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London 2012: Oddly Dressed Olympic Fans - Where Are They From? (PICTURES)

PICTURES: Can You Guess Which Countries These Olympic Fans Are From?
Paul Vale
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The London 2012 Games - a showcase for global sporting excellence and a chance for the fans - nearly a million of them - to use the flag as a sarong. Add to that a few thousand multi-coloured wigs and you've got an Olympic Park bustling with oddly-dressed tourists... and plenty of home grown ones too.

Here are some of the oddest looking people we've met around the Olympic Park. Can you guess where they are from (it's not hard)?

Olympic Fans - Where Are They From?
Olympic Park(01 of13)
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"Ah yeah, mate..." (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(02 of13)
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The colours should give it away, but the country is bordered by Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(03 of13)
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"O say can you see..." (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(04 of13)
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The best of British. (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(05 of13)
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The all-in-one Union Flag... It's a bold move for any gent. (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(06 of13)
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More flags... and those head things. (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(07 of13)
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Three men (we think) but from where? (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(08 of13)
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Blame it on Rio (or somewhere in Brazil). (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(09 of13)
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A European Seth Rogan (right)? (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(10 of13)
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This would be harder if the chap in the middle didn't have it written on his shirt. (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(11 of13)
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Unfairly included as she is very well dressed, but we like the guitar. (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(12 of13)
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Old Glory at the Olympics. (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
Olympic Park(13 of13)
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Madness at the basketball. (credit:Paul Vale/The Huff Post UK)
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