because the countries put a certain # of people in the Olympics .☺ Hope you enjoy your answer!
There are 150 countries with less than 50 athletes and only 54 with 50 or more athletes and 32 of those have 50 to 125 Athletes
Many countries have 5 or less athletes and it is more than a 10 way tie for those with only 2
More than 10 countries had only 2 athletes
Some countries choose their best athletes. Also, some good athletes practice more.
It is the Olympics and more construction wise. As more athletes from more countries take part.
Over 10,000 athletes will complete in the Summer Olympics but the team from each country (NOC) will vary from over 500 for GB and the USA to more than half of the countries with a dozen or less athletes
As of September 16, 2009 the following countries are sending athletes to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. There are expected to be more countries to send athletes but the total number will not be known until shortly before the Games start.AustraliaAustriaBahamasBelgiumBelarusCanadaCayman IslandsChinaCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGabonGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreat BritainGreeceIndiaIranIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanKazakhstanSouth KoreaLatviaLebanonLiechtensteinLithuaniaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaNew ZealandNorwayPolandRussiaSenegalSloveniaSlovakiaSpainSwitzerlandSwedenTurkeyUnited StatesUkraine
More than 11,000 athletes
about 100 and more
There were no Winter Olympics in 2004.
There was 88 countries at the 2014 olympics. 6 more countries than at the 2010 Olympics.
Athletes per Country Competing in the Olympics11,028 athletes participated in the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.2,629 athletes participated in the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.Just a handful of countries send more than 100 athletes to the game. The United States sent 596 athletes to Beijing and 215 to Vancouver.When you consider all countries participating in the games (204 countries in Beijing and 82 in Vancouver), the large majority of them are small countries that only send 5 athletes or less. So calculating the average number of athletes sent by each country, you would get a small number.