The IOC decides who is eligable…and then ik in the USA we have trials where eligible people compete to go, cuz not everyone makes it.
every single country i dont know
every single country i dont know
There are around 1400 athletes and 205 Olympic teams.
China and the United States have the largest teams, with 639 and 647 competitors respectively.
By themselves
The Japanese teams sent 351 athletes to the Games. A link can be found below.
They didn't have teams then. The athletes competed individually - not even 'representing' their town/city.
The communitiethe committee
Some athletes have dual citizenship and will compete for the country in which they can make the Olympic team.
No Russian teams have qualified for the sports of field hockey or football for these Games. The will have 436 athletes in the other 24 sports at the 2012 Summer Olympics
There are 12 men and 12 women's teams with 288 athletes
Of the Countries that competed in the 1948 games, Malta, Panama, Singapore, Syria and Venezuela are all tied for sending the least amount of athletes with each sending 1.