Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Macedonia competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Macedonian athletes could not appear under their own flag because their NOC had not been formed. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) was under United Nations sanctions which prevented the country from taking part in the Olympics. However, individual Yugoslav athletes were allowed to take part as Independent Olympic Participants (and as Independent Paralympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Paralympics). 58 competitors (52 from FR
International Rowing Federation first applied at the European Championships (for women) in August 1966 and then the World Championships (for men) two weeks later in September. FISA is led by a president. The following list gives presidents since 1924: At the 2017 Ordinary Congress FISA admitted its 152nd & 153rd members. FISA organises a large number of international rowing events throughout the year. FISA has been sponsoring the program for rowing events at the Olympic games since the initial Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. It is also responsible for running the qualification program to select the participants for the games. Started in