34 athletes
Hong Kong help host some event of the 2008 Olympic but it has never hosted the Olympics on its own.
As part of China, Hong Kong can host Olympic events as it did for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The events based in Hong Kong in 2008 were the Equestrian (horseriding) events of dressage, jumping and eventing.
No. Hong Kong sent a team of 34 athletes to compete at the 2008 Games but did not win a medal.
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Beijing and Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Sevens 2008 will be played from March 28th - March 30th 2008 at the Hong Kong Stadium in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong competes in the Olympics as a city of the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong was, for 150 years, a territory of the United Kingdom - "a Crown colony" - until its sovereignty was transfered to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Although Hong Kong has a level of autonomy (officially for 50 years after the change), and therefore, its own system of government, it is officially, on a international stage, part of the People's Republic of China.
Hong Kong won a Bronze Medal
Hong Kong Bronx was created in 2008.
W Hong Kong was created in 2008.
When control of Hong Kong was transferred to China in 1997, they were designated as a Special Administrative Region which has autonomy and a separate political system than the mainland. Hong Kong has had a National Olympic Committee since 1950 and has been participating in the Summer Olympics since 1952. They will continue to participate separate of China in upcoming Olympics and will be known as Hong Kong, China.
They are separate entities and have their own National Olympic Committees. Hong Kong is a 'special administrative region' within the People's Republic of China. They competed in the 2008 Games as Hong Kong, China. Taiwan is a separate country altogether from the People's Republic of China. While the People's Republic of China claims Taiwan, they have never controlled it.