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Originally Posted by octothorp

DR Republic of Congo. 62 million people (21st most populous country in the world), 8 Olympics (1968; 1984 to present), no medals.

Edit: article on DRR Congo's best medal shot (and longshot at that), Gary Kikaya.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/sp...prod=permalink

Thanks!

In Athens in 2004, Kikaya led a small Congolese delegation in the opening ceremony, carrying the flag. “It wasn’t planned,” he said. “When they called us to march, one of our Olympic people said: ‘You’re the most well known, you hold it.’ ”

I got a kick out of that