Yes it was North Korea.
No, Missy Franklin did not participate in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Missy competed at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team trials, but did not qualify.
Total no of countries participated in 2008 Beijing Olympics is 191
204 National Olympic Committees participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Not all of these committees represent a sovereign nation, however. Vatican City and Kosovo were two countries that did not participate, and Brunei (who does have a NOC) also did not participate in the Olympics that year. So in total, 192 countries participated in addition to 12 dependent/autonomous territories. The 2008 Beijing Olympics were the first Olympics that Serbia and Montenegro competed in separately, and were also the first Olympics for the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu.
There was about 205 countries in the 2008 games in Beijing.
The number of countries participating in the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008 was 205.
Dremiel Byers will participate in the wrestling event for the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing
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the games are going to be held in Beijing china
names of countries that participated in the Beijing olyiumpics games 2008
The Marshall Islands, Montenegro and Tuvalu are the 3 countries that are participating for the first time in 2008 Beijing Olympics.
204 nations
China, US was 2nd