| Mixed team at the Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | ZZX |
| NOC | Mixed team |
| Medals |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
In the early editions of the Modern Olympic Games, individuals from different nations were allowed to compete as a team. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) grouped their results together under the mixed team designation.[1]
Until 2024, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) considered all teams in which athletes from different countries competed in the early Modern Olympic Games as mixed teams and used the IOC code ZZX to designate such teams. A total of 25 medals were awarded to the mixed teams in the first three Summer Olympic Games, from 1896 to 1904 and a single medal was awarded in the 1924 Winter Olympic Games.
In 2024, the IOC changed the definition of such mixed teams. It reallocated medals won by a team, which had represented a club of a particular country at the Olympics to the corresponding country, even if the team included foreign athletes. Only medals won by those teams in which athletes from different countries participated together only for the duration of the Olympics and did not belong to a single club of any country are currently designated under mixed teams. The IOC uses a new IOC code XXB to designate mixed teams under the new criteria. As per the revised definition, a total of ten medals are listed as won by mixed teams.[2][3]
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- ^ "Athens 1896 doubles men Results - Olympic tennis". Olympics. Archived from the original on 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Mixed team at the Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.