Beijing 2008 Olympics Thread

[seiko.citizen]

curious to see what they can do.......

[pet]

08.08.08

tonight open ceremony 8pm... got time..wanna watch...

[ahwoon]

There's a Discovery program on the Olympic and how different countries trained their sportsman.

I was amazed at how they integrate technologies in their training and their vision towards the goal.

Believed China will bag the most gold this time. Looking forward to the basketball match.

[pet]

List of the all the participating countires ....& number of competitors per delegation (in bracket )


Afghanistan (4)
Albania (11)
Algeria (8)
American Samoa (4)
Andorra (5)
Angola (26)
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina (138)
Armenia (25)
Aruba (2)
Australia (433)
Austria (72)
Azerbaijan (39)
Bahamas (19)
Bahrain (11)
Bangladesh (5)
Barbados (8)
Belarus (208)
Belgium (94)
Belize (3)
Benin (3)
Bermuda (6)
Bhutan (2)
Bolivia (6)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (5)
Botswana (2)
Brazil (277)
British Virgin Islands (2)
Brunei (2)
Bulgaria (72)
Burkina Faso (4)
Burundi (3)
Cambodia (6)
Cameroon (3)
Canada (331)
Cape Verde (3)
Cayman Islands (3)
Central African Republic (3)
Chad (2)
Chile (27)
China (639)
Chinese Taipei (80)
Colombia (64)
Comoros (3)
Congo (3)
Cook Islands (4)
Costa Rica (6)
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia (106)
Cuba (149)
Cyprus (17)
Czech Republic (130)
Denmark (83)
Djibouti (4)
Dominica
Dominican Republic (23)
DR Congo (2)
Ecuador (25)
Egypt (103)
El Salvador (11)
Equatorial Guinea (3)
Eritrea (11)
Estonia (47)
Ethiopia (36)
Fiji (6)
Finland (55)
France (323)
FS Micronesia
FYR Macedonia (7)
Gabon (4)
Gambia (3)
Georgia (35)
Germany (439)
Ghana (9)
Great Britain (313)
Greece (159)
Grenada (1)
Guam (5)
Guatemala (12)
Guinea (1)
Guinea-Bissau (3)
Guyana (4)
Haiti (1)
Honduras (25)
Hong Kong, China (34)
Hungary (171)
Iceland (26)
India (57)
Indonesia (24)
Iran (55)
Iraq (2)
Ireland (54)
Israel (43)
Italy (344)
Jamaica (56)
Japan (351)
Jordan (7)
Kazakhstan (132)
Kenya (56)
Kiribati (3)
Kuwait (6)
Kyrgyzstan (21)
Laos (4)
Latvia (49)
Lebanon (5)
Lesotho (4)
Liberia (3)
Libya (7)
Liechtenstein (2)
Lithuania (69)
Luxembourg (12)
Madagascar (4)
Malawi (4)
Malaysia (27)
Maldives (4)
Mali (12)
Malta (6)
Marshall Islands (5)
Mauritania (2)
Mauritius (3)
Mexico (85)
Moldova (31)
Monaco (2)
Mongolia (29)
Montenegro (17)
Morocco (49)
Mozambique (6)
Myanmar (6)
Namibia (9)
Nauru (1)
Nepal (7)
Netherlands (245)
Netherlands Antilles (3)
New Zealand (182)
Nicaragua (6)
Niger
Nigeria (33)
North Korea (63)
Norway (85)
Oman (4)
Pakistan (21)
Palau (4)
Palestine (4)
Panama (3)
Papua New Guinea (7)
Paraguay (5)
Peru (12)
Philippines (15)
Poland (268)
Portugal (78)
Puerto Rico (22)
Qatar (22)
Romania (102)
Russia (467)
Rwanda (4)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa (6)
San Marino (4)
São Tomé and Príncipe (3)
Saudi Arabia (16)
Senegal (8)
Serbia (92)
Seychelles (8)
Sierra Leone (2)
Singapore (25)
Slovakia (57)
Slovenia (62)
Solomon Islands (3)
Somalia (2)
South Africa (136)
South Korea (267)
Spain (287)
Sri Lanka (8)
Sudan (9)
Suriname (4)
Swaziland (4)
Sweden (97)
Switzerland (84)
Syria (7)
Tajikistan (13)
Tanzania
Thailand (25)
Timor-Leste (2)
Togo (1)
Tonga (3)
Trinidad and Tobago (28)
Tunisia (32)
Turkey (68)
Turkmenistan (10)
Tuvalu (3)
Uganda (11)
Ukraine (440)
United Arab Emirates (5)
United States (596)
Uruguay (12)
Uzbekistan (58)
Vanuatu (3)
Venezuela (109)
Vietnam (21)
Virgin Islands (5)
Yemen (5)
Zambia (7)
Zimbabwe (13)

[louisoh]

Maybe Singapore needs to do a "truely asia" stunt and wake up.... for those who didnt know, yesterdays news stated that M'sia will reject all foreign imports for its local soccer league so as to improve the countries standard.

With all the FTs coming in as PR and representing Singapore... IMO, i rather see a locally born lad holding the Singapore flag high up with pride... rather than a FT playing for $...

If they want to 'buy' medals.... why not just pay big bucks and get all the top athletics... maybe we can have the USA's dream team representing Singapore..

[feudallordcult]

to me, imports dun count no matter how many medals they win. only uncle how liang will be the true medallist.

i m only eyeing on michael phelps matching the achievements of spitz.

[seiko.citizen]

i think the aussies got quite a good chance in swimming dep't , but who knows what will come, once the event started

[116520]

A long way but a meaningful one...

hahaha..pure singaporean sports ppl still got a long way lar...hahha

[feilong108]

hahaha..pure singaporean sports ppl still got a long way lar...hahha

[surestik]

Hopefully, Singapore's very remote chance of smelling a medal, it shud be the imported female table tennis team, will be happier if winner is true blue Singaporean.

[Darkangel]

I would like to see a locally born Singaporean to win us a medal...

HAhaha yeah...Tao Li and Li Jiawei all china imports

[116520]

I would like to see a locally born Singaporean to win us a medal...

[feilong108]

i tink the wonder gal swimmer got chance leh...hahaha....

[pet]

u think sg will win at least 1 medal this time ???

the 1 and only medal = 1960, Rome, Tan Howe Liang, Weightlifting, Silver medal in the lightweight division.

[pet]

Beijing 2008 Olympics