A Snapshot of Countries Participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games .By Grade 6MD & Grade 6P

1. A Snapshot of Countries
Participating in the
London 2012 Olympic Games .
By Grade 6MD & Grade 6P
Grade 6 created slides by researching one of
the 204 countries to compete in the Games.
We realised that there are many factors
which affect how countries perform at the
Olympics.

2. M Mali has been in 1(2008) Olympics but
has never won a gold medal.
A Famous Athletes: Adama Coulibaly, Alou
Traoré, Alphousseyni Keita, Amadou
L Konte, Amadou Sidibé.
I
The population in Mali
is 15,839,538
http://www.google.com/

3. The population of
Cyprus is around
573,566. Cyprus has
Cyprus been in the modern
Olympics since the year
Cyprus 1980.
The country has won a
medal in the Olympics
and came close when
Anastasios Andreou
competed for Greece in
Bibliography
the 1896. • Flag
• World Map
• Information

4. Algeria
The population of
Algeria is 34,994,937.
Algeria has won 4 gold
medals 2 silver medals Algeria debuted in
and 8 bronze. 1964. Hassiba
Bulmerkao is the very
fist gold medallist for
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Algeria

5. Guinea
Guinea athletes are best at track
and field and swimming. Guinea
has not won any medals in the
Olympic Games.
The population of Guinea in 2003
was 8,480000.
Bibliography
http://www.google.com.au/search
http://www.telegraph

6. Monaco is located in the South
Western part of Europe. It is one
of the worlds smallest countries.
Monaco’s southern side is facing
the Mediterranean Seas which
makes it a popular tourist
attraction. It takes 1 hour to
walk around the width of
Sports/Monaco
Monaco. The population of
Monaco is 33,000 and most of Google maps
the people there are rich. In
these Olympics, 9 athletes are
competing. Monaco has won
one bronze Olympic medal.

7. Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is not that good at summer sports, mostly good
at winter sport when it comes around. Athletes have
competed in athletics and shooting.
Oliver Geissmann just missed out on a place in 10m air rifle
finals in 2004. Liechtenstein have not won any medals.
The population in Liechtenstein is 32,207 people.
Bibliography telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/countries/
nationsencyclopedia.com:maps.google.com.au/maps

8. Great Britain
Team GB, who get their maiden
Olympics competition underway
against reigning gold medallists
France in Group A on Sunday, were
unable to cope with their European
opponents and were behind in the
game from the off, trailing 18-10 at
half-time. This is about football!!!
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9. R Romania has been
in the Olympics 18
o times and have won
a total of 293
m medals.
Romania have a
a population of
21,390,000.
n Famous athletes:
Nadia
Comaneci, Alexandr
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a Stoian, Adina
Anton, Alina
a Militaru and
Adriana Nechita-
Olteanu.

10. Chad
Kaltouma Nadjina,is a sprinter who
competed in 1996, 2000 and 2004. In
Chad. This is the only person to be in
the Olympics from Chad.
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Chad is on top of the country central
Flag
Africa. Chad is a 3rd world country. Maps
This country only participates in
summer.

11. Israel
•The population of Israel is
7,105,000
•The capital of Israel is
Jerusalem.
• Israel’s the 100th smallest By Lauren
country.
Israel
Israel Flag
Israel Facts
Israel Map

12. By Jacinta
INDIA
• India is the seventh largest • India has won a total of 17
country in the world. medals in the Modern Olympics.
• It’s Population is 1 billion. • India hasn’t hosted the Olympics
• The capital city is Delhi. not once.
• There are 7 languages • India has been competing in the
spoken in India. India Olympics since 1928.
• The Indian Olympic motto is
"Citius-Altius-Fortius"
(faster, higher, stronger).
Bibliography:
Indian Map
Facts on India
Indian Flag
Facts on India
Facts on India
Facts on India

13. North Korea
1.The population is
223,479 088. Location
2.The capital of North
Korea is Facts Flag
Olympic History Pyongyang.
North Korea Map
North Korea first competed at the summer Olympic Games
in 1972. At the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, shooter LI Ho
Jun won his country's first gold medal and the women took
home bronze in 1972 for volleyball. To date they have sent
284 participants to the Olympic Games in 16 sports.

14. 1. Capital is Zagreb
2. The population is
Croatia Map
4,495,904
Olympic facts
Fun Facts 3.Life expectancy is
Flag around 71
4. Croatians can
Olympic Location
speak around five
History
languages
Croatia has won in total 17 medals (3
gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze). The
most popular sport of Croatia is
handball. It has won Croatia two of
the gold medals. Croatia has
previously made it into 6 Olympic
games and have made it into the
2012 London Games.

15. Judo is Barbados’ best
sport at the Olympics.
BARBADOS
Barbados athletes often
travel to many different
camps to become the
best in the Olympics.
The population of
Barbados is 0.28
million.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk
http://maps.google.com.au
www.thelondon2012olympics.com

16. http://www.worldatlas.com
SIERRA LEONE http://maps.google.com.au
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Sierra Leone’s has a population of www.zimbio.com
5,997,486. The capital city is Freetown.
Sierra Leone’s does well in the decathlon
and boxing events. Some of its great
athletes are Columba Blango. He reached
the decathlon final in 1980. Also in
boxing Israel Cole made the quarter finals
in 1984.

17. South Korea
South Korean athletes have won a total of
215 medals at the Summer Games.
South Korea is located in Eastern
Population: Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula
48,754,657 bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
population
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Facts
south korea

18. Bermuda’s population is est. 69,080.
Bermuda's climate is subtropical; mild, humid;
gales, strong winds common in winter.
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19. Japan
The population of Japan is 126,475,664
people.
Japan is located in Eastern Asia, island chain between
the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of
the Korean Peninsula.
Japan has won 361 medals in the summer sport and
most of it was won in judo. Japan won only 31 medals
in the winter Olympics. So far now Japan won 1 gold 4
silver and 6 bronze.
Masahiko kimura has been considered one of the best
judoka in Japan and he has defeated Canada's Doug
Rogers who won a silver medal in 1964.
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20. Brazil is the largest
country in South America
and covers nearly half
(47%) of the South
American continent. It is
currently the fifth largest
economy in the world.
In the Olympics Brazil have
won the Football many
times and go to the
summer and winter
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databaseolympics

21. Chile extends like a ribbon down the west coast of
South America for over 4,000 kilometres—but
averages only 150 kilometres wide. Chile has not done
well in the Olympics. They haven't got a medal in the
London Olympics 2012. In previous Olympics they
have won 13 medals altogether.
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22. Kenya has won 75 medals at the Kenya
2008 Games 23 gold, 28 silver, 24
bronze. The most known and best
Olympic athlete from Kenya is
runner Kipchoge Keino who won 4
medals (2 gold, 2 silver) in 1968
and 1972. Kenya is known for there
long & middle distance running like
David Rudishia who is the fastest
man in the world for 800m.
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information

23. Interesting facts:
China is the third biggest
China country in the world. The
Chinese are really smart.
The Chinese are really
good at swimming and
table tennis at the
Olympics. Population:
1,347,350,000
Map
Flag
Information

24. Cuba
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The best Olympics for Cuba
was the 1992 Summer Games
in Barcelona they won 14
gold. The highest medals was
in boxing they won their
highest total of gold in boxing
(32) and athletics (10).

25. Olympic Facts: Interesting facts:
Iceland doesn't do really
well at the summer The Coastline of Iceland is 4,988
Olympics. They win
about one medal each
km long. The sports that Iceland
year. They didn’t win a likes is football, handball and Golf.
medal in the 2012
London Olympics. The They like going whale watching.
sports they are good at
is Handball and football.
Population:
319,575
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Info
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26. Bhutan
Bhutan is located in the North
Hemisphere in South Asia. It is
located near the east end of the
Himalayan Mountains and landlocked
Bhutan has only entered two athletes
between India and China.
in the Olympics this year. Kunzang
Choden has entered in shooting and
Sherab Zam has entered in archery.
Bhutan first entered in the Olympics
in 1984. The y have entered in
Olympics seven times so far. So far
today (1/8/12) no medals were
awarded to the Bhutanese.
Google Maps Bhutan
Bhutan Wikipedia
London 2012 Bhutan

27. Singapore
Singapore has entered twenty-
eight different athletes this year Singapore is a small country
at the London 2012 Olympics. So that is connected to Malaysia
far today (1/8/12) no medals were which is in Southern Asia. Did
awarded to the Singaporeans. you know that in Singapore
Singapore first entered in the chewing gum is banned?
Olympics in the year 1948. They
have entered in the Olympics Google Maps Singapore
seventeen times so far. Singapore Wikipedia
London 2012 Singapore

28. IRAN
Iran is the 18th largest country in
the world with a total of
1,648,195 sq Km. The country
is slightly smaller then Alaska.
The population of Iran is 74,798,599
The first women in Iran competed in the
Olympics was in 1996 at Atlanta.
In the London Olympics Iran has
received no medals yet. Iran Location
first competed in 1948 and have googlemaps.
bforball.com
been in the Olympics ever since, www.google
except for 1980 and 1984.

29. The population of Ireland is
4,480,000
Some of the athletes that are
competing for Ireland this year
are Paddy Barnes, Jessie
Barr, Kieran Behan, Claire Bergin,
Brendan Boyce and Fionnuala
Britton.
So far in these Olympics Ireland
has received no medals.
maps.google.com
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www.google.com.au/
http://www.london2012.com

30. Georgia
Georgia has a population of around 4,486,000.
In the 2008 Olympic games Georgia won 3 gold and 3 bronze medals.
Georgia first performed as an independent nation at the Lillehammer
1994 Winter Olympic Games and then sent a team of 34 to the
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. Judo, weightlifting and wrestling have
been the most creative sports for Georgian athletes.
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31. Fast facts about Argentina:
• About 10% of Argentina's
population have private health
covers.
• The first animated films were
made in Argentina in 1917 by a
man named Quirino Cristiani.
•The hottest and coldest
• Olympic fast Facts about Argentina:
•Argentina first participated at the
temperatures ever recorded
Bibliography: Olympic games in 1900.
in South America have
Argentina at the Olympics •Argentina only won a bronze medal
occurred in Argentina.
Fast facts about Argentina
in this Olympics.
South American map
Olympic information about Argentina

32. Italy has won 522 medals in the Summer
Olympics and 102 in the Winter Olympics.
The population of Italy is 60,626,442
Italy have won 228 gold medals which make
them the 4th most successful country.
Italy is around France, Greece
and Germany.
Flag website
Italy have hosted 3 Olympic Games.
Google Maps
• 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Wikipedia
•1960 Olympics in Rome.
•2006 Winter Olympics Torino.

33. The first Summer Olympics that
Jamaica participated in, was the
1948 London Olympic games. Since
then, fifty-five medals have been
won by a Jamaican. Only one of
(Information has not been
updated since the Beijing 2008 those medals was won in
Olympic Games.) something other than athletics. It
was won at the 1980 Moscow
Olympics in an event called Cycling.
The population
of Jamaica is: Flag Website
2,709,300. Google Maps
Wikipedia

34. Malta
Olympics Fact:
Fact: • Malta has been involved in 14 summer
• Malta is made of three Islands- Olympics since 1928.
Malta, Gozo and Comino. • They have never been in a winter
• The capital city of Malta is Valletta. Olympics.
• Mala is very old, It had people there • The flay bearer was William Chetcuty.
since 5200 BC. • Malta has competed in Athletics
• The population of Malta is 417617. Swimming and Shooting.
Bibliography:
http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/world-factbook/country/mt--Malta
http://www.maltabulb.com/facts_about_malta.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/malta/

35. Colombia has a population of 46,927,125 . Colombia is well
know for making the best coffee in the world .Colombian
money is called pesos. One of Colombia's most famous
athletes is Maria Isabel Urrutia she won Colombia's first gold
medal in the women's 75 kg weight lifting in the 2000
Sydney Olympics . Colombia was very proud of her because
she had won their very first gold medal.
The first time that Colombia competed in the
Olympics was in 1932 .Colombia has competed in
almost all the summer Olympics games apart from
the 1952. Also they competed in one of the winter
Olympics in 2010.Colombian athletes have won in
total 11 medals since the 1972 Olympic games ,6
silver medals ,1 gold medal and 18 bronze medals all
these medal were won in six different sports .
Bibliography: Google maps. Colombia's flag website
Wikipedia Colombia _

36. Thailand's Facts: THAILAND
Area: 198,455 sq mi.
Capital City: Bangkok
Population: 60 million
Main Language: Thai
Currency: Baht
Thailand first participated at the Olympic games in
1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every
summer Olympic games since then, except when they
participated in the 1980 summer Olympic games.
Thailand has also participated in the winter Olympic
games since 2002.
THAILAND
Thai athletes have won a total of twenty-one
medals, mostly in boxing.
Thailand Map
Thailland flag
Thailand Facts

37. Bibliographies
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38. EGYPT Egyptian
athletes
have won a
total of 26
medals, wit
h
43 London 2012 weightliftin
ranking g as the
80 Beijing 2008 Egypt's Facts: top medal-
ranking Area: 386,900 sq. mi. producing
1912 First Olympic Capital City: Cairo sport.
appearance Population: 69 million
Main Language: Arabic
Currency: Egyptian pound
Egypt Facts
Egypt Facts
Egypt Egypt Map
Egypt Flag

39. Greece is a European country
The first ancient Olympic games were
with a population of around 10.9
held in 776B.C in Mt. Olympus to pay
million people and has about 140
respect to the Gods. Now we have the
islands. The capital and largest
modern games which Greece has been
city in Greece is Athens and the
to every time. Athens has held the
highest mountain in Greece is Mt.
games three times.
Olympus which is where the Gods
of Greek mythology where said to
be. Their religion is Greek
Orthodox, the language is Greek
and the currency is Euro.
Bibliographies
Megaflags.com Google Maps Athens Guide
Greece today for kids

40. The population of Spain is
estimated about 40,525,002.
Spain’s national anthem is
called La Marcha Real the
anthem also has no lyrics.
Spain first
joined the
Olympics in
1900. Spain
hosted the
Olympics in
1992 in
Barcelona.
http://www.donquijote.org
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Google Maps

41. Came 27 in the medal count for the Olympics they got 2 gold 5 silver
and 2 bronze. Romania were first represented at the Paris 1924
Olympic Games. In there first year there ruby team earned a bronze
medal. Romania first gold medal was won by Losif Sirbu in shooting
Bibliography
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42. MEXICO!
The population of Mexico is
112,336,538. Mexico is the largest
city. In the 2012 Olympic Games
mexico has one 1 gold medal, 3
silvers and 3 bronze. Mexico has
competed in football, diving
archery and taekwando. They have
one 1 gold in football, 2 silver Mexico in the Olympics
medals in diving and also 1 Mexico Information !
bronze, in archery they have one 1 MEXICO FLAG
silver and 1 bronze and in
taekwando they have won only 1 MEXICO MAP

43. Facts about Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has
one of the
Oldest flags Sri Lanka is the Sri Lanka was
in the World 1st Country to called Ceylon until
have a Female 1972
Sri Lanka was Prime Minister
previously called
Ceylon until
1972
Sri Lanka Olympic
History
Sri Lanka first participated
at the Olympics in 1948 at
London
Sri Lanka participated
in every Summer
Olympics except in
1976

44. Australia
Australia has competed in the Summer
Olympics 27 times and 2 of those times with
New Zealand. In the Winter Olympics they
participated 22 times.
Australia hosted the Summer games twice. In
1956 in Melbourne and in 2000 in Sydney.
Bibliography
Google Images
Google Maps
London2012 Official Website

45. Russi
The population in Russia is around 141,930,000 people. In
a
the last Olympics at Beijing Russia won 23 Gold 21 Silver and
29 bronze medals.The first Olympics Russia competed in
were the 1900 Games in Paris, competing in equestrian and
fencing. The first medal that was won was in 1908 at the
London Olympics.
Maps
Bibliography:
London 2012

46. Syria Map
Syria is located on the
Syria Facts Syria Facts
Mediterranean sea, between
Iraq, Israel and Turkey
The population of Syria
19,750,000
Syria has won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 Syria heading Syria Flag
bronze medal throughout all the
Olympic Games. So far this year Syria
hasn’t won any medals.

47. Brazil competed for the first time at the
Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games, where
Guillermo PARAENSE won gold in shooting
(rapid fire pistol). They have taken part in every
Olympic Games since 1993
Brazil has won 3 gold, 5 silver and 3
bronze. 17 in total. 2 in beach
volleyball, 3 in boxing, 1 in football, 1 in
gymnastics – artistic, 4 in judo, 1 in
modern pentathlon, 1 in sailing, 2 in
swimming and 2 in volleyball
Bibliography.
• Google Images
• Google Maps
• London 2012 Aus

48. Madagascar is the forth largest island in the world.
Madagascar has 2 seasons, a rainy season from
December to April, and a dry season from May to
November. Madagascar facts
Madagascar has competed in every Olympic Madagascar facts
Games that has been held. Madagascar Flag
Madagascar has never won an Olympic medal. Madagascar facts
Madagascar has a population of 21,315,135. Madagascar Map
Madagascar Heading

49. Summer Games Canada has sent Athletes
Gold: 58 to every summer Olympic
Silver: 94
Bronze: 108
Total Summer: 260
Winter Games
Canada Games except for 1896
and 1980 because they
refused to go. At the
London Olympics they
Gold: 52 have a total of 281
Silver: 45 athletes.
Bronze: 48
The population of Canada
Total Winter: 145
They have won a total of 405 Canada is 32,057,701
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_at_the_Olympics
maps.google.com.au
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vacations.com/prince-edward-island.html
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50. The population of
Tuvalu is 11,636.
(2005)
Tuvalu
Tuvalu first competed in the
Olympic Games in 2008, they only
had 3 athletes. Two were
competing in 100m sprint and the
other athlete was competing in
weightlifting. They also entered 3
athletes this year.
Bibliography:
Tuvalu map Tuvalu Facts
Tuvalu Flag Tuvalu Information

51. The country competed as Malaysia at the
Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960 Olympic
Games, and finally as Malaysia at Tokyo 1964.
In those Games, the team also included
Singaporeans.
Malaysia's medals won
this year:
•Badminton 0 gold, 1
sliver, 1 bronze.
• Diving 0 gold, 0 silver
1 bronze
Bibliography:
Google images
Google maps
London 2012 Malaysia
Website

52. The population
in Hungary is
Hungary
10,014,324
Hungary first took
part in the modern So far
Olympic games in Hungary has
Athens 1896 4 gold
2 silver and
3 bronze
medals
All together in the summer
Olympics Hungary has won
471 medals in the Summer
Olympics.

53. Armenia
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Armenia was the first country to accept
Christianity.
Armenia is located in the middle east and is not
connected to the ocean.
Armenia current rank in the London
Olympics is 47
Gold Silver Bronze
0 1 1

54. Mauritius
The population of Mauritius is
1,265,870. They have only been in
the Olympics four times.
In all the Olympic games
Mauritius has been in, they have
not yet won a medal. They first
took place in the Los Angeles in
the 1984 Olympics.
Bibliography:
Mauritian Flag
Mauritian Facts
Mauritian Map

55. Fiji’s population is 918,675.
95 .5% are male and 51.9%
are female.
In the 2008 Olympics there
was only 6 competitors
which had only competed
in five spots
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56. FRANCE The population
is 65,400,000
France has hosted the Games on five occasions:
•1900 Summer Olympics in Paris
•1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
•French athletes have won 636 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. Fencing
and cycling are their best sports.
So far this
Olympics, France has Bibliography
won 8 gold medals, 9 http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
silver medals and 9

57. India first participated in
Olympics in 1900 in Paris. The
country was represented by
Norman Pritchard. He won two
silver medals in 200m dash
and 200m hurdles. Then after
a gap of 20 years India again
participated with two athletes
in 1920 Antwerp Olympics and
with eight members in 1924
Paris Olympics.

58. GERMANY
Germany has hosted two
Summer Olympic Games.
They hosted the Summer
Games in 1936. They
also hosted the 1972 So far
Summer Olympics. Germany has
won 5 gold
medals, 10 Bibliography
The population is silver medals http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
81, 700,000. and 7 bronze &q=germany
medals.