I also asked a similar question here and found the answer myself so came back to share: There are 195 countries and 12 territories, 3 countries are not participating. Full and very informative explanation at http://geography.about.com/od/politicalgeography/a/2008olympics.htm
The whole world participates in the Olympics summer games.
It is really up to the countries state of law
Countries participating in cycling at the Olympics include a diverse range of nations from around the world. Typically, countries with strong cycling traditions such as the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Belgium are prominent. Additionally, nations like the United States, Australia, and Great Britain also have competitive cycling teams. The final list of participating countries may vary with each Olympic Games, depending on qualifications and events.
no Canada is not in the world cup but all the other countries are participating except china and japan i think.
The Olympic Games were not held during World War II.
The Commonwealth games are of those countries that are a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, of which there are 53 countries. They are mainly countries that were in the British Empire. Olympics is the whole world.
The total attendance of the last Olympic Games (2012) was about 3 million people from the UK, US and dozens of other countries out there in the world.
No. The International Olympic Committee banned Austria from participating in the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp due to their involvement in World War I as a German ally. Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria were also banned from the 1920 Games as well as Germany.
the olympic games because lots of countries take part
Every country in the world with proper representation or that have a representative in the un....
You can see the flags of all the countries participating in the FIFA World Cup 2010 in the related link.
The number varies depending on the committees who qualify teams. A committee may represent an entire country or an autonomous (usually overseas) region within a country.For the Summer Olympics of 2012 (London), there were 204 participating committees representing about 195 countries, plus 2 more locales that had no committees (Netherlands Antilles and South Sudan)For the Winter Olympics of 2014 (Sochi, Russia), there were a record 88 participating committees.Currently there are approximately 200 countries attending the Olympics.