2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations

During the 2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations at the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, beginning at 20:00 KST (UTC+9) on 9 February 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in the host city of Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1] 92 teams qualified to compete (91 nations and Olympic Athletes from Russia).

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Background
United States entering the stadium

Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by Olympic tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, the Greek team entered first.[2] Other teams entered in alphabetical order based on the names of countries in the Korean language.[3] Following tradition, the delegation from the host nation, South Korea, was scheduled to enter last. However, following solidarity negotiations with North Korea, the host nation was instead represented by the unified Korean delegation, consisting of the South Korean and North Korean teams, marching under the Korean Unification Flag.[4][5]

The names of the nations were announced in French, followed by English and Korean, the official languages of the Olympic movement and the host nation, in accordance with traditional and International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines. Background music included such songs as K-pop hits as "Gangnam Style" by Psy, "Likey" by Twice, "Fantastic Baby" by Big Bang, "DNA" by BTS, and "Red Flavor" by Red Velvet.[6]

List

Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the IOC.[7]

Order Nation Hangul Roman Transliteration Flag bearer Sport
1 Greece (GRE)그리스geu ri seuSophia RalliAlpine skiing
2 Ghana (GHA)가나ga naAkwasi FrimpongSkeleton
3 Nigeria (NGR)나이지리아na i ji ri aNgozi OnwumereBobsleigh
4 South Africa (RSA)남아프리카 공화국nam a peu ri ka gong hwa gukConnor WilsonAlpine skiing
5 Netherlands (NED)네덜란드ne deol ran deuJan Smeekens[8]Speed skating
6 Norway (NOR)노르웨이no reu we iEmil Hegle SvendsenBiathlon
7 New Zealand (NZL)뉴질랜드nyu jil raen deuBeau-James Wells[9]Freestyle skiing
8 Denmark (DEN)덴마크den ma keuElena Møller Rigas[10]Speed skating
9 Germany (GER)독일dok ilEric Frenzel[11]Nordic combined
10 East Timor (TLS)동티모르dong ti mo reuYohan Goutt GonçalvesAlpine skiing
11 Latvia (LAT)라트비아ra teu bi aDaumants Dreiškens[12]Bobsleigh
12 Lebanon (LBN)레바논re ba nonSamer TawkCross-country skiing
13 Romania (ROU)루마니아ru ma ni aMarius Ungureanu[13]Biathlon
14 Luxembourg (LUX)룩셈부르크ruk sem bu reu keuMatthieu OschAlpine skiing
15 Lithuania (LTU)리투아니아ri tu a ni aTomas Kaukėnas[14]Biathlon
16 Liechtenstein (LIE)리히텐슈타인ri hi ten syu ta inMarco PfiffnerAlpine skiing
17 Madagascar (MAD)마다가스카르ma da ga seu ka reuMialitiana Clerc Alpine skiing
18 Malaysia (MAS)말레이시아mal re isi aJulian Yee[15]Figure skating
19 Mexico (MEX)멕시코mek si koGermán Madrazo[16]Cross-country skiing
20 Monaco (MON)모나코mo na koRudy Rinaldi[17]Bobsleigh
21 Morocco (MAR)모로코mo ro koSamir AzzimaniCross-country skiing
22 Montenegro (MNE)몬테네그로mon te ne geu roJelena Vujičić[18]Alpine skiing
23 Moldova (MDA)몰도바mol do baNicolae GaiducCross-country skiing
24 Malta (MLT)몰타mol taÉlise Pellegrin[19] Alpine skiing
25 Mongolia (MGL)몽골mong golAchbadrakh Batmunkh[20]Cross-country skiing
26 United States (USA)미국mi gukErin Hamlin[21]Luge
27 Bermuda (BER)버뮤다beo myu daTucker MurphyCross-country skiing
28 Belgium (BEL)벨기에bel gi eSeppe Smits[22]Snowboarding
29 Belarus (BLR)벨라루스bel ra ru seuAlla Tsuper[23]Freestyle skiing
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)보스니아 헤르체고비나bo seu ni a he reu che go bi naElvedina Muzaferija[24]Alpine skiing
31 Bolivia (BOL)볼리비아bol ri bi aSimon Breitfuss Kammerlander[25]Alpine skiing
32 Bulgaria (BUL)불가리아bul ga ri aRadoslav Yankov[26]Snowboarding
33 Brazil (BRA)브라질beu ra jilEdson Bindilatti[27]Bobsleigh
34 San Marino (SMR)산마리노san ma ri noAlessandro Mariotti[28]Alpine skiing
35 Serbia (SRB)세르비아se reu bi aNevena Ignjatović[29]Alpine skiing
36 Sweden (SWE)스웨덴seu we denNiklas Edin[30]Curling
37 Switzerland (SUI)스위스seu wi seuDario Cologna[31]Cross-country skiing
38 Spain (ESP)스페인seu pe inLucas EguibarSnowboarding
39 Slovakia (SVK)슬로바키아seul ro ba ki aVeronika Velez-ZuzulováAlpine skiing
40 Slovenia (SLO)슬로베니아seul ro be ni aVesna Fabjan[32]Cross-country skiing
41 Singapore (SGP)싱가포르sing ga po reuCheyenne GohShort track speed skating
42 Armenia (ARM)아르메니아a reu me ni aMikayel MikayelyanCross-country skiing
43 Argentina (ARG)아르헨티나a reu hen ti naSebastiano Gastaldi[19] Alpine skiing
44 Iceland (ISL)아이슬란드a i seul ran deuFreydis-Halla EinarsdóttirAlpine skiing
45 Ireland (IRL)아일랜드a il raen deuSeamus O'ConnorSnowboarding
46 Azerbaijan (AZE)아제르바이잔a je reu bai janPatrick Brachner[33]Alpine skiing
47 Andorra (AND)안도라an do raIrineu Esteve Altimiras[34]Cross-country skiing
48 Albania (ALB)알바니아al ba ni aSuela Mehilli[35]Alpine skiing
49 Eritrea (ERI)에리트레아e ri teu re aShannon-Ogbnai Abeda[36]Alpine skiing
50 Estonia (EST)에스토니아e seu to ni aSaskia Alusalu[37]Speed skating
51 Ecuador (ECU)에콰도르e kwa do reuKlaus Jungbluth[38]Cross-country skiing
52 Great Britain (GBR)영국yeong gukLizzy Yarnold[39]Skeleton
53 Australia (AUS)오스트레일리아o seu teu re il ri aScott JamesSnowboarding
54 Austria (AUT)오스트리아o seu teu ri aAnna Veith[40]Alpine skiing
55 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)러시아 출신 올림픽 선수reo si a chul sin ol lim pik seon suPOCOG VolunteerN/A
56 Uzbekistan (UZB)우즈베키스탄u jeu be ki seu tanKomiljon TukhtaevAlpine skiing
57 Ukraine (UKR)우크라이나u keu ra i naOlena Pidhrushna[41]Biathlon
58 Iran (IRI)이란i ranSamaneh Beyrami BaherCross-country skiing
59 Italy (ITA)이탈리아i tal ri aArianna Fontana[42]Short track speed skating
60 Israel (ISR)이스라엘i seu ra elAlexei Bychenko[43]Figure skating
61 India (IND)인도in doShiva KeshavanLuge
62 Japan (JPN)일본il bonNoriaki Kasai[44][45]Ski jumping
63 Jamaica (JAM)자메이카ja me i kaJazmine Fenlator-VictorianBobsleigh
64 Georgia (GEO)조지아jo ji aMoris KvitelashviliFigure skating
65 China (CHN)중국jung gukZhou YangShort track speed skating
66 Czech Republic (CZE)체코che koEva Samková[46]Snowboarding
67 Chile (CHI)칠레chil reHenrik von Appen[47]Alpine skiing
68 Kazakhstan (KAZ)카자흐스탄ka ja heu seu tanAbzal Azhgaliyev[48]Short track speed skating
69 Canada (CAN)캐나다kae na daTessa Virtue & Scott Moir[49]Figure skating
70 Kenya (KEN)케냐ke nyaSabrina SimaderAlpine skiing
71 Kosovo (KOS)코소보ko so boAlbin Tahiri[50]Alpine skiing
72 Colombia (COL)콜롬비아kol rom bi aPedro CausilSpeed skating
73 Croatia (CRO)크로아티아keu ro a ti aNatko Zrnčić-Dim[51]Alpine skiing
74 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)키르기스스탄ki reu gi seu seu tanTariel ZharkymbaevCross-country skiing
75 Cyprus (CYP)키프로스ki peu ro seuDinos LefkaritisAlpine skiing
76 Chinese Taipei (TPE)차이니스 타이베이cha i ni seu ta i be iLien Te-an[52]Luge
77 Thailand (THA)태국tae gukMark ChanloungCross-country skiing[53]
78 Turkey (TUR)터키teo kiFatih Arda İpcioğluSki jumping
79 Togo (TOG)토고to goMathilde-Amivi PetitjeanCross-country skiing
80 Tonga (TGA)통가tong gaPita Taufatofua[19] Cross-country skiing
81 Pakistan (PAK)파키스탄pa ki seu tanMuhammad KarimAlpine skiing
82 Portugal (POR)포르투갈po reu tu galKequyen LamCross-country skiing[54]
83 Poland (POL)폴란드pol ran deuZbigniew Bródka[55] Speed skating
84 Puerto Rico (PUR)푸에르토리코pu e reu to ri koCharles Flaherty[19] Alpine skiing
85 France (FRA)프랑스peu rang seuMartin Fourcade[56]Biathlon
86 Macedonia (MKD)구유고슬라비아 마케도니아 공화국gu yu go seul ra bi a ma ke do ni a gong hwa gukStavre Jada[57]Cross-country skiing
87 Finland (FIN)핀란드pin ran deuJanne Ahonen[58]Ski jumping
88 Philippines (PHI)필리핀pil ri pinAsa Miller[59]Alpine skiing
89 Hungary (HUN)헝가리heong ga riKonrád Nagy[60]Speed skating
90 Hong Kong (HKG)홍콩 차이나hong kong cha i naArabella NgAlpine skiing
91 Korea (COR)코리아ko ri aWon Yun-jong[61] (South Korea)Bobsleigh
Hwang Chung-gum[61] (North Korea)Ice hockey

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