From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Joshua Kreitzer (gromit82@hotmail.com) writes:   
   > Two people answered France, and one person (me) answered UK. France and   
   > the UK have both participated in every Olympics -- every Summer Olympics   
   >   since 1896 and every Winter Olympics since 1924. Neither country   
   > boycotted Moscow 1980.   
      
   Interesting.   
      
   > However, France didn't win any medals at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956, and   
   > there have been seven Winter Olympics where the UK didn't win any   
   > medals, most recently in 1992. (Both countries have won at least one   
   > medal at every Summer Olympics.)   
   >   
      
   France not winning any medals in Winter Olympics is a little surprising. UK   
   not winning any is maybe less surprising. The hockey triumpm in 1936   
   notwithstanding.   
      
   I think the most "interesting" answer was Germany. I mean, there   
   were quite a few Olympic games where there was no "Germany"   
   competing at all. Yeah, there were two other countries with a   
   resembling name, but that's another story.   
      
   And speaking of this, I am a little puzzled by the fact that until   
   this year that Finland was the only other country. I mean, in 1908   
   Finland was part of Russia. But it was some sort of Duchy, so maybe   
   they were permitted to have their own Olympic team.   
      
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