205 nations
24 nations ! (:
Softball and baseball were competed at the 2008 Summer Games but will not be competed at the 2012 Summer Games. They will not be replaced so the 2012 Games will have 26 sports where the 2008 Games had 28.
Luke Thomas Michael Hall is a Swazi swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He placed fourth in his heat.
Italy has competed in all Summer Olympics except 1904 and in all Winter Olympics. That would make 25 Summer Games (including 2008) and 20 Winter Games.
The country Iraq was banned from the Olympics in the year of 2008.
The first Olympics that Lauren Mitchell competed in was the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, 8. Ukraine has competed in the 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics and the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics.
There are four strokes competed in the Olympics ... breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, and freestyle.
The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, China.
In 2006 Winter Olympics held at BARDONECCHIA, Italy Shaun White won gold in Men's Half Pipe Snowboarding category.
433 athletes.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the U.S. Virgin Islands has competed at every Summer Olympics, except for the 1980 Games, since 1968 and has competed in five Winter Olympics. Athletes have won one medal, a silver at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul by Peter Holmberg in one person dinghy sailing.