Lots of countries send few, or no, athletes to the Winter Games. And even those countries which do send a large number of athletes may not have one (or more) for every event.
The Summer Games have far more participants (total) and way more countries participating. Even so, not many countries have an entry in every event. Some countries are dominant in just one or a few sports, while others represent themselves in most (probably not ALL) events.
Think about it, some countries only have 1 athlete. They are not going to participate in every event.
No. The winter Olympics are kind of discriminatory of the region to which the country is located. You will see that there are African countries present but they have a very slim chance of winning anything or even scoring remotely close to half decent. There are several countries, this goes for the summer Olympics too, that have no one that wants to be in a certain event. Like in the summer Olympics the rythmatic gymnastics is predominately European countries of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc. you will not see Mexico, USA, Canada, Jamaica, etc in such events because they are not liked in these countries. Winter is the same way.
Hope that helps.
No, some countries only have a few athletes (maybe only 1) that has qualified in one particular sport or one particular event, so they only compete in that one thing. There is strict qualifications to meet and some countries will have multiple athletes that can compete while others do not.
No, they do not. Some countries do not qualify for each event, and they are limited to the number of athletes.
Team sports never have all countries in the event.
