Second is the Vatican, the smallest country in the world (at just ... we won’t be seeing their distinctive flag fluttering in the wind at the Olympics.

Each country's team is preceded into the Olympic Stadium by an athlete or delegation representative bearing his or her country’s flag. The flagbearer for the United States Olympic Team is normally ...

Both the countries gained independent status in 2008 ... A ten-member Refugee Olympic Team will compete under the Olympic flag and all their expenses will be paid by International Olympic Committee.

And with 1,000 medals on the line, the race to see which country brings home the most medals – which this Olympics contain original pieces of iron from the Eiffel Tower – is on. The Paris ...

Both the countries gained independent status in 2008 ... A ten-member Refugee Olympic Team will compete under the Olympic flag and all their expenses will be paid by International Olympic Committee.