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.
OrderNationChinese namePinyinFlag bearerSport 1 XīlàAthletics 2 JīnèiyàTaekwondo 3 Jīnèiyà BǐshàoOfficial 4 TǔěrqíTaekwondo 5 TǔkùmànsītǎnNo flag bearer 6 YěménOfficial 7 MǎěrdàifūAthletics 8 MǎěrtāSwimming 9 MǎdájiāsījiāBoxing 10 MǎláixīyàDiving 11 MǎlǐTaekwondo 12 MǎlāwéiAthletics 13 Qián Nánsīlāfū Mǎqídùn GònghéguóCanoe / Kayak 14 Mǎshàoěr QúndǎoTaekwondo 15 Kāimàn QúndǎoSwimming 16 BùdānArchery 17 ÈguāduōěrBoxing 18 ÈlìtélǐyàAthletics 19 YámǎijiāAthletics 20 BǐlìshíAthletics 21 WǎnǔātúTable tennis 22 YǐsèlièSailing 23 RìběnSwimming 24 Zhōnghuá Táiběi Taekwondo 25 ZhōngfēiAthletics 26 Zhōngguó XiānggǎngRowing 27 GāngbǐyàBoxing 28 BèiníngAthletics 29 MáolǐqiúsīAthletics 30 MáolǐtǎníyàNo flag bearer 31 DānmàiSwimming 32 WūgāndáBadminton 33 WūkèlánBoxing 34 WūlāguīSailing 35 WūzībiékèsītǎnWrestling 36 BābāduōsīAthletics 37 Bābùyà Xīn JǐnèiyàWeightlifting 38 BāxīAthletics 39 BālāguīAthletics 40 BālínAthletics 41 Bāhāmǎ Athletics 42 BānámǎNo flag bearer 43 BājīsītǎnField hockey 44 BālèsītǎnNo flag bearer 45 GǔbāAthletics 46 Bùjīnà FǎsuǒAthletics 47 BùlóngdíAthletics 48 DōngdìwènAthletics 49 KǎtǎěrOfficial 50 LúwàngdáSwimming 51 Lúsēnbǎo Gymnastics 52 ZhàdéNo flag bearer 53 BáiéluósīWeightlifting 54 YìndùBoxing 55 YìndùníxīyàOfficial 56 LìtáowǎnSailing 57 NírìěrCoach 58 NírìlìyàTable tennis 59 Níjiālāguā No flag bearer 60 NíbóěrTaekwondo 61 JiānàAthletics 62 JiānádàGymnastics 63 JiāpéngAthletics 64 Shèng MǎlìnuòSwimming 65 Shèng Wénsēntè hé GélínnàdīngsīAthletics 66 Shèng LúxīyàAthletics 67 Shèng Duōměi hé PǔlínxībǐNOC assistant 68 Shèng Jīcí hé NíwéisīAthletics 69 Guīyànà Athletics 70 JíbùtíCoach 71 JíěrjísīsītǎnWrestling 72 LǎowōNo flag bearer 73 YàměiníyàWrestling 74 XībānyáCycling 75 BǎimùdàSwimming 76 LièzhīdūnshìdēngShooting 77 Gāngguǒ (Bù)Athletics 78 Gāngguǒ (Jīn)Judo 79 YīlākèRowing 80 YīlǎngOfficial 81 Wēidìmǎlā Modern pentathlon 82 XiōngyálìCanoe / Kayak 83 Duōmǐníjiā GònghéguóBoxing 84 DuōmǐníkèAthletics 85 Duōgē Official 86 BīngdǎoHandball 87 Guāndǎo Wrestling 88 ĀngēlāHandball 89 Āntíguā hé Bābùdá Official 90 ĀndàoěrJudo 91 Tāngjiā Weightlifting 92 YuēdànTaekwondo 93 Chìdào Jīnèiyà Athletics 94 FēnlánAthletics 95 KèluódìyàTable tennis 96 SūdānAthletics 97 Sūlǐnán Athletics 98 LìbǐyǎJudo 99 LìbǐlǐyàNo flag bearer 100 BólìzīAthletics 101 FódéjiǎoAthletics 102 Kùkè QúndǎoAthletics 103 ShātèAthletics (non-participant) 104 ĀěrjílìyàSwimming 105 ĀěrbāníyàWrestling 106 Ā Lián QiúAthletics 107 ĀgēntíngCycling 108 ĀmànOfficial 109 ĀlǔbāSwimming 110 ĀfùhànTaekwondo 111 ĀsāibàijiāngBoxing 112 NàmǐbǐyàCycling 113 TǎnsāngníyàAthletics 114 LātuōwéiyàCycling 115 Yīngguó Cycling 116 Yīngshǔ Wéiěrjīng Qúndǎo Athletics 117 Kěnníyà Athletics 118 LuōmǎníyàRowing 119 PàláoSwimming 120 TúwǎlúAthletics 121 WěinèiruìlāTaekwondo 122 Suǒluōmén QúndǎoAthletics 123 FǎguóCanoe / Kayak 124 BōlánAthletics 125 Bōduō LígèBoxing 126 BōhēiJudo 127 MèngjiālāguóAthletics 128 BōlìwéiyàAthletics 129 NuówēiHandball 130 NánfēiCycling 131 JiǎnpǔzhàiAthletics 132 HāsàkèsītǎnBoxing 133 KēwēitèAthletics 134 Kētè DíwǎTaekwondo 135 Kēmóluó Athletics 136 BǎojiālìyàVolleyball 137 Éluōsī / ÉluósīAthletics 138 Xùlìyà Official 139 MěiguóArchery 140 Měishǔ Wéiěrjīng Qúndǎo Boxing 141 Měishǔ SàmóyàAthletics 142 HóngdūlāsīTaekwondo 143 JīnbābùwéiSwimming 144 TūnísīNo flag bearer 145 TàiguóBoxing 146 Aījí Modern Pentathlon 147 AīsāiébǐyàAthletics 148 LáisuǒtuōBoxing 149 MòsāngbǐkèSwimming 150 HélánSwimming 151 Héshǔ ĀndelièsīAthletics 152 GélínnàdáAthletics 153 GélǔjíyàWrestling 154 SuǒmǎlǐOfficial 155 GēlúnbǐyàDiving 156 Gēsīdá LíjiāAthletics 157 Tèlìnídá hé DuōbāgēAthletics 158 BìlǔTaekwondo 159 AìěrlánBoxing 160 AìshāníyàAthletics 161 HǎidìOfficial 162 JiékèAthletics 163 JīlǐbāsīOfficial 164 FēilǜbīnSwimming 165 SàěrwǎduōWeightlifting 166 SàmóyàAthletics 167 MìkèluóníxīyàSwimming 168 TǎjíkèsītǎnWrestling 169 YuènánTaekwondo 170 BócíwǎnàBoxing 171 Sīlǐ LánkǎAthletics 172 SīwēishìlánSwimming 173 SīluòwénníyàCanoe / Kayak 174 SīluòfákèCanoe / Kayak 175 PútáoyáTriathlon 176 HánguóWeightlifting 177 FěijìSwimming 178 KāmàilóngNo flag bearer 179 HēishānWater polo 180 Cháoxiǎn Mínzhŭ Zhŭyì Rénmín GònghéguóWeightlifting 181 ZhìlìRowing 182 AòdìlìJudo 183 MiǎndiànNo flag bearer 184 RuìshìJudo 185 Ruìdiǎn Table tennis 186 NǎolǔWeightlifting 187 MēnggǔBoxing 188 XīnjiāpōTable tennis 189 Xīn Xīlán, Rowing 190 YìdàlìBoxing 191 SāinèijiāěrTaekwondo 192 SāiěrwéiyàVolleyball 193 SàishéěrCanoe / Kayak 194 Sàilā LìángAthletics 195 SāipǔlùsīShooting 196 MòxīgēDiving 197 LíbānènNo flag bearer 198 DéguóCanoe / Kayak 199 MóěrduōwǎWrestling 200 MónàgēNo flag bearer 201 MóluògēNo flag bearer 202 ÀodàlìyǎSwimming 203 ZànbǐyàAthletics 204 ZhōngguóBadminton
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