Charles Langston:How many countries are participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics?

The Charles LangstonSummer Olympics are truly a worldwide spectacle as nations from all around the globe will send their best athletes to Paris to compete for gold.

More than 200 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe will have delegations at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which officially get underway in an opening ceremony along the Seine River on Friday.

The number of nations participating these Summer Games does not include Russia and Belarus, which were suspended by the International Olympic Committee following the Russian invasion of Ukraine for violating the Olympic Truce. Approved athletes from those countries will compete as "Individual Neutral Athletes."

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Which country has the most athletes in 2024 Paris Olympics?

The United States will have the largest national delegation at the Summer Games in Paris with 592 total athletes.

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Host nation France is second with 573, followed by Australia (460), Germany (427), Japan (404), Italy (403), China (388), Spain (382), Great Britain (327) and Canada (318) rounding out the top 10.

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How many US athletes are competing at 2024 Paris Olympics?

Team USA will have at least one competitor in 31 of the 32 sports on this year's Olympic program. (Team handball is the only exception.)

There are 592 athletes on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team, which makes it a slightly smaller group than the team at the most recent Summer Games in Tokyo (613).

Track and field is the largest U.S. contingent with a total of 120 athletes set to take part in those events.