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Sporting event delegation
Lebanon
's first appearance in the Olympics was in 1936 when a "delegation of officials" attended the Summer Olympics in Berlin.
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Following the formation of the Lebanese Olympic Committee in 1947, Lebanon participated for the first time at the
Olympic Games
in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one
Summer Olympic Games
since then. Lebanon was one of four nations to boycott the
1956 Games
in protest of the
British
and
French
involvement in the
Suez Crisis
.
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Lebanon has also participated in most
Winter Olympic Games
since 1948, missing only the 1994 and 1998 Winter Games.
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Lebanon also participated at the 1st
Youth Olympic Games
2010 in Singapore.
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Lebanese athletes have won four medals, three in
Greco-Roman wrestling
and one in
weightlifting
.
The
Lebanese Olympic Committee
, i.e. the
National Olympic Committee
for Lebanon, was created in 1947 and recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
in 1948.
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