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Number of Participating Countries at the Olympics

Thirteen nations were represented at the very first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896 (though some records report 14 countries). Over time this number has increased to over 200 in recent Games, though with large boycotts in 1976 and 1980 the numbers were down in these years.

Olympiad	Year	Host City, Country	no. of nations
XXXI	2016	Rio, Brazil
XXX	2012	London, England
XXIX	2008	Beijing, China	204
XXVIII	2004	Athens, Greece	201
XXVII	2000	Sydney, Australia	199
XXVI	1996	Atlanta, USA	197
XXV	1992	Barcelona, Spain	172
XXIV	1988	Seoul, South Korea	159
XXIII	1984	Los Angeles, USA	142
XXII	1980	Moscow, USSR	81
XXI	1976	Montreal, Canada	92
XX	1972	Munich, Germany	122
XIX	1968	Mexico City, Mexico	112
XVIII	1964	Tokyo, Japan	93
XVII	1960	Rome, Italy	83
XVI	1956	Melbourne, Australia	67
XV	1952	Helsinki, Finland	69
XIV	1948	London, Great Britain	59
XI	1936	Berlin, Germany	49
X	1932	Los Angeles, USA	37
IX	1928	Amsterdam, Holland	46
VIII	1924	Paris, France	44
VII	1920	Antwerp, Belgium	29
V	1912	Stockholm, Sweden	28
IV	1908	London, Great Britain	23
	1906	Athens, Greece
III	1904	St Louis, USA	12
II	1900	Paris, France	22
I	1896	Athens, Greece	13 or 14

Related Pages

• List of Countries which have participted at the Olympic Games
• Country Codes for the participating countries