About 214 (204 in 2012) countries (approx.) participated.
The 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London, Great Britain which lasted from July 27 until August 8, 2012 which was about 17 days.
Summer Olympic Games
1) 1896 Athens, Greece - The first Olympics
2) 1900 Paris, France
3) 1904 St Louis (Missouri), United States of America
*) Intercalated 1906 Athens, Greece
4) 1908 London, Great Britain
5) 1912 Stockholm, Sweden
6) 1916 Berlin, Germany (cancelled because of WW 1)
7) 1920 Antwerp, Belgium
8) 1924 Paris, France
9) 1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands
10) 1932 Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
11) 1936 Berlin, Germany
12) 1940 Tokyo, Japan and Helsinki, Finland (cancelled because of WW2)
13) 1944 London, Great Britain (cancelled because of WW2)
14) 1948 London, Great Britain
15) 1952 Helsinki, Finland
16) 1956 Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
17) 1960 Rome, Italy
18) 1964 Tokyo, Japan
19) 1968 Mexico City, Mexico
20) 1972 Munich, West Germany
21) 1976 Montreal, Canada
22) 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union
23) 1984 Los Angeles, United States of America
24) 1988 Seoul, South Korea
25) 1992 Barcelona, Spain
26) 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States of America
27) 2000 Sydney, Australia
28) 2004 Athens, Greece
29) 2008 Beijing, China
30) 2012 London, Great Britain
29) 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Afghanistan AFG
The 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London, Great Britain which lasted from July 27 until August 8, 2012 which was about 17 days.
Summer Olympic Games
1) 1896 Athens, Greece - The first Olympics
2) 1900 Paris, France
3) 1904 St Louis (Missouri), United States of America
*) Intercalated 1906 Athens, Greece
4) 1908 London, Great Britain
5) 1912 Stockholm, Sweden
6) 1916 Berlin, Germany (cancelled because of WW 1)
7) 1920 Antwerp, Belgium
8) 1924 Paris, France
9) 1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands
10) 1932 Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
11) 1936 Berlin, Germany
12) 1940 Tokyo, Japan and Helsinki, Finland (cancelled because of WW2)
13) 1944 London, Great Britain (cancelled because of WW2)
14) 1948 London, Great Britain
15) 1952 Helsinki, Finland
16) 1956 Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
17) 1960 Rome, Italy
18) 1964 Tokyo, Japan
19) 1968 Mexico City, Mexico
20) 1972 Munich, West Germany
21) 1976 Montreal, Canada
22) 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union
23) 1984 Los Angeles, United States of America
24) 1988 Seoul, South Korea
25) 1992 Barcelona, Spain
26) 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States of America
27) 2000 Sydney, Australia
28) 2004 Athens, Greece
29) 2008 Beijing, China
30) 2012 London, Great Britain
29) 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Afghanistan AFG
Albania ALB
Algeria ALG
American Samoa ASA
Andorra AND
Angola ANG
Antigua and Barbuda ANT
Argentina ARG
Armenia ARM
Aruba ARU
Australia AUS
Austria AUT
Azerbaijan AZE
Bahamas BAH
Bahrain BRN
Bangladesh BAN
Barbados BAR
Belarus BLR
Belgium BEL
Belize BIZ
Benin BEN
Bermuda BER
Bhutan BHU
Bohemia BOH
Bolivia BOL
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH
Botswana BOT
Brazil BRA
British Virgin Islands IVB
Brunei BRU
Bulgaria BUL
Burkina Faso BUR
Burundi BDI
Cambodia CAM
Cameroon CMR
Canada CAN
Cape Verde CPV
Cayman Islands CAY
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Chile CHI
China CHN
Chinese Taipei TPE
Colombia COL
Comoros COM
Congo CGO
DR Congo COD
Cook Islands COK
Costa Rica CRC
Côte d'Ivoire CIV
Croatia CRO
Cuba CUB
Cyprus CYP
Czech Republic CZE
Czechoslovakia TCH
Denmark DEN
Djibouti DJI
Dominica DMA
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
Egypt EGY
El Salvador ESA
Equatorial Guinea GEQ
Eritrea ERI
Estonia EST
Ethiopia ETH
Fiji FIJ
Finland FIN
France FRA
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Georgia GEO
Germany GER
East Germany GDR
West Germany FRG
Ghana GHA
Great Britain GBR
Greece GRE
Grenada GRN
Guam GUM
Guatemala GUA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GBS
Guyana GUY
Nation Code
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Hong Kong HKG
Hungary HUN
Iceland ISL
India IND
Indonesia INA
Iran IRI
Iraq IRQ
Ireland IRL
Israel ISR
Italy ITA
Jamaica JAM
Japan JPN
Jordan JOR
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kenya KEN
Kiribati KIR
North Korea PRK
South Korea KOR
Kuwait KUW
Kyrgyzstan KGZ
Laos LAO
Latvia LAT
Lebanon LIB
Lesotho LES
Liberia LBR
Libya LBA
Liechtenstein LIE
Lithuania LTU
Luxembourg LUX
FYR Macedonia MKD
Madagascar MAD
Malawi MAW
Malaysia MAS
Maldives MDV
Mali MLI
Malta MLT
Mauritania MTN
Mauritius MRI
Mexico MEX
Micronesia FSM
Moldova MDA
Monaco MON
Mongolia MGL
Montenegro MNE
Morocco MAR
Mozambique MOZ
Myanmar MYA
Namibia NAM
Nauru NRU
Nepal NEP
Netherlands NED
Netherlands Antilles AHO
New Zealand NZL
Nicaragua NCA
Niger NIG
Nigeria NGR
Norway NOR
Oman OMA
Pakistan PAK
Palau PLW
Palestine PLE
Panama PAN
Papua New Guinea PNG
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Philippines PHI
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Puerto Rico PUR
Qatar QAT
Romania ROU
Russia RUS
Rwanda RWA
Saar SAA
Saint Kitts And Nevis SKN
Saint Lucia LCA
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines VIN
Samoa SAM
San Marino SMR
São Tomé And Príncipe STP
Saudi Arabia KSA
Senegal SEN
Serbia SRB
Seychelles SEY
Sierra Leone SLE
Singapore SIN
Slovakia SVK
Slovenia SLO
Solomon Islands SOL
Somalia SOM
South Africa RSA
Soviet Union URS
Spain ESP
Sri Lanka SRI
Sudan SUD
Suriname SUR
Swaziland SWZ
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SUI
Syria SYR
Tajikistan TJK
Tanzania TAN
Thailand THA
Timor-Leste TLS
Togo TOG
Tonga TGA
Trinidad And Tobago TRI
Tunisia TUN
Turkey TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uganda UGA
Ukraine UKR
United Arab Emirates UAE
United States Of America USA
USA
UK
United Kingdom
Uruguay URU
Uzbekistan UZB
Vanuatu VAN
Venezuela VEN
Vietnam VIE
Virgin Islands ISV
Yemen YEM
Yugoslavia YUG
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Algeria ALG
American Samoa ASA
Andorra AND
Angola ANG
Antigua and Barbuda ANT
Argentina ARG
Armenia ARM
Aruba ARU
Australia AUS
Austria AUT
Azerbaijan AZE
Bahamas BAH
Bahrain BRN
Bangladesh BAN
Barbados BAR
Belarus BLR
Belgium BEL
Belize BIZ
Benin BEN
Bermuda BER
Bhutan BHU
Bohemia BOH
Bolivia BOL
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH
Botswana BOT
Brazil BRA
British Virgin Islands IVB
Brunei BRU
Bulgaria BUL
Burkina Faso BUR
Burundi BDI
Cambodia CAM
Cameroon CMR
Canada CAN
Cape Verde CPV
Cayman Islands CAY
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Chile CHI
China CHN
Chinese Taipei TPE
Colombia COL
Comoros COM
Congo CGO
DR Congo COD
Cook Islands COK
Costa Rica CRC
Côte d'Ivoire CIV
Croatia CRO
Cuba CUB
Cyprus CYP
Czech Republic CZE
Czechoslovakia TCH
Denmark DEN
Djibouti DJI
Dominica DMA
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
Egypt EGY
El Salvador ESA
Equatorial Guinea GEQ
Eritrea ERI
Estonia EST
Ethiopia ETH
Fiji FIJ
Finland FIN
France FRA
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Georgia GEO
Germany GER
East Germany GDR
West Germany FRG
Ghana GHA
Great Britain GBR
Greece GRE
Grenada GRN
Guam GUM
Guatemala GUA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GBS
Guyana GUY
Nation Code
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Hong Kong HKG
Hungary HUN
Iceland ISL
India IND
Indonesia INA
Iran IRI
Iraq IRQ
Ireland IRL
Israel ISR
Italy ITA
Jamaica JAM
Japan JPN
Jordan JOR
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kenya KEN
Kiribati KIR
North Korea PRK
South Korea KOR
Kuwait KUW
Kyrgyzstan KGZ
Laos LAO
Latvia LAT
Lebanon LIB
Lesotho LES
Liberia LBR
Libya LBA
Liechtenstein LIE
Lithuania LTU
Luxembourg LUX
FYR Macedonia MKD
Madagascar MAD
Malawi MAW
Malaysia MAS
Maldives MDV
Mali MLI
Malta MLT
Mauritania MTN
Mauritius MRI
Mexico MEX
Micronesia FSM
Moldova MDA
Monaco MON
Mongolia MGL
Montenegro MNE
Morocco MAR
Mozambique MOZ
Myanmar MYA
Namibia NAM
Nauru NRU
Nepal NEP
Netherlands NED
Netherlands Antilles AHO
New Zealand NZL
Nicaragua NCA
Niger NIG
Nigeria NGR
Norway NOR
Oman OMA
Pakistan PAK
Palau PLW
Palestine PLE
Panama PAN
Papua New Guinea PNG
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Philippines PHI
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Puerto Rico PUR
Qatar QAT
Romania ROU
Russia RUS
Rwanda RWA
Saar SAA
Saint Kitts And Nevis SKN
Saint Lucia LCA
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines VIN
Samoa SAM
San Marino SMR
São Tomé And Príncipe STP
Saudi Arabia KSA
Senegal SEN
Serbia SRB
Seychelles SEY
Sierra Leone SLE
Singapore SIN
Slovakia SVK
Slovenia SLO
Solomon Islands SOL
Somalia SOM
South Africa RSA
Soviet Union URS
Spain ESP
Sri Lanka SRI
Sudan SUD
Suriname SUR
Swaziland SWZ
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SUI
Syria SYR
Tajikistan TJK
Tanzania TAN
Thailand THA
Timor-Leste TLS
Togo TOG
Tonga TGA
Trinidad And Tobago TRI
Tunisia TUN
Turkey TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uganda UGA
Ukraine UKR
United Arab Emirates UAE
United States Of America USA
USA
UK
United Kingdom
Uruguay URU
Uzbekistan UZB
Vanuatu VAN
Venezuela VEN
Vietnam VIE
Virgin Islands ISV
Yemen YEM
Yugoslavia YUG
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Source(s):
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games
The United States has the most gold medals of all countries with 929 gold medals.
Germany (247)
Great Britain (207)
France and Italy (191)
etc.
http://sportige.com/2012-10-nations-with-the-most-summer-olympics-gold-medals-ever/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_medal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_table
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/opening-ceremony-mysteries-solved-000005744--oly.html
Olympic Torch:
"The Olympic Torch today is ignited several months before the opening ceremony of theOlympic Games at the site of the ancient Olympic in Olympia, Greece. Eleven women, representing the Vestal Virgins,[notes 1] perform a ceremony in which the torch is kindled by the light of the Sun, its rays concentrated by a parabolic mirror. The torch briefly travels around Greece via short relay, and is then transferred to the host city at a ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens.[3] The Olympic Torch Relay ends on the day of the opening ceremony in the central stadium of the Games. The final carrier is often kept unannounced until the last moment, and is usually a sports celebrity of the host country. The final bearer of the torch runs towards the cauldron, often placed at the top of a grand staircase, and then uses the torch to start the flame in the stadium. It is considered a great honor to be asked to light the Olympic Flame. After being lit, the flame continues to burn throughout the Games, and is extinguished on the day of the closing ceremony."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Flame
Olympic Rings:
"The emblem chosen to illustrate and represent the world Congress of 1914...: five intertwined rings in different colours - blue, yellow, black, green, and red - are placed on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition. Blue stands for Europe, black for Africa, Red for Americas, Yellow for Asia and, green for Oceania."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols
The United States has the most gold medals of all countries with 929 gold medals.
Germany (247)
Great Britain (207)
France and Italy (191)
etc.
http://sportige.com/2012-10-nations-with-the-most-summer-olympics-gold-medals-ever/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_medal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_table
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/opening-ceremony-mysteries-solved-000005744--oly.html
Olympic Torch:
"The Olympic Torch today is ignited several months before the opening ceremony of theOlympic Games at the site of the ancient Olympic in Olympia, Greece. Eleven women, representing the Vestal Virgins,[notes 1] perform a ceremony in which the torch is kindled by the light of the Sun, its rays concentrated by a parabolic mirror. The torch briefly travels around Greece via short relay, and is then transferred to the host city at a ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens.[3] The Olympic Torch Relay ends on the day of the opening ceremony in the central stadium of the Games. The final carrier is often kept unannounced until the last moment, and is usually a sports celebrity of the host country. The final bearer of the torch runs towards the cauldron, often placed at the top of a grand staircase, and then uses the torch to start the flame in the stadium. It is considered a great honor to be asked to light the Olympic Flame. After being lit, the flame continues to burn throughout the Games, and is extinguished on the day of the closing ceremony."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Flame
Olympic Rings:
"The emblem chosen to illustrate and represent the world Congress of 1914...: five intertwined rings in different colours - blue, yellow, black, green, and red - are placed on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition. Blue stands for Europe, black for Africa, Red for Americas, Yellow for Asia and, green for Oceania."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols
