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Saturday, July 28, 2012

London 2012 Olympics

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

an article from My Travel Guide