around 150
148 countries have taken part in the olympics
14
The Olympics has taken place for one hundred years and new countries have joined and new sports have been accepted.
Because Americans dominated and the other countries or their feelings hurt
Countries will bid on the Olympics approx. 6 years before then a vote is taken as to who won, for instance the next summer Olympics for 2012 will be held in London,England then the next Winter Olympics will be held in Russia in 2014.
The summer Olympics are more popular than the Winter ones only because more countries participate, especially the ones that do not have winter like the ones in Africa
America is one of hundreds of countries in the world - they all want to hold Olympics
No
Rome,Italy
1886
2010
In recent times, countries like the United Kingdom, Israel, and Australia have experienced political turmoil due to actions taken by their prime ministers.