About 1,000,000 athletes.
China has the most athletes with 638 competing in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Over 9,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously about 11,350
New Zealand is sending 183 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, its biggest team ever.
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, China, from Friday, August 8, 2008 to Sunday, August 24, 2008 A total of 302 sets of medals will be awarded in 31 sports. Number of participating athletes is about 10,500
6450 men
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South Africa is sending 136 athletes to compete at the 2008 Olympics. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics
Currently (May 20, 2008), there are 233 Brazilian athletes that have qualified for the 2008 Games. Click on the 'Brazilian Athletes at the 2008 Games' link below to see a list of them and the events they will compete in.
313 athletes from Great Britain will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Bejing, China.
That was the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing where 11,028 athletes competed.
There were total of 11,196 athletes in 2008 Beijing Olympics
The International Olympic Committee estimates there will be 10,500 athletes from 205 countries participating in the 2008 Games.