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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; South African skier Sive Speelman qualified for the Olympics, but his country didn't feel that he was good enough to serve as its lone representative. (schoolsportsnews.co.za)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Sochi, the world gathered in a celebration of sport, competition, and the Olympic spirit. At least, some of the world.\u00A0There were 88 nations competing in Sochi, leaving 111 United Nations full members without delegations to the 2014 Winter Olympiad. Now that the Sochi torch has been snuffed,\u00A0&lt;i&gt;EM\u00A0&lt;/i&gt;shifts its focus to the nations that didn't participate in this year's winter games.\u00A0We still love you, Mozambique.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Continental participation in Sochi, sorted by percentage of countries attending:&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100%:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;Europe&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100%:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;North America (not including Central America and the Caribbean)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;50%:&lt;/strong&gt; South America&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;41%:&lt;/strong&gt; Asia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;15%:&lt;/strong&gt; Australia / Pacific Islands&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6%:&lt;/strong&gt; Africa&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5%:&lt;/strong&gt;\u00A0Central America and the Caribbean&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;0%:&lt;/strong&gt; Antarctica&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Combined population of Middle East, South America, Caribbean and Africa:&lt;/strong&gt; Nearly 2 billion&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Combined all-time Winter Olympics medal count for Middle East, South America, Caribbean and Africa:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;0&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Hwang Ok-Sil, left, won a bronze for North Korea in Albertville, France, in 1992 // Raisa Smetanina, right, won a boatload of medals while competing in five Olympics\u2014four for the USSR, and one for the Unified Team&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Countries that have won a winter medal in the past but aren\u2019t competing this year:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Existing countries: &lt;strong&gt;North Korea&lt;/strong&gt;, 2: Silver in 1964, bronze in 1992, both in women's speed skating&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Former countries: &lt;strong&gt;Soviet Union&lt;/strong&gt;, 194 (plus another 23 as the Unified Team in 1992)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Most decorated winter Olympian from a country not competing in Sochi:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Existing countries: &lt;strong&gt;Pil Hwa Han,\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;North Korea (Speed skating; 1 silver medal)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Former countries: &lt;strong&gt;Raisa Smetanina,\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;Soviet Union / Unified Team (Cross-country skiing; 4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Cuban fencer Ram\u00F3n Fonst won a gold and a silver in the 1900 Paris Olympics, and two golds in the 1904 St. Louis Games. Cuba has never had a Winter Olympian.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Countries that have competed in the most Summer Olympics without ever having sent a Winter delegation: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cuba (19 summer)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guyana, Panama, Sri Lanka (16 summer)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Top three existing countries in Summer Olympics medal count that aren\u2019t in Sochi: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cuba (208 medals)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kenya (86)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;South Africa (76)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Of the 57 African countries, the three competing in Sochi:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Morocco,\u00A0Togo, Zimbabwe&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;African countries that have established ski resorts:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Algeria, Lesotho,\u00A0Morocco, South Africa&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; A Saudi Arabia oil field, looking warm and oily&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wealthiest country (by GDP per capita) not competing in Sochi: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Qatar, $93,831 per capita GDP (in 2012, according to the United Nations)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Highest GDP for a country not participating in Sochi:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saudi Arabia, $576.8 billion&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Most populous country not participating in Sochi:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indonesia, nearly 250M people&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Penguins in South Africa&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;6.8%:&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Percentage of countries competing in Sochi that have native penguin populations (not counting overseas territories):\u00A0Argentina,\u00A0Australia,\u00A0Brazil,\u00A0Chile,\u00A0New Zealand,\u00A0Peru&lt;em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;5.4%:&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Percentage of UN full member states not competing in Sochi that have native penguin populations: Angola,\u00A0Ecuador, Mozambique,\u00A0Namibia,\u00A0South Africa, Uruguay,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; K2: Tall&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Northernmost country not in the Olympics: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North Korea&lt;/strong&gt;, 42nd parallel north&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Southernmost country not in the Olympics: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uruguay,&lt;/strong&gt; 30th parallel south. The country stretches to nearly to the 35th parallel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tallest mountains located in countries not participating in Sochi: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. K2&lt;/strong&gt; (28,251 feet; Pakistan/China border)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Nanga Parbat&lt;/strong&gt; (26,660 feet; Pakistan)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Gasherbrum I&lt;/strong&gt; (26,509 feet; Pakistan/China border)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; This 1922 expedition, which intended\u2014but failed\u2014to summit Mt. Everest, was awarded the Alpinism medal in 1924. Not pictured is Nepali mountaineer Tejbir Bura, who was part of the climbing group and earned Nepal's only Winter Olympics medal for his efforts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Former Winter Olympic sports:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Military Ski Patrol&lt;/strong&gt; (1924 only; medals: Switzerland, Finland, France)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Special figures&lt;/strong&gt; (1908; medals: Russia, Britain, Britain)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alpinism&lt;/strong&gt; (awarded during 1924, 1932 and 1936 Olympics for feats in mountaineering)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Countries whose only Winter Olympics medals were awarded for Alpinism:\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;India, Nepal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-Winter Olympic countries that sent the most tweets with the hashtag #Sochi2014 (sample size: Day 14 of the Olympics, based on\u00A0Tweets per million population):\u00A0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. United Arab Emirates (10th overall)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Jordan (13th)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. Dominican Republic (19th)\nSource:\u00A0http://cf.datawrapper.de/YI8Ha/19/&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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