Georgia announced on 9 August 2008 that it is considering withdrawing from the Beijing Olympic Games due to current military conflict in South Ossetia.
On July 24, 2008, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Iraq from competing in the 2008 Olympic Summer Games due to "political interference by the government in sports."
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There were no Winter Olympics in 2008.
Total no of countries participated in 2008 Beijing Olympics is 191
there is 205 countries in the Olympics there is 205 countries in the Olympics
204 nations entered the 2008 Olympics.
204 nations entered the 2008 Olympics.
The Marshall Islands, Montenegro and Tuvalu are the 3 countries that are participating for the first time in 2008 Beijing Olympics.
countries that qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics are Japan, America, China, Korea, Australia, Laos (:
205 countries were competing
names of countries that participated in the Beijing olyiumpics games 2008
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204 countries took part