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    Which UN countries, if any, did not take part in the 2012 London Olympics and why?

    Question #126593. Asked by gmackematix. (Aug 15 12 7:10 PM)


    SpaceGirl451

    		South Sudan technically did not participate as they did not have an official Olympic committee, but Guor Marial from South Sudan competed as an independent athlete.

    They were the only country without an official Olympic delegation that is also part of the United Nations.

    http://theislandjournal.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/london-2012-summer-olympics-parade-of-nations-who-were-the-flag-bearers/

    http://www.un.org/en/members/

    http://www.voanews.com/content/south_sudanese_olympic_runner_is_man_without_a_country/1484385.html

    Aug 15 12, 7:41 PM
    gmackematix

    		You can take the podium for that answer Space Girl (nice entrance on the taxis, by the way - oh, hang on, that was the Spice Girls).

    The only areas greyed out in the map linked to below are Greenland, Western Sahara, Antarctica and South Sudan. The only one of those which is a UN nation is South Sudan.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2012_Summer_olympics_team_numbers.svg

    As well as Marial, I think Luol Deng of Team GB's basketball team may also have been born there.

    Aug 16 12, 12:27 AM
    robert326

    		Indeed, Luol Deng was born in Sudan but the town where he was born is now part of South Sudan. He lived in Egypt with his family after they fled Sudan, and eventually became a British citizen.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luol_Deng

    Aug 16 12, 8:44 PM

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