Ed, I wish that many people will be watching me slam dunk against the Dream Team or bounce up and down on a trampoline in Beijing this August.
But no. The answer is purely
metagrobological, nothing to do with sports/olympics/population or any of similar facts/statistics.
Major Major Major Glyn, you truly deserve your special title. Although not finding the correct answer yet your effort has certainly impressed me a lot. Have to tell you to find my answer you need to attack from a totally different angle but nothing prevents me from regarding your reasons as very logical and reasonable themselves too. Hopefully my "model answer" will not disappoint you.
Børge wrote:
It is the secret private phone number (684-207-5193) of the American president?
Aha! Glad to see googling doesn't help you out here. It wouldn't be special at all if it can connect you to Mr. Dubya (in fact it will be very boring). Perhaps it'd be a little bit interesting if it can connect you to Osama, Obama or Chelsea's Mama!
Seriously, the answer to the puzzle has no linkage to any particular human being at all...
Let me give another small hint to hopefully help you guys out a bit: