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How many athletes will comprise the team that has the most participating athletes but does not win even a single medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games?

Settled as 26 athletes or more

Angola had over 30 athletes
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/athletes/bio/ang.html
and got 0 medals
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Between 1 and 5 athletes
5%
Between 6 and 10 athletes
8%
Between 11 and 25 athletes
29%
26 athletes or more
57%
Activity: H$3,710
Settled as 26 athletes or more on Mon 25th Aug 2008 11:55am PDT

Suspend date: Thu 7th Aug 2008 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 25th Aug 2008 11:55am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 7th Aug 2008 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Between 1 and 5 athletes: 10%, Between 6 and 10 athletes : 15%, Between 11 and 25 athletes: 25%, 26 athletes or more: 50%

Action history:

Created Tue 6th May 2008 8:02pm PDT by valornhonor[Power User]
Suspended Thu 7th Aug 2008 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Suspended Thu 7th Aug 2008 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'Between 11 and 25 athletes' Mon 25th Aug 2008 11:31am PDT by mrperfkt[Admin]: Of the 100+ teams that didn't medal (a record 87 out of the 204 did though!) and the largest team of athletes from a non winning country was Pakistan @ 21.

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml#
Previous action withdrawn Mon 25th Aug 2008 11:54am PDT by mrperfkt[Admin]: Previous settlement request missed one country which changed result.

Suspend date: Thu 7th Aug 2008 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 25th Aug 2008 11:55am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 7th Aug 2008 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (12)

12 predictions

22 weeks ago
number1 predicted 26 athletes or more (H$247 at 63%)
22 weeks ago
cognos[Power User] predicted Between 11 and 25 athletes (H$100 at 22%)
25 weeks ago
pitchedoutsideleg predicted 26 athletes or more (H$500 at 61%)
28 weeks ago
pitchedoutsideleg predicted 26 athletes or more (H$209 at 59%)
29 weeks ago
pitchedoutsideleg predicted 26 athletes or more (H$1,291 at 52%)
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Comments (2)

Requesting settlement, Pakistan was largest team with 21 ATHLETES competing in the 2008 Summer Games without winning a medal.
posted 19 weeks ago
This market has been resettled by a category editor, with "26 athletes or more" as the winning prediction.
posted 19 weeks ago

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