Zimbabwe Olympic Committee
The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee is the National [Olympic Committee] representing Zimbabwe. It was created in 1934 as the Rhodesia Olympic Committee and recognised by the IOC in 1980.
Zimbabwe made its debut at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union. Previously, it competed as Rhodesia and was banned for a short period in the 1970s. After the country gained its independence, it reformed its Olympic committee.
Until 2003, the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee was also a Commonwealth Games Association, which organised Zimbabwe's representation from the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia to the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.