'All participants received a complimentary gift bag'. For both of these, we mean everybody who attended the conference receives the gift bag. In other contexts, 'participant' might have a more exclusive meaning. For example at a marathon: 'All attendees were entitled to receive a free hotdog'. More @Wikipedia
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