[jennyjenjen]

17. Newfoundland

[bookworm28]

2 CZECHOSLOVAKIA

[rchhuon99]

4 Yugoslavia

[johngriffen]

Thanks hija for pointing out I was probably incorrect with my earlier guess
One more time...

6. United Team of Germany

1960 was the only year that this team, East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together. Neither country exists today


sorry, the correct answer for this on was United Arab Republic (the # of Athletes for your clue was to low for the German team) - Ice

[yousofine]

15. South Yemen

[matina]

3. East Germany

[pjmpjm]

11. Saarland

[johngriffen]

The tallies are done for the Team Figure Skating Contest.

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[pjmpjm]

Discontinued Sports in the Olympic Games

Since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, as many as twelve sports have disappeared completely from the schedule. These are croquet, cricket, Jeu de Paume, pelota, polo, roque, rackets, tug-of-war, lacrosse, baseball, softball, and motor boating. The Winter Olympics also has a few sports and events that have been discontinued.

The most recent sports to become discontinued are baseball and softball, which were dropped from the 2012 Games. This was the first time in 69 years that a sport itself had been removed from the Olympic program, with the previously dropped sport polo removed in 1936.

(I've deliberately left out the discontinued Winter Olympics sports . . . in case there's a contest!)

[WordDiva]

14. Crete

[pjmpjm]

Curling Explained in Two Paragraphs

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.

The curler can induce a curved path by causing the stone to slowly turn as it slides, and the path of the rock may be further influenced by two sweepers with brooms who accompany it as it slides down the sheet, using the brooms to alter the state of the ice in front of the stone. Sweeping a rock makes it curl less, and decreases the friction that slows the rock down. A great deal of strategy and teamwork go into choosing the ideal path and placement of a stone for each situation, and the skills of the curlers determine the degree to which the stone will achieve the desired result. This gives curling its nickname of "chess on ice".

[hija]

12. West Indies Federation

[Angel Sardar]

1. Soviet Union

[Infy]

13 North Yemen

[BrightEyes4evr]

5 Serbia and Montenegro