The 30th Summer Olympic and Paralympics’ just started
today. We’ve witnessed the great Opening
Ceremony “Official Wonder” – by the director of Slum dog Millionaire. To see the athletes in 205 Countries vying
for the Rank 1 title in London 2012 Olympics is really amazing. Every athlete is aiming not just gold, silver
or bronze medals, but to show the true essence of sportsmanship in different
field. It also promotes the equality of
male and female athletes. The event spent $42M compared to 2008 Beijing
Olympics which was $100M. There are 80,000
participants (athletes including the Stadium Viewers.)
Participating Countries and their Athletes
The flag of Greece bringing 107 athletes was first introduced, then (alphabetical)
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria , American
Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and
Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia – Aruba, Australia - 414 Athletes, Austria , Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh
, Barbados, Belarus – 170 athletes, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda – 8 athletes, Bhutan – 2 athletes, Bolivia, Bosnia
and Hersigonia, Botswana, Brazil – 258 athletes, British Virgin Islands – 2 athletes,
Brunei Darussalam – 3 athletes, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,
Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Island, Central African republic, Chad, Chile,
China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Island,
Costa Rica, Cote d’Iviore, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic – 133 athletes,
Korea, Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica – 2 athletes, Dominican Republic-35 athletes,
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Erithea, Estonia, Ethiopia,
Fiji, Finland, Macedonia, France - 340 athletes, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia,
Germany – 399 athletes, Ghana, Grenada, Guam – 8 athletes, Guatemala – 19 athletes,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissua, Guyana, Haiti – 5 athletes, Honduras – 31 athletes, Hong
Kong – China – 42 athletes, Hungary – 159 athletes, Iceland, Independent Olympic
Athletes, India – 83 athletes, Indonesia- 22 athletes, Islamic Republic of Iran – 53 athletes, Iraq, Ireland, Israel – 37 athletes,
Italy – 289 athletes, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan – 9 athletes, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia – 46 athletes,
Lebanon – 10 athletes, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania – 62 athletes,
Luxembourg, Madagascar – 7 athletes, Malawi – 3 athletes, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mali – 6 athletes, Malta, Marshall Islands – 4 athletes, Mauritania, Mauritius –
7 athletes, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco – 6 athletes, Mongolia – 29 athletes,
Montenegro, Morocco – 72 athletes, Mozambique – 6 athletes, Myanmar, Namibia,
Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands -182 athletes, New Zealand – 195 athletes, Nicaragua,
Niger – 6 athletes, Nigeria, Norway, Oman – 4 athletes, Pakistan – 23 athletes,
Palau, Palestine – 5 athletes, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay – 8 athletes,
Peru – 16 athletes, Philippines – 11 athletes, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico –
25 athletes, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and
Prinsipe, Saudi Arabia - 19 athletes, Senegal, Serbia – 118 athletes,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone – 2 athletes, Singapore – 23 athletes, Slovakia,
Slovenia – 69 athletes, Solomon Islands, Somalia – 2 athletes, South Africa,
Spain – 293 athletes, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden – 140 athletes,
Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Chinese Taipei – 44 athletes, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Thailand – 37 athletes, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey -113 athletes, Turkmenistan – 10 athletes, Tuvalu ,
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America – 539 athletes,
Uruguay – 205 athletes, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela – 69 athletes, Vietnam
-18 athletes, Virgin Islands, Yemen – 4 athletes, Zambia, Zimbabwe, lastly the host
country – The Great Britain – 558 athletes
