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Roughly 11,000 athletes from 204 countries competed at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Originally it was to be 205, however Brunei pulled out at the last minute, the same day as the opening ceremony.
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How many athletes and how many countries will compete in the 2008 summer games?
There were 11,028 athletes competing from 204 countries (including some territories) at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
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10 500 athetes are ate the Beijing Olympics 2008
10538 athletes
According to the 2008 Olympics Opening parade stats, USA has 647 athletes so USA has the most athletes thus far of all the countries.
There are 639 athletes on the 2008 Chinese Olympic team.
China has the most athletes with 638 competing in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.