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
Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics women's coxless pairs, coxless fours, and eights. The women's coxless four replaces the men's lightweight coxless four from the previous Games, which is the first change made to the rowing programme since 1996. This was driven by the IOC's desire to seek gender parity and eventually remove all lightweight events. Each competing nation may qualify one boat for each of the fourteen events. The majority of the qualifying berths will be awarded at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, which take place in Ottensheim, Austria between 25 August and 1 September 2019. They are awarded to National Olympic Committees (rather than