2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers

The flag bearers of 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into the main Olympic Stadium, during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing on 24 August 2008. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes without any distinction or grouping by nationality. The blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be a way of bringing the athletes of the world together as "one nation." The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony.

List

The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the order in which each nation appears in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC, and the Chinese names follow their official designations by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.

Order	Nation	Chinese name	Pinyin	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Greece (GRE)	希腊	Xīlà	Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Athletics
2	Guinea (GUI)	几内亚	Jīnèiyà	Mariama Dalanda Barry	Taekwondo
3	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	几内亚比绍	Jīnèiyà Bǐshào	Alberto Dias	Official
4	Turkey (TUR)	土耳其	Tǔěrqí	Azize Tanrıkulu	Taekwondo
5	Turkmenistan (TKM)	土库曼斯坦	Tǔkùmànsītǎn	No flag bearer
6	Yemen (YEM)	也门	Yěmén	Mohammed Al-Boual	Official
7	Maldives (MDV)	马尔代夫	Mǎěrdàifū	Ali Shareef	Athletics
8	Malta (MLT)	马耳他	Mǎěrtā	Ryan Gambin	Swimming
9	Madagascar (MAD)	马达加斯加	Mǎdájiāsījiā	Jean de Dieu Soloniaina	Boxing
10	Malaysia (MAS)	马来西亚	Mǎláixīyà	Elizabeth Jimie	Diving
11	Mali (MLI)	马里	Mǎlǐ	Daba Modibo Keïta	Taekwondo
12	Malawi (MAW)	马拉维	Mǎlāwéi	Lucia Chandamale	Athletics
13	Macedonia (MKD)	前南斯拉夫马其顿共和国	Qián Nánsīlāfū Mǎqídùn Gònghéguó	Atanas Nikolovski	Canoe / Kayak
14	Marshall Islands (MHL)	马绍尔群岛	Mǎshàoěr Qúndǎo	Anju Jason	Taekwondo
15	Cayman Islands (CAY)	开曼群岛	Kāimàn Qúndǎo	Shaune Fraser	Swimming
16	Bhutan (BHU)	不丹	Bùdān	Tashi Peljor	Archery
17	Ecuador (ECU)	厄瓜多尔	Èguāduōěr	Carlos Góngora	Boxing
18	Eritrea (ERI)	厄立特里亚	Èlìtélǐyà	Nebiat Habtemariam	Athletics
19	Jamaica (JAM)	牙买加	Yámǎijiā	Usain Bolt	Athletics
20	Belgium (BEL)	比利时	Bǐlìshí	Tia Hellebaut	Athletics
21	Vanuatu (VAN)	瓦努阿图	Wǎnǔātú	Priscila Tommy	Table tennis
22	Israel (ISR)	以色列	Yǐsèliè	Shahar Tzuberi	Sailing
23	Japan (JPN)	日本	Rìběn	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming
24	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	中华台北	Zhōnghuá Táiběi	Sung Yu-chi	Taekwondo
25	Central African Republic (CAF)	中非	Zhōngfēi	Aymard Bosse Beranger	Athletics
26	Hong Kong (HKG)	中国香港	Zhōngguó Xiānggǎng	Law Hiu Fung	Rowing
27	The Gambia (GAM)	冈比亚	Gāngbǐyà	Badou Jack	Boxing
28	Benin (BEN)	贝宁	Bèiníng	Fabienne Feraez	Athletics
29	Mauritius (MRI)	毛里求斯	Máolǐqiúsī	Stéphan Buckland	Athletics
30	Mauritania (MTN)	毛里塔尼亚	Máolǐtǎníyà	No flag bearer
31	Denmark (DEN)	丹麦	Dānmài	Lotte Friis	Swimming
32	Uganda (UGA)	乌干达	Wūgāndá	Edwin Ekiring	Badminton
33	Ukraine (UKR)	乌克兰	Wūkèlán	Vasyl Lomachenko	Boxing
34	Uruguay (URU)	乌拉圭	Wūlāguī	Alejandro Foglia	Sailing
35	Uzbekistan (UZB)	乌兹别克斯坦	Wūzībiékèsītǎn	Artur Taymazov	Wrestling
36	Barbados (BAR)	巴巴多斯	Bābāduōsī	Ryan Brathwaite	Athletics
37	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	巴布亚新几内亚	Bābùyà Xīn Jǐnèiyà	Dika Toua	Weightlifting
38	Brazil (BRA)	巴西	Bāxī	Maurren Maggi	Athletics
39	Paraguay (PAR)	巴拉圭	Bālāguī	Víctor Fatecha	Athletics
40	Bahrain (BRN)	巴林	Bālín	Ruqaya Al-Ghasra	Athletics
41	Bahamas (BAH)	巴哈马	Bāhāmǎ	Leevan Sands	Athletics
42	Panama (PAN)	巴拿马	Bānámǎ	No flag bearer
43	Pakistan (PAK)	巴基斯坦	Bājīsītǎn	Zeeshan Ashraf	Field hockey
44	Palestine (PLE)	巴勒斯坦	Bālèsītǎn	No flag bearer
45	Cuba (CUB)	古巴	Gǔbā	Leonel Suárez	Athletics
46	Burkina Faso (BUR)	布基纳法索	Bùjīnà Fǎsuǒ	Idrissa Sanou	Athletics
47	Burundi (BDI)	布隆迪	Bùlóngdí	Francine Niyonizigiye	Athletics
48	East Timor (TLS)	东帝汶	Dōngdìwèn	Mariana Diaz Ximenez	Athletics
49	Qatar (QAT)	卡塔尔	Kǎtǎěr	Khâleel Al-Jabir	Official
50	Rwanda (RWA)	卢旺达	Lúwàngdá	Pamela Girimbabazi	Swimming
51	Luxembourg (LUX)	卢森堡	Lúsēnbǎo	Sascha Palgen	Gymnastics
52	Chad (CHA)	乍得	Zhàdé	No flag bearer
53	Belarus (BLR)	白俄罗斯	Báiéluósī	Andrei Aramnau	Weightlifting
54	India (IND)	印度	Yìndù	Vijender Kumar	Boxing
55	Indonesia (INA)	印度尼西亚	Yìndùníxīyà	Afait Budiman	Official
56	Lithuania (LTU)	立陶宛	Lìtáowǎn	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė	Sailing
57	Niger (NIG)	尼日尔	Nírìěr	Amada Sidiyane	Coach
58	Nigeria (NGR)	尼日利亚	Nírìlìyà	Bose Kaffo	Table tennis
59	Nicaragua (NCA)	尼加拉瓜	Níjiālāguā	No flag bearer
60	Nepal (NEP)	尼泊尔	Níbóěr	Deepak Bista	Taekwondo
61	Ghana (GHA)	加纳	Jiānà	Vida Anim	Athletics
62	Canada (CAN)	加拿大	Jiānádà	Karen Cockburn	Gymnastics
63	Gabon (GAB)	加蓬	Jiāpéng	Wilfried Bingangoye	Athletics
64	San Marino (SMR)	圣马力诺	Shèng Mǎlìnuò	Emanuele Nicolini	Swimming
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	圣文森特和格林纳丁斯	Shèng Wénsēntè hé Gélínnàdīngsī	Kineke Alexander	Athletics
66	Saint Lucia (LCA)	圣卢西亚	Shèng Lúxīyà	Levern Spencer	Athletics
67	São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)	圣多美与普林西比	Shèng Duōměi hé Pǔlínxībǐ	NOC assistant
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	圣基茨和尼维斯	Shèng Jīcí hé Níwéisī	Virgil Hodge	Athletics
69	Guyana (GUY)	圭亚那	Guīyànà	Aliann Pompey	Athletics
70	Djibouti (DJI)	吉布提	Jíbùtí	Moussa Egueh Fardouza	Coach
71	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	吉尔吉斯斯坦	Jíěrjísīsītǎn	Bazar Bazarguruev	Wrestling
72	Laos (LAO)	老撾	Lǎowō	No flag bearer
73	Armenia (ARM)	亚美尼亚	Yàměiníyà	Abutun Enokyan	Wrestling
74	Spain (ESP)	西班牙	Xībānyá	Joan Llaneras	Cycling
75	Bermuda (BER)	百慕大	Bǎimùdà	Kiera Aitken	Swimming
76	Liechtenstein (LIE)	列支敦士登	Lièzhīdūnshìdēng	Oliver Geissmann	Shooting
77	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	刚果（布）	Gāngguǒ (Bù)	Pamela Mouele-Mboussi	Athletics
78	Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)	刚果（金）	Gāngguǒ (Jīn)	Eric Kibanza	Judo
79	Iraq (IRQ)	伊拉克	Yīlākè	Hussein Jebur	Rowing
80	Iran (IRI)	伊朗	Yīlǎng	Asghar Rahimi Hosseinieh	Official
81	Guatemala (GUA)	危地马拉	Wēidìmǎlā	Rita Sanz-Agero	Modern pentathlon
82	Hungary (HUN)	匈牙利	Xiōngyálì	Attila Vajda	Canoe / Kayak
83	Dominican Republic (DOM)	多米尼加共和国	Duōmǐníjiā Gònghéguó	Felix Diaz	Boxing
84	Dominica (DMA)	多米尼克	Duōmǐníkè	Erison Hurtault	Athletics
85	Togo (TOG)	多哥	Duōgē	Lidi Bessi Kama	Official
86	Iceland (ISL)	冰岛	Bīngdǎo	Sigfús Sigurðsson	Handball
87	Guam (GUM)	关岛	Guāndǎo	Maria Dunn	Wrestling
88	Angola (ANG)	安哥拉	Āngēlā	Filomena Trindade	Handball
89	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	安提瓜和巴布达	Āntíguā hé Bābùdá	Cliff Williams	Official
90	Andorra (AND)	安道尔	Āndàoěr	Daniel García González	Judo
91	Tonga (TGA)	汤加	Tāngjiā	Maamaloa Lolohea	Weightlifting
92	Jordan (JOR)	约旦	Yuēdàn	Nadin Dawani	Taekwondo
93	Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)	赤道几内亚	Chìdào Jīnèiyà	Emilia Mikue Ondo	Athletics
94	Finland (FIN)	芬兰	Fēnlán	Tero Pitkämäki	Athletics
95	Croatia (CRO)	克罗地亚	Kèluódìyà	Tamara Boroš	Table tennis
96	Sudan (SUD)	苏丹	Sūdān	Abubaker Kaki	Athletics
97	Suriname (SUR)	苏里南	Sūlǐnán	Jurgen Themen	Athletics
98	Libya (LBA)	利比亚	Lìbǐyǎ	Mohamed Ben Saleh	Judo
99	Liberia (LBR)	利比里亚	Lìbǐlǐyà	No flag bearer
100	Belize (BIZ)	伯利兹	Bólìzī	Tricia Flores	Athletics
101	Cape Verde (CPV)	佛得角	Fódéjiǎo	Nelson Cruz	Athletics
102	Cook Islands (COK)	库克群岛	Kùkè Qúndǎo	Tereapii Tapoki	Athletics
103	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	沙特	Shātè	Saad Al-Asmari	Athletics (non-participant)
104	Algeria (ALG)	阿尔及利亚	Āěrjílìyà	Salim Iles	Swimming
105	Albania (ALB)	阿尔巴尼亚	Āěrbāníyà	Sahit Prizreni	Wrestling
106	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	阿联酋	Ā Lián Qiú	Omar Alsalfa	Athletics
107	Argentina (ARG)	阿根廷	Āgēntíng	Juan Esteban Curuchet	Cycling
108	Oman (OMA)	阿曼	Āmàn	Mansoor Al-Tauqi	Official
109	Aruba (ARU)	阿鲁巴	Ālǔbā	Jan Roodzant	Swimming
110	Afghanistan (AFG)	阿富汗	Āfùhàn	Rohullah Nikpai	Taekwondo
111	Azerbaijan (AZE)	阿塞拜疆	Āsāibàijiāng	Shahin Imranov	Boxing
112	Namibia (NAM)	纳米比亚	Nàmǐbǐyà	Mannie Heymans	Cycling
113	Tanzania (TAN)	坦桑尼亚	Tǎnsāngníyà	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	Athletics
114	Latvia (LAT)	拉脱维亚	Lātuōwéiyà	Maris Strombergs	Cycling
115	Great Britain (GBR)	英国	Yīngguó	Chris Hoy	Cycling
116	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	英属维尔京群岛	Yīngshǔ Wéiěrjīng Qúndǎo	Tahesia Harrigan	Athletics
117	Kenya (KEN)	肯尼亚	Kěnníyà	Wilfred Bungei	Athletics
118	Romania (ROU)	罗马尼亚	Luōmǎníyà	Georgeta Andrunache	Rowing
119	Palau (PLW)	帕劳	Pàláo	Amber Yobech	Swimming
120	Tuvalu (TUV)	图瓦卢	Túwǎlú	Okilani Tinilau	Athletics
121	Venezuela (VEN)	委内瑞拉	Wěinèiruìlā	Dalia Contreras	Taekwondo
122	Solomon Islands (SOL)	所罗门群岛	Suǒluōmén Qúndǎo	Pauline Kwalea	Athletics
123	France (FRA)	法国	Fǎguó	Tony Estanguet	Canoe / Kayak
124	Poland (POL)	波兰	Bōlán	Tomasz Majewski	Athletics
125	Puerto Rico (PUR)	波多黎各	Bōduō Lígè	McWilliams Arroyo	Boxing
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	波黑	Bōhēi	Amel Mekić	Judo
127	Bangladesh (BAN)	孟加拉国	Mèngjiālāguó	Beauty Nazmun Nahar	Athletics
128	Bolivia (BOL)	玻利维亚	Bōlìwéiyà	Fadrique Iglesias	Athletics
129	Norway (NOR)	挪威	Nuówēi	Gro Hammerseng	Handball
130	South Africa (RSA)	南非	Nánfēi	Sifiso Nhlapo	Cycling
131	Cambodia (CAM)	柬埔寨	Jiǎnpǔzhài	Hem Bunting	Athletics
132	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	哈萨克斯坦	Hāsàkèsītǎn	Yerkebulan Shynaliyev	Boxing
133	Kuwait (KUW)	科威特	Kēwēitè	Mohammad Al Azemi	Athletics
134	Ivory Coast (CIV)	科特迪瓦	Kētè Díwǎ	Sebastien Konan	Taekwondo
135	Comoros (COM)	科摩罗	Kēmóluó	Youssouf Mhadjou	Athletics
136	Bulgaria (BUL)	保加利亚	Bǎojiālìyà	Matey Kaziyski	Volleyball
137	Russia (RUS)	俄罗斯	Éluōsī / Éluósī	Andrey Silnov	Athletics
138	Syria (SYR)	叙利亚	Xùlìyà	Kenan Zaheraldeen	Official
139	United States (USA)	美国	Měiguó	Khatuna Lorig	Archery
140	Virgin Islands (ISV)	美属维尔京群岛	Měishǔ Wéiěrjīng Qúndǎo	John Jackson	Boxing
141	American Samoa (ASA)	美属萨摩亚	Měishǔ Sàmóyà	Shanahan Sanitoa	Athletics
142	Honduras (HON)	洪都拉斯	Hóngdūlāsī	Miguel Ferrera	Taekwondo
143	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	津巴布韦	Jīnbābùwéi	Kirsty Coventry	Swimming
144	Tunisia (TUN)	突尼斯	Tūnísī	No flag bearer
145	Thailand (THA)	泰国	Tàiguó	Somjit Jongjohor	Boxing
146	Egypt (EGY)	埃及	Aījí	Amro El Geziry	Modern Pentathlon
147	Ethiopia (ETH)	埃塞俄比亚	Aīsāiébǐyà	Kenenisa Bekele	Athletics
148	Lesotho (LES)	莱索托	Láisuǒtuō	Emanuel Thabiso Nketu	Boxing
149	Mozambique (MOZ)	莫桑比克	Mòsāngbǐkè	Chakyl Camal	Swimming
150	Netherlands (NED)	荷兰	Hélán	Maarten van der Weijden	Swimming
151	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	荷属安的列斯	Héshǔ Āndelièsī	Churandy Martina	Athletics
152	Grenada (GRN)	格林纳达	Gélínnàdá	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	Athletics
153	Georgia (GEO)	格鲁吉亚	Gélǔjíyà	Revazi Mindorashvili	Wrestling
154	Somalia (SOM)	索马里	Suǒmǎlǐ	Khadija Adan Dahir	Official
155	Colombia (COL)	哥伦比亚	Gēlúnbǐyà	Juan Guillermo Urán	Diving
156	Costa Rica (CRC)	哥斯达黎加	Gēsīdá Líjiā	Allan Segura	Athletics
157	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	特立尼达和多巴哥	Tèlìnídá hé Duōbāgē	Richard Thompson	Athletics
158	Peru (PER)	秘鲁	Bìlǔ	Peter López	Taekwondo
159	Ireland (IRL)	爱尔兰	Aìěrlán	Kenny Egan	Boxing
160	Estonia (EST)	爱沙尼亚	Aìshāníyà	Gerd Kanter	Athletics
161	Haiti (HAI)	海地	Hǎidì	Dodeley Orelus	Official
162	Czech Republic (CZE)	捷克	Jiékè	Vera Cechlova	Athletics
163	Kiribati (KIR)	基里巴斯	Jīlǐbāsī	Birimaka Tekanene	Official
164	Philippines (PHI)	菲律宾	Fēilǜbīn	Miguel Molina	Swimming
165	El Salvador (ESA)	萨尔瓦多	Sàěrwǎduō	Eva Dimas	Weightlifting
166	Samoa (SAM)	萨摩亚	Sàmóyà	Aunese Curreen	Athletics
167	Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)	密克罗尼西亚	Mìkèluóníxīyà	Debra Daniel	Swimming
168	Tajikistan (TJK)	塔吉克斯坦	Tǎjíkèsītǎn	Yusup Abdusalomov	Wrestling
169	Vietnam (VIE)	越南	Yuènán	Nguyen Van Hung	Taekwondo
170	Botswana (BOT)	博茨瓦纳	Bócíwǎnà	Khumiso Ikgopoleng	Boxing
171	Sri Lanka (SRI)	斯里兰卡	Sīlǐ Lánkǎ	Susanthika Jayasinghe	Athletics
172	Swaziland (SWZ)	斯威士兰	Sīwēishìlán	Luke Hall	Swimming
173	Slovenia (SLO)	斯洛文尼亚	Sīluòwénníyà	Spela Ponomarenko	Canoe / Kayak
174	Slovakia (SVK)	斯洛伐克	Sīluòfákè	Michal Riszdorfer	Canoe / Kayak
175	Portugal (POR)	葡萄牙	Pútáoyá	Vanessa Fernandes	Triathlon
176	South Korea (KOR)	韩国	Hánguó	Jang Miran	Weightlifting
177	Fiji (FIJ)	斐济	Fěijì	Carl Probert	Swimming
178	Cameroon (CMR)	喀麦隆	Kāmàilóng	No flag bearer
179	Montenegro (MNE)	黑山	Hēishān	Veljko Uskoković	Water polo
180	North Korea (PRK)	朝鲜民主主义人民共和国	Cháoxiǎn Mínzhŭ Zhŭyì Rénmín Gònghéguó	Pak Hyon-Suk	Weightlifting
181	Chile (CHI)	智利	Zhìlì	Soraya Jadué	Rowing
182	Austria (AUT)	奥地利	Aòdìlì	Ludwig Paischer	Judo
183	Myanmar (MYA)	缅甸	Miǎndiàn	No flag bearer
184	Switzerland (SUI)	瑞士	Ruìshì	Sergei Aschwanden	Judo
185	Sweden (SWE)	瑞典	Ruìdiǎn	Jorgen Persson	Table tennis
186	Nauru (NRU)	瑙鲁	Nǎolǔ	Itte Detenamo	Weightlifting
187	Mongolia (MGL)	蒙古	Mēnggǔ	Badar Uugan Enkhbat	Boxing
188	Singapore (SIN)	新加坡	Xīnjiāpō	Li Jiawei	Table tennis
189	New Zealand (NZL)	新西兰	Xīn Xīlán	Caroline Evers-Swindell, Georgina Evers-Swindell	Rowing
190	Italy (ITA)	意大利	Yìdàlì	Clemente Russo	Boxing
191	Senegal (SEN)	塞内加尔	Sāinèijiāěr	Bineta Diedhiou	Taekwondo
192	Serbia (SRB)	塞尔维亚	Sāiěrwéiyà	Sasa Starovic	Volleyball
193	Seychelles (SEY)	塞舌尔	Sàishéěr	Tony Lespoir	Canoe / Kayak
194	Sierra Leone (SLE)	塞拉利昂	Sàilā Lìáng	Michaela Kargbo	Athletics
195	Cyprus (CYP)	塞浦路斯	Sāipǔlùsī	Andri Eleftheriou	Shooting
196	Mexico (MEX)	墨西哥	Mòxīgē	Tatiana Ortiz	Diving
197	Lebanon (LIB)	黎巴嫩	Líbānèn	No flag bearer
198	Germany (GER)	德国	Déguó	Katrin Wagner	Canoe / Kayak
199	Moldova (MDA)	摩尔多瓦	Móěrduōwǎ	Nicolae Ceban	Wrestling
200	Monaco (MON)	摩纳哥	Mónàgē	No flag bearer
201	Morocco (MAR)	摩洛哥	Móluògē	No flag bearer
202	Australia (AUS)	澳大利亚	Àodàlìyǎ	Stephanie Rice	Swimming
203	Zambia (ZAM)	赞比亚	Zànbǐyà	Rachael Nachula	Athletics
204	China (CHN)	中国	Zhōngguó	Zhang Ning	Badminton