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Olympics: Historic and Obsolete IOC country codes

Identify locations or teams for these codes used to identify participants. Some are countries, others are teams. None participate any more.
Some are countries or groups, others are team designations.
The first 14 are preserved in the record books as medal winners
The next 2 were used until a new code/name was adopted to reflect IOC designations
The last 17 were used by countries that never medalled under these names.
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AHO
1952-2008
Netherlands Antilles
ANZ
1908-1912
Australasia
BOH
1900-1912
Bohemia
BWI
1960
British West Indies (consisted of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados)
EUA
1956-1964
United German Team (West and East German Athletes competing together)
EUN
1992
Unified Team (ex-USSR)
FRG
1968-1988
West Germany
GDR
1968-1988
East Germany
RU1
1900-1912
Russian Empire
SCG
2004-2006
Serbia and Montenegro
TCH
1920-1992
Czechoslovakia
URS
1952-1988
Soviet Union
YUG
1920-1992
Yugoslavia
ZZX
1896-1904
Mixed Team
HOL
1900-1988
Holland (all records now NED - Netherlands)
IRN
1900-1988
Iran (now IRI - Islamic Republic of Iran)
BIR
1948-1988
Burma (now MYA Myanmar)
CEY
1948-1972
Ceylon (now SRI Sri Lanka)
DAH
1964-1976
Dahomey (now BEN Benin)
GUI
1948-1964
British Guiana (now GUY Guyana)
HBR
1968-1972
British Honduras (Now BIZ Belize)
KHM
1972-1976
Khmer Republic (Now CAM Cambodia)
MAL
1956-1960
Malaya (Now part of MAS Malaysia)
NBO
1956
North Borneo (now part of MAS Malaysia)
NRH
1964
Northern Rhodesia (now ZAM Zambia)
RAU, UAR
1960-1968
United Arab Republic (now EGY Egypt or SYR Syria)
RHO
1960-1972
Rhodesia (now ZIM Zimbabwe)
ROC
1932-1976
Republic of China (now must compete as TPE Chinese Taipei)
SAA
1952
Saar (subesquently part of FRG, now part of GER Germany)
VOL
1972-1984
Upper Volta (now BUR Burkina Faso)
YAR
1984-1988
North Yemen (unified, now YEM Yemen)
YMD
1988
South Yemen (unified, now YEM Yemen)
ZAI
1972-1996
Zaire (now COD Democratic Republic of Congo)
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