This is a documentation subpage for Template:Flag IOC medalist. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Similar to {{ flag IOC athlete}}, but places the country name on a second line.

{{Flag IOC medalist|athlete|code|games}}

athlete

Any text string, usually a wikilinked name.

code

Three letter code as per List of IOC country codes

games

String of the form "<year> Summer" or "<year> Winter"

Note that the combination of code and games parameters will automatically choose the correct flag for the nation (including historical flags for nations in which they have changed over the years) and the correct wikilink to the nation's article.

{{flag IOC medalist|[[Mark Spitz]]|USA|1972 Summer}}

Mark Spitz
  United States

{{flag IOC medalist|[[Nedo Nadi]]|ITA|1920 Summer}} (shows historical Italian flag in use in 1920)

Nedo Nadi
  Italy

For comparison, the output of {{flag IOC athlete|[[Nedo Nadi]]|ITA|1920 Summer}} is:

  Nedo Nadi ( ITA)

The template gives the option to display the country code, although this is discouraged by MOS guidelines.

• {{flag IOC medalist|[[Nedo Nadi]]|ITA|1920 Summer|code=yes}}

Nedo Nadi
  Italy

• The country name is supplied by {{ country alias|AAA}} where AAA is an IOC country code.
• The flag image name is also supplied by {{country alias}}
  • For the complete country code list with related names and flags, see Module:Country alias