During the Parade of Nations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, held on 4 April 2018, 71 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into Carrara Stadium in the host city of Gold Coast, Australia.
Parade order Following tradition, the host of the previous games, Scotland enters first, followed by the rest of the European countries competing. Following this, all countries parade in alphabetical order from their respective regions. After the European countries enter, countries from Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Caribbean, and lastly Oceania march in. The host nation of Australia enters last. Each nation was preceded by a placard bearer carrying a sign with the country's name.
A total of 39 male athletes carried their nation's flag, while 32 females did the same. Athletics was the most represented sport among the flag bearers, with 24 nations being led by track and field athletes.
Countries and flag bearers 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, or flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the CGF.
OrderNationFlag bearerSport 1 Eilidh Doyle Athletics 2 Georgios Achilleos Shooting 3 Alistair Brownlee Triathlon 4 Jonathan Patron Shooting 5 Matthew Guille Shooting 6 Jake Kelly Cycling 7 Dan Halksworth Cycling 8 Gary Giordimaina Wrestling 9 Caroline O’Hanlon Netball 10 Jazz Carlin Swimming 11 Nijel Amos Athletics 12 Clotilde Essiane Boxing 13 Abdul Omar Boxing 14 Elijah Manangoi Athletics 15 Phetetso Monese Cycling 16 Joyce Mvula Netball 17 Rhikesh Taucoory Table tennis 18 Jenito Guezane Athletics 19 Ananias Shikongo Para athletics 20 Blessing Okagbare Athletics 21 Salome Nyirarukundo Athletics 22 Dylan Sicobo Athletics 23 Hafsatu Kamara Athletics 24 Caster SemenyaAthletics 25 Thabiso Dlamini Boxing 26 Ola Buwaro Athletics 27 Peace Proscovia Netball 28 Masoud Mtalaso Table tennis 29 Kelvin Ndhlovu Squash 30 Alicia Thompson Cycling 31 Tyler Smith Triathlon 32 Meaghan Benfeito Diving 33 Graham Didlick Shooting 34 Troy Doris Athletics 35 Ben Dillon Swimming 36 Joanna Evans Swimming 37 Abdullah Hel Baki Shooting 38 Amaliah Matali Lawn bowls 39 P. V. Sindhu Badminton 40 Muhammad Hakimi Ismail Athletics 41 Usman Amjad Rathore Weightlifting 42 Teo Shun Xie Shooting 43 Chinthana Vidanage Weightlifting 44 Mauriel Carty Athletics 45 Priscilla Frederick Athletics 46 Meagan Best Squash 47 Kyron McMaster Athletics 48 Carl Morgan Athletics 49 Mitchel Davis Athletics 50 Kurt Felix Athletics 51 Alia Atkinson Swimming 52 Julius Morris Athletics 53 Levern Spencer Athletics 54 St Clair Hodge Beach volleyball 55 Kineke Alexander Athletics 56 Michelle-Lee Ahye Athletics 57 Latoya Rigby Shooting 58 Patricia Taea Athletics 59 Apolonia Vaivai Weightlifting 60 David Katoatau Weightlifting 61 Itte Detenamo Weightlifting 62 Sophie Pascoe Para swimming 63 Pau Blumsky Lawn bowls 64 Hadyn Evans Lawn bowls 65 Vero Nime Para table tennis 66 Lauititi Lui Weightlifting 67 Jenly Tegu Wini Weightlifting 68 Magan Maka Boxing 69 Manuila Raobu Weightlifting 70 Miller Pata Beach volleyball 71 Mark Knowles Hockey
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