What was the smallest & largest country that participated in the 2004
olympics & what are their areas in square miles & their population?
Also, how can you find a map of the world that names the countries &
that is printable?

Hello.

The largest country in terms of area to participate in the 2004
Olympics was Russia ( 17,075,200 square kilometers or 6,592,888 square
miles).

The largest country in terms of population to participate in the 2004
Olympics was China ( 1,298,847,624 people).

The smallest country in terms of area to particpate in the 2004
Olympics was Monaco (2 square km or 0.75 square miles).

The smallest country in terms of population to participate in the 2004
Olympics was Nauru  (12,809).

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Size and population data from the CIA:

CIA - World Factbook - Area
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html

CIA - World Factbook - Population
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html

Here are lists of the participating athletes from the four countries mentioned:

Russia
http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParticipantsAthletes/newParticipants?discipline=&noc=RUS&name=

China
http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParticipantsAthletes/newParticipants?discipline=&noc=CHN&name=

Monaco
http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParticipantsAthletes/newParticipants?discipline=&noc=MON&name=

Nauru
http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParticipantsAthletes/newParticipants?discipline=&noc=NRU&name=

Also see this Newsday article: 

"Of the 202 nations recognized by the International Olympic Committee,
the smallest is the island nation of Nauru, which has three athletes
competing..."
source: Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/sports/olympics/ny-sponauru273944017aug27,0,6053611.story?coll=ny-sports-olympics-headlines

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Map...

The United Nations has a nice printable world map with all of these countries.
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/world.pdf
(This document is in PDF format, so the Adobe Acrobat Reader is
required. If you don't have that, visit:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html )


I'm sure that you'll have no trouble spotting Russia and China on that
map.  Monaco is, of course, surrounded by France.  Nauru is in the
Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands and east of Papua New
Guinea.

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search strategy:
athens 2004
cia world factbook
"world map" nauru monaco

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 05 Sep 2004 22:29 PDT

Just to correct one of those links:

CIA - World Factbook - Area
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html