It was the first time that India competed as an independent nation at the Olympic Games.
Israel has competed at the Olympic Games as a nation since 1952.
Estonia first competed as a nation at the 1920 Summer Olympics, although the National Olympic Committee was established in 1923.
It was the first time Korea competed as an independent nation.
Pistol shooter Nikola Šaranović, who competed in his second Olympics as an independent nation, was the oldest member of the team, at age 41.
It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Summer Olympic Games.
It is the first championships that Germany competed as a unified nation since their October 1990 reunification.
This has been the most successful winter Olympic games for Slovenia since it began competing as an independent nation.
Leaving the Unified Team concept behind, Russia competed as an independent nation.
Here is the list of all match-ups since 1992, when Croatia started competing as a separate nation.