The number varies depending on the committees who qualify teams. A committee may represent an entire country or an autonomous (usually overseas) region within a country.
For the Summer Olympics of 2012 (London), there were 204 participating committees representing about 195 countries, plus 2 more locales that had no committees (Netherlands Antilles and South Sudan)
For the Winter Olympics of 2014 (Sochi, Russia), there were a record 88 participating committees.
Currently there are approximately 200 countries attending the Olympics.
There was about 205 countries in the 2008 games in Beijing.
All but one of the IOC's 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are represented in Beijing.
There are 200 countries at the 2010 olympics.
The Olympics has taken place for one hundred years and new countries have joined and new sports have been accepted.
there are 204 countries in the Olympics.
there are 204 countries in the olympics
216 countries will participate in 2012 Olympics.....
There will be 205 countries competing in the Beijing Olympics.
44 countries participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics. 16 countries participated in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
kelly holmes was 33 when she joined the olympics
there will be many countries contributing in the Olympics this year. such as Britain, America and Brazil.
there is 205 countries in the Olympics there is 205 countries in the Olympics