – ARG
9. Armenia – ARM
10. Aruba – ARU
11. Australia – AUS
12. Austria – AUT
13. Azerbaijan – AZE
14. Bahamas – BAH
15. Bahrain – BRN
16. Bangladesh – BAN
17. Barbados – BAR
18. Belarus – BLR
19. Belgium – BEL
20. Belize – BIZ
21. Benin – BEN
22. Bermuda* – BER
23. Bhutan – BHU
24. Bolivia – BOL
25. Bosnia and Herzegovina – BIH
26. Botswana – BOT
27. Brazil – BRA
28. British Virgin Islands – IVB
29. Brunei – BRU
30. Bulgaria – BUL
31. Burkina Faso – BUR
32. Burundi – BDI
33. Cambodia – CAM
34. Cameroon – CMR
35. Canada – CAN
36. Cape Verde – CPV
37. Cayman Islands – CAY
38. Central African Republic – CAF
39. Chad – CHA
40. Chile – CHI
41. China (People's Republic of China) – CHN
42. Chinese Taipei – TPE
43. Colombia – COL
44. Comoros – COM
45. Congo (Republic of the Congo) – CGO
46. Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) – COD
47. Cook Islands – COK
48. Costa Rica – CRC
49. Cote d'Ivoire – CIV
50. Croatia – CRO
51. Cuba – CUB
52. Cyprus – CYP
53. Czech Republic – CZE
54. Denmark – DEN
55. Djibouti – DJI
56. Dominican Republic – DOM
57. Dominique (Dominica) – DMA
58. Ecuador – ECU
59. Egypt – EGY
60. El Salvador – ESA
61. Equatorial Guinea – GEQ
62. Eritrea – ERI
63. Estonia – EST
64. Eswatini (Swaziland) – SWZ
65. Ethiopia – ETH
66. Fiji – FIJ
67. Finland – FIN
68. France – FRA
69. Gabon – GAB
70. Gambia – GAM
71. Georgia – GEO
72. Germany – GER
73. Ghana – GHA
74. Great Britain - GBR
75. Greece – GRE
76. Grenada – GRN
77. Guam – GUM
78. Guatemala – GUA
79. Guinea – GUI
80. Guinea-Bissau – GBS
81. Guyana – GUY
82. Haiti – HAI
83. Honduras – HON
84. Hong Kong – HKG
85. Hungary – HUN
86. Iceland – ISL
87. India – IND
88. Indonesia – INA
89. Iran – IRI
90. Iraq – IRQ
91. Ireland – IRL
92. Israel – ISR
93. Italy – ITA
94. Jamaica – JAM
95. Japan – JPN
96. Jordan – JOR
97. Kazakhstan – KAZ
98. Kenya – KEN
99. Kiribati - KIR
100. Kosovo - KOS
101. Kuwait – KUW
102. Kyrgyzstan – KGZ
103. Laos – LAO
104. Latvia – LAT
105. Lebanon – LIB
106. Lesotho – LES
107. Liberia – LBR
108. Libya – LBA
109. Liechtenstein – LIE
110. Lithuania – LTU
111. Luxembourg – LUX
112. Macedonia – MKD
113. Madagascar – MAD
114. Malawi – MAW
115. Malaysia – MAS
116. Maldives – MDV
117. Mali – MLI
118. Malta – MLT
119. Marshall Islands - MHL
120. Mauritania – MTN
121. Mauritius – MRI
122. Mexico – MEX
123. Federated States of Micronesia – FSM
124. Moldova – MDA
125. Monaco – MON
126. Mongolia – MGL
127. Morocco – MAR
128. Mozambique – MOZ
129. Myanmar (Burma) – MYA
130. Namibia – NAM
131. Nauru – NRU
132. Nepal – NEP
133. Netherlands – NED
134. New Zealand – NZL
135. Nicaragua – NCA
136. Niger – NIG
137. Nigeria – NGR
138. North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) – PRK
139. North Macedonia - MKD
140. Norway – NOR
141. Oman – OMA
142. Pakistan – PAK
143. Palau – PLW
144. Palestine – PLE
145. Panama – PAN
146. Papua New Guinea – PNG
147. Paraguay – PAR
148. Peru – PER
149. Philippines – PHI
150. Poland – POL
151. Portugal – POR
152. Puerto Rico – PUR
153. Qatar – QAT
154. Romania – ROM
155. Russian Olympic Committee - ROC
156. Rwanda – RWA
157. St. Kitts and Nevis – SKN
158. St. Lucia – LCA
159. St. Vincent and the Grenadines – VIN
160. Samoa – SAM
161. San Marino – SMR
162. Sao Tome and Principe – STP
163. Saudi Arabia – KSA
164. Senegal – SEN
165. Serbia and Montenegro – SCG
166. Seychelles – SEY
167. Sierra Leone – SLE
168. Singapore – SIN
169. Slovakia – SVK
170. Slovenia – SLO
171. Solomon Islands – SOL
172. Somalia – SOM
173. South Africa – RSA
174. South Korea (Republic of Korea) – KOR
175. South Sudan - SSD
176. Spain – ESP
177. Sri Lanka – SRI
178. Sudan – SUD
179. Suriname – SUR
180. Sweden – SWE
181. Switzerland – SUI
182. Syria – SYR
183. Tajikistan – TJK
184. Tanzania – TAN
185. Thailand – THA
186. Timor-Leste (East Timor) – TLS
187. Togo – TOG
188. Tonga – TGA
189. Trinidad and Tobago – TRI
190. Tunisia – TUN
191. Turkey – TUR
192. Tuvalu - TUV
193. Turkmenistan – TKM
194. Uganda – UGA
195. Ukraine – UKR
196. United Arab Emirates – UAE
197. U.S. – USA
198. U.S. Virgin Islands – ISV
199. Uruguay – URU
200. Uzbekistan – UZB
201. Vanuatu – VAN
202. Venezuela – VEN
203. Vietnam – VIE
204. Yemen – YEM
205. Zambia – ZAM
206. Zimbabwe – ZIM