Citius Altius Fortius 560 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 History of Zimbabew resp. Zambia - I did on the German version of wikipedia a new table about the IOC-country codes - in the engl. Version is something strange: That Rhodesia seperated in Northern and Southern Rhodesia in 1964 - is that true? I'm not sure.... wikipedia - Liste der olympischen Länderkürzel wikipedia - List of IOC country codes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amorincognito 13 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 auf Deutsch.... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesien Rhodesia was a British colony and was split into two countries. Zambia was independent in the 60s but Zimbabwe was part of the crown until 1980 .... and at some point they might have been unified with Malawi (Rhodesia and Nyasaland). Rhodesia was named after Cecil Rhodes, who the British members would probably know more about offhand than I would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citius Altius Fortius 560 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 ... then is RHO on one hand the abbrevation of Rhodesia before the seperation in North and South Rhodesia and on the other hand the abbrevation of South Rhodesia after North Rhodesia became Zambia? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amorincognito 13 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 I guess so, since the name "Rhodesia" was only used in Zimbabwe after Zambia was independent. It doesn't say what "Southern Rhodesia" used from 1968-1980, after RHS was used in 1964. EDIT. Found it. If I could only look harder, "Southern Rhodesia" became "Rhodesia" from then until 1980. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia) so they would have used RHO from 1968-1976. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citius Altius Fortius 560 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 very complicated by the way I doubt the explanation of HOL in the english version, too - I'm sure that I had seen NED before 1992 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amorincognito 13 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 very complicatedby the way I doubt the explanation of HOL in the english version, too - I'm sure that I had seen NED before 1992 Yeah, I don't think it would have taken that long for the Netherlands to get it changed to correspond with the proper name of the country. But then again, these names are largely based on the French names for the countries, and "Hollande" might still be more in popular usage above "Pays-Bas" (Nederlanden). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citius Altius Fortius 560 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 Yeah, I don't think it would have taken that long for the Netherlands to get it changed to correspond with the proper name of the country. But then again, these names are largely based on the French names for the countries, and "Hollande" might still be more in popular usage above "Pays-Bas" (Nederlanden). well - than Germany would be ALE - but I remember that West-Germany was often called RFA and East-Germany RDA... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Rols 1899 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 well - than Germany would be ALE - but I remember that West-Germany was often called RFA and East-Germany RDA... In English, I'm sure we always used FRG and GDR when East and West were still divided. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faster 545 Report post Posted July 15, 2006 In English, I'm sure we always used FRG and GDR when East and West were still divided. We did, I couldn't get them sorted until a little while ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
