| Athlete | Nation(s) | Sport(s) | Role(s) | Era | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raida Abdallah Bader |  JOR |
ATH | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Jordan |
| Fatima Abdul Majeed |  BRN |
SWM | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Bahrain |
| Märtha Adlerstråhle |  SWE |
TEN | Olympics | 1908 | First woman to compete for Sweden |
| Joanna Agius |  MLT |
ARC | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1980—1988 | First woman to compete for Malta |
| Shabana Akhtar |  PAK |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Pakistan |
| Lilí Álvarez |  ESP |
TEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman (shared) to compete for Spain |
| Aguida Fatima Amaral |  IOA TLS |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer / Closing Flagbearer | 2000—2004 | First woman to compete for Timor-Leste |
| Alice Annum |  GHA |
ATH | Olympics / Non-starter | 1964—1976 | First woman to compete for Ghana |
| Myrna Anselma |  AHO |
FEN | Olympics | 1968 | First woman (shared) to compete for the Netherlands Antilles |
| Lina Aristodimou |  CYP |
ALP | Olympics | 1980—1984 | First woman to compete for Cyprus |
| İradə Aşumova |  AZE |
SHO | Olympics | 1996—2012 | First woman to compete for Azerbaijan |
| Christine Bakombo |  COD |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1984—1992 | First woman to compete for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (competed as Zaire in 1984) |
| Direma Banasso |  TOG |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Togo |
| Edwige Bancole |  BEN |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Benin |
| Michelle Baptiste |  LCA |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1996 | First woman to compete for Saint Lucia |
| Jacinta Bartholomew |  GRN |
ATH | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Grenada |
| Lily Beaurepaire |  AUS |
DIV/SWM | Olympics | 1920 | First woman to compete for Australia (see also: Australasia) |
| Christine Béchard |  MRI |
ATH | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Mauritius |
| Rie Beisenherz |  NED |
SWM/WPO | Olympics / Non-Medal | 1920 | First woman to compete for the Netherlands |
| Tsvetana Berkovska |  BUL |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Bulgaria |
| Arunee, Princess Bhanubandh |  THA |
SAL | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Thailand |
| Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory |  NOR |
TEN | Olympics | 1912—1924 | First woman to compete for Norway |
| Phoebe Blair-White |  IRL |
TEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman (shared) to compete for Ireland |
| Nataša Bokal |  SLO |
ALP | Olympics | 1992—2002 | First woman to compete for Slovenia |
| Ivette Bonapart |  SUR |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Suriname |
| Mirjana Boševska |  MKD |
SWM | Olympics | 1996—2000 | First woman to compete for North Macedonia (competed as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in 1996) |
| Warda Bouchabou |  ALG |
TEN | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Algeria |
| Laverne Bryan |  ANT |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—1988 | First woman to compete for Antigua and Barbuda |
| Marta Bühler |  LIE |
ALP | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1968—1972 | First woman to compete for Liechtenstein |
| Jeanette Campbell |  ARG |
SWM | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1936—1964 | First woman to compete for Argentina |
| Anhel Cape |  GBS |
ATH | Olympics | 2000—2004 | First woman to compete for Guinea Bissau |
| Russel Carrero |  NCA |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Nicaragua |
| Sofie Castenschiold |  DEN |
TEN | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Denmark |
| Dipika Chanmugam |  SRI |
SWM | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Sri Lanka |
| Nelly Chávez |  BOL |
ATH | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Bolivia |
| Yelena Chernetsova |  KAZ |
CCS | Olympics | 1994 | First woman to compete for Kazakhstan |
| Karma Chhoden |  BHU |
ARC | Olympics | 1984 | First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan |
| Emesia Chizunga |  MAW |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Malawi |
| Annie Choong |  MAL |
ATH | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for Malaya |
| Lucie Chroustovská |  CZE |
CCS | Olympics | 1994 | First woman to compete for Czechia (competed as the Czech Republic in 1994) |
| Sonam Chuki | BHU |
ARC | Olympics | 1984 | First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan |
| Chung Thị Thanh Lan |  VIE |
SWM | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Vietnam |
| Manolita Cinco |  PHI |
ATH | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for the Philippines |
| Željka Čižmešija |  CRO YUG |
FSK | Olympics | 1988—1992 | First woman to compete for Croatia |
| Gloria Colón |  PUR |
FEN | Olympics | 1960 | First woman to compete for Puerto Rico |
| Charlotte Cooper |  GBR |
TEN | Olympics / Non-starter | 1900—1908 | First woman to compete for Great Britain |
| Shelley Cramer |  ISV |
SWM | Olympics | 1976—1992 | First woman to compete for the United States Virgin Islands |
| Veronica Cummings |  GUM |
SWM | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Guam |
| Monica Dahl |  NAM |
SWM | Olympics | 1992—1996 | First woman to compete for Namibia |
| Olivette Daruhi |  VAN |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1988 | First woman to compete for Vanuatu |
| Rossana de los Ríos |  PAR |
TEN | Olympics | 1992—2000 | First woman (shared) to compete for Paraguay |
| Fabienne Diato-Pasetti |  MON |
SHO | Olympics | 1988—2008 | First woman to compete for Monaco |
| Berta Díaz |  CUB |
ATH | Olympics | 1956—1960 | First woman to compete for Cuba |
| Fatou Dieng |  MTN |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Mauritania |
| Grace Ann Dinkins |  LBR |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—2000 | First woman to compete for Liberia |
| Gulsara Dodoboeva |  TJK |
ATH | Olympics | 1996—2004 | First woman to compete for Tajikistan |
| Dorjgotovyn Pürevloov |  MGL |
CCS | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Mongolia |
| Wanda Dubieńska |  POL |
FEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman to compete for Poland |
| Divina Estrella |  DOM |
ATH | Olympics | 1976—1984 | First woman to compete for the Dominican Republic |
| Graviola Ewing |  GUA |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Guatamala |
| Evelyn Farrell |  ARUAHO |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—1988 | First woman to compete for Aruba |
| Nadia Fezzani |  LBA |
SWM | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Libya |
| Ursel Finger |  SAA |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Saar |
| Diane Francis |  SKN |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1996 | First woman to compete for Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Isménia do Frederico |  CPV |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1996—2000 | First woman to compete for Cabo Verde (competed as Cape Verde in 1996) |
| Rosalie Gangué |  CHA |
ATH | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Chad |
| Nester Geniwala'a |  SOL |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Solomon Islands |
| Carlota Gooden |  PAN |
ATH | Olympics | 1960 | First woman to compete for Panama |
| Heather Gooding |  BAR |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Barbados |
| Elena Gorohova |  MDA |
BTH/CCS | Olympics | 1994—2006 | First woman to compete for the Republic of Moldova |
| Elvira Guerra |  ITA |
EDR | Olympics | 1900 | First woman to compete for Italy |
| Claire Guttenstein |  BEL |
SWM | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Belgium |
| Nebiat Habtemariam |  ERI |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer / Closing Flagbearer | 2000—2016 | First woman to compete for Eritrea |
| Nevine Hafez |  EGY |
SWM | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Egypt |
| Noor Haki |  IRQ |
SWM | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Iraq |
| Bahya Al-Hamad |  QAT |
SHO | Olympics / YOG / Opening Flagbearer | 2010—2012 | First woman to compete for Qatar |
| Han Pil-Hwa |  PRK |
SSK | Olympics | 1964—1972 | First woman to compete for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
| Ahamada Haoulata |  COM |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for the Comoros |
| Tahesia Harrigan-Scott |  IVB |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer / Closing Flagbearer | 2008—2016 | First woman to compete for the British Virgin Islands |
| Kinue Hitomi |  JPN |
ATH | Olympics | 1928 | First woman to compete for Japan |
| Safia Abukar Hussein |  SOM |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Somalia |
| Siololovau Ikavuka |  TGA |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1988 | First woman to compete for Tonga |
| Tyyne Järvi |  FIN |
SWM | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Finland |
| Jabou Jawo |  GAM |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—1988 | First woman to compete for The Gambia |
| Berta Jikeli |  ROU |
ATH | Olympics | 1928 | First woman to compete for Romania |
| Marny Jolly |  MAS SGP |
SWM | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Malaysia |
| Georgina Jones |  USA |
TEN | Olympics | 1900 | First woman (shared) to compete for the United States |
| Marion Jones | USA |
TEN | Olympics | 1900 | First woman (shared) to compete for the United States |
| Hermin Joseph |  DMA |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Dominica |
| Mireille Joseph |  HAI |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Haiti |
| Seuth Khampa |  LAO |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for the Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| Aminata Konaté |  GUI |
ATH | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Guinea |
| Laury Koster |  LUX |
SWM | Olympics | 1924 | First woman to compete for Luxembourg |
| Marina Kuč |  MNE SCG |
SWM | Olympics | 2004—2008 | First woman to compete for Montenegro |
| Tatiana Kutlíková |  SVK |
BTH/CCS | Olympics | 1994—2002 | First woman to compete for Slovakia |
| Irene Anita Kwok |  HKG |
SWM | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Hong Kong, China (competed as Hong Kong in 1952) |
| María Lardizábal |  HON |
SWM | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for Honduras |
| Iammogapi Launa |  PNG |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1984—1988 | First woman to compete for Papua New Guinea |
| Maria Lenk |  BRA |
SWM | Olympics | 1932—1936 | First woman to compete for Brazil |
| Rinzi Lham | BHU |
ARC | Olympics | 1984 | First woman (shared) to compete for Bhutan |
| Li Sen |  CHN |
ATH | Olympics | 1936 | First woman to compete for the People's Republic of China (competed as China in 1936) |
| Zinaida Liepiņa |  LAT |
ATH | Olympics | 1928 | First woman to compete for Latvia |
| Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones |  BER |
ATH | Olympics | 1948—1952 | First woman to compete for Bermuda |
| Lin Chau-Tai |  TPE |
ATH | Olympics | 1960 | First woman to compete for Chinese Taipei (competed as Formosa in 1960) |
| Nino Luarsabishvili-Uchadze |  GEO |
SHO | Olympics | 1996—2000 | First woman (shared) to compete for Georgia |
| Rachida Mahamane |  NIG |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Niger |
| Maziah Mahusin |  BRU |
ATH | Olympics / YOG / Opening Flagbearer | 2010—2012 | First woman to compete for Brunei Darussalam |
| Felicité Makounawode |  CAF |
JUD | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for the Central African Republic |
| Latifah Al-Maktoum |  UAE |
EJP | Olympics | 2008 | First woman to compete for the United Arab Emirates |
| Asenate Manoa |  TUV |
ATH | Olympics / Closing Flagbearer | 2008—2012 | First woman to compete for Tuvalu |
| Anush Manukyan |  ARM |
SWM | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Armenia |
| Martha Manzano |  COL |
DIV | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for Colombia |
| Mar Mar Min |  MYA |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Myanmar (competed as Burma in 1988) |
| Anja Margetić |  BIH |
SWM | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Sofia Marinou |  GRE |
TEN | 1906 | 1906 | First woman (shared) to compete for Greece |
| Raquel Martínez |  CHI |
ATH | Olympics | 1936 | First woman to compete for Chile |
| Claudette Masdammer |  GUY |
ATH | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for Guyana (competed as British Guiana in 1956) |
| Acacia Mate |  MOZ |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Mozambique |
| Aspasia Matsa | GRE |
TEN | 1906 | 1906 | First woman (shared) to compete for Greece |
| Meas Kheng |  CAM |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Cambodia |
| Daniela Menegon |  SWZ |
SWM | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Eswatini (competed as Swaziland in 1996) |
| Klara Milch |  AUT |
SWM | Olympics | 1912 | First woman to compete for Austria |
| Meg Miners |  RHO |
SWM | Olympics | 1960 | First woman to compete for Zimbabwe (competed as Rhodesia in 1960) |
| Lisa Misipeka |  ASA |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1996—2004 | First woman to compete for American Samoa |
| Odette Mistoul |  GAB |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1984 | First woman to compete for Gabon |
| Myriam Mizouni |  TUN |
SWM | Olympics | 1976 | First woman to compete for Tunisia |
| Awmima Mohamed |  SUD |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Sudan |
| Amantle Montsho |  BOT |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer / Closing Flagbearer | 2004—2020 | First woman to compete for Botswana |
| Margaret Morel |  SEY |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Seychelles |
| Sonja Morgenstern |  GDR |
FSK | Olympics | 1968—1972 | First woman to compete for the German Democratic Republic |
| Jane Moulin |  FRA |
EDR | Olympics | 1900 | First woman to compete for France |
| Ani Jane Mugrditchian |  LBN |
SWM | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Lebanon |
| Marcianne Mukamurenzi |  RWA |
ATH | Olympics | 1984—1992 | First woman to compete for Rwanda |
| Irene Muyanga |  UGA |
ATH | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Uganda |
| Mwinga Mwanjala |  TAN |
ATH | Olympics | 1980—1984 | First woman to compete for the United Republic of Tanzania |
| Kaitinano Mwemweata |  KIR |
ATH | Olympics / Closing Flagbearer | 2004 | First woman to compete for Kiribati |
| Céléstine N'Drin |  CIV |
ATH | Olympics | 1976—1988 | First woman to compete for Cote d'Ivoire |
| Justine Nahimana |  BDI |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Burundi |
| Blanche Nash |  RSA |
SWM | Olympics | 1920 | First woman to compete for South Africa |
| Danah Al-Nasrallah |  KUW |
ATH | Olympics | 2004 | First woman to compete for Kuwait |
| Samar Nassar | JOR PLE |
SWM | Olympics | 2000—2004 | First woman to compete for Palestine |
| Malak El-Nasser |  SYR |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for the Syrian Arab Republic |
| Olesya Nazarenko |  TKM |
JUD | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Turkmenistan |
| Haley Nemra |  MHL |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 2008—2012 | First woman to compete for the Marshall Islands |
| Cécile Ngambi |  CMR |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1980—2000 | First woman to compete for Cameroon |
| Nguyễn Minh Tam |  VNM |
SWM | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for South Vietnam |
| Ndew Niang |  SEN |
ATH | Olympics | 1976 | First woman to compete for Senegal |
| Margaret Northrop |  KEN |
SWM | Olympics | 1956 | First woman to compete for Kenya |
| Juliana Obiong |  GEQ |
ATH | Olympics | 1988—1996 | First woman to compete for Equatorial Guinea |
| Anna Ólafsdóttir |  ISL |
SWM | Olympics | 1948 | First woman to compete for Iceland |
| Tamara Orejuela |  ECU |
SWM | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for Ecuador |
| Eugenia Osho-Williams |  SLE |
ATH | Olympics | 1980—1984 | First woman to compete for Sierra Leone |
| Mariama Ouiminga |  BUR |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Burkina Faso |
| Park Bong-Sik |  KOR |
ATH | Olympics | 1948 | First woman to compete for the Republic of Korea |
| Shahana Parveen |  BAN |
SHO | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Bangladesh |
| Karin Peckert-Forsman |  EST |
ALP | Olympics | 1936 | First woman to compete for Estonia |
| Valerie Pedro |  PLW |
WLF | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 2000 | First woman to compete for Palau |
| Sheeva Peo |  NRU |
WLF | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Nauru |
| Michele Pessoa |  ANG |
SWM | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Angola |
| Merilyn Phillips |  CAY |
CRD | Olympics | 1984 | First woman to compete for the Cayman Islands |
| Laura Pierre |  TTO |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for Trinidad and Tobago |
| Alena Piirainen |  BLR |
CCS | Olympics | 1994 | First woman to compete for Belarus |
| Sortelina Pires |  STP |
ATH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1996 | First woman to compete for São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Mantokoane Pitso |  LES |
ATH | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for Lesotho |
| Nora Polley |  IND |
TEN | Olympics | 1924 | First woman to compete for India (competed as British India in 1924) |
| Hélène, Comtesse de Pourtalès |  SUI |
SAL | Olympics | 1900 | First woman to compete for Switzerland |
| Claudette Powell |  BAH |
ATH | Olympics | 1972 | First woman to compete for The Bahamas |
| Estrella Puente |  URU |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Uruguay |
| Paula Radziulytė |  LTU |
ATH | Olympics | 1928 | First woman to compete for Lithuania |
| Bako Ratsifa |  MAD |
SWM | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Madagascar |
| Friba Razayee |  AFG |
JUD | Olympics | 2004 | First woman to compete for Afghanistan |
| Elsa Rendschmidt |  GER |
FSK | Olympics | 1908 | First woman to compete for Germany |
| Aminath Rishtha |  MDV |
ATH | Olympics | 1992 | First woman to compete for the Maldives |
| Jean Robotham |  CRC |
ATH | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for Costa Rica |
| Yevgeniya Roppel |  KGZ |
BTH | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1994 | First woman to compete for Kyrgyzstan |
| Hedwig Rosenbaum |  BOH |
TEN | Olympics | 1900 | First woman to compete for Bohemia |
| Jacqueline Ross |  VIN |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Claudina Rossel |  AND |
ALP | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1988 | First woman to compete for Andorra |
| Tracy Ann Route |  FSM |
SWM | Olympics | 2000—2004 | First woman to compete for the Federated States of Micronesia |
| Petra Ruhrmann |  FRG |
FSK | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Simin Safamehr |  IRI |
ATH | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for the Islamic Republic of Iran (competed as Iran in 1964) |
| Hana Ali Saleh |  YEM |
ATH | Olympics | 2000 | First woman to compete for Yemen |
| Nino Salukvadze | GEO URS EUN |
SHO | Olympics / Opening Flagbearer | 1988—2024 | First woman (shared) to compete for Georgia |
| Graziella Santini |  SMR |
ATH | Olympics | 1976 | First woman to compete for San Marino |
| Larissa Schaerer | PAR |
TEN | Olympics | 1992 | First woman (shared) to compete for Paraguay |
| Wojdan Shaherkani |  KSA |
JUD | Olympics | 2012 | First woman to compete for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| Fantaye Sirak |  ETH |
ATH | Olympics | 1980 | First woman to compete for Ethiopia |
| Patricia Skinner |  ZAM |
FEN | Olympics | 1964 | First woman to compete for Zambia (competed as Northern Rhodesia in 1964) |
| Milada Skrbková | CZE TCH |
TEN | Olympics | 1920 | First woman to compete for Czechoslovakia (see also: Bohemia) |
| Cecil Smith |  CAN |
FSK | Olympics | 1924—1928 | First woman to compete for Canada |
| Camille Solis |  BIZ |
CRD | Olympics | 1992—1996 | First woman to compete for Belize |
| Cecilia Sosa |  ESA |
ATH | Olympics | 1968 | First woman to compete for El Salvador |
| Jelica Stanojević |  SRBYUG |
ATH | Olympics | 1936 | First woman to compete for Yugoslavia |
| Iloai Suaniu |  SAM |
ATH | Olympics | 1996 | First woman to compete for Samoa (competed as Western Samoa in 1996) |
| Tang Pui Wah | SGP |
ATH | Olympics | 1952 | First woman to compete for Singapore |
| Iryna Taranenko-Terelia |  UKR |
CCS | Olympics | 1994—2002 | First woman to compete for Ukraine |
| Gizella Tary |  HUN |
FEN | Olympics | 1924—1928 | First woman to compete for Hungary |
| Parvati Thapa |  NEP |
SHO | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for Nepal |
| Cynthia Thompson |  JAM |
ATH | Olympics | 1948 | First woman to compete for Jamaica |
| Erin Tierney |  COK |
ATH | Olympics | 1988 | First woman to compete for the Cook Islands |
