10 years late, but I feel like this logic doesn't work. If that's the case, "Dominion of Canada" is who competed. "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" competed not the Soviet Union. "United States" didn't compete, its the United States of America. Idk, I feel like its a pretty odd thing to not accept UK. Their olympic name is Team GB which is short for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which quite literally is a shortened version of their official name, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland