The following list of countried did not participate in 2008 summer Olympic games.
At least 3 countries from the 206 independent countries did not compete at the 2012 Olympics.
These included:
- Curaçao (*)
- Kosovo
- South Sudan (*)
You can also include the Vatican which does not ever participate in the Olympics.
There are also a number of territories that do not have a National Olympic Committee and are not competing.
(*) Note that a few athletes competed as individuals under the category "Independent Olympic Athletes" rather than under a particular sponsored country. Two athletes from Curaçao and one athlete from South Sudan (Republic of South Sudan) entered under the "Independent Olympic Athletes" team so the country of Curaçao and South Sudan are not officially participating.
Vatican City
205
205
205
France
205
104 nations
You can bet North Korea and Myanmar will not send athletes to the Olympics.
205
At London 2012, 3 countries allowed women to compete at the Olympics for the first time. These were Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei.
-2 -Great Britian -France
I don't know but more than 204, because there are 204 countries in the Olympics. Not all the countries compete in the Olympics. From Helen Louise Claxton