The games in Athens will have three more NOC's competing than Sydney: Afghanistan, Kiribati, and Timor-Leste
204 countries or Participating National Olympic Committees were in the Olympics and 79 had athletes that won at least one medal. The names of the countries followed by number of athletes can be found in the related link forParticipants
Three countries made their first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Games in Beijing: Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Montenegro
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The 1936 summer Olympics were held in Berlin Germany. The total number of participating countries was 49 and almost 3963 athletes participated of which only 331 were women.
As of September 16, 2009 the following countries are sending athletes to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. There are expected to be more countries to send athletes but the total number will not be known until shortly before the Games start.AustraliaAustriaBahamasBelgiumBelarusCanadaCayman IslandsChinaCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGabonGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreat BritainGreeceIndiaIranIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanKazakhstanSouth KoreaLatviaLebanonLiechtensteinLithuaniaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaNew ZealandNorwayPolandRussiaSenegalSloveniaSlovakiaSpainSwitzerlandSwedenTurkeyUnited StatesUkraine
names of countries that participated in the Beijing olyiumpics games 2008
There are over 10,000 of them one source has reported the figure at 10,490
Countries do not enter the Olympic Games. The Olympic Movement consists of international sports federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and organizing committees for each specific Olympic Games.
Yes, Iran has an athlete in some sport at the Olympics in London. You can visit the Olympic site in London, the names of the athletes and the sports they see.
The 2012 Olympics are not being held in Beijing.
32 nations are playing. For names of teams, search on google.
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