Are china and usa the only countries in the olympics??

Question

coz i done see anyone else

like heres a list of countries i've seen so far:

china

japan

usa

uk

romania

australia

n like thats it

where are the other countries??

wat about like india and africa and stuff??

why dont i ever see them in the olympics??

what ocuntries ar partcipating??

Answer 1

These countries are dominant in the on going games.  Track and field is one of those major competitions that hasn't come up yet.  Once we get a couple more events up, different countries will start to pop up as well.

Answer 2

99% of the countries are competing I saw an indian boxing yesterday and french italian and some african nations throughout the week if you want a list of competing countries go to wikipedia

Answer 3

Check the official 2008 Beijing Olympics website to find out more on the events and information of athletes and countries competing in each event.

Many athletes never get pass preliminary of their event. NBC does a very good job but watching Olympics on TV is no where close to going there in person.

Answer 4

Its all about ratings and those two bring in the bacon for NBC. That's the main reason their ratings have gone way up. I've been watching and I've see way more than the list you have but they show the other countries very briefly for about five minutes.  

Answer 5

there are like 200 countries............mayb even more

NBC only broadcasts US and china because they are most dominant

Answer 6

here's country list with number of athletes

   204 countries with 11028 athletes doing 28 sports totally 302 events

Answer 7

there are other countries but nbc doesn't show them in the US

Answer 8

China and the United States are the big name countries. They are the ones getting the medals so why not watch them?  

Answer 9

Yes...I know I've seen Australia in Women's Softball, Japan in Men's Baseball, and also I know Chinese Taipei is dominant in Softball & also baseball, I believe, also USA vs. Cuba is going to be on late tonight (like 12 - 2 AM Eastern time or something) in Softball tonight.  There are MANY OTHER countries, NBC and their affiliates CAN'T POSSIBLY show EVERY sport and EVERY country competing in EVERY sport tho...

Answer 10

You wait 'til the indoor cycling starts. You'll know all about Great Britain then. And yeah, Britain owned America's butt in the rowing too.

Answer 11

maybe other country's have seen sense and boycotted the china Olympics for their lies and their unfulfilled promises.

Answer 12

Yea, Mexico is and some of the other euro countries like sweeden and Norway. Alot of good runners come from african countries like Ethiopia. Here is a list

http://www.nbcolympics.com/countries/ind...

Answer 13

Olympics are a source of propaganda for every country and thus they only show what their countries are good at or near good at ... what benifit in the form of ratings or propaganda comes from watching losers?    

Answer 14

there are Australia, China, Japan. Korea, Canada, Italy,France, Germany, Cuba,Russia,Usa,. i think india and africa come later in the olympics like in the track and field.they probably dont show it because it still early.micheal phelps is cool!

Answer 15

Yes there are 205 countries competing.

Answer 16

USA and China get the most attention because they are so dominant.