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Algeria - Algeria is the only African women’s volleyball team to be represented at the 2012 Summer Games. (Photo: Elsa/Getty Images)

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Angola - Angola’s men’s and women’s team have ambitious hopes for medals at this year’s games. (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Ghana - Ghana has an Olympic squad stacked with boxers and track athletes. (Photo: Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

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Gabon - Gabon’s men's soccer team will make its first-ever appearance at this year’s Olympics.(Photo: Michael Steele/Getty Images)

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South Africa - South Africa boasts the continent’s largest Olympic squad with over 100 athletes competing in 10 sports. All eyes are on 400m runner Oscar Pistorious, who famously runs on carbon fiber prosthetics called Cheetah Blades. (Photo: Damien Meyer - IOPP Pool /Getty Images)

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Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe has a small but diverse group of athletes competing at the Olympics. Gold medalist Kirsty Coventry is expected to make another big splash in women’s swimming this year after multi-medal wins in Athens and Beijing. (Photo: Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

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Nigeria - West African powerhouse Nigeria sent a total of 31 athletes to compete in the 2012 Summer Games. Although most of the Nigerian athletes will compete in track and field events, Johny Akinyemi will be the country’s first to compete in canoeing. (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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Tunisia - Tunisian athletes will compete in boxing, canoeing, handball, fencing, swimming, wrestling and tennis. Gymnast Wajdi Bouallegue will be the first African male to compete in an Olympic men's gymnastics competition.(Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

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Egypt - Egypt has athletes competing in weightlifting, shooting, wrestling, sailing, swimming, badminton, boxing, archery, rowing, gymnastics, fencing and soccer. (Photo: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

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Ethiopia - Ethiopia has a roster stacked with impressive talent, including runner Kenenisa Bekele who will compete in the Men’s 5000m and 10000m events. Tirunesh Dibaba is expected to lead the Ethiopian women on the track after winning the gold in the 5000m race during the Beijing Olympic Games.  (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)