Over 630
A total of 344 athletes were sent to compete.
There were about 20 people. My favorite was Solveig Gulbrandsen (soccer)!!! XD
There are 40 athletes from Australia competing in Vancouver.
Burkina Faso had 6 athletes competing in athletics, swimming, judo, and fencing at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
With 639 athletes, China has the most athletes in the Beijing Olympics. The country that has the most athletes that traveled to China to the Olympics would be the the US with 595 athletes.
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It is all about money and TV ratings. More people watch the Olympics when people they have heard of are competing than when people that they have not heard of are competing. This allows for more money to be made by those that are putting on the Olympics and televising the Olympics.
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24 Bahamians were sent to the 2012 Olympics.