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Yes, Switzerland has competed in each Summer and Winter Olympics in the modern era. The sports of alpine skiing, gymnastics, and bobsleigh are those that Swiss athletes have won the most medals.
Yes, Finland has competed at every Summer Olympics since 1908 and will send athletes to compete in 2012. Finland has a rich history in the Summer Olympics and has won their most medals in athletics and wrestling.
The country with the most athletes competing in the 2012 Olympics is Great Britain. They have a total of 558 athletes.
Ian Millar has competed in the most Olympic games with 10 appearances.
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That number has not yet been determined since most Olympic committees have not had all of their competitions to determine who will be selected. There were 10,625 athletes that competed in the 2004 Games in Athens so it would be safe to say the number of athletes will be over 10,000.
There are alot of athletes that went to the Beijing 2008 Olympics. 433 athletes went to the 2008 Olympics, which is the second most amount of Australian athletes that have gone to the Olympics Athens was first with 482 Australian athletes that went.
The United States has the most athletes competing in the 2014 Sochi Olympics with 230 athletes. Russia has the second most with 226 athletes competing.
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.
The country with the most athletes competing in the 2012 Olympics is Great Britain. They have a total of 558 athletes.
No, Syria has never competed in the Winter Olympics. Syria has a Mediterranean climate, which makes it very difficult to find high caliber winter athletes, as most winter sports are not part of the Syrian cultural identity.
In the earliest Olympics, the Greek athletes competed for prizes such as tax breaks, huge monetary prizes, and crowns of olive branches. Most of the rewards received in the past are the ancient equivalent of today's medals and bouquet of flowers.