2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

Parade of 2016 Summer Olympics Participants
The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, which will take place on the evening of August 5 in the Maracanã Stadium of Rio de Janeiro, will see a parade of the Olympic participants.

Adhering to the Olympic Charter, the delegations from all the participating nations will parade in alphabetical order (according to Portuguese language) of their names.

Greece, like every other Olympics, will lead the parade. Since Brazil is the host nation, it is the last delegation in the parade. Each delegation will be preceded by a name-board with country's name and national flag.

This tradition started from the IX Olympiad at Amsterdam in 1928. Each flag-bearer will be chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.
Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer in the same order as the parade.

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List of 2016 Rio Olympics parading Countries by Order and their Flagbearers
Parade Order	Country	Flag Bearer	Sport	Parade Order	Country	Flag Bearer	Sport
1	Greece (GRE)	Sofia Bekatorou	Sailing	105	Jordan (JOR)	Hussein Ishaish	Boxing
2	Afghanistan (AFG)	Mohammad Tawfiq Bakhshi	Judo	106	Kiribati (KIR)	David Katoatau	Weightlifting
3	South Africa (RSA)	Wayde van Niekerk	Athletics	107	Kosovo (KOS)	Majlinda Kelmendi	Judo
4	Albania (ALB)	Luiza Gega	Athletics	108	Lao People's Democratic Republic (LAO)	Xaysa Anousone	Athletics
5	Germany (GER)	Timo Boll	Table tennis	109	Lesotho (LES)	Mosito Lehata	Athletics
6	Andorra (AND)	Laura Sallés	Judo	110	Latvia (LAT)	Māris Štrombergs	Cycling
7	Angola (ANG)	Luísa Kiala	Handball	111	Lebanon (LIB)	Nacif Elias	Judo
8	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	Daniel Bailey	Athletics	112	Liberia (LBR)	Emmanuel Matadi	Athletics
9	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	Sulaiman Hamad	Judo	113	Libya (LBA)	Mohamed Fuad Hrezi	Athletics
10	Algeria (ALG)	Sonia Asselah	Judo	114	Liechtenstein (LIE)	Julia Hassler	Swimming
11	Argentina (ARG)	Luis Scola	Basketball	115	Lithuania (LTU)	Gintarė Scheidt	Sailing
12	Armenia (ARM)	Vahan Mkhitaryan	Swimming	116	Luxembourg (LUX)	Gilles Müller	Tennis
13	Aruba (ARU)	Nicole van der Velden	Sailing	117	Madagascar (MAD)	Eliane Saholinirina	Athletics
14	Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)	Volunteer		118	Malaysia (MAS)	Lee Chong Wei	Badminton
15	Australia (AUS)	Anna Meares	Cycling	119	Malawi (MAW)	Kefasi Chitsala	Athletics
16	Austria (AUT)	Liu Jia	Table tennis	120	Maldives (MDV)	Aminath Shajan	Swimming
17	Azerbaijan (AZE)	Teymur Mammadov	Boxing	121	Mali (MLI)	Djenebou Dante	Athletics
18	Bahamas (BAH)	Shaunae Miller	Athletics	122	Malta (MLT)	Andrew Chetcuti	Swimming
19	Bangladesh (BAN)	Siddikur Rahman	Golf	123	Marshall Islands (MHL)	Mathlynn Sasser	Weightlifting
20	Barbados (BAR)	Ramon Gittens	Athletics	124	Morocco (MAR)	Abdelkebir Ouaddar	Equestrian
21	Bahrain (BRN)	Farhan Saleh	Swimming	125	Mauritius (MRI)	Kate Foo Kune	Badminton
22	Belarus (BLR)	Vasil Kiryienka	Cycling	126	Mauritania (MTN)	Jidou El Moctar	Athletics
23	Belgium (BEL)	Olivia Borlée	Athletics	127	Mexico (MEX)	Daniela Campuzano	Cycling
24	Belize (BIZ)	Brandon Jones	Athletics	128	Mozambique (MOZ)	Joaquim Lobo	Canoeing
25	Benin (BEN)	Yémi Apithy	Fencing	129	Republic of Moldova (MDA)	Nicolae Ceban	Wrestling
26	Bermuda (BER)	Tyrone Smith	Athletics	130	Monaco (MON)	Brice Etès	Athletics
27	Bolivia (BOL)	Ángela Castro	Athletics	131	Mongolia (MGL)	Temuulen Battulga	Judo
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	Amel Tuka	Athletics	132	Montenegro (MNE)	Bojana Popović	Handball
29	Botswana (BOT)	Nijel Amos	Athletics	133	Myanmar (MYA)	Yan Naing Soe	Judo
30	Brunei Darussalam (BRU)	Mohamed Fakhri Ismail	Athletics	134	Namibia (NAM)	Jonas Junias	Boxing
31	Bulgaria (BUL)	Ivet Lalova-Collio	Athletics	135	Nauru (NRU)	Elson Brechtefeld	Weightlifting
32	Burkina Faso (BUR)	Rachid Sidibé	Judo	136	Nepal (NEP)	Phupu Lhamu Khatri	Judo
33	Burundi (BDI)	Olivier Irabaruta	Athletics	137	Nicaragua (NCA)	Rafael Lacayo	Shooting
34	Bhutan (BHU)	Karma	Archery	138	Niger (NIG)	Abdoul Razak Issoufou	Taekwondo
35	Cape Verde (CPV)	Maria Andrade	Taekwondo	139	Nigeria (NGR)	Olufunke Oshonaike	Table tennis
36	Cameroon (CMR)	Wilfried Ntsengue	Boxing	140	Norway (NOR)	Ole Kristian Bryhn	Shooting
37	Cambodia (CAM)	Sorn Seavmey	Taekwondo	141	New Zealand (NZL)	Peter Burling	Sailing
38	Canada (CAN)	Rosannagh MacLennan	Gymnastics	142	Oman (OMA)	Hamed Said Al-Khatri	Shooting
39	Qatar (QAT)	Sheikh Ali al-Thani Hamad	Equestrian	143	Netherlands (NED)	Jeroen Dubbeldam	Equestrian
40	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Ruslan Zhaparov	Taekwondo	144	Palau (PLW)	Florian Skilang Temengil	Wrestling
41	Cayman Islands (CAY)	Ronald Forbes	Athletics	145	Palestine (PLE)	Mayada Al-Sayad	Athletics
42	Central African Republic (CAF)	Chloe Sauvourel	Athletics	146	Panama (PAN)	Alonso Edward	Athletics
43	Chad (CHA)	Bibiro Ali Taher	Athletics	147	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Ryan Pini	Swimming
44	Chile (CHI)	Érika Olivera	Athletics	148	Pakistan (PAK)	Ghulam Mustafa Bashir	Shooting
45	People's Republic of China (CHN)	Lei Sheng	Fencing	149	Paraguay (PAR)	Julieta Granada	Golf
46	Cyprus (CYP)	Pavlos Kontides	Sailing	150	Peru (PER)	Francisco Boza	Shooting
47	Colombia (COL)	Yuri Alvear	Judo	151	Poland (POL)	Karol Bielecki	Handball
48	Comoros (COM)	Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine	Swimming	152	Puerto Rico (PUR)	Jaime Espinal	Wrestling
49	Congo (CGO)	Franck Elemba	Athletics	153	Portugal (POR)	João Rodrigues	Sailing
50	Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)	Rosa Keleku	Taekwondo	154	Kenya (KEN)	Shehzana Anwar	Archery
51	Cook Islands (COK)	Ella Nicholas	Canoeing	155	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	Erkin Adylbek Uulu	Boxing
52	Republic of Korea (KOR)	Gu Bon-gil	Fencing	156	Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK)	Choe Jon-wi	Weightlifting
53	Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)	Murielle Ahouré	Athletics	157	Romania (ROU)	Cătălina Ponor	Gymnastics
54	Costa Rica (CRC)	Nery Brenes	Athletics	158	Rwanda (RWA)	Adrien Niyonshuti	Cycling
55	Croatia (CRO)	Josip Pavić	Water polo	159	Russian Federation (RUS)	Sergey Tetyukhin	Volleyball
56	Cuba (CUB)	Mijaín López	Wrestling	160	Solomon Islands (SOL)	Jenly Tegu Wini	Weightlifting
57	Denmark (DEN)	Caroline Wozniacki	Tennis	161	Samoa (SAM)	Mary Opeloge	Weightlifting
58	Djibouti (DJI)	Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin	Athletics	162	American Samoa (ASA)	Tanumafili Jungblut	Weightlifting
59	Dominica (DMA)	Yordanys Durañona	Athletics	163	San Marino (SMR)	Arianna Perilli	Shooting
60	Dominican Republic (DOM)	Luguelín Santos	Athletics	164	Saint Lucia (LCA)	Levern Spencer	Athletics
61	Egypt (EGY)	Ahmed El-Ahmar	Handball	165	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	Antoine Adams	Athletics
62	El Salvador (ESA)	Lilian Castro	Shooting	166	São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)	Buly Triste	Canoeing
63	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Nada Al-Bedwawi	Swimming	167	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	Kineke Alexander	Athletics
64	Ecuador (ECU)	Estefania García	Judo	168	Seychelles (SEY)	Rodney Govinden	Sailing
65	Eritrea (ERI)	Volunteer		169	Senegal (SEN)	Isabelle Sambou	Wrestling
66	Slovakia (SVK)	Danka Barteková	Shooting	170	Sierra Leone (SLE)	Bunturabie Jalloh	Swimming
67	Slovenia (SLO)	Vasilij Žbogar	Sailing	171	Serbia (SRB)	Ivana Anđušić Maksimović	Shooting
68	Spain (ESP)	Rafael Nadal	Tennis	172	Singapore (SIN)	Derek Wong Zi Liang	Badminton
69	Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)	Jennifer Chieng	Boxing	173	Syrian Arab Republic (SYR)	Majededdin Ghazal	Athletics
70	United States of America (USA)	Michael Phelps	Swimming	174	Somalia (SOM)	Mohamed Hassan Mohamed	Athletics
71	Estonia (EST)	Karl-Martin Rammo	Sailing	175	Sri Lanka (SRI)	Anuradha Cooray	Athletics
72	Ethiopia (ETH)	Robel Kiros Habte	Swimming	176	eSwatini (Swaziland) (SWZ)	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Athletics
73	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MKD)	Anastasija Bogdanovski	Swimming	177	Sudan (SUD)	Abdalla Yousif	Athletics
74	Fiji (FIJ)	Osea Kolinisau	Rugby sevens	178	South Sudan (SSD)	Guor Marial	Athletics
75	Philippines (PHI)	Ian Lariba	Table tennis	179	Sweden (SWE)	Therese Alshammar	Swimming
76	Finland (FIN)	Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén	Sailing	180	Switzerland (SUI)	Giulia Steingruber	Gymnastics
77	France (FRA)	Teddy Riner	Judo	181	Suriname (SUR)	Soren Opti	Badminton
78	Gabon (GAB)	Anthony Obame	Taekwondo	182	Tajikistan (TJK)	Dilshod Nazarov	Athletics
79	Gambia (GAM)	Gina Bass	Athletics	183	Thailand (THA)	Ratchanok Intanon	Badminton
80	Ghana (GHA)	Flings Owusu-Agyapong	Athletics	184	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Isheau Wong	Equestrian
81	Georgia (GEO)	Avtandil Tchrikishvili	Judo	185	United Republic of Tanzania (TAN)	Andrew Thomas Mlugu	Judo
82	Great Britain (GBR)	Andy Murray	Tennis	186	Czech Republic (CZE)	Lukáš Krpálek	Judo
83	Grenada (GRN)	Kirani James	Athletics	187	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (TLS)	Francelina Cabral	Cycling
84	Guam (GUM)	Benjamin Schulte	Swimming	188	Togo (TOG)	Adzo Kpossi	Swimming
85	Guatemala (GUA)	Ana Sofía Gómez	Gymnastics	189	Tonga (TGA)	Pita Taufatofua	Taekwondo
86	Guyana (GUY)	Hannibal Gaskin	Swimming	190	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	Keshorn Walcott	Athletics
87	Guinea (GUI)	Mahadama Bangoura	Judo	191	Tunisia (TUN)	Oussama Mellouli	Swimming
88	Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)	Reïna-Flor Okori	Athletics	192	Turkmenistan (TKM)	Merdan Atayev	Swimming
89	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	Augusto Midana	Wrestling	193	Turkey (TUR)	Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling
90	Haiti (HAI)	Asnage Castelly	Wrestling	194	Tuvalu (TUV)	Etimoni Timuani	Athletics
91	Honduras (HON)	Rolando Palacios	Athletics	195	Ukraine (UKR)	Mykola Milchev	Shooting
92	Hong Kong, China (HKG)	Stephanie Au	Swimming	196	Uganda (UGA)	Joshua Tibatemwa	Swimming
93	Hungary (HUN)	Áron Szilágyi	Fencing	197	Uruguay (URU)	Dolores Moreira	Sailing
94	Yemen (YEM)	Zeyad Mater	Judo	198	Uzbekistan (UZB)	Bakhodir Jalolov	Boxing
95	India (IND)	Abhinav Bindra	Shooting	199	Vanuatu (VAN)	Yoshua Shing	Table tennis
96	Indonesia (INA)	Maria Natalia Londa	Athletics	200	Venezuela (VEN)	Rubén Limardo	Fencing
97	Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)	Zahra Nemati	Archery	201	Vietnam (VIE)	Vũ Thành An	Fencing
98	Iraq (IRQ)	Waheed Abdul-Ridha	Boxing	202	Virgin Islands, US (ISV)	Cy Thompson	Sailing
99	Ireland (IRL)	Paddy Barnes	Boxing	203	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	Ashley Kelly	Athletics
100	Iceland (ISL)	Thormodur Jonsson	Judo	204	Zambia (ZAM)	Matthews Punza	Judo
101	Israel (ISR)	Neta Rivkin	Gymnastics	205	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	Kirsty Coventry	Swimming
102	Italy (ITA)	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	206	Refugee Olympic Team (ROT)	Rose Lokonyen	Athletics
103	Jamaica (JAM)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Athletics	207	Brazil (BRA)	Yane Marques	Modern pentathlon
104	Japan (JPN)	Keisuke Ushiro	Athletics

Last updated on August 16, 2016