Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia now compete as separate nations in Olympic competitions.
No, Missy Franklin did not participate in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Missy competed at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team trials, but did not qualify.
Yes it was North Korea.
Dremiel Byers will participate in the wrestling event for the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing
No one 'wins' the Olympics. There are dozens of different events that competitors participate in and each individual event has a winner.
Haiti sent 10 athletes to the 2008 Games to participate in athletics, boxing, and judo.
Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, South America, and North America.
216 countries will participate in 2012 Olympics.....
You can participate in the U.S Olympics at the age of 12.
Liberia sent a team of three athletes to compete at the 2008 Games in Beijing in athletics.
88 nations will participate in the 2014 Olympics.
Niger sent a team of 5 athletes to the 2008 Games to participate in athletics, taekwondo, and swimming.
204 National Olympic Committees participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Not all of these committees represent a sovereign nation, however. Vatican City and Kosovo were two countries that did not participate, and Brunei (who does have a NOC) also did not participate in the Olympics that year. So in total, 192 countries participated in addition to 12 dependent/autonomous territories. The 2008 Beijing Olympics were the first Olympics that Serbia and Montenegro competed in separately, and were also the first Olympics for the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu.